Events Calendar

Join Beyond Any Bar, Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law, and Law Students for the Arts for a speaker event that will cover professional sports team management, TV and film production, social media, and print and online journalism. The four specific speakers will be:

Lawrence Payne (JD '76) - EVP Corporate Partnerships & Broadcasting, San Antonio Spurs (http://www.nba.com/spurs/inside_the_spurs_lawrence_payne.html)

John Spong (JD '93) - Senior Editor, Texas Monthly Magazine (http://www.texasmonthly.com/authors/johnspong)

Lindsay Rogers (JD '08) - Social Media Consultant, Belle Belle Social Media (http://www.bellebellemedia.com/)

Lynn Boswell (JD '93) - independent documentary and filmmaker (http://www.klru.org/texasmonthlytalks/about/lynn_boswell.php)

Pizza will be served. Please RSVP by Friday, November 11, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/11/14/12860/

Henry Steiner, Professor of Law at Harvard University, will give a public talk entitled, "Muslims in Europe: Multiculturalism, Cultural Clash, Human Rights."

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/2011/11/14/12560/

This is an administrative evidentiary hearing conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings, involving contract claims asserted by Bi-Inform LLC versus the Texas General Land Office, as well as counterclaims in response. The hearing will last two or three days (through November 16 or 17). Students and faculty are encouraged to observe, but all members of the public are welcome.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/11/15/12695/

If you have an interest in the music industry or entertainment law more generally, please join us November 15 at 5:30. Joe Stallone, a partner at Oaks, Hartline & Daly, LLP, will be speaking about both his career in entertainment law as a music attorney and the Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI). The ELI is part of the Grammy Foundation and has an upcoming essay contest for law students which Mr. Stallone will tell us more about.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/11/15/12864/

This event will be rescheduled for a later date.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/11/16/12961/

Law and Philosophy workshop series

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/11/17/12478/

On September 20, 2011, the Pentagon officially certified repeal of the U.S. military's 17-year-old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT), which barred openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons from active military service. Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), an organization dedicated to bringing about full LGBT equality within the military, has provided free and direct legal assistance to more than 10,000 servicemembers affected by discrimination or harassment based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Danny Hernandez, SLDN Communications and Development Assistant will speak about outstanding legal issues still impacting LGBTQ servicemembers after DADT's repeal.

Questions to be discussed may include: - What nondiscrimination and harassment protections exist for out servicemembers? - In states that allow same-sex marriage, do any protections, services, or support for same-sex spouses exist? - What obstacles exist for gay and lesbian veterans discharged under DADT to return to the military? - If a servicemember was dishonorably discharged under DADT, may they upgrade their discharge paperwork after repeal? - What about open transgender service after DADT's repeal?

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. University of Texas School of Law (street map: http://g.co/maps/4v8wa) Charles I. Francis Auditorium, room 2.114 (building map: http://www.utexas.edu/law/about/maps/) Free food will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/11/22/12873/