Events Calendar

Clinical Faculty will be on hand to informally discuss UT Law's clinical program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/17/18531/

The Law, Business, and Economics Workshop Series serves as an important focal point at the University of Texas for research on the economic analysis of law and business. The workshop generally involves presentations by guests from outside the University community. Students can take the workshop as a course, which focuses on their presentation of written critiques of each of the papers presented in the workshop series.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/17/17768/

Meeting on renovation project in Law School

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/18/18703/

Clinical Faculty will be on hand to informally discuss UT Law's clinical program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/18/18533/

We are pleased to announce that Jay Kelley, one of TJOGEL's Board of Advisors, will be speaking at a roundtable luncheon, "Hiring Partner: Secrets Revealed," on March 18th at noon. Mr. Kelley, a former hiring partner at Vinson & Elkins in Houston, will be discussing how hiring decisions are made and what firms actually expect of their summer associates. This roundtable will be particularly beneficial to anyone clerking at a law firm this summer.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/18/18667/

Learn about judicial internships during the fall or spring semester. Even if you attended the previous panel on summer judicial internships, we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to visit directly with judges and judicial staff over lunch about why judicial internships are valuable and the opportunities available both for the coming summer and school year. Please join the following judges and staff attorneys for lunch: Judge Lee Yeakel, ’69, U.S. Court for the Western District of Texas; Judge Tony Davis and Judge Christopher Mott, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas; Judge Craig Bennett and Judge Tommy Broyles, State Office of Administrative Hearings; Melissa Davis, ’04, Staff Attorney for Justice Jeff Boyd of the Supreme Court of Texas; and Ingrid Grobey, ’12, Staff Attorney for Judge Elsa Alcala, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, March 17, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/18/17017/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays at noon in TNH 2.140 and repeat Friday at 10:30 in TNH 3.124.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/18/18610/

Join the Texas Federalist Society in hearing from Brian Morris. Mr. Morris is a JD/MBA, as well as a nationally-licensed polygraph examiner. He will discuss the investigative benefits of polygraphs in criminal law. Following his discussion, Mr. Morris will conduct a live demonstration of a polygraph exam.

Lunch will follow the presentation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/18/18716/

Meeting between death penalty lawyers and judges and officials from numerous countries visiting United States.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/18/18696/

Class registration is just around the corner, so this is the perfect time to start thinking about whether to apply for a clinic next semester. Clinics are amazing opportunities to learn practical skills and help people in need of legal representation. Many students say that clinics are the best part of their law school experience!

Join PILA for an informal discussion with Jeana Lungwitz, supervisor of the Domestic Violence Clinic, and Heather Way, supervisor of the Community Development Clinic. You can also chat with other students who have participated in clinics and get honest answers about what to expect. Plan your semester AND get plugged in to the awesome public interest crowd!

PILA will provide the main dish. Please BYOB and a side dish or dessert.

Information on clinic options: http://www.utexas.edu/law/clinics/

Date: Tuesday, March 4th at 7 PM

Location: 1175 Graham, Austin TX 78702

Contact: sarahpbryant@gmail.com with questions or to get a ride.

Note on parking: My neighbors will thank you if you can park your car on Walnut Avenue (beside the Baptist church or behind the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex). My house is the fourth one on the right on Graham Street.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/18/17512/

Representatives from various bar prep companies will be on campus to discuss their course offerings. Stop by for free snacks and swag!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/19/18264/

Clinical faculty, staff and students will be on hand to informally discuss UT Law's clinical program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/19/18532/

Join ACS for a panel discussion addressing Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure with regards to cell phones with Prof. Ahmed Ghappour, Matt Simpson, Prof. George Dix.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/19/18680/

General body meeting for the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/19/18564/

Come join IPLS and listen to Raghav Bajaj from Haynes and Boones on Wednesday. He will speak on new AIA post-issuance proceedings before the PTO and also discuss being an associate at a large firm. Dinner will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/19/18725/

Clinical faculty, staff and students will be on hand to informally discuss the clinics and internships offered at UT Law in the Fall and Summer of 2014. Pizza and drinks will be provided. All students are invited.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/20/18534/

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

Learn about careers in criminal prosecution, the prosecutorial job search, and strategies for making yourself an attractive candidate for criminal prosecution positions. RSVP by Wednesday, March 19, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Part of the Career Exploration Series, which offers students an opportunity to learn more about different areas of the law and network with leading practitioners in these areas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/20/18286/

