Events Calendar

The Declaration of Intent to Study Law must be filed by all persons who have begun their law study at ABA-approved schools in Texas and intend to apply for licensure in Texas.

Your Declaration must be filed or postmarked by October 1st to be considered timely-filed. A $150 late fee will be imposed on all Declarations filed after October 1st.

The TX BLE office is not open on weekends; if you would like to hand deliver your completed application by the end of the Friday September 30 business day, the TX BLE office is located at:

205 W. 14th St. Ste 500, Austin, TX 78701

You're encouraged to arrive well in advance of the 5 PM closing time.

Late-filing Declarants may file at any time prior to or concurrent with the filing of their In-State Application to Take the Texas Bar Exam.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/01/9342/

Texas Environmental Law Journal edit session.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/02/12677/

Early registration for Spring 2012 through the Law School website only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/03/12514/

Assault & Flattery audition sign-ups are in the breezeway October 3 through 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Auditions will be held October 10, 12, and 13 beginning at 6 p.m. Come sign up for your 10-minute audition slot! No talent necessary! Please send any questions regarding A&F auditions to producer@assaultandflattery.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/03/12632/

(#CEWnp) Not sure you want to practice law? Learn how you can utilize your JD in various consultation careers. Panelists include Elizabeth P. Lippincott ’94, Vice President at Vianovo, who combines international campaign experience with legal advocacy and analytical skills, as well as in-depth knowledge of issues ranging from international software piracy to economic development; John Langmore ‘89, John Langmore Consulting, who is a transportation and land use consultant as well as Vice Chairman of Capital Metro; Patricia V. Hayes, PVH Consulting Group, LLC, who provides public policy consulting, general management consultations, and more; and Mike Rinehart ‘80, Founder of Your Beyond with more than 12 years of experience as a life coach. Co-sponsored by Beyond Any Bar and moderated by Aaron Borden, '13. Lunch will be served afterwards. Please RSVP by Friday, September 30, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/03/12661/

Application packets should be received by the CSO, in electronic form to Nicole Simmons at nsimmons@law.utexas.edu, by noon on Monday, October 3, 2011. Comments will be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7, 2011.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/03/12237/

Catalina Smulovitz, Director of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina, will speak on "Legal Inequality and Domestic Violence. Who gets what and when at the Sub national Level?"

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/03/12409/

(#CEWtrans) Learn about careers in transactional law in both the private and public sectors. Panelists will discuss the various career options in transactional law, the market for transactional lawyers, the skills and training that are important, and how to enter the field. Panelists include Wesley Watts ’08, Associate at Baker Botts, Maria Sanchez, Austin Energy; Doug Booth ’92, The Law Office of Douglas A. Booth, P.C.; and Kim McMath ‘92, formerly Senior Corporate Legal Counsel, Director of Legal Affairs at ST-Ericsson Inc. and Associate General Counsel at STMicroelectronics. Moderated by Professor David Sokolow. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by Friday, September 30, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/03/12662/

Fellowship application and supporting documents are due by mail on Monday, October 3, 2011, to the Skadden Fellowship office.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/03/12234/

How do you put a price tag on local seafood, pristine beaches, and clean water? Presented by Kenneth R. Feinberg, administrator of the $20 billion fund established in the wake of the 2010 British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon oil spill, will discuss his careet, how he approaches his work, and the ethics of putting a "price tag" on a human life.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/03/12570/

Early registration for Spring 2012 through the Law School website only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/04/12515/

Assault & Flattery audition sign-ups are in the breezeway October 3 through 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Auditions will be held October 10, 12, and 13 beginning at 6 p.m. Come sign up for your 10-minute audition slot! No talent necessary! Please send any questions regarding A&F auditions to producer@assaultandflattery.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/04/12656/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/04/12376/

Kenneth R. Feinberg, administrator of the $20 billion fund established in the wake of the 2010 British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon oil spill, will discuss his career, how he approaches his work, and the ethics of putting a "price tag" on a human life.

Pizza will be served.

RSVP to Gena Dawson at gdawson@law.utexas.edu

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/04/12619/

(#CEWlit) Learn about careers in litigation, what litigators find rewarding about their jobs, and the skills and experiences that are important for litigators. Panelists include Jody Scheske, Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Mark Levy ‘01, Office of the Attorney General – Antitrust Division; Gregg Cox ‘92, Director, Public Integrity Unit of the Travis County District Attorney; and Trevor Taylor ’98, Law Office of Trevor A. Taylor and Immediate Past President, Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association. Moderated by Tracy McCormack, Director of the Advocacy Program at UT Law.

