She had decided to postpone the practice of law to teach elementary school in Norwalk and Darien, Connecticut (where she and her husband had settled) to be in close proximity to her children.
[1] So she moved to Austin, Texas and began her work for the Legal Aid and Defender Society of Travis County.
While in Austin, Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) inmate, writ writer, Fred Arispe Cruz contacted Jalet to enlist her assistance in filing legal papers on his behalf.
[1] Shortly thereafter, Jalet began litigating for prisoners' rights, not only on Cruz's behalf but for other TDC inmates as well.
Jalet later worked as a legal aid lawyer in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and in New York and Illinois.