Events Calendar

Charles E. Di Leva, Chief Counsel, Climate Change, Sustainable Development and International Law, Legal Vice Presidency at the World Bank will address climate change and sustainable development between 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and then his life in the law from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Audience members may attend one or both sessions. RSVP on UT Law Symplicity by Friday, February 3, by selecting the 'Events' tab. Co-sponsored by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law; the Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, & Environmental Law; and UT Law Career Services Office.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/06/12751/

UT Law’s Westlaw representative, Chris Schmidt, provides an update for faculty on the latest Westlaw features.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/06/12957/

Come join as we plan events for February focusing on anti-trafficking in Central Texas. We will be working on our mission statement, volunteer projects, and other events.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/06/13697/

First, second- and third-year students and alumni up to one year after graduation are eligible to participate in Spring On-Campus Interviews per employer requests. Online bidding ends at 5 p.m. today.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/06/12776/

The Federalist Society presents Justice Wainwright, speaking on the topic: "Judicial Philosophy, what is it really?"

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/06/13732/

Come to our meeting: Tuesday, Feb. 7th at 3:15pm in rm. 3.124

Texas Law Students for Reproductive Justice educate, organize, and support law students to ensure that a new generation of advocates will be prepared to protect and expand reproductive rights as basic civil and human rights.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/07/13632/

Julia Vaughan, Executive Director of the Texas Board of Law Examiners, will explain the components of the Texas Bar Exam, as well as the rules regarding taking the bar

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/07/13679/

The Alumni Association is hosting a reception for Los Angeles alumni on Tuesday, February 7 at 6:00 p.m. at Rosa Mexicano, 800 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/07/13693/

Please join your fellow LSRJ members for an interactive webinar with the Center for Reproductive Rights to learn more about abortion law reform movements globally, and the Center’s work in securing women’s access to safe abortion services in both law and practice, straight from the attorneys working on the cases.

Since 1998, the Center for Reproductive Rights has produced The World's Abortion Laws map which visually compares the legal status of induced abortion in different countries and is a tool to advocate for greater progress in ensuring access to safe and legal abortion services for all women worldwide. The legal status of abortion is an important indicator of women's ability to enjoy their reproductive rights, and legal restrictions on abortion often cause high levels of illegal and unsafe abortion. There is a proven link between unsafe abortion and maternal mortality.

Since 1994, when 179 governments signed the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action, signaling their commitment to prevent unsafe abortion, more than 25 countries worldwide have liberalized their abortion laws, while only a handful have tightened legal restrictions on abortion. However, despite the positive trend toward liberalized abortion laws globally, gaps in the implementation of abortion laws, or procedural barriers placed in the way of abortion services, may render services in some countries inaccessible in practice.

This webinar will highlight recent trends and cases and will also introduce the new interactive component of The World's Abortion Laws map, which makes the abortion laws of key countries easily available online. This also provides links to helpful advocacy tools for abortion law reform and links to more information on the Center's work around the world.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/07/13719/

Please join Christian Legal Society for a presentation by local priest, Father Kincl of the Diocses of Austin, on the basics of Catholic canon law. The presentation will be Wednesday February 8th at 9:30am in the Fleming Room. It will be very informal, so if you can only make a portion feel free to come for what you can.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/08/13735/

Want to spend your summer making a difference but afraid you can't afford it? Do you have a public interest job for the summer? Interviewing at the Public Service Career Fair?

Texas Law Fellowships gives $4,000 fellowships to students who spend their summers doing at least 10 weeks of public interest work. If you are interested in receiving funding, come to the informational meeting on Wednesday February 8 at 3.15 in 2.138

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/08/13670/

The bar exam includes The Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), which is 200 multiple choice questions in six basic ares of law. Learn the skills you'll need (and can practice now!) to do well on this part of the bar.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/08/13703/

Join us on Wednesday as we watch and discuss "Demand," a 45-minute documentary film by Shared Hope International, about the economic side of sex trafficking. The film will be shown in TNH 2.124 at 4pm with a discussion (and pizza) afterwards in TNH 3.119F at 5pm. This is the first in a series of events organized by the Human Rights Law Society about human trafficking.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/08/13737/

Overview: The Thurgood Marshall Legal Society (TMLS) will host its Second Biennial Spring Symposium on February 9, 2012 at The University of Texas School of Law. The theme of the Symposium is “Pursuing Social Justice.”

