Events Calendar

UT Law students will travel to the Rio Grande Valley to participate in law-related volunteer projects from January 9-14, 2011. The trips are being organized by PB in J, a law student organization, and the law school’s Pro Bono Program, whose joint vision is that UT Law students will have the opportunity to participate in meaningful pro bono work through a week-long service trip during the second week of January.

Application Deadline: NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/08/9523/

Featuring Pamela M. Brown, Director of the Bi-National Project on Family Violence, an initiative of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. From 11:30 pm to 12:30 pm, Brown will speak about her innovative transborder work reuniting parents with internationally abducted children and her work advocating for the rights of victims of domestic violence in child custody disputes. From 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. she will talk about her life in the law. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Students may attend one or both sessions. Please RSVP by Friday, November 5, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Sponsored by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, Career Services Office, Domestic Violence Survivor Support Network, International Law Society of Texas, and Public Interest Law Association.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/08/8812/

As the fourth speaker in the Rapoport Center's Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series, Samera Esmeir will deliver a lecture titled "Temporalities of Struggle: National Liberation Movements and International Strategies of Rule." Esmeir is an assistant professor in the Rhetoric Department at the University of California, Berkeley.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/08/8817/

Law Students for Reproductive Justice will meet Monday, Nov. 8, in room 3.127, from 4:00-5:00pm. As always, we'll have yummy snacks. This is the last meeting of the year, so if you've been waiting to get involved, wait no longer!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/08/9468/

Major Jeremiah Salame, former Battalion Executive Officer with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, will discuss the opportunities and expectations of serving in the Marine Corps JAG. He will also discuss the experience of a Judge Advocate in Iraq. Please RSVP by Monday, November 8, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab. In consideration of the Solomon Amendment, the U.S. Armed Forces are exempt from the provisions of the University's nondiscrimination policy as it relates to sexual orientation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/09/9485/

Office of Student Life Study Break

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/09/9464/

Speaker = Doak Bishop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/09/8707/

UT Law students will travel to the Rio Grande Valley to participate in law-related volunteer projects from January 9-14, 2011. The trips are being organized by PB in J, a law student organization, and the law school’s Pro Bono Program, whose joint vision is that UT Law students will have the opportunity to participate in meaningful pro bono work through a week-long service trip during the second week of January.

Application Deadline: NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/09/9524/

A formal initiation for the members of the reactivated Sam Houston Senate of Delta Theta Phi International Legal Fraternity.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/09/9281/

Join PILA for dinner and to hear from Kelly Haragan, Director of the Environmental Law Clinic, who will be speaking about her experiences in public interest law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/09/9563/

UT Law students will travel to the Rio Grande Valley to participate in law-related volunteer projects from January 9-14, 2011. The trips are being organized by PB in J, a law student organization, and the law school’s Pro Bono Program, whose joint vision is that UT Law students will have the opportunity to participate in meaningful pro bono work through a week-long service trip during the second week of January.

Application Deadline: NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/10/9542/

This is the last General Meeting of the Semester! Come hear about & sign up for the 1L NALP mail-out breakfast session that we'll be holding later on in the week. Food will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/10/9502/

Law and Philosophy Workshop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/11/8836/

The SAO is offering an opportunity for you to take a practice exam question under timed conditions, using the Exam4, the software you'll use to type your exams. This is an excellent chance to acclimate yourself to the software, as well as to get a taste of what your actual exams will be like.

Section 1A, 1B, 1D Torts 2:30pm 3.142

Section 1C Torts 10:30am 3.126

Section 2 Contracts 10:30am 2.137

Section 3 Property 2:30pm 2.138

Section 4 Civil Procedure 2:30pm 2.140

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/12/9601/

The SAO is offering an opportunity for you to take a practice exam question under timed conditions, using the Exam4, the software you'll use to type your exams. This is an excellent chance to acclimate yourself to the software, as well as to get a taste of what your actual exams will be like.

Section 1A, 1B, 1D Torts 2:30pm 3.142

Section 1C Torts 10:30am 3.126

Section 2 Contracts 10:30am 2.137

Section 3 Property 2:30pm 2.138

Section 4 Civil Procedure 2:30pm 2.140

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/12/9145/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/12/9482/

Reception and unveiling of sculpture celebrating the life of The Honorable James DeAnda.

