Events Calendar

Come join Texas Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the American Constitution Society for "Shackling During Labor & Delivery: Practice, Policy, and Texas Prisoners' Reproductive Rights." We'll be hosting Michelle Smith of the Texas Civil Rights Project; Diana Claitor of the Texas Jail Project; and Andrea Bos, our own UT Law student to discuss the history, use, constitutionality of such practices in Texas. Everyone is welcome on March 26th at 3:30pm in TNH 3.142. Light snacks will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/03/26/14112/

In February, The Texas Abortion Sonogram Law went into effect. This law requires a woman seeking an abortion to first get an ultrasound, and then be shown the ultrasound image and listen to her doctor describe the image in detail. Please join us to learn about the legal and medical effects of this highly controversial law.

Mr. Blake Rocap, Legislative Council for NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, will discuss the legal aspects of the bill. Joining him, Dr. Scott Spear, Medical Director of Planned Parenthood - Texas Capital Region, will discuss its medical implications.

Event hosted by the Health Law and Bioethics Society, American Constitution Society, and the Texas Law Students for Reproductive Justice. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/03/27/14056/

2C & 2D Registration Session

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/03/27/14172/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/03/28/13718/

The Prosecutorial Oversight Campaign is a national tour to initiate dialogue and seek answers to these questions: • What are the systems we rely upon to ensure prosecutorial accountability? • What does research-based evidence tell us about how well those systems are working? • What improvements should be made to these systems to ensure quality and accountability?

The Austin, Texas event will be a public discussion of these issues, with a prosecutor, a jurist, a legal ethicist, and a representative of the Texas bar disciplinary committee.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/03/29/13815/

TMLS 31st Annual Banquet Thurgood Marshall Legal Society | Friday, March 30, 2012

Please RSVP by Friday, March 16, 2012

The Thurgood Marshall Legal Society (TMLS) is proud to be The University of Texas School of Law's local chapter of the national Black Law Students Association (NBLSA). A group of about 65 students, TMLS strives to provide benefits to its members and the entire law school community.

TMLS concludes each year with its annual banquet honoring out outgoing third-year members, the African-American legal community, and our donors for their distinguished support of the organization and the community. We hope you can join us if you are in town for admitted students weekend.

This year our reception begins at 6:30 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 Congres Avenue, Austin, TX. The banquet will commence immediately following the reception at 7:30 pm.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/03/30/13711/

educational workshop for second-year interscholastic mock trial members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/03/31/14003/

More than half of Texas school districts are part of pending lawsuits against the state’s school finance system. Join us as Scott McCown, ‘79, talks about the lawsuits, the historic conflict between rich and poor school districts in Texas, and how the current lawsuits could impact educational equity. As a state district judge, McCown presided over all public school finance cases from 1990-2002. He is now Executive Director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities. Norma Cantu, who holds joint appointments at UT in the College of Education and School of Law, will moderate the discussion. Professor Cantu is a former Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights and former regional counsel and education director of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

1.5 Hours of CLE available. Lunch provided.

Sponsored by the UT Opportunity Forum Co-Sponsored by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, the Center for Politics and Governance, and the College of Education

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/03/14007/

Come to our meeting: Tuesday, April 3rd, 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/2012/04/03/13635/

Join ACS for a panel on the ongoing Texas redistricting litigation by attorneys working on this litigation. The Panel will be moderated by Professor Fishkin and will address minority voting interests, the Voting Rights Act, and the current state of the litigation.

Panelists include Jose Garza (representing the Mexican American Legislative Caucus), Renea Hicks (representing Travis County), and Gary Bledsoe (representing the Texas NAACP).

We hope you can join us for this fascinating panel and lunch on ACS!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/05/14232/