The Spring Symposium will attract attorneys, professors, entrepreneurs, judges, and law students from around the nation in a stimulating exchange of ideas and legal experience. We are honored to have the Supreme Court of Texas open the Symposium with oral arguments in UT Law’s Eidman Courtroom. A formal luncheon will follow the oral arguments as well as an opportunity to meet the Justices. Attendees will then attend a series of panels covering civil, political, and ethical topics, receiving up to 3.0 hours of CLE credit for attendance while hearing from leading minds in their respective legal fields.

The Symposium is sure to be a distinctive event with an anticipated 150 to 200 Symposium attendees, including local media outlets. Your attendance is encouraged and welcomed by not only Symposium panelists and attendees, but by all UT Law students and faculty. We look forward to seeing you there!

Registration: Payments in the form of check or cash will be accepted on the day of the event, should you wish to use another form of payment. RSVPs can thus also be sent to secretary.tmls@gmail.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/09/13716/

Oral Arguments from the Supreme Court of Texas followed by a luncheon and CLE panels.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/09/13480/

The Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law will hold the seventh annual Texas Energy Law Symposium at the Alumni Center on February 9-10. Topics will include hydraulic fracturing, solar energy law, legal implications of competitive energy markets, and the use of MLPs in oil & gas transactions. For a full program and additional information, please visit www.tjogel.org.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/09/13602/

Oral arguments from the Supreme Court of Texas followed by a luncheon and CLE panels.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/09/13596/

Profs. Berman, Ferejohn and Sager's Seminar #29875 Spring 2012

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/09/13740/

Texas International Law Journal 2012 Symposium, The Euro Crisis Thursday February 9. Keynote Address is 5:00-5:30p in the Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/09/13453/

All UT Law students are invited to attend a networking reception with New York-based employers at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center on campus. This is a perfect opportunity to learn more about the New York legal market as well as network in a casual setting. Dress is business casual.

RSVP on UT Law Symplicity by Wednesday, February 8, by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/09/13520/

8:30a-9:00a Check-in and breakfast - Jamail Pavilion

9:00a-9:15a Introduction - Eidman Courtroom

9:15a-11:00a Panel 1: Euro Crisis and Financial Markets - Eidman Courtroom

11:15a-1:00p Panel 2: Euro Crisis and Legal Responses - Eidman Courtroom

2:15p-4:00p Panel 3: Euro Crisis and EU Constitutional Law - Eidman Courtroom

4:15p-4:30p Concluding Remarks - Eidman Courtroom

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/10/13454/

The Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law will hold the seventh annual Texas Energy Law Symposium at the Alumni Center on February 9-10. Topics will include hydraulic fracturing, solar energy law, legal implications of competitive energy markets, and the use of MLPs in oil & gas transactions. For a full program and additional information, please visit www.tjogel.org.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/10/13603/

This is the first of two mandatory meetings for 2Ls and 3Ls who will be applying for judicial clerkships. UT Law Judicial Clerkship Advisors will discuss how to determine what courts you are competitive for, how to select judges, and how and when to apply for clerkships.

3Ls: For those of you who have already applied for clerkships, you do not need to attend this meeting. You should speak to your recommenders by late March to reaffirm their willingness to write letters or seek out new recommenders. You do not need to meet with a clerkship advisor unless you want to. However, you must attend the second mandatory meeting on Thursday, April 12, to learn about the new application process.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/10/13521/

The bar exam includes The Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), which is 200 multiple choice questions in six basic ares of law. Learn the skills you'll need (and can practice now!) to do well on this part of the bar.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/10/13704/

For more information, visit www.lsac.org.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/11/13212/

Edit session for members of the Texas Environmental Law Journal

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/12/13746/

Featuring Nina Perales, Director of Litigation, MALDEF, and Sam Brooke, Staff Attorney, Immigrant Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center

Moderated by Professor Barbara Hines, UT Law School Immigration Clinic

February 13, 2012, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm

University of Texas School of Law, Sheffield Room, lunch provided

Discussion topics:

11:30 am - 12:30 pm The Current Wave of State Anti-Immigrant Laws

12:30 - 1:30 pm Challenging State Anti-Immigrant Laws - Litigation Nuts and Bolts

Attend one or both sessions.

