Events Calendar

As the second guest in the Rapoport Center's Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series, Karen Knop will deliver a lecture titled, “The Informal State in International Law: the United States, Gender and Unilateralism.” Knop is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Lecture co-sponsored by the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/11/8815/

The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) is looking for new members! Stop by our table in the Atrium on Wednesday to sign up and find out what we are all about. Also, enter a raffle for a doggy gift basket and learn about our pet adoption reimbursement program

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/13/9081/

The Texas Law Veterans Association is having a general meeting at Posse East at 5pm. Come out and hear about the opportunities we will be offering this semester to help support our troops and our veterans. New members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/13/9061/

The Domestic Violence Survivor Support Network's annual fundraising event, Pumpkins and Poker will be on Thursday October 14th, 2010 at Buffalo Billiards. Pumpkins and Poker is an annual tournament that raises money which enables the Domestic Violence Survivor Support Network to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence year-round. All of the proceeds from the event go directly to victims and assists them with much needed direct services. Examples of what these funds are used for include: providing money for bus tickets for victims who need to relocate for safety reasons; assisting with past due utility bills; past due rent and mortgage payments; all of which help empower our clients and stabilize their lives. We hope to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/14/9005/

In lieu of bar review on October 14, the Domestic Violence Survivor Support Network (DVSSN) is holding Pumpkins and Poker, our main fundraising event. All proceeds from this annual poker tournament are used to help survivors of domestic violence as they start over after leaving their attackers.

Tickets are on sale now in the Law School Atrium!

Entrance to the tournament is $15 and includes a drink ticket and T-shirt. If you would like to attend the event, but don't know the difference between the river and the bend, admission is $7 and includes a drink ticket.

Local businesses have donated amazing prizes. Grand prizes for poker players include iPod Nanos and gift certificates to restaurants, salons, and more. Prizes will also be raffled off all evening long.

If you cannot attend the event, please consider providing your support by either contributing financially or with a gift of your time.

DVSSN would like to thank The Texas Journal of Women and the Law (TJWL) for their generous sponsorship.

We hope to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/14/9023/

This is a planning committee meeting for the 2011 School Law Conference, by invitation only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/15/8844/

Capital Punishment & the Supreme Court’s New Term: A Discussion of the Death Penalty Issues Facing the Court in 2010-2011

Professors Rob Owen & Jordan Steiker will discuss the Oct. 13 oral argument in Skinner v. Switzer and preview the capital cases to be decided in the remainder of the Term.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/18/8761/

Christoph Paulus, Berlin

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/21/8949/

Law and Philosophy Workshop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/21/8833/

The Auction will be held on October 21st, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Cedar Street at 208 W. 4th Street. Come join Texas Law Fellowships and bid on items to raise money for summer public interest funding for your classmates. Items in the past have included wine & cheese with Dean Sager, beer tasting with Professor Emily Kadens, and dinners and happy hours with professors. Silent auction items will also be available. Open bar tab starts at 6 pm!

Buy your tickets the week of October 18th in the Atrium for $10 or $15 at the door.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/21/9086/

Lunchtime Discussion on Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Friday, October 22nd, 11:30-12:30pm, in the Fleming Room (in George’s Café). Lunch will be provided.

Learn how Assisted Reproductive Technologies impact different communities, especially LGBQT parents, and what potential impact legal development in this area may have on the future of reproductive rights. Our panelists will discuss the legal intricacies of sperm/egg donation, surrogacy contracts, and Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis.

Professor John Robertson has written and lectured widely on law and bioethical issues. He is the author of Children of Choice: Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies (1994), and numerous articles on reproductive rights and genetics. He has served on or been a consultant to many national bioethics advisory bodies, and is currently Chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Karen Langsley has been a solo practitioner in Dripping Springs, Texas since 2004, doing primarily family law with a special focus on LGBTQ family law and Child Protective Services litigation.

Dr. Stephanie Reich is an OB/GYN at Women Partners in Health. She provides women with gynecological and obstetrical care of all types, including high-risk obstetrics.

Dr. Margaret Thompson has a private practice in Austin. During her medical career she has served as Chief OB-GYN and Member of the Medical Ethics Committee of Seton Hospital. She also has a JD from UT Law.

Brought to you by: Texas Law Students for Reproductive Justice and Texas Journal of Women and the Law. Supported by Outlaw and the American Constitution Society.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/10/22/9141/