Lunch will be served afterwards. Please RSVP by Monday, October 3, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/04/12665/

The Power Lunch Series is designed to teach women law students in journal and student organization leadership positions the meaning of organizational power, and provide them with an understanding of how to gain and utilize that power in an effective and positive manner to achieve career success.

The PLS lessons are from the 2011 Women’s Power Summit on Law & Leadership. Hear video replays of two of the most thought-provoking panels of the Summit. Each video will be followed by a discussion session the subsequent week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/04/12669/

How will you balance children and a successful legal career? Let's talk about it. Join Law Students for Reproductive Justice, the Center for Women in Law, Women's Law Caucus and the Texas Journal of Women and the Law for an open conversation on parenting and careers in the law.

This event is a forum for practitioners and students to meet and discuss their experiences and questions regarding the compatibility of being both a parent and an attorney. Panelists include:

Manuel Escobar: McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP Kristin Etter: Sumpter & Gonzales, LLP Professor Jennifer Laurin: UT Law Andrea Marsh: Texas Fair Defense Project Professor Gretchen Sween: Dechert, LLP and UT Law

Lunch will be provided following the conversation. Students of all genders are welcome and encouraged to attend!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/04/12692/

Notable Supreme Court litigators and UT law professors will discuss the major cases of the 2011 Supreme Court term.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/04/12697/

Larry Waks from Jackson Walker will be speaking about Copyright and Trademark law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/04/12681/

Early registration for Spring 2012 through the Law School website only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/05/12516/

Assault & Flattery audition sign-ups are in the breezeway October 3 through 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Auditions will be held October 10, 12, and 13 beginning at 6 p.m. Come sign up for your 10-minute audition slot! No talent necessary! Please send any questions regarding A&F auditions to producer@assaultandflattery.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/05/12657/

(#CEWre) Come learn more about real estate law from practitioners in the commercial, financial, and residential sectors. Panelists include Jerry Harris ‘69, Partner at Brown McCarroll; Scott Marks ‘94, Director at Coats Rose; Stephen Butler, Shareholder at Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody; Tom Terkel, Founder and Principal at FourT Realty; and Russ Ham, solo practitioner, semi-retired. Moderated by Adrian Dunbar, '12, and Aaron Borden, '13 of the Real Estate Law Students Association. Lunch will be served and is sponsored by Brown McCarroll. Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 4, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/05/12666/

In the 6th floor Faculty Lounge (6.251) Prof. David Anderson and five other participants will make a speaker phone call to a participant who cannot attend in person. They will eat lunch, too.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/05/12690/

Early registration for Spring 2012 through the Law School website only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/06/12517/

Assault & Flattery audition sign-ups are in the breezeway October 3 through 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Auditions will be held October 10, 12, and 13 beginning at 6 p.m. Come sign up for your 10-minute audition slot! No talent necessary! Please send any questions regarding A&F auditions to producer@assaultandflattery.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/06/12658/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/06/11958/

(#CEWjud) This program is highly recommended for 2Ls and 3Ls who are considering applying for judicial clerkships. Robert Pitman '88, newly appointment U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas and former magistrate judge, and Lisa Hobbs '00, former Supreme Court of Texas General Counsel currently with Vinson & Elkins, will tell you why clerking is a valuable experience and how to prepare now to become a great applicant. Get tips on selecting courts and judges, asking for letters of recommendation, and putting together a good application. Moderated by Judicial Clerkship Faculty Advisor Elana Einhorn. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 5, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/06/12384/

On October 6 at 11:30 AM, the SBA and I are sponsoring a Town Hall Meeting. I will give a report on the State of the Law School, take questions, and join in a discussion with all of you who come. Prime among the topics I plan to take up are:

• The Deanship • Budgetary Matters, including Tuition • New Faculty and New Programs • The Employment Picture

Our meeting will be in the Susman Godfrey Atrium. Cookies and soft drinks will be served. The refreshments will be available at 11:15. I’ll make my remarks at 11:30. We’ll leave plenty of time for questions and discussion.

This is the first Town Hall meeting of the year. The SBA and I plan several meetings, where we can take up other questions or explore some of these questions in greater depth.

Please join us!