The University of Texas School of Law The Joseph D. Jamail Pavilion Friday, November 12, 2010 6:00 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/12/9094/

Townsend and Townsend and Crew, an intellectual property boutique law firm, sponsors a writing contest in which all eligible students may submit a paper of 2,000 words or less on an IP-related topic of the student's choosing. The first place winner at each school will receive a cash award of $1,000. Come learn more about the writing prize as well as life as an IP attorney from Miranda Martinez, ’08, a litigation associate at Townsend and Townsend and Crew. Sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Society. Pizza will be served. Please RSVP by Friday, November 12, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/15/9422/

International Study Abroad Fair for JD students, during International Education Week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/16/8727/

Stop by our table for tasty treats. We have gluten-free stuff in addition to the always popular cookies and cupcakes. Help us raise money to attend our regional conference! -Law Students for Reproductive Justice

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/16/9661/

Do you wonder what your professors work on outside of the classroom? Here’s your chance to find out! Professors speak to students in an informal setting about their personal research – what interests them, what they’ve learned, how they do it. Get an inside look into legal scholarship and a chance to interact with professors outside of the classroom. Our next speaker is Professor Bobby Chesney, whose work focuses on the legal aspects of U.S. national security policy and practices. Whether it is terrorism, WMD proliferation, Guantanamo, torture, surveillance, computer network operations, or cartel violence in Mexico, there are many legal issues that arise. If you are interested in how legal scholarship engages such questions, don’t miss this one! Join us on Tuesday, November 16 at 3:30 pm in the Sheffield Room. Light refreshments will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/16/9183/

Come relax over turkey with your fellow CHLSA members.

This event is open to all dues-paying members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/16/9583/

Dean Sager will discuss the state of the Law School. Refreshaments will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/17/9621/

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Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/17/9581/

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

Exam prep session for mentor group 3B

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/17/9645/

New technology has revolutionized how we all live. Technology can also pose risks to customers' privacy and freedom of expression. Failing to take these rights into account can easily lead to negative press, costly lawsuits and government investigations. That's why the ACLU of Northern California has developed 'Privacy and Free Speech: It's Good for Business,' a primer designed to help free speech protections in new technology.

The talk will be give by Nicole Ozer, Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director from the ACLU’s Northern California affiliate will speak about Internet rights and privacy and will be in the Eidman Jury Room on Thursday, November 18, at 12:30PM. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/18/9681/

As part of both the Law & Philosophy Colloquium and the Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series, Thomas Pogge will deliver a lecture on "The Health Impact Fund: How to Make New Medicines Accessible to All." Pogge is the Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University. Lecture co-sponsored by the Law & Philosophy Program and the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/18/8819/

Law and Philosophy Workshop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/18/8837/

On Friday, November 19, 2010 The University of Texas School of Law, in cooperation with the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, will host a one-day roundtable addressing the Criminal Justice Section’s current project of revising its Standards concerning the Prosecution and Defense Functions. Invited participants, consisting of respected prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges from across the State of Texas, and academics in the fields of criminal justice and professional responsibility, will engage in a series of moderated discussions on whether the proposed revisions provide adequate and appropriate guidance to prosecutors and defense lawyers, focusing on ethical issues surrounding case loads, conflicts of interest, and prosecutor discretion in initiating and maintaining criminal charges. The day’s proceedings will be reported and circulated to the Standards Revision Task Force to provide concrete guidance from criminal justice stakeholders in the Standards revision process.

The Prosecution and Defense Functions Standards are just two of the Criminal Justice Section’s Standards documents, which set forth aspirational goals for a variety of arenas of the criminal justice system, including Criminal Appeals, Discovery, DNA Evidence, the Legal Status of Prisoners, Mental Health, and Speedy Trial. The Standards in general, and the Prosecution and Defense Functions Standards in particular, have been widely influential since their initial promulgation in 1974, when Chief Justice Warren Burger hailed the Standards project as "the single most comprehensive and probably the most monumental undertaking in the field of criminal justice ever attempted by the American legal profession in our national history." Hundreds of Supreme Court and lower court opinions have cited the Standards as persuasive authority, legislatures have looked to the Standards in enacting state codes of criminal procedure and other criminal justice reforms, courts have adopted the Standards in their local rules, and prosecutor and defense offices have incorporated the Standards into local office policies.

The current revision process will culminate in the publication of the third edition of the Prosecution and Defense Functions Standards, which were last revised in 1992 and 1991, respectively. The University of Texas School of Law is honored to play a small part in that important endeavor by hosting this series of conversations among the leading players in Texas criminal justice.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/19/9644/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2010/11/19/9483/