Events Calendar

On April 11th at 3pm in the Fleming Room, ACS will host a study break talk with Professor Steve Bickerstaff. Prof. Bickerstaff served as Parliamentarian of the Texas Senate and special assistant Texas Attorney General before founding the private law firm of Bickerstaff & Heath in 1980. The firm continues to be one of the premier election law firms in the country. Currently he is an Adjunct Professor at UT Law teaching courses on voting and election law. At the study break, he will discuss redistricting in Texas, both in 2003 and in 2011.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/11/11454/

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.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/12/11494/

As part of the Henry W. Strasburger Lectures in Trial Advocacy, the Law School is hosting a Voir Dire lecture and demonstration by renowned litigation consultant, Dr. Douglas Keene, on Wednesday, April 13th. Judge David Phillips will serve as the presiding judge, and local attorneys Karen Burgess and Dirk Jordan will appear as counsel. The lecture and demonstration will be held in the Jeffers Courtroom (TNH 3.140) from 12:30-3:30 and is open to all students and faculty.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/13/11492/

PILA Potluck with Fred Fuchs and Bill Beardall!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/13/11493/

Ryan Robinson, the City of Austin Demographer, will present his analysis of the latest U.S. Census data for Austin and what it means for historically disadvantaged groups in the region. The session will explore current and future trends caused by Austin's rapidly changing demographics and population growth patterns, including how the poor continue to fall behind.

Thursday, April 14th from 12:30-1:30 in the Sheffield Room, lunch provided

Sponsored by UT Opportunity Forum, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School, Center for Sustainable Development at the School of Architecture

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/14/11362/

Student presentation

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/14/11558/

UT Law Reunion 2011 is scheduled for Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16, and will honor those classes ending in “1” or “6” from 1961 through 2006. Even if you're not in an honored class this year, we hope you will join us for what promises to be an exciting and memorable Reunion Weekend!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/15/9096/

The Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court Competition is an annual, endowed moot court competition open to all first-year UT Law students on a tryout basis. Competitors enter a 64-person tournament in which judging is based on oral argument and brief writing.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/15/10782/

Conference and Speaker Schedule:

10-10:30 WELCOME ADDRESS

10:30-12:00pm EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION PANEL

moderator: Professor Cary Franklin, University of Texas School of Law Josephine Tittsworth, PFLAG-TNET Bob Schmidt, Crews Law Firm, P.C.

12:00-1:00pm LUNCH FROM SAGO MODERN MEXICAN

graciously sponsored by Baker Botts LLP

1:00-2:30pm LGBTQ FAMILY LAW PANEL

moderator: Jason Cordova, J.D. Candidate 2011 Mitchell Katine, Katine & Nechman, L.L.P. Keith Griffin, The Griffin Firm Christine Henry Andresen, Family Lawyer

2:45-:415pm GAY MARRIAGE PANEL

moderator: Samuel Rettew, J.D. Candidate 2012 Ken Upton, Lamda Legal Professor Patrick Woolley, University of Texas School of Law Jason Steed, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/15/11457/

The Law School will hold its annual Alumni Awards on Friday, April 15th at the AT&T Executive Conference Center at noon.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/15/9101/

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 by selecting the “Events” tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/15/11561/

UT Law Reunion 2011 is scheduled for Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16, and will honor those classes ending in “1” or “6” from 1961 through 2006. Even if you're not in an honored class this year, we hope you will join us for what promises to be an exciting and memorable Reunion Weekend!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/16/9097/

The Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court Competition is an annual, endowed moot court competition open to all first-year UT Law students on a tryout basis. Competitors enter a 64-person tournament in which judging is based on oral argument and brief writing.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/16/10783/

The Energy Center is proud to be sponsoring a team of UT Law Students who will travel to Vienna to participate in the 18th annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot). The Vis Moot is a competition for law students. Students from all countries are eligible. The Moot involves a dispute arising out of a contract of sale between two countries that are party to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The contract provides that any dispute that might arise is to be settled by arbitration in Danubia, a country that has enacted the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and is a party to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. The arbitral rules to be applied rotate yearly among the arbitration rules of co-sponsors of the Moot.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/16/10882/

The Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court Competition is an annual, endowed moot court competition open to all first-year UT Law students on a tryout basis. Competitors enter a 64-person tournament in which judging is based on oral argument and brief writing.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/17/10784/

The Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court Competition is an annual, endowed moot court competition open to all first-year UT Law students on a tryout basis. Competitors enter a 64-person tournament in which judging is based on oral argument and brief writing.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/18/10785/

Monday, April 18, 3:30—5:30 PM Julie Mertus, American University School of International Service Lecture co-sponsored by the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/18/11236/

Travis County District Court hearings

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/19/10711/

Please join the Women's Law Caucus in a discussion on the importance of finding a mentor during your summer job and as a young professional. Sandra Rodriguez, a partner at Vinson & Elkins, will be discussing how to pinpoint a good mentor and how to maintain that relationship over the course of the summer. Pizza will be served, and all are welcome!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/19/11553/

Travis County District Court hearings

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/20/10714/

Ariel Dulitzky, Director of the UT Human Rights Clinic, is a member of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. He just returned from Mexico where he was part of a fact-finding mission on the situation of enforced disappearances. He will present and discuss the preliminary observations of the Working Group mission. In a broader perspective, Prof. Dulitzky will analyze the relationship and interactions between an international human rights mechanism, the Mexican government and civil society organizations.

Dr. Ricardo Ainslie, a professor in the Department of Education Psychology, will serve as a discussant. He directed the film "¡Ya Basta!" ("Enough!), a disturbing, intimate documentary on the epidemic of kidnappings and related crimes that started in Mexico in the '90s.

This event is sponsored by the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, the Rapaport Center for Human Rights and Justice and the Human Rights Clinic.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/21/11612/

Welcome Austin attorneys and law students to a joint happy hour with the University of Texas School of Law. Join us to learn more about the American Constitution Society and enjoy a night of networking and socializing with progressive legal minds from around Austin! This is a great forum for law students to talk with ACS lawyers about possible summer employment opportunities. Not to mention a needed break before finals! Feel free to forward this announcement to interested friends and colleagues.

Thursday, April 21, 2011 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Scholz Garten 1607 San Jacinto Blvd Austin, TX

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/21/11532/