An Austin Civil Rights Attorney Turned Episcopal Priest Reflects on His Journey from Law to the Clergy

The Rev. James Harrington became an Episcopal priest in January 2020. Harrington is the director of Proyecto Santiago, a Christian outreach mission for Austin's Hispanic community, at Saint James Episcopal Church. Before that, he founded the Texas Civil Rights Project. Before that, he spent over a decade as a lawyer the Rio Grande Valley, representing farm workers on cases related to living and working conditions.