Events Calendar

Law School Colloquium on Justice Breyer's "Making Our Democracy Work", with Mitch Berman, Lynn Blais, and Sandy Levinson acting as commentators, Eidman Courtroom

CHLSA's semi-annual Fajita Fiesta benefits our Endowed Scholarship Fund and features fresh and delicious steak, chicken, and vegetable fajitas with all the trimmings.

Informal Student Meeting with Justice Breyer

Monday, April 5, 3:30—5:00 PM Judith Kimerling, CUNY School of Law "Oil, Litigation and Conservation in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador: Can Cowode Law Protect the Rights of Indigenous Huaorani in the Oil Patch and Yasuni Biosphere Reserve?" Lecture co-sponsored by the Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration and Environmental Law

Interested in writing on to a journal? Come hear about dates and procedures. To help you decide which journals you're interested in, you'll hear from representatives of the various journals.

Texas Law Review is proud to sponsor and coordinate the annual write-on competition.

This is the second of two mandatory meetings for 2Ls and 3Ls who will be applying for judicial clerkships. UT Law Judicial Clerkship Advisors will discuss the clerkship application process in detail including summer deadlines and the two online systems students will be using to apply for clerkships.

Nicole Simmons, Public Interest Career Counselor with the CSO, along with 3Ls who have secured postgraduate fellowships, will discuss some of the more popular project-based fellowships obtained by UT Law graduates. Panelists will discuss the application process and provide strategies for putting together a competitive fellowship application. Lunch will be served.

The Action Committee for Career Services will be having their next meeting on Wednesday, April 6, at 11:30 a.m. in the Career Services Office Library (TNH 3.130). We’ll have Tiff’s Treats and soft drinks. If you are interested in becoming involved next year – including assisting with Fall OCI Employer Check-In in August – this is the meeting for you. We will also be discussing the Happy Hour with Small & Midsize Firms and officer po

The Career Services Office is pleased to announce the 2011 Study Break Public Service Stipend Program. This Program is designed to provide stipends to fund public interest and government internships for a select number of first- and second-year UT Law students. The 2011 CSO Study Break Public Service Stipend is open to current 1Ls and 2Ls (Class of 2013 and 2012, respectively)

The Intellectual Property Law Society will host its last meeting WEDNESDAY 4/6/11.

Speakers: John Campbell Firm: McKool Smith Topic: Experience working on Microsoft v. i4i Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Room: 3.142 Food: TBD

For 3Ls still seeking permanent employment, come learn about UT Law’s Long Career Launch Program. Strategies will be discussed on how to maximize the benefit of LCLP and similar postgraduate programs. You will also obtain practical advice on how to make your job search more efficient and productive. You may attend either the Thursday or Friday session.

Students looking beyond large firms will find this reception a great opportunity to meet with attorneys from small and midsized firms as well as solo practitioners in a casual setting. This is a great way to expand your network, so don’t miss out! Dress is business casual. Additionally, the CSO is providing a student resume directory to practitioners attending the reception.

For 3Ls still seeking permanent employment, come learn about UT Law’s Long Career Launch Program. Strategies will be discussed on how to maximize the benefit of LCLP and similar postgraduate programs. You will also obtain practical advice on how to make your job search more efficient and productive. You may attend either the Thursday or Friday session.

Early Bar Prep continues with Torts.

At the beginning of this session (and each subsequent session), we'll review the practice MBE questions handed out the week before. Hear why answers are right/wrong to sometimes tricky MBE questions.

Please join us as Ronen Avraham presents “From PI to IP: Yet Another Unexpected Effect of Tort Reform.”

Don’t miss this opportunity to ask successful judicial clerkship candidates everything you’d like to know about the clerkship application process. This meeting is for 2Ls and 3Ls only. No faculty or CSO staff members will be present. Pizza will be served.

Carlos Natarén, LLILAS Visiting Scholar anf professor of law at UNAM, and Antonio Caballero, direcotr of legal studies at CIDE, examine the judicial reforms enacted in Mexico in 2008 and their future impact on the country. Presented in Spanish with simultaneous translation provided.

Whether you’re working at a small or large firm, learn the tips and tools you’ll need to succeed as a summer associate. Lunch will be served afterwards. RSVP by Tuesday, April 12, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the “Events” tab.

Early Bar Prep continues with Constitutional Law. Con Law scholar Erwin Chemerinsky presents.

At the beginning of this session (and each subsequent session), we'll review the practice MBE questions handed out the week before. Hear why answers are right/wrong to sometimes tricky MBE questions.

Come learn more about the Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program, which provides summer internship opportunities for minorities, women, and economically disadvantaged students pursuing environmental, engineering, science-related, and public administration careers. Lunch will be served.

Early Bar Prep continues with Constitutional Law. Con Law scholar Erwin Chemerinsky presents.

At the beginning of this session (and each subsequent session), we'll review the practice MBE questions handed out the week before. Hear why answers are right/wrong to sometimes tricky MBE questions.

Please join us for the last meeting of the year to discuss the formation of the student group, Beyond the Bar, and the direction it will take in the fall. Beyond the Bar leaders for the 2011-12 academic year will be announced. Afterwards, join other business-minded UT Law students and alumni (nonpracticing and/or JDs with a McCombs degree) for a cash bar and old-school social networking. RSVP by noon on Friday, April 15, on UT Law Symplicity b