Professor Paul Asofsky, from the University of Houston Law Center, will discuss their Tax Law LL.M. and answer student questions about the program. Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, March 19, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/20/18573/

Early Registration for Fall 2014 is from March 24-28. Come hear about your requirements for graduation, course selection options and considerations in choosing your courses from Director of Academic Advising Brandi Welch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/20/18618/

The Patton Boggs Foundation is pleased to contribute a fellowship worth $5,000 to support a UT Law student who has completed either his/her first or second year of law school and will be working on public policy and related matters for a government agency, international organization or nonprofit public interest organization. A preference will be given to veterans of the Iraqi and Afghanistan wars and students pursuing public service opportunities with organizations focused on business-related public policy issues, including economic development, banking, finance, community development, property and tax.

To apply for the fellowship, please submit the following materials to the Mandi Villarreal in the Career Services Office (TNH 3.130) either in person or by email to cso@law.utexas.edu:

Resume;

Statement of interest—two to three double-spaced pages describing the organization you will work for, the type of work you anticipate you will be doing, why you are interested in the position and your long-term career goals. Also include the information on the length of your internship and whether you are receiving any pay or funding;

List of three references; and

Supporting statement from your sponsoring organization—confirming your offer, identifying your supervising attorney, and indicating the type of legal work you will do during your internship.

Applications should be submitted by noon on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/20/18675/

Outlaw will offer this training to student volunteer in preparation for its March 30 clinic.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/20/18654/

The Water-Energy Nexus: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities in Water and Energy Law

Presented by: Texas Environmental Law Journal and the Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, and Environmental Law

Join us for panel discussions on Drought and Energy Production, Groundwater Desalination, and Energy Markets as a Model for Water Policy with speakers from the private sector, environmental groups, and state and local government.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/21/18693/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays at noon in TNH 2.140 and repeat Friday at 10:30 in TNH 3.124.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/21/18614/

Meeting to discuss Primer

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/21/18643/

Early Registration for Fall 2014 is from March 24-28. Come hear about your requirements for graduation, course selection options and considerations in choosing your courses from Director of Academic Advising Brandi Welch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/21/18515/

Join TJCLCR as we discuss our spring issue. Authors of all the articles and notes will join us to discuss their articles and take questions. Article topics include privacy, cell phone searches, Justice Clarence Thomas, and racial violence.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/21/18620/

Trial skills workshop for 2L interscholastic mock trial team

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/21/18346/

Come by the TLF table in the breezeway to donate, vote, and get your MAKE LOVE, NOT LAW REVIEW swag!

Texas Law Fellowships is a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides summer funding for UT Law students who take unpaid summer internships with public interest organizations. Your donations of $20 or more...

1. Help your fellow students. 2. Help the amazing organizations they work for. 3. Help the people and causes aided by those organizations. 4. Win your society and section major cred for being good-hearted givers. 5. Earn you awesome goodies, including bumper stickers and t-shirts.

Last year UT came together to fund every single applicant—let's do it again!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/22/18419/

Come by the TLF table in the breezeway to donate, vote, and get your MAKE LOVE, NOT LAW REVIEW swag!

Texas Law Fellowships is a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides summer funding for UT Law students who take unpaid summer internships with public interest organizations. Your donations of $20 or more...

1. Help your fellow students. 2. Help the amazing organizations they work for. 3. Help the people and causes aided by those organizations. 4. Win your society and section major cred for being good-hearted givers. 5. Earn you awesome goodies, including bumper stickers and t-shirts.

Last year UT came together to fund every single applicant—let's do it again!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/23/18422/

Come by the TLF table in the breezeway to donate, vote, and get your MAKE LOVE, NOT LAW REVIEW swag!

Texas Law Fellowships is a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides summer funding for UT Law students who take unpaid summer internships with public interest organizations. Your donations of $20 or more...

1. Help your fellow students. 2. Help the amazing organizations they work for. 3. Help the people and causes aided by those organizations. 4. Win your society and section major cred for being good-hearted givers. 5. Earn you awesome goodies, including bumper stickers and t-shirts.