--Larry Sager

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/06/12703/

(#CEWlabor)Come learn about building an employment law practice from attorneys who represent employees, employers and government agencies. Panelists include Jason Boulette ’97, and Alice McAfee ’04, Boulette & Golden LLP; Philip Durst ’82, of Deats, Durst, Owen and Levy, PLLC; Allison Bowers ’99, of Hutcheson Bowers, LLP; and David Halpern ‘94, Office of the Attorney General.

Lunch will be provided and is sponsored by the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 5, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/06/12667/

The Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice invites you to an information session for human rights internships and fellowships. This is a great opportunity to learn about opportunities with human rights organizations as well as international courts and tribunals. Former fellows and interns will share their experiences and will be available to answer questions. Food will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/06/12674/

a Law and Philosophy workshop by Kimberly Ferzan

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/06/12474/

Early registration for Spring 2012 through the Law School website only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/07/12518/

2011 Fall Litigation Institute (trial skills seminar for 2L and 3L students)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/07/12371/

The majority of on-campus interviews (Session II) are held in the Career Services Interview Suite (TNH 3.122). You should come by the Career Services Interview Suite prior to your interview to find out the exact location. Schedules will also be posted in the hallway in front of the Interview Suite by 6 p.m. the night before. The CSO offers 14 timed lockers, located next to TNH 3.129, that students may use while they are participating in OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/10/12021/

To outline or not to outline? Is that the question? Learn what an outline is and how it can help you. See examples of different forms of outlines. Yes, you have to do it yourself. Getting an outline from your roommate’s brother’s friend’s website won’t help you on the exam. Yes, you should already be thinking about exams.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/10/12499/

NEW TIME and LOCATION. Elena Espinoza with Education Pioneers will be holding office hours on Monday, October 10, starting at 2:30 p.m. in the LBJ Office of Student and Alumni Programs, which is located on the first floor in Sid Richardson Hall (SRH 3.104).

Education Pioneers is one of a very select few national organizations developing and infusing top leadership talent broadly into the education sector outside of the classroom. With a mission to identify, train, connect, and inspire a new generation of leaders dedicated to transforming America’s education system to ensure that all students receive a quality education. Education Pioneers has been building a nationwide network of high-potential professionals and supporting them to launch non-teaching education careers since 2003. Students are encouraged to stop by to learn more about their fellowships.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/10/12431/

The majority of on-campus interviews (Session II) are held in the Career Services Interview Suite (TNH 3.122). You should come by the Career Services Interview Suite prior to your interview to find out the exact location. Schedules will also be posted in the hallway in front of the Interview Suite by 6 p.m. the night before. The CSO offers 14 timed lockers, located next to TNH 3.129, that students may use while they are participating in OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/11/12022/

Are you a 2L thinking of applying for a postgraduate public interest fellowship? Are you a 3L thinking about applying for one after your judicial clerkship? This panel presentation will address how you should be preparing now to position yourself as a viable candidate for these highly competitive fellowships. Panelists include Ian Spechler ‘07, Staff Attorney with Disability Rights Texas and former Skadden fellow; Adriana Rodriguez ‘11, EJW fellow with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid in Laredo; Jordan Pollock ‘12, current 3L fellowship applicant; and Nicole Simmons, Public Interest Career Counselor. Moderated by Mary Crouter, Assistant Director of the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

Additional guests include Meredith Shytles ‘11, Skadden Fellow with Disability Rights Texas, and Michelle Smith ‘11, EJW Fellow with Texas Civil Rights Project.

Lunch will be served afterwards. RSVP by Monday, October 10, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/11/12389/

The Power Lunch Series is designed to teach women law students in journal and student organization leadership positions the meaning of organizational power, and provide them with an understanding of how to gain and utilize that power in an effective and positive manner to achieve career success.

The PLS lessons are from the 2011 Women’s Power Summit on Law & Leadership. Hear video replays of two of the most thought-provoking panels of the Summit. Each video will be followed by a discussion session the subsequent week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/11/12683/

Clark Neily, Senior Attorney at the Institute for Justice, will debate Professor Lino Graglia of The University of Texas School of Law on the topic: “Judicial Activism & the Proper Role of the Judiciary”.

