Events Calendar

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/