The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please RSVP to Rachel Sidopulos, rsidopulos@law.utexas.edu, by February 8 to reserve your spot.

Cosponsored by the Immigration and Nationality Section of the State Bar of Texas and UT Law School’s William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

About the featured speakers:

Nina Perales is a leading civil rights litigator and an expert on a range of issues, including immigrants’ rights, voting rights, and redistricting litigation. Among her current cases, she recently successfully argued in the lawsuit challenging Arizona’s anti-immigrant law known as SB 1070; she also leads the litigation that has struck down repeated anti-immigrant laws in Farmers Branch, Texas.

Sam Brooke is litigating state anti-immigrant laws throughout the Southeast, including Alabama’s HB56, Georgia’s HB87, and South Carolina’s SB20. He was a staff attorney with the ACLU of Connecticut, and a law fellow with the ACLU of Alabama. In 2009, he came to SPLC as a Soros Justice Fellow to focus on immigration enforcement abuses in the Southeast.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/13/13217/

Learn what to expect in a law firm interview by listening to a candid discussion about interviewing with Michael Newman, '95, Partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (Dallas) and Susan Salch ’94, Partner at Cantilo & Bennett, L.L.P. (Austin). They will discuss interviewing strategies and the do's and don'ts of law firm interviewing. Lunch will be served. Sponsored by Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP.

RSVP on UT Law Symplicity by Friday, February 10, by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/13/13522/

Featuring Manuel Jose Cepeda Espinosa, Professor & Former Justice of the Constitutional Court of Colombia.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/13/12480/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/14/13600/

Are you interested in working in the field of international human rights this summer? Are you concerned about how to make it a financial reality? The Rapoport Center offers $4,000 fellowships to students working in international human rights, including within the US. If you would like to learn more about the process and get one-on-one help from Rapoport Center scholars and fellows, please drop by at any point between 1-3pm on February 15th in room TNH 3.119F.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/15/13772/

The bar exam includes 200 multiple choice questions in six basic ares of law, including Property. In this session, students will review basic portions of Property law in preparation for the July Bar exam. Students will also answer sample bar questions on Property, using skills learned in earlier sessions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/15/13705/

The Tarlton Law Library will present its eighth annual rare book lecture, "An Accidental Collector: The Making of an Historian's Law Library" on Thursday, February 16, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. The talk features Warren M. Billings, Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus, University of New Orleans

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/16/13395/

Profs. Berman, Ferejohn and Sager's Colloquium #29875 Spring 2012

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/16/13754/

American Gateways will train students to assist pro bono attorneys in preparing UVisa applications for the UVisa Pro Bono Project. To learn more about the project, visit: http://www.utexas.edu/law/centers/publicinterest/probono/opportunities/attorneyprojects.html

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/16/12405/

Oral argument training for the first round of oral arguments for TQs.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/16/13738/

An attorney for Conley Rose will be speaking.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/16/13793/

Preselected students may begin scheduling via UT Law Symplicity for Spring On-Campus Interviews. Scheduling for preselected students ends tomorrow, Saturday, February 18, at noon. Alternate students may begin scheduling available interviews at 7 p.m. Alternate scheduling is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/17/12777/

Attorneys and professors from across the country speak about their experiences in Intellectual Property practice and offer analyses of recent changes and developments in the law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/17/13573/

The bar exam includes 200 multiple choice questions in six basic areas of law, including Property. In this session, students will review basic portions of Property law in preparation for the July Bar exam. Students will also answer sample bar questions on Property, using skills learned in earlier sessions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/17/13709/

Supreme Ct. Clinic meeting and lunch

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/17/13753/

The LBJ School of Public Affairs and the School of Law invite you to a lecture in the Mexico Watch 2012 Series: The July 1st Presidential Elections, featuring Dr. Manuel González Oropeza, Minister of the Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación. Light refreshments will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/17/13797/

Preselected students must accept/decline interviews by noon via UT Law Symplicity for Spring On-Campus Interviews. Alternate students may begin scheduling available interviews at 7 p.m. Alternate scheduling is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/18/12778/

Alternate students may begin scheduling via UT Law Symplicity for Spring On-Campus Interviews. Alternate scheduling is on a first-come, first-served basis and closes tomorrow, Sunday, February 19, at noon.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/02/18/12779/