Events Calendar

Join us for the fifth and final installment of the Energy Center’s Spring 2014 Distinguished Lecture Series. Listen to water experts Christy Muse, Executive Director, Hill Country Alliance (HCA), and Lyn Clancy, Senior Water Policy Advisor at the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), discuss the severe drought gripping Central Texas/Hill Country that shows little sign of relenting in 2014 and its environmental implications.

Lunch will be provided.

Please RSVP to mpajon@law.utexas.edu.

About Christy Muse Since 2005, Christy Muse has served as the Executive Director of HCA. She travels extensively throughout the Hill Country hosting gatherings of interested stakeholders, speaking at community meetings, participating in educational programs, and meeting with landowners and residents alike. Her personal HCA objectives are to weave a network of smart action-oriented people who care about this special region, to connect the many valuable conservation initiatives, to avoid redundancy, and to create unique informative resources that are shared freely and generously.

About Lyn Clancy A frequent presenter on water rights, Lyn Clancy is Senior Water Policy at LCRA and is editor-in-chief of the Texas Environmental Law Journal. Her specialties include: Texas water rights, water supply acquisition and development, river management and flood liability, and water policy and planning. Clancy served as chair of the Water Laws committee on the Texas Water Conservation Association and received the President’s Award in 2007. She holds a master’s degree in water resources management and water chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. >

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/04/01/18052/

Join the Public Interest Law Association Tuesday, April 1st at 7:00PM for our monthly Potluck. We will hear from professors and practitioners about their public interest career paths as well as from representatives from other public interest student organizations.

There is no better way to get plugged in to the public interest community than to attend PILA Potlucks!

PILA will provide the main meal and drinks, but feel free to bring additional side dishes or desserts.

Need a ride? We are setting up a carpool for those of you who don’t have transportation from and back to campus. Contact sarahpbryant@gmail.com to get your name on the carpool list.

Location: 1175 Graham, Austin, Texas 78702.

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/2014/04/01/17513/

All UT Law international and domestic LL.M. students and international exchange students are invited to meet and network with UT Law LL.M. alumni and friends to learn about their student experience and career path after graduation. Hosted by the UT Law Career Services Office and International Student Programs, this mixer is a great way to expand your network and meet local LL.M. alumni, so don't miss out!

The UT Law LL.M. Alumni-Student Mixer will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2014 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at Scholz Garten, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd. in Austin (map).

Scholz Garten is one mile from the Law School, which is about a 15-20 minute walk (see map above).

Please RSVP by Thursday, March 27, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab. Dress is business casual.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/04/03/18727/