The lunch will be catered by Pappasito’s Tex-Mex.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/11/12714/

Students interested in health law are invited to share pizza and information about possible careers in the field. Hosted by Dr. Bill Sage, UT Law professor and Vice Provost for Health Affairs, with attorneys David Hilgers (Brown McCarroll) and Jerry Bell (Fulbright & Jaworski).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/11/12602/

The majority of on-campus interviews (Session II) are held in the Career Services Interview Suite (TNH 3.122). You should come by the Career Services Interview Suite prior to your interview to find out the exact location. Schedules will also be posted in the hallway in front of the Interview Suite by 6 p.m. the night before. The CSO offers 14 timed lockers, located next to TNH 3.129, that students may use while they are participating in OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/12/12023/

Fellowship application and supporting documents must be submitted online by Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/12/12236/

What does 'for the general welfare' mean today? Professor Forbath will be tackling this question during a live, nationwide webinar as part of the American Constitution Society's series on constitutional interpretation. Focusing on economic and social rights, he will discuss a reform-minded, distributive tradition of constitutional law and politics.

After the national address, Professor Forbath will continue the discussion with those students and faculty in attendance. Tiff's Treats and other refreshments will be provided.

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 12 at 2:00pm Location: Eidman Courtroom

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/12/12715/

Education Pioneers is one of a very select few national organizations developing and infusing top leadership talent broadly into the education sector outside of the classroom. With a mission to identify, train, connect, and inspire a new generation of leaders dedicated to transforming America’s education system to ensure that all students receive a quality education. Education Pioneers has been building a nationwide network of high-potential professionals and supporting them to launch non-teaching education careers since 2003. Students are encouraged to stop by to learn more about their fellowships. RSVP by Tuesday, October 11, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/12/12390/

On Wednesday, October 12, the IPLS will host the annual mixer with the Austin IP Law Association (AIPLA). Come join us and take this opportunity to meet several local attorneys in the IP practice.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/12/12708/

The majority of on-campus interviews (Session II) are held in the Career Services Interview Suite (TNH 3.122). You should come by the Career Services Interview Suite prior to your interview to find out the exact location. Schedules will also be posted in the hallway in front of the Interview Suite by 6 p.m. the night before. The CSO offers 14 timed lockers, located next to TNH 3.129, that students may use while they are participating in OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/13/12024/

Jim Cicconi will be the guest speaker. RSVP required. Event is open to the first 35 students who respond.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/13/12322/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/13/12557/

Professors Kelly Haragan and Wendy Wagner will give an overview of projects they are working on and other projects they find particularly interesting. Students will have a chance to ask questions and discuss these projects with Professors Haragan and Wagner in a relaxed setting.Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Gena Dawson at gdawson@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/13/11913/

Join students and law schools across the country in a live streaming-video conversation with Attorney General Eric Holder about what can be done to increase access to justice. This online video conversation or “watch party” will also feature public service champions who are being honored by the White House. The event aims to encourage law students to think of new ways to use their degrees to help secure basic rights for all Americans. Students may submit questions to Attorney General Holder and/or the public service champions via email during the event. Law schools across the nation will participate in the conversation, to be held on Thursday, October 13, from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 pm CST. Please join us for this opportunity to engage with the White House on closing the justice gap.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/13/12652/

(#CEWenergy) The Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, & Energy Law, in conjunction with the Texas Oil & Gas Law Society and the Career Services Office, will be hosting its annual Energy Law Career Panel. Energy law practitioners from large firms, small firms, and government entities will be discussing careers in energy law, in addition to answering students’ questions. Energy law practitioners from large firms, small firms, and government entities will be discussing careers in energy law, in addition to answering students’ questions. Panelists include Amy Maxwell '07, Chief of Staff and Legal Counsel for Commissioner David Porter, Railroad Commission of Texas; Davin McGinnis '00, Partner, Scott, Douglass & McConnico; Shay Kuperman, Associate, Vinson & Elkins; and John Hays '74, Hays & Owen, LLP. Moderated by Matthew Greenberg, '12.

Reception to follow. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 12, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/13/12668/

Law and Philosophy workshop by Robin Kar

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/13/12475/

Enjoy free drinks and food at the first American Constitution Society Student-Attorney Happy Hour of the year next Thursday, October 13, at 5:30 pm at Scholz's Garten on 16th and San Jacinto (http://www.scholzgarten.net/). It will be a great opportunity to meet local progressive attorneys, professors, and students. Additionally, you will be able to sign up to have a local ACS attorney mentor.

