Events Calendar

Completed Applications for 1L Section Representatives are due by 5 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/17/15040/

ELS Speaker Series on Tuesday, September 18th at 12:00 pm in the Eidman Jury Room featuring Adam Abrams of the Texas Environmental Law Center. Mr. Abrams will talk about climate change litigation and the public trust doctrine. Lunch will be served.

This past summer, Mr. Abrams successfully litigated one of the first cases in the nation to use the public trust doctrine to force state action on climate change. (Angela Bonser-Lain, et al. v Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Case No. D-1-GN-11-002194). The lawsuit is part of legal action in 49 states, the District of Columbia, and against the federal government on behalf of youth to compel reductions of CO2 emissions that will counter the negative impacts of climate change. The case relies upon the long established principle of the public trust doctrine, which requires all branches of government to protect and maintain certain shared resources fundamental for human health and survival.

The Environmental Law Society is a social and professional student organization at the Law School that coordinates and brings together environmentally-minded students for educational, volunteer, career-oriented and social events. ELS provides students with networking events, an environmental job database, and its members' various experiences in order to assist fellow members in pursuing environmental career opportunities both during and after Law School. ELS also sponsors hiking and camping trips, happy hours, and speakers in an effort to provide a better Law School experience for its members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/18/14982/

The Student Affairs Office is holding a mandatory student organization meeting at 2:15 on Tuesday, Sept 18 in the Auditorium. All UT Law student organizations must have representation at the meeting. We’ll go over events, accounting, rules for publicizing events and how to use the many resources available to you as student orgs.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/18/15039/

CHLSA will be holding a general body meeting at 6pm in room 3.127. Dinner will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/18/15057/

The first Law Students for Reproductive Justice meeting of the year will be this Wednesday, 9/19, from 3:30 to 4:30pm in TNH 3.125. We'll be talking about what Reproductive Justice is and what it means to all of us, as well as some of the events we have coming up this semester and volunteer opportunities in the community.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/19/15058/

The Law Yoga Club will be meeting at 3:45 in 3.140. All skill levels are welcome and the class is free. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat if you have one.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/19/15055/

Justice Willett of the Texas Supreme Court will be speaking at the Federalist Society Membership Meeting.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/19/14966/

The Federalist Society will host a speaker who will discuss the issue of intellectual property piracy.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/20/14898/

Come learn about the recent re-districting and voter identification decisions and how they will impact Texas elections. Hear what these decisions and others on the horizon mean for the Voting Rights Act. Professor Fishkin will be discussing these important voting rights decisions and answering question. Pizza will be provided. When: September 20, 2012, 1:15 Where: TNH 3.125

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/20/15054/

Please join us for a screening of the award-winning documentary, MISS REPRESENTATION. We will gather at 5 pm for light refreshments and the moving screening will begin promptly at 6:00.

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/2012/09/20/14235/

An Expert Panel to Consider: Do copyright protections hamper free speech? or facilitate it? Is a mash-up plagiarism? or creative expression? Does digitalization change the old rules?

Robert Levine, Editor and Author covering the culture business Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law, George Mason University Neil Netanel, Professor of Law, UCLA

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/20/15038/

CHLSA, TMLS, OUTLaw, and ALSA will be hosting the annual 2-day Diversity Education Weekend. September 22nd will feature panels of legal professionals focusing on Student Life, Leveraging Diversity in the Legal Profession, Service & Diversity in the Austin Community, and Legal Writing. Dean Farnsworth will also be making remarks. Breakfast will be served at 9a, and lunch at 12p, in the Jamail Pavilion. Panels begin at 9:30 in the Eidman Courtroom. For questions, contact chlsa.president@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/22/14940/

CHLSA, TMLS, OUTLaw, and ALSA will be hosting the annual 2-day Diversity Education Weekend. September 22nd will feature panels of legal professionals focusing on Student Life, Leveraging Diversity in the Legal Profession, Service & Diversity in the Austin Community, and Legal Writing. Dean Farnsworth will also be making remarks. Breakfast will be served at 9a, and lunch at 12p, in the Jamail Pavilion. Panels begin at 9:30 in the Eidman Courtroom. For questions, contact chlsa.president@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/22/14941/

CHLSA, TMLS, OUTLaw, and ALSA will be hosting the annual 2-day Diversity Education Weekend. September 22nd will feature panels of legal professionals focusing on Student Life, Leveraging Diversity in the Legal Profession, Service & Diversity in the Austin Community, and Legal Writing. Dean Farnsworth will also be making remarks. Breakfast will be served at 9a, and lunch at 12p, in the Jamail Pavilion. Panels begin at 9:30 in the Eidman Courtroom. For questions, contact chlsa.president@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/22/15056/

Please join us for the first human rights happy hour talk of the year, featuring James Gibson, Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Gibson will speak on "Electing Judges: The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy." Light refreshments will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/25/14715/

Created in response to the Recession, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was borne of the Dodd-Frank Act, the most significant piece of financial regulation since the Great Depression. Together, the legislation and the agency that it created are supposed to make the financial system safer, but critics claim it is too convoluted to understand, let alone implement. Rob Ellsworth and Chris DiAngelo will explain how the Act came to fruition, what the current state of the CFPB is, and opportunities and challenges in this area going forward.

Rob Ellsworth has worked for five members of the House and Senate. Most recently, he served as chief of staff to Representative Walt Minnick (D-ID), a member of the Financial Services Committee, at which point he worked closely with the office of Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) to help craft the Dodd-Frank Act.

During Chris DiAngelo's 30 years of practice, he has served as co-head of the structured finance group for Katten Muchin Rosemann and Dewey & LeBoeuf. He has testified before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services and frequently appears and provides commentary at industry forums on financial and regulatory matters.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/26/15051/

UT Law Day is an open house for prospective students and the citizens of Texas. The event

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/27/14052/

UT Law Dems will be registering voters in the Atrium on Thursday, September 27, 2012 from 11:30am-12:30pm. Please stop by our table if you need to register for the first time, have moved recently, or have changed your name.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/27/15088/

Legal Advocacy to End Human Trafficking,” a talk by Robert Moossy, Acting Section Chief, Civil Rights Division Criminal Section, United States Department of Justice

Co-sponsored by the UT Bureau of Business Research, the UT Center for Women's and Gender Studies, and the Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault at the UT School of Social Work

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/27/14967/

The Alumni Association is having a reception for all San Antonio area alumni on Thursday, September 27 at Club Giraud, 707 North St. Marys Street, at 5:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/27/14702/

Opportunity Forum: Single Member Districts

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/28/14473/

Reception followed by panel: “’Is that the law?’ Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.” With Professors Angela Littwin, Law; Alan Friedman, Coordinator, AFTLS and the Spirit Of Shakespeare Players; James Loehlin, Director, Shakespeare at Winedale; James Shapiro, Columbia University; and three different groups performing the courtroom scene from The Merchant of Venice.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/28/14847/

UT Football vs. Oklahoma State @ Stillwater, OK

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/09/29/14896/