Events Calendar

Vincent Warren is the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York, a national legal and educational organization dedicated to advancing and defending the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and 12:45-1:45 p.m. in the Sheffield Room

Warren will speak from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. about the CCR’s work leading the New York stop-and-frisk case. From 12:45-1:45 p.m., he’ll speak more informally about his life in the law. Attend one or both sessions. Lunch served at 11:45 and 12:45.

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

Warren oversees CCR's groundbreaking litigation and advocacy work which includes using international and domestic law to hold corporations and government officials accountable for human rights abuses; challenging racial, gender and LGBT injustice; and combating the illegal expansion of U.S. presidential power and policies such as illegal detention at Guantanamo, rendition and torture.

For more information, see http://ccrjustice.org/about-us/staff-board/warren%2C-vincent.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/11/18166/

The Spring Symposium is an event that will attract attorneys, judges, professors, entrepreneurs, and law students from all over the country. This Biennial event will be hosted by the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society. For this event we are honored to have the Third Court of Appeals joining us. This event will begin with oral arguments, followed by a luncheon, and then a series of panels covering civil, political, and ethical topics. The Symposium is a distinctive event, and we look forward to having you join us.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/12/18255/

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

This year's conference will explore the political and historical currents that led to the current focus on rights in today's constitutionalism, and the effects of this focus on the human rights agenda in different regions of the world.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/13/17105/

This year's conference will explore the political and historical currents that led to the current focus on rights in today's constitutionalism, and the effects of this focus on the human rights agenda in different regions of the world.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/14/17106/

Please join us for the next event in the Rapoport Center’s 2014 Colloquium on Comparing European and North American Approaches to Human Rights, organized in collaboration with the Center for European Studies and funded in part by a grant from the European Union. This event is co-sponsored by Ethnic and Third World Literatures and will focus on “Approaches to Race, Citizenship and Immigration.” Light refreshments will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/17/17578/

Join the Texas Federalist Society in welcoming Judge Edith Jones back to campus. A UT Law Alum, Judge Jones currently serves on the 5th Circuit and was previously Chief Judge until September 2012. Judge Jones will discuss the interplay between the rule of law and wealth creation.

Free Torchy's Tacos will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/18/18527/

EL PASO ALUMNI LUNCHEON, hosted by Dean Hester (Class of ‘66) and Debbi Hester

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 12:00 noon

The El Paso Club Chase Building 201 West Main Street Suite 800 El Paso, Texas 79901

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/19/18431/

Screening of "Fire from the Mountain"

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/20/17758/

The law school will be hosting a reception at the Houston Club on February 20, 2014. The Houston Club 910 Louisiana Street One Shell Plaza, Suite 4900 Houston, TX 77002

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/20/18049/

FRAND and the Antitrust/Intellectual Property Interface

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/02/21/18540/