Beyonce’s foundation donates $100,000 to Houston Criminal Justice Clinic

Beyoncé gives back to her hometown.

The Native of Houston, TexasBeyGOOD’s foundation will donate $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center in an effort to help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic.

Dean of the UH Law Center Leonard Baynes said in a press release on Wednesday, December 11, the clinic will offer pro bono legal services in the Houston community and will “oversee our already excellent criminal law and justice program.”

The donation will allow the clinic to have a full-time faculty and director and open the program to more students.

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“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to thrive,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve that vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal lawyers in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”

Beyoncé, 43, launched BeyGOOD in 2013. The organization works to support “nonprofit organizations that serve marginalized and under-resourced communities” by providing resources and opportunities to help promote sustainable equity, according to her. website.

“Our students will be able to gain hands-on, real-world experience and share their expertise with members of our community who need their services,” he added Eloise BriceHouston vice president for advancement and alumni.

Beyoncé’s gift comes just days after news broke of a civil lawsuit in which an anonymous plaintiff has accused her rapper husband. jay-z, of rape in 2000, when the applicant was only 13 years old.

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Both Jay-Z, 55, and Sean “Diddy” Combswho was also charged in the suit, denied the “heinous” allegations and Jay-Z filed to dismiss the case.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé was “putting on a brave face” for her children, says an insider We weekly. The “Single Ladies” singer and Jay-Z are parents to daughter Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Sir, both 7.

“My wife and I will have to put our children down, one of whom is at an age where her friends will surely see the press and question the nature of these claims and explain the cruelty and greed of people,” Jay-Z said in A statement to Us Sunday, December 8. “I mourn another loss of innocence. Children should not have to endure such things at their young age. It is unfair to try to make sense of inexplicable degrees of evil designed to destroy families and the human spirit.”

Beyoncé and Jay-Z made their first public appearance since the allegations on Monday, December 9, when they attended in Los Angeles. premiere of Mufasa: The Lion King with Blue Ivy. Beyoncé voices Nala in the animated musical, while Blue Ivy plays Kiara.