Events Calendar

An opportunity for admitted students to visit UT Law that could not make it to Admitted Students Day. Includes a welcome from Dean Sager; mock class; tours of the Law School; financial aid visits; and luncheon

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/01/10244/

conference hosted by Sanford Levinson

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/01/11102/

Expert lawyers from South America will discuss issues that are of particular relevance to energy practitioners in Latin America and give their perspectives on the challenges and rewards of practicing energy law in their respective countries. During the course of this symposium you will hear from Luis Cuervo, Partner, Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli; Vera de Gyarfas, Foreign Legal Consultant, King & Spalding LLP; Roberto Aguirre Luzi, also from King & Spalding and Luiz de Lemos, Partner leading the Oil and Gas Practice Group, Campos Mello Advogados. Each speaker will give a 30-minute presentation followed by questions and discussion from the audience.Learn about issues that are of particular relevance to energy practitioners in Latin America and hear the perspectives of expert lawyers from that region. Please RSVP to David Leonard, Managing Director of the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law at dmleonard.jr@gmail.com by Thursday, March 31.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/01/10122/

The American Constitution Society is hosting a lunch with Professor Rob Owen on April 4 at 11:30am in the Fleming Room, down by George's Cafe. Free lunch will be provided.

Professor Rob Owen will discuss the Capital Punishment Clinic's recent victory in the Supreme Court in Skinner v. Switzer. The Supreme Court held: a postconviction procedural due process claim for DNA testing is properly pursued in a §1983 action. Professor Owen will discuss what this ruling means for his client, Hank Skinner, his reactions to the ruling, and what it means for the future of DNA testing in the courts.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/04/11386/

Former UT Law Professor Ernest Young returns to give a talk entitled, "A New Federalism Revival?" Young posits that just as Rehnquist's court-led federalist revival may be petering out, public controversies (healthcare, immigration, gay rights, state debt, etc.) have forced federalism back onto the national agenda. Lunch will be served at the event, which is Monday, 4/4 at 11:30am in room 3.126.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/04/11452/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/04/11377/

The Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association proudly presents our semi-annual Fajita Fiesta. We will be preparing and grilling steak, chicken, and vegetable fajitas (with all the trimmings) on site and selling plates around lunch time to benefit our Endowed Scholarship Fund.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/05/11364/

Informal Student Meeting with Justice Breyer

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/05/11379/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/05/11235/

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. Note that the resume directory is for future job opportunities and is not created for any specific current job posting. Employers may contact students in the future for part-time, full-time and contract positions. Information about how to submit your resume will be made available in March. RSVP by Wednesday, April 6, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the “Events” tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/07/10279/

An opportunity for admitted students to visit UT Law that could not make it to Admitted Students Day. Includes a welcome from Dean Sager; mock class; tours of the Law School; financial aid visits; and luncheon

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/08/10245/

Street Law will be hosting middle school and high school students from the Austin area to participate in a day of learning about practical issues and to get acquainted with higher education. These students will come to the law school to attend a mock law school lesson, witness a mock trial, attend a career panel, and wrap up the day with lunch and a tour of the school by our members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/08/11359/

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

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.

After the session, you may log on to an MBE question bank to test your understanding - come find out how to get access and what you should be doing now to help guarantee your future bar success!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/08/11069/

Speaker will be Marilda Rosado, who is a professor at Rio de Janeiro State University School of Law. Professor Rosado is also a partner at Doria Jacobina Rosado e Gondinho law firm. She formerly worked for the National Petroleum Agency in Brazil as the Bidding Superintendent and later was head of the Legal Affairs Department of a subsidiary of Petrobras.

Pizza will be served after the event.

Please RSVP to Gena gdawson@law.utexas.edu

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/08/11414/

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/

No time to dry clean your suit? Simple! Spray it with febreeze and hang it up in the shower to steam it. The Women's Law Caucus invites you to learn what your appearance says about you, how to continue your image efforts with the least amount of energy, and strategies for different legal settings - from the courtroom to the business luncheon. Come listen to a presentation on tips and tricks for professionals in fast-paced environments, then get real feedback during a Q&A with a panel of lawyers experienced in litigation, transactions, and government. 3L's are especially encouraged, but everyone should take advantage of this opportunity to prepare for summer internships and jobs.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/27/11458/

Robert O'Neil, former President of University of Virginia and professor of law emeritus law will address the (GPPDR symposium) on his experiences with ADR, from his initial encounter with Roger Fisher and Frank Sander as a Harvard Law student, to exploring ADR as chair of Virginia's first state commission on the future of its judicial system, to his directorship of the Ford Foundation's Difficult Dialogues as an application of new approaches to meeting campus tensions over issues such as race, religion, sexual orientation, and immigration. Prof. O’Neil then will look to a few promising areas for ADR exploration in current Church & State law. Law and graduate GPPDR students will present research papers in dispute resolution throughout the day.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/04/29/11434/