Who we are: We are the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, one of the country's leading progressive legal organizations. ACS is a national organization comprised of law students, lawyers, academics, and community members who are working to ensure that the fundamental principles of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice are in their rightful, central place in American law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/13/12696/

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

Second annual TELJ Symposium

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/14/11999/

The majority of on-campus interviews (Session II) are held in the Career Services Interview Suite (TNH 3.122). You should come by the Career Services Interview Suite prior to your interview to find out the exact location. Schedules will also be posted in the hallway in front of the Interview Suite by 6 p.m. the night before. The CSO offers 14 timed lockers, located next to TNH 3.129, that students may use while they are participating in OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/14/12025/

Jaime Spellings, General Tax Counsel for ExxonMobil, will be at the law school on Friday, October 14, to speak to students interested in a career in energy tax. Mr. Spellings will also discuss summer internship opportunities as well as entry level jobs in the tax department. Mr. Spellings and a colleague taught Oil and Gas Tax last spring and will be teaching it again during the Spring 2012 semester.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/14/12704/

Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) offers the Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellowship, an exceptional fellowship opportunity for a recent law or public policy graduate. One of the country’s foremost public interest law and policy centers, BPI seeks out and addresses compelling issues of social justice and quality of life in the Chicago region. Currently BPI works to preserve and increase affordable housing, transform public housing, improve Chicago’s public schools, and promote open and honest government in Illinois.

Fellows receive an attractive salary and benefits (including school loan repayment assistance, based on need). Applications for the 2012 Fellowship are due Friday, October 14, 2011.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/14/12635/

Are you working as an RA for a law school professor this year? Are you interested in working as an RA in the future? Do you want to brush up on your research skills, even if you are not an RA? To help you hit the ground running, the Tarlton Law Library is offering special research training for law students who are or may be RAs. All students are welcome to attend. The class is scheduled for Friday, October 14 at 1 p.m. in Tarlton’s Computer Learning Center on the library’s third floor.

We will explain research techniques for resources most requested by faculty, including how to find e-journals and link directly to their text though our TALLONS catalog and how to find electronic journals and databases that are offered through the UT General Libraries. We will also go over administrative details like how to check out materials for faculty from various UT libraries and how to request an item from interlibrary loan. And we will be available to answer any questions you may have about library research, whether for yourself or your faculty member.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/14/12682/

Please join us for the Juvenile Support Network Conference, Creative Pathways to Engaging Youth, a one-day conference on supporting court-involved youth and students at risk of dropping out of school.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/17/12758/

Tara Melish, Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Human Rights Center at the University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY, will speak on "From Monuments to Ladders: Collapsing Social Rights Typologies into a More Usable, Enforcement-Oriented Schema."

For more information on the Rapoport Center's Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series, including additional upcoming speakers, please visit:

http://www.utexas.edu/law/centers/humanrights/events/speaker-series.php

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/17/12410/

CHLSA will be grilling steak, chicken, and veggie fajitas on site and serving them up with all the fixings in the Atrium to fund scholarships.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/18/12737/

The Power Lunch Series is designed to teach women law students in journal and student organization leadership positions the meaning of organizational power, and provide them with an understanding of how to gain and utilize that power in an effective and positive manner to achieve career success.

The PLS lessons are from the 2011 Women’s Power Summit on Law & Leadership. Hear video replays of two of the most thought-provoking panels of the Summit. Each video will be followed by a discussion session the subsequent week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/18/12684/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/18/12693/

Deadline for registering In Absentia. Last day to submit applications to graduate in December. Forms available in the Student Affairs Office.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/19/12519/

Please join us for a screening of the award-winning documentary, MISS REPRESENTATION, for the UT Community at the Student Activity Center on October 19. We will gather at 6 pm for a brief reception (light food to be provided), followed by the moving screening at 6:30, and a brief discussion after the movie with UT professors.

ABOUT THE MOVIE: Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions in America and challenges the media's limiting and often disparaging portrayals of women, which make it difficult for the average girl to see herself as powerful. In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman's value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality—and not in her capacity as a leader. While women have made strides in leadership over the past few decades, the United States still ranks 90th in the world for women in national legislatures, depression rates have doubled among teenage girls, and cosmetic surgery on minors has more than tripled in the last ten years. Stories from teenage girls and provocative interviews with politicians, journalists, academics, and activists like Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem build momentum as Miss Representation accumulates startling facts and statistics that will leave the audience shaken and armed with a new perspective.

