Events Calendar

Now viewing: Thursday, March 28, 2013

10:00am12:00pm
Notary Clinic

TNH 2.100 (Susman Godfrey Atrium)

Need a notary for your State Bar exam application or certification? Notaries are available in the Susman Godfrey Atrium at the Susman Godfrey Atrium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Notaries are not available outside of these hours on these dates. Students must be prepared to show a photo ID and the notary must witness the student sign the document. Notaries are available for Law School and state bar-related business only. There is no charge.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/03/28/16333/
12:00pm2:00pm
Immigration Litigation Update and the Prospects for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

TNH 2.114 (Francis Auditorium)

Please join us for a discussion of recent developments with immigration law experts Lucas Guttentag of the ACLU, and Nina Perales of MALDEF Moderated by Professors Michael Churgin and Barbara Hines, UT Law School

Nina Perales is Vice President of Litigation for MALDEF. Lucas Guttentag is senior counsel and founding national director of the Immigrants’ Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and Yale Law School Distinguished Senior Fellow in Residence. The event organizers have request 2 hours of CLE.

Lunch provided. Please RSVP to Rachel Sidopulos, rsidopulos@law.utexas.edu, by March 22 to reserve your spot.

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

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/03/28/15849/
5:30pm7:30pm
The Legacy of the Dirty 30

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, The Texas Observer, and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History will host a panel discussion entitled “The Legacy of the Dirty Thirty.” The panel will explore a pivotal period in Texas politics in the early ’70s when a group of lawmakers, known as the Dirty Thirty, challenged the influence of special interest in the Legislature and the power of House leadership.

Panelists will be Sissy Farenthold, Dirty Thirty member and former gubernatorial candidate; Tom Bass, Dirty Thirty member and former Harris County commissioner; Terry O’Rourke, legal strategist, Dirty Thirty; Ronnie Dugger, founding editor of The Texas Observer. The moderator will be State Rep. Ana Hernandez Luna of Houston.

The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at Walthall@texasobserver.org.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/03/28/16098/