Where: TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Sponsored by: Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

Join the Rapoport Center for a back-to-school mixer. Meet classmates, faculty, and staff from across campus working on human rights and justice, and learn more about ways you can be involved in the Center’s projects on human rights, peace, environmental justice, reproductive justice, and more!

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/rapoport-center-back-to-school-mixer/

Where: TNH 2.140 (Wright Classroom)

Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

Dr. Paul E. Kerry (BYU) examines the opposition of the Religious Society of Friends to Texas annexation, the Mexican-American War, and the Fugitive Slave Act as a form of legal resistance to the federalization of slavery. His talk places the First Amendment right of petition at the heart of the story, showing how Quakers used memorials, petitions, antislavery newspapers, religious meetings, and public advocacy to challenge congressional suppression under the gag rule and resist federal complicity in slavery’s expansion and enforcement. The paper recovers a neglected chapter in the history of antislavery constitutionalism.

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP. We hope you join us!

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More information: https://law.utexas.edu/first-amendment-center/events/paulkerry/

The University will be closed.

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Where: CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)

Sponsored by: Center for Women in Law

The Center will host a conversation with Krisi Kastl, founder and CEO of Kastl Law, P.C., accomplished trial lawyer, and former President of the Dallas Bar Association. Join us to hear career insights and lessons learned from a nationally recognized trial lawyer who built a successful law firm, tried nearly 100 cases to jury verdict and has dedicated her career to advocacy, professional leadership, mentorship and community service. Lunch will be served.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Where: TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Sponsored by: William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

In the Supreme Court’s recent Trump v Barbara opinion on birthright citizenship, Justice Alito’s asserted in his dissent that before and soon after the Civil War “immigration was unrestricted, so aliens could come and stay as long as they wanted.” Historical evidence does not confirm his claim. Though there were few federal laws in that period, a phalanx of state-level laws restricted the international and interstate migration of free and enslaved Black people and indigent migrants. Professor Anna Law, a scholar of US immigration and constitutional history, is the author of a timely new book that addresses these subjects.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/when-did-u-s-migration-enforcement-begin/

Where: TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Sponsored by: Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Texas has been home to one of the harshest criminal abortion bans in the country. Yet, there have been virtually no prosecutions under the ban, due in part to the territorial limits of state law, constraints on accomplice liability, and a legislative commitment not to prosecute pregnant persons for their abortions. This talk will consider the coordinated legal strategy of lawyers and advocates in Texas to use local government ordinances and civil litigation as sites for criminal law claiming, if not criminal lawmaking.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/karen-engle-and-jennifer-laurin-criminalization-of-abortion-by-other-means-new-sites-and-strategies-for-stifling-abortion-access/

Where: TNH 2.139 (Wilson Classroom)

Sponsored by: American Constitution Society

A discussion of a non-citizen's right to due process.

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Where: SRH 3.122, LBJ School

Sponsored by: The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law

Join the Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Clements Center for National Security on Tuesday, September 22, for “The Law of the Sea Treaty at Risk,” with former Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter. The Law of the Sea Treaty was the product of the third UN convention on law of the sea held from 1973 to 1982 with more than 160 states participating. Currently, however, many states, including the US and Iran, still have not ratified the treaty. Furthermore, some states that have ratified the treaty, such as the PRC, blatantly ignore treaty provisions. At a time when maritime commerce represents over 80% of world trade, can the international community let this treaty effectively become irrelevant? Join Secretary Winter as he answers these questions. Lunch will be served.

Biography Dr. Donald C. Winter is an independent consultant supporting national and international security interests in the US and allied nations. He served as the 74th Secretary of the Navy from January 2006 to March 2009. As Secretary of the Navy, he led America’s Navy and Marine Corps Team and was responsible for an annual budget of over $125 billion and almost 900,000 people. Dr. Winter’s prior business career in the aerospace and defense industry spanned over 30 years as a systems engineer, program manager and corporate executive.

From 2009 to 2020, he was a Professor of Practice at the University of Michigan where he taught graduate level courses on systems engineering, satellite design, and maritime policy. He was reappointed to this role in 2024. Since 2011 he has served in multiple roles assisting the Commonwealth of Australia in their efforts to reconstruct the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet and establish a sustainable shipbuilding capability. During 2019 to 2021 he also served as the US DoD’s Senior Defense Industry Advisor for Ukraine. Dr. Winter was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2002 and served as its chair from 2020 to 2024.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://www.strausscenter.org/events/the-law-of-the-sea-treaty-at-risk/

Where: CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)

Sponsored by: Center for Women in Law

The Center will host a conversation with Cisselon Nichols Hurd, former Senior Legal Counsel for Shell Oil Company. Join us to hear career insights and leadership lessons from a nationally respected environmental litigator whose career includes two Fortune 500 companies, is a former federal prosecutor and a legal leader in mentorship and community service. Lunch will be provided.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Where: TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Sponsored by: Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the United States possesses a fragmented patchwork of state laws imposing varying degrees of restrictions on and penalties for abortion. This talk will examine the profound implications of this arrangement for noncitizen women, whose rights and mobility are already constrained by federal immigration laws and policies. It will argue that the intersection of state-level abortion restrictions and federal immigration enforcement creates de facto internal borders, uniquely curtailing the reproductive freedoms of noncitizens.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/valeria-gomez-baltimore-the-new-abortion-borders-for-immigrant-women/

Where: Virtual

Sponsored by: Career Services

The Fall Interview Program welcomes employers to recruit 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (virtual): Interviews conducted virtually from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CT) via the TEX – Powered by 12Twenty In-App Video.