FEATURED IN THE FILM: Caroline Heldman, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science: Occidental College Condoleezza Rice, PhD, Former U.S. Secretary of State, Senior Fellow: Hoover Institution, Professor of Political Economy: Stanford University Dianne Feinstein, U. S. Senator, California Dolores Huerta, Activist & President, Dolores Huerta Foundation Geena Davis, Academy Award-winning Actor & Founder of See Jane Gloria Steinem, Feminist Organizer & Writer Jackson Katz, PhD, Educator, Filmmaker: Tough Guise Author, The Macho Paradox Jane Fonda, Academy Award-winning Actor & Activist Jean Kilbourne, EdD, Filmmaker: Killing Us Softly, Author & Senior Scholar: Wellesley Centers for Women Jennifer Pozner, Executive Director: Women in Media and News, Author: Reality Bites Back Katie Couric, Anchor: CBS Evening News Lisa Ling, Executive Producer & Host: OWN's Our America M. Gigi Durham, PhD, Author: The Lolita Effect, Associate Professor of Journalism: University of Iowa Margaret Cho, Comedienne, Actor & Activist Martha Lauzen, PhD, Executive Director: Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film: San Diego State University Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Representative: California, Former Speaker of the House Pat Mitchell, President & CEO Paley Center for Media Rachel Maddow, Host: MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show Rosario Dawson, Activist & Actor: Rent, Seven Pounds ...among many other incredible women and men of all walks of life!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/19/12607/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/20/11819/

Rachel Stone ‘11, an honors intern with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will talk about HUD and how to successfully apply for their Honors Programs. HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development, and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination.Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 19, on UT Law Symplicity be selecting the “Events” tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/20/12734/

Equality Texas, the principal organization that lobbies the Texas Legislature on LGBTQ issues, will be at the Law School to give students a Legislative Update on developments during the 82nd Texas Legislative Session, which concluded this summer. Dennis Coleman, Equality Texas’ executive director, will speak to students about successes for LGBTQ interests during the last Session and agenda items that still need to be addressed next session. For aspiring policy wonks, Mr. Coleman will also talk about the lobbying process in Texas. Issues to be discussed include: public school bullying and cyber bullying prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation; same-sex parents’ names appearing on adopted child’s birth certificate; removing homosexual conduct from the Texas Penal Code; adding gender identity or expression to Texas hate crimes law; and repealing Texas’ constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/20/12762/

Texas LSRJ meeting in TNH 3.124. We will have snacks.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/20/12764/

A night of poker and prizes at Buffalo Billiards, to benefit survivors of domestic violence in the Austin area. Event includes a poker tournament and a raffle that continues throughout the night. Doors open at 9pm, the tournament begins at 10pm, and the night concludes at 2am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/20/12694/

The Equal Justice Works annual Conference and Career Fair is the largest public interest career fair in the country. It is the only event, solely dedicated to law students, where you'll find more than 1,000 public interest-minded students representing 200 law schools from across the country coming together to explore career options with leading nonprofit organizations and government agencies. The Conference and Career Fair provides access to job opportunities for law students; connects employers with talented attorneys and law students; and offers a multitude of skill-building and career advising sessions with experts from around the country. Our conference continues to be an unparalleled networking opportunity for students, law school professionals and legal professionals.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/21/12402/

The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law is pleased to be a co-sponsor of an upcoming conference “Housing + Transit: Connecting Affordable Homes to Transit-Oriented Development in the Austin Region.” The conference will highlight four nationally recognized programs – Minneapolis, Atlanta, Denver, and Salt Lake City -- along with a local response panel that will include Austin Mayor Leffingwell and Mike Martinez, Austin City Council Member and chair of the Capital Metro board. The conference will be held on Friday, October 21, from 12:30-6:30 p.m. at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, SRH 3, Bass Lecture Hall.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/21/12759/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/21/12352/

The Equal Justice Works annual Conference and Career Fair is the largest public interest career fair in the country. It is the only event, solely dedicated to law students, where you'll find more than 1,000 public interest-minded students representing 200 law schools from across the country coming together to explore career options with leading nonprofit organizations and government agencies. The Conference and Career Fair provides access to job opportunities for law students; connects employers with talented attorneys and law students; and offers a multitude of skill-building and career advising sessions with experts from around the country. Our conference continues to be an unparalleled networking opportunity for students, law school professionals and legal professionals.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/22/12403/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check posted registration schedule for specific access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/24/12520/

(New Time!)The Career Services Office is presenting a mandatory 1L Orientation & Career Planning Workshop to each 1L Section (see schedule) about the resources available from the CSO including resume review, professional development, career counseling, interviewing opportunities, the use of social media, and how to use our online Job Bank on UT Law Symplicity. Freshlaws may meet with career counselors starting November 1 and may not send out resumes until December 1 according to NALP guidelines for first-year students, which states:

Prospective employers and first-year law students should not initiate contact with one another and employers should not interview or make offers to first-year students before December 1. For a complete look at the NALP Principles and Standards for Law Placement and Recruitment Activities, please visit www.nalp.org.