Last year UT came together to fund every single applicant—let's do it again!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/24/18423/

Learn how to reach the people you want to meet and successfully develop long-term professional relationships for job leads and future business from Ari Kaplan, a nationally recognized author of Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace (Wiley, 2011) and The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring Your Legal Career Through Creative Networking and Business Development (Thomson-West, 2008). Lunch will be served. RSVP by Friday, March 21, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab. Presented by Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/24/18275/

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 will focus on “Approaches to Employment Discrimination.” Light refreshments will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/24/17580/

If you plan to graduate in May, you must submit your application to the Student Affairs Office by 5 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/24/18721/

Early spring write-on applications for the Texas Environmental Law Journal (TELJ) are due Monday, March 24th at 5:00pm.

Applications must be submitted to texasenvironmentallawjournal@gmail.com and must include: 1. Resume 2. Writing Sample: Your writing sample can be any legal memo or brief that you have written either for school or work. It must include citations. You are welcome to use the memo you wrote for your LRW class. 3. Personal Statement: State in a concise manner why you are interested in environmental law of joining TELJ. Suggested length is one-half page.

If you have any questions about TELJ, stop by our journal office (TNH 4.128) or email us at texasenvironmentallawjournal@gmail.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/24/18735/

Come by the TLF table in the breezeway to donate, vote, and get your MAKE LOVE, NOT LAW REVIEW swag!

Texas Law Fellowships is a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides summer funding for UT Law students who take unpaid summer internships with public interest organizations. Your donations of $20 or more...

1. Help your fellow students. 2. Help the amazing organizations they work for. 3. Help the people and causes aided by those organizations. 4. Win your society and section major cred for being good-hearted givers. 5. Earn you awesome goodies, including bumper stickers and t-shirts.

Last year UT came together to fund every single applicant—let's do it again!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/25/18424/

The Chicano/Hispanic Law Students' Association presents its semi-annual FAJITA FIESTA to fund scholarships. We'll be selling plates of beef/chicken/veggie fajitas - grilled on site - with all the fixings in the Atrium. We usually sell out so come out, enjoy delicious food, and support this great cause!

Cash and credit accepted!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/25/18562/

The State Bar of Texas Section of Taxation will present a discussion about various career opportunities available to attorneys in the area of tax law. Panelists include Patrick O’Daniel, ‘92, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright; Cindy Grossman, ‘04, Partner, Giordani Swanger Ripp Phillips, LLP; Nancy Prosser, ‘93, Assistant Director of Tax Administration, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; Corby Brooks, ’04, Partner, Cook Brooks Johnson PLLC; and an attorney from the Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc. Moderated by Christi Mondrik, ‘01, Mondrik & Associates.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, March 24, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Part of the Career Exploration Series, which offers students an opportunity to learn more about different areas of the law and network with leading practitioners in these areas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/25/18322/

Pizza for Con Law II makeup class

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/25/18741/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays at noon in TNH 2.140 and repeat Friday at 10:30 in TNH 3.124.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/25/18611/

Lunch with William Cunningham's corporate governance students.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/25/18666/

Come learn about the growing labor trafficking problem in the United States, exemplified by the current ongoing litigation against the shipbuilding company Signal International. The Human Rights Law Society has invited UT Law alumnus and Equal Justice Center attorney Kayvon Sabourian to speak about his experience representing 21 of the 200+ plaintiffs in the case. This is a great opportunity to learn about issues surrounding the H2-B guest worker program as well as the rarely discussed form of human trafficking that is labor trafficking.

The event will be held in room TNH 3.124 on Tuesday 3/25 from 12:00-1:30.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/25/18722/

Come by the TLF table in the breezeway to donate, vote, and get your MAKE LOVE, NOT LAW REVIEW swag!

Texas Law Fellowships is a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides summer funding for UT Law students who take unpaid summer internships with public interest organizations. Your donations of $20 or more...

1. Help your fellow students. 2. Help the amazing organizations they work for. 3. Help the people and causes aided by those organizations. 4. Win your society and section major cred for being good-hearted givers. 5. Earn you awesome goodies, including bumper stickers and t-shirts.

