Events Calendar

Stop by the breezeway on Valentine’s Day from 10-2 for a yummy snack (all $1 each!), and send a Valentine to a special friend, lover, frenemy, or stranger.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/02/14/10786/

The Law Academy is held annually in conjunction with and sponsored by the Law School Admission Council’s (LSAC) for DiscoverLaw.org Month.

The Law Academy is designed to introduce historically underrepresented minority groups and socio-economically disadvantaged high school students the legal profession and higher education in general.

The high school students will partake in a mock class taught by a UT Law faculty member, a mock trial presented by current UT Law students, lunch, and a video produced by the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/02/15/10163/

PILA's 2011 Symposium will examine the intersection of legal advocacy and filmmaking. Events will focus on how lawyers can utilize documentary media to supplement and promote traditional courtroom advocacy. The Symposium will show three documentaries and have related discussions on how these films advance the social justice movements involved.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/02/16/10643/

PILA's 2011 Symposium will examine the intersection of legal advocacy and filmmaking. Events will focus on how lawyers can utilize documentary media to supplement and promote traditional courtroom advocacy. The Symposium will show three documentaries and have related discussions on how these films advance the social justice movements involved.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/02/16/10644/

PILA's 2011 Symposium will examine the intersection of legal advocacy and filmmaking. Events will focus on how lawyers can utilize documentary media to supplement and promote traditional courtroom advocacy. The Symposium will show three documentaries and have related discussions on how these films advance the social justice movements involved.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/02/17/10645/

This spring the Rapoport Center will host our seventh annual conference, entitled “Aftershocks: Legacies of Conflict” on February 17—18. The conference will capitalize on the performance of Black Watch at the University of Texas, an award-winning play written by Scottish playwright Gregory Burke and performed by the National Theater of Scotland. The play explores the experiences of Scottish soldiers deployed to fight in Iraq from the Black Watch regiment, one of the oldest regiments in British history. “Aftershocks” will explore some of the same intersections of violence, the colonial past, memory, and trauma that Black Watch invokes, as well as the unique role that performance might play in the analysis. It will consider these issues in a variety of geographic spaces and places, with a special emphasis on the legal and political regimes that are meant to preserve memory while also transitioning into post-conflict. Please visit the website for more details.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/02/17/8820/

8:30am-8:45am Opening Remarks Catherine Garza, TIPLJ Editor-in-Chief

8:45am-9:15am Presentation: IP Issues in the Cloud Bart Showalter, Partner, Baker Botts LLP

9:15am-10:15am Presentation: Ethics in Patent Law David Hricik, Professor, Mercer University School of Law

10:30am-11:15am Morning Break

10:30am-11:15am Panel: Enforcing Patent Judgments in light of Tivo v. Echostar Moderator: Robert Bone, Professor, University of Texas School of Law

Panelists: Stephen Hash, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP Magistrate Judge Chad Everingham United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Joseph Farnan, Jr., Farnan LLP

11:15am-11:45am Presentation: Trademarks and Search Engines Larry Waks, Partner, Jackson Walker LLP

11:45am-1:00pm Lunch

12:00pm-12:30pm Presentation: Copyright and Mass-Market Contracts James Gibson, Professor, University of Richmond School of Law

12:30pm-1:00pm Presentation: Soul of Creativity: Forging a Moral Rights Law for the U.S. Roberta Kwall, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

1:00pm-1:30pm Presentation: Proving Reasonable Royalty Damages Charles Walker, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

1:30pm-2:00pm Presentation: Reasonable Royalties as an Equitable Remedy David Healey, Principal, Fish & Richardson PC

2:00pm-2:45pm Panel: Patent Damages Reform Moderator: David Adelman, Professor, University of Texas School of Law Panelists: Steven Pollinger, Principal, McKool Smith PC Aaron Cooper, IP Counsel, Senator Patrick Leahy Sr. Judge Lee Yeakel, United States District Court, Western District of Texas 2:45pm-3:00pm Afternoon Break

3:00pm-3:30pm Presentation: Injunctions following eBay Kevin Meek, Partner, Baker Botts LLP

3:30pm-4:00pm Presentation: Overview of Recent Damage Cases M. Andrew Woodmansee, Partner, Morrison Foerster LLP

4:00pm-4:30pm Presentation: Recovering Attorney Fees in Patent Cases David Griffith, Partner, Andrews Kurth LLP

4:30pm-4:45pm Closing Remarks Ashley Edison & Shannon Lam, TIPLJ Co-Symposium Editors

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/02/18/10673/

This spring the Rapoport Center will host our seventh annual conference, entitled “Aftershocks: Legacies of Conflict” on February 17—18. The conference will capitalize on the performance of Black Watch at the University of Texas, an award-winning play written by Scottish playwright Gregory Burke and performed by the National Theater of Scotland. The play explores the experiences of Scottish soldiers deployed to fight in Iraq from the Black Watch regiment, one of the oldest regiments in British history. “Aftershocks” will explore some of the same intersections of violence, the colonial past, memory, and trauma that Black Watch invokes, as well as the unique role that performance might play in the analysis. It will consider these issues in a variety of geographic spaces and places, with a special emphasis on the legal and political regimes that are meant to preserve memory while also transitioning into post-conflict. Please visit the website for more details.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/02/18/8821/

Attention 3Ls and Judicial Law Clerks: Reserve your spot now! Whether you have a job lined up or not, you can’t afford to miss this opportunity to jump start your career!

The Center for Women in Law will host a limited enrollment Leadership Boot Camp on February 18th. The Boot Camp is an all-day training session on the essential skills for navigating a successful legal career. The day focuses on skills women lawyers traditionally learn too late in their careers to have an impact – effective communication, self-promotion, and building internal and external networks.

You will have a full day of opportunities to network with representatives from more than 30 organizations. The participating organizations to date include:

Almanza, Blackburn & Dickie, LLP, Andrews Kurth LLP, Carls, McDonald & Dalrymple, LLP, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, K&L Gates, Law Firm of Francés Jones, Mary Kay Inc., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Shell Oil, State Farm Insurance Companies, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Texas Appleseed, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, State Farm Insurance Companies, Thompson Coe, Vinson & Elkins LLP, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/02/18/9945/