You may begin scheduling appointments on Wednesday, October 12, to meet with career counselors after November 1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/24/12670/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check posted registration schedule for specific access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/25/12521/

In recognition of National Pro Bono week, students will be tabling in the atrium from 11-1 to distribute PB in J Winter Break trip applications, sell Crime After Crime movie tickets, and collect pro bono hours and interest survey information.

Pizza and drinks provided.

Sponsored by: Pro Bono Progam

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/25/12709/

The Career Services Office is presenting a mandatory 1L Orientation & Career Planning Workshop to each 1L Section (see schedule) about the resources available from the CSO including resume review, professional development, career counseling, interviewing opportunities, the use of social media, and how to use our online Job Bank on UT Law Symplicity. Freshlaws may meet with career counselors starting November 1 and may not send out resumes until December 1 according to NALP guidelines for first-year students, which states:

Prospective employers and first-year law students should not initiate contact with one another and employers should not interview or make offers to first-year students before December 1. For a complete look at the NALP Principles and Standards for Law Placement and Recruitment Activities, please visit www.nalp.org.

You may begin scheduling appointments on Wednesday, October 12, to meet with career counselors after November 1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/25/12671/

The Power Lunch Series is designed to teach women law students in journal and student organization leadership positions the meaning of organizational power, and provide them with an understanding of how to gain and utilize that power in an effective and positive manner to achieve career success.

The PLS lessons are from the 2011 Women’s Power Summit on Law & Leadership. Hear video replays of two of the most thought-provoking panels of the Summit. Each video will be followed by a discussion session the subsequent week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/25/12685/

The Career Services Office is presenting a mandatory 1L Orientation & Career Planning Workshop to each 1L Section (see schedule) about the resources available from the CSO including resume review, professional development, career counseling, interviewing opportunities, the use of social media, and how to use our online Job Bank on UT Law Symplicity. Freshlaws may meet with career counselors starting November 1 and may not send out resumes until December 1 according to NALP guidelines for first-year students, which states:

Prospective employers and first-year law students should not initiate contact with one another and employers should not interview or make offers to first-year students before December 1. For a complete look at the NALP Principles and Standards for Law Placement and Recruitment Activities, please visit www.nalp.org.

You may begin scheduling appointments on Wednesday, October 12, to meet with career counselors after November 1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/25/12673/

Doug Bandow from the Cato Institute will be debating the constitutionality of Obaamacare legislation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/25/12678/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check posted registration schedule for specific access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/26/12522/

In recognition of National Pro Bono week, students will be tabling in the atrium from 11-1 to distribute PB in J Winter Break trip applications, sell Crime After Crime movie tickets, and collect pro bono hours and interest survey information.

Pizza and drinks provided.

Sponsored by: Pro Bono Progam

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/26/12710/

The Career Services Office is presenting a mandatory 1L Orientation & Career Planning Workshop to each 1L Section (see schedule) about the resources available from the CSO including resume review, professional development, career counseling, interviewing opportunities, the use of social media, and how to use our online Job Bank on UT Law Symplicity. Freshlaws may meet with career counselors starting November 1 and may not send out resumes until December 1 according to NALP guidelines for first-year students, which states:

Prospective employers and first-year law students should not initiate contact with one another and employers should not interview or make offers to first-year students before December 1. For a complete look at the NALP Principles and Standards for Law Placement and Recruitment Activities, please visit www.nalp.org.

You may begin scheduling appointments on Wednesday, October 12, to meet with career counselors after November 1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/26/12672/

Seeking team members to participate in the Skadden, Arps Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Moot Court Competition. The FDI Moot spans a period of approximately six months each year and has two phases: the writing of memoranda for claimant and respondent and the hearing of oral argument based upon the memoranda. The problem is usually released in January with the oral competition being held the following November. For more information on the competition, go to www.fdimoot.org. All interested law students are welcome to attend an informational meeting on Wednesday October 26 at 3:00 pm in the Eidman Jury Room (refreshments available).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/26/12735/

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. We will start off the series this year with Professor William Forbath, one of the nation’s leading legal and constitutional scholars. Learn about his research on how Jewish lawyers a century ago used constitutional law to define what it meant to be both an American and a Jew. Join us on Wednesday, October 26 at 3:30 pm in the Sheffield Room. Light refreshments will be served. We will be recording the session for those who can’t make it – a link will be posted on the Library’s blog.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/26/12377/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check posted registration schedule for specific access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/27/12523/