Friday, October 9, 2026 (in-person): Interviews held in-person from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CT) in the Texas Law Career Services Interview Suite (TNH 3.122).

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/careers/interview-programs/fall-interview-program/

Where: In-Person at Texas Law

Sponsored by: Career Services

The Fall Interview Program welcomes employers to recruit 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (virtual): Interviews conducted virtually from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CT) via the TEX – Powered by 12Twenty In-App Video.

Friday, October 9, 2026 (in-person): Interviews held in-person from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CT) in the Texas Law Career Services Interview Suite (TNH 3.122).

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/careers/interview-programs/fall-interview-program/

Where: CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)

Sponsored by: William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

Join us for a conversation with Azadeh Shahshahani as she talks about her work in the U.S. South and support for social movements in the Global South as a movement lawyer. She will discuss the theory of change behind movement lawyering, what movement lawyering looks like in practice, and how to prepare for a career as a movement lawyer during law school.

The event will take place in the Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) from 11:50 AM to 12:50PM. Lunch will be provided in the Jamail Pavilion immediately following the discussion. 

About Azadeh Shashahani and her visit to Texas Law as the Justice Center’s fourteenth G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence.

Open to the public. Please RSVP for lunch by noon, October 12.

https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b7TrMh9SjScmn54

Contact Information:

Liza Soria (Center Coordinator/Event Organizer) liza.soria@law.utexas.edu

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/events/movement-lawyering-from-the-u-s-south-to-the-global-south-with-azadeh-shahshahani-project-south/

Where: TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Sponsored by: Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

Faulty forensic evidence and biased evidence relying on sex-based stereotypes have long been used to convict innocent women in situations where an accident or health event has been misconstrued as a criminal act. This talk will conceptualize and consider “reproductive wrongful convictions,” which are instances in which a noncriminal pregnancy-related event or act––such as a miscarriage, stillbirth, or taking legally prescribed medicine––is erroneously labeled as criminal. It will also attend to the ways that women with disabilities and from racially and economically subordinated communities are often labeled as “unfit” and made particularly vulnerable to these charges.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/valena-beety-indiana-reproductive-wrongful-convictions-the-making-of-unfit-mothers/

Where: TNH 2.140 (Wright Classroom)

Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

Details to follow.

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Where: TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Sponsored by: Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

Using the example of post-Dobbs abortion bans that contain no exceptions for incest or rape, this talk will argue that law and institutions charged with protecting the vulnerable are often responsible for the oppression of women, the suppression of their capacities, and the harms that follow. It will examine some of the ways that the state wields and perpetuates sexual violence inconsistently based on race and class, as it curates prurient and avoidable harm against women and girls, fails to shield them from harm, and too frequently magnifies both risks of this harm and the harm itself.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/michele-goodwin-georgetown-gaslighting-the-politics-of-sexual-violence-and-reproductive-health-rights-and-justice/

Where: TNH 2.140 (Wright Classroom)

Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

Details to follow.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Where: TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Sponsored by: Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

Healthcare conscientious objection allows providers to refuse treatment based on moral or religious beliefs. Alongside the legalization of abortion since the 1970s, conscience clauses have expanded globally. In response, some legislative bodies and courts have implemented institutional safeguards to ensure that conscience-based refusals do not become insurmountable obstacles for patients.  This talk will argue that while these institutional safeguards hold potential, they have not fundamentally altered the dominant understanding of medical objection, which frames the conflict and its resolution as a situation involving two equally balanced parties. 

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/agustina-ramon-michel-palermo-and-cedes-argentina-conscientious-objection-to-abortion-comparative-legal-frameworks-and-debates/

Sponsored by: Communications

No classes will be held November 23-27, and the University will be closed November 26-27, 2026.

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Sponsored by: Communications

No classes will be held November 23-27, and the University will be closed November 26-27, 2026.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

No classes will be held November 23-27, and the University will be closed November 26-27, 2026.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

No classes will be held November 23-27, and the University will be closed November 26-27, 2026.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

No classes will be held November 23-27, and the University will be closed November 26-27, 2026.

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Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

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Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

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Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

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Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

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Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

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Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

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Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

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Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

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Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

The University will be closed for the Winter Break from December 23, 2026 until January 1, 2027.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

Details to follow.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday; no classes held.

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Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

Details to follow.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

Details will be announced soon.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

Details to follow.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

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Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

Details to follow.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.