Last year UT came together to fund every single applicant—let's do it again!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/26/18425/

The women lawyers of Baker Botts and the UT Women's Law Caucus invite you to join them on Wednesday, March 26, for lunch and an informative panel discussion. This luncheon program will give women 1L students an opportunity to obtain valuable insights from women lawyers across all levels of the firm. Topics to be discussed include: • Practicing law in a big firm • Selecting a practice group/department • Navigating the recruiting process • Mentoring and professional development • Maintaining work life balance • Tips for success in law school and beyond The target audience for this event is 1L women students. Limited space is available. For questions, please contact Lindsey Kucharski, +1.512.322.2516.

RSVP to: houstonrecruiting@bakerbotts.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/26/18694/

Jane Hwang, formerly of Social Accountability International, will join us via Skype to discuss the NGO's work in combating sweatshops, promoting labor rights internationally, and holding corporations accountable for the supply-chain working conditions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/26/18718/

Join ACS and Profs. Sanford Levinson and Lawrence Sager to discuss progressive constitutional interpretation. Wednesday, 3/26, 1:15 - 2:15

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/26/18707/

Meeting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/26/18734/

Come to the last IPLS meeting of the year and hear Thad Faleski and Kristian Sullivan from Conley Rose discuss the experience of working in a IP boutique firm. Dinner will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/26/18740/

Come by the TLF table in the breezeway to donate, vote, and get your MAKE LOVE, NOT LAW REVIEW swag!

Texas Law Fellowships is a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides summer funding for UT Law students who take unpaid summer internships with public interest organizations. Your donations of $20 or more...

1. Help your fellow students. 2. Help the amazing organizations they work for. 3. Help the people and causes aided by those organizations. 4. Win your society and section major cred for being good-hearted givers. 5. Earn you awesome goodies, including bumper stickers and t-shirts.

Last year UT came together to fund every single applicant—let's do it again!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/27/18426/

Public Notaries will be available in the Tom Clark Lounge to notarize Texas Bar Applications on March 27 and March 28.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/27/18683/

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

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/27/16706/

Thursday, March 27, 11:45 to 1 in the Sheffield Room Lunch provided

Join us for a talk by Professor Douglas Laycock, one of the nation’s leading constitutional law scholars and advocates. Professor Laycock will discuss Town of Greece, currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, which involves the legal limits on public prayer in government meetings. He argued before the Court on behalf of Galloway last fall.

Douglas Laycock, one of the nation's leading authorities on the law of remedies and also on the law of religious liberty, visits the law school as the G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence. He will discuss Town of Greece v. Galloway, a case he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last fall that may clarify the legal limits on public prayer in government meetings.

Laycock has testified frequently before Congress and has argued many cases in the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the author of the leading casebook Modern American Remedies; the award-winning monograph The Death of the Irreparable Injury Rule; and many articles in the leading law reviews. He has co-edited a collection of essays, Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty, and he recently published Religious Liberty, Volume I: Overviews and History, and Volume II: The Free Exercise Clause. These two volumes are the first half of a four-volume collection of his many writings on religious liberty.

Laycock is vice president of the American Law Institute, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the 2009 winner of the National First Freedom Award from the Council on America's First Freedom.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/27/18355/

This all-day conference will bring together scholars, advocates, educators and students to examine contemporary debates involving diversity in higher education. Noted Princeton sociologist Marta Tienda will provide a keynote address at lunch. For more information and to register, please visit the conference website.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/28/18204/

Come by the TLF table in the breezeway to donate, vote, and get your MAKE LOVE, NOT LAW REVIEW swag!

Texas Law Fellowships is a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides summer funding for UT Law students who take unpaid summer internships with public interest organizations. Your donations of $20 or more...

1. Help your fellow students. 2. Help the amazing organizations they work for. 3. Help the people and causes aided by those organizations. 4. Win your society and section major cred for being good-hearted givers. 5. Earn you awesome goodies, including bumper stickers and t-shirts.

Last year UT came together to fund every single applicant—let's do it again!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/28/18427/

Street Law invites high school and middle school students to visit the law school for a tour, mock lesson, mock trial, career panel and lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/28/18348/

Public Notaries will be available in the Tom Clark Lounge to notarize Texas Bar Applications on March 27 and March 28.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/28/18684/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays at noon in TNH 2.140 and repeat Friday at 10:30 in TNH 3.124.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/28/18615/

Trial skills workshop for 2L interscholastic mock trial team

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/28/18470/

Dinner and lecture for Parents Leadership Group

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/03/28/18466/