Andrea Beleno Harrington
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
Biography
Andrea Beleno Harrington, J.D., joined the faculty at the St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2025 as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law to teach the Microenterprise and Community Development Clinic at the Center for Legal and Social Justice. The clinic’s focus is on providing transactional legal services to underserved microentrepreneurs and community-based nonprofits.
Prior to joining St. Mary’s, Harrington spent 22 years providing legal services to underserved Texans as an attorney at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid and Texas CBAR.
She specialized in representing microenterprises, cooperatives and community-based nonprofits in transactional matters, and spearheaded the creation of a successful pro bono business law “clinic in a box” project, bringing together the private bar, law students volunteers and microenterprise development organizations to leverage the impact of legal aid services for low-income entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations in an easily replicable evening clinic model.
Additionally, Harrington was a frequent speaker and instructor for nonprofit small business technical assistance providers and small business development centers; providing community legal education seminars in both English and Spanish to aspiring entrepreneurs.
Publications
- “Microenterprise and Economic Advocacy – Business Law in Legal Services,” 2022 Equal Justice Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- “Microenterprise Development and Economic Stability in Distressed Communities,” 2019 Poverty Law Conference, Austin, Texas
- “Opening the Door for Marginalized Entrepreneurs,” (panelist), 2018 Equal Justice Conference
- “Divorce and the Entrepreneur: What family law attorneys need to know about business law,” 2018 Poverty Law Conference, Austin, Texas
- “Avoiding Pitfalls in Representing Groups,” (panelist), 2018 Poverty Law Conference, San Diego, California
- “Lawyers and Local Economies: The Clinic Model and Economic Development,” 2017 Poverty Law Conference, Austin, Texas
- “Big Law Pro Bono and the Small Business Client,” 2015 Equal Justice Conference, Austin, Texas
- “Client Empowerment: The Community as Your Ally to Fight Injustice,” (panelist) 2015 Equal Justice Conference, Austin, Texas
Andrea Beleno Harrington
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law

Contact Information
Education
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2003
- A.B., cum laude, Harvard University, 1998
License to Practice
- Texas
Specialties and Courses
- Microenterprise