1Ls: learn how to effectively tailor your resume for various legal jobs in the private and public sector. Please bring a copy of your legal-style resume to the workshop. Examples of legal-style resumes are provided in the CSO Career Development Handbook that you will receive during the 1L Orientation and Career Development Workshops. All 1Ls must submit a copy of a legal-style resume to the CSO at least 24 hours prior to your first career counseling appointment after November 1. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 26, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/27/12675/

Prof. Shoked will be presenting his paper.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/27/12774/

1Ls: learn how to effectively tailor your resume for various legal jobs in the private and public sector. Please bring a copy of your legal-style resume to the workshop. Examples of legal-style resumes are provided in the CSO Career Development Handbook that you will receive during the 1L Orientation and Career Development Workshops. All 1Ls must submit a copy of a legal-style resume to the CSO at least 24 hours prior to your first career counseling appointment after November 1. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 26, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/27/12768/

Law and Philosophy workshop series

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/27/12476/

In recognition of National Pro Bono Week (October 23-29) and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the UT Law Pro Bono Program has organized a special screening for the law school community of the award-winning documentary film Crime After Crime.

The event will take place on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at the Violet Crown Theater in downtown Austin. Attendees will gather in the Violet Crown lounge at 6:30 pm for a brief reception (popcorn provided, cash bar), followed by the movie screening at 7 pm and closing remarks after the movie.

Special Guests: Jake Gilbreath, '09, Piper & Turner, PLLC, pro bono domestic violence lawyer and Gretta Gardner, JD, Safe Haven Grant Director, Travis County Counseling & Education Services

Tickets on sale in the Atrium from 11-1 on Tuesday, Oct. 25 and Wed., Oct. 26 and in the pro bono office, CCJ 1.324.

Sponsored by: Pro Bono Program Co-sponsored by: Survivor Support Network

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/27/12740/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check posted registration schedule for specific access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/28/12524/

1Ls: learn how to effectively tailor your resume for various legal jobs in the private and public sector. Please bring a copy of your legal-style resume to the workshop. Examples of legal-style resumes are provided in the CSO Career Development Handbook that you will receive during the 1L Orientation and Career Development Workshops. All 1Ls must submit a copy of a legal-style resume to the CSO at least 24 hours prior to your first career counseling appointment after November 1. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 26, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/28/12676/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/28/11873/

The International Student Interview Program (ISIP) is hosted annually by New York University School of Law. This consortium event is sponsored by 32 law schools nationwide to facilitate the hiring of highly qualified foreign-trained lawyers enrolled in LL.M. programs at each school. Over 1,400 candidates representing 75+ countries will have an opportunity to be considered for internship and permanent positions in the United States and abroad. The program attracts more than 150 of the top legal employers from around the world and has been extended to two days.

For more information, visit their website.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/28/12803/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check posted registration schedule for specific access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/29/12525/

Reminder for 3Ls planning to sit for the Texas February 2012 Bar Exam: in order to sit for the exam, your In-State Application to Take the TX Bar Exam must be post-marked by October 30, 2010. This deadline is strictly enforced.

Applicants who have not yet filed their Declaration of Intention to Study Law must do so prior to or with their In-State Application.

The TX BLE office is not open on weekends; if you would like to hand deliver your completed application by the end of the October 29 business day, the TX BLE office is located at:

205 W. 14th St. Ste 500, Austin, TX 78701

You're encouraged to arrive well in advance of the 5 PM closing time.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/30/9227/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check posted registration schedule for specific access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/30/12526/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check posted registration schedule for specific access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/31/12527/

All students who submitted their Texas "Declaration of Intention to Study Law" by October 1st are eligible to have their fingerprints taken on location at the University of Texas School of Law.

Space is limited and available on a first-registered basis, so interested students are encouraged to register immediately. Qualifying students who wish to participate in this event must follow the registration instructions and have proper ID and their FAST form filled out and on hand for their appointment. Only pre-registered students will be admitted.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/31/12567/

TLF Auction tickets will be on sale in the atrium starting Oct 31 until Nov 3rd from 10-2 for $10. $15 at the door.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/31/12770/

John Ciorciari, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, will deliver a public lecture entitled, “Archiving Memory after Mass Atrocities.”

For more information on the Rapoport Center's Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series, including upcoming speakers, please visit:

http://www.utexas.edu/law/centers/humanrights/events/speaker-series.php

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/31/12559/