Events Calendar

TELJ members edit issue 45:3

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/01/20049/

The TEXAS JOURNAL ON CIVIL LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS invites you to participate in its Spring 2015 Write-On Competition. We are seeking 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs with outstanding writing and editing skills and a demonstrated interest in civil liberties and civil rights.

If you are interested in applying for a position on the journal, please contact Amanda Moon at amandamoon@utexas.edu, or pick up an application at the circulation desk in the atrium.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Applications are due via email to amandamoon@utexas.edu no later than Friday, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2015, at 11:59 PM.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/02/20170/

Open house for prelaw advisors

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/02/19857/

On Monday, January 26th, Jones Day and the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2015 Townes Hall Morning Coffee for all students every Monday morning. Please bring your favorite travel mug from home (we are “going green,” so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start off your week on behalf of Jones Day and the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large station located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.139, etc.) beginning at 8:45 am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/02/20026/

On Monday, January 26th, Jones Day and the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2015 Townes Hall Morning Coffee for all students every Monday morning. Please bring your favorite travel mug from home (we are “going green,” so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start off your week on behalf of Jones Day and the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large station located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.139, etc.) beginning at 8:45 am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/02/20064/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/02/19965/

Supreme Ct. Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/02/20084/

Globalization Seminar Mondays refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/02/20083/

The TEXAS JOURNAL ON CIVIL LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS invites you to participate in its Spring 2015 Write-On Competition. We are seeking 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs with outstanding writing and editing skills and a demonstrated interest in civil liberties and civil rights.

If you are interested in applying for a position on the journal, please contact Amanda Moon at amandamoon@utexas.edu, or pick up an application at the circulation desk in the atrium.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Applications are due via email to amandamoon@utexas.edu no later than Friday, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2015, at 11:59 PM.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/03/20171/

Roundtable discussion with AK lawyers.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/03/20041/

Welcome back and grades discussion luncheon for 1Ls of the Sheffield Society.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/03/20176/

Solitary confinement is the practice of isolating prisoners from any human contact for 22-24 hours a day. Join ACS for a talk on the constitutionality and the effects of solitary confinement practices with Burke Butler of the Texas Civil Rights Project, Cindy Eigler, Director of Nation Inside, and Jennifer Carreon of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. Alycia Welch, Legislative Aide to Rep. Elliott Naishtat, will also be in attendance to answer any questions; Alycia used to work with the LBJ School of Public Affairs and co-authored an investigative report on the safety and security of TJJD state secure facilities. Food provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/03/20042/

Join us for the first LSftA meeting of the semester on Tuesday, February 3rd, 12:30-1 in TNH 3.126. We'll be discussing our plans for the semester, including art excursions, the annual clinic in the spring, and volunteer opportunities. And lunch will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/03/20169/

Screening of Aquí y Allá (Here and There), a 2012 drama film directed by Antonio Méndez Esparza. The film is about a Mexican immigrant who returns home to a small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico after years of working in the US, and struggles to rebuild his family and follow his dream of starting a band: the Copa Kings. The film won the International Critics' Week Grand Prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

The event is hosted by the Chicano/Hispanic Law Students' Association, the Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy, the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, and the Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/03/19807/

The TEXAS JOURNAL ON CIVIL LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS invites you to participate in its Spring 2015 Write-On Competition. We are seeking 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs with outstanding writing and editing skills and a demonstrated interest in civil liberties and civil rights.

If you are interested in applying for a position on the journal, please contact Amanda Moon at amandamoon@utexas.edu, or pick up an application at the circulation desk in the atrium.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Applications are due via email to amandamoon@utexas.edu no later than Friday, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2015, at 11:59 PM.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/04/20172/

Weekly luncheon for TexasLaw faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/04/19625/

Globalization Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/04/20107/

The TEXAS JOURNAL ON CIVIL LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS invites you to participate in its Spring 2015 Write-On Competition. We are seeking 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs with outstanding writing and editing skills and a demonstrated interest in civil liberties and civil rights.

If you are interested in applying for a position on the journal, please contact Amanda Moon at amandamoon@utexas.edu, or pick up an application at the circulation desk in the atrium.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Applications are due via email to amandamoon@utexas.edu no later than Friday, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2015, at 11:59 PM.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/05/20173/

Each year, the Texas International Law Journal organizes a symposium related to a developing area of international law. This year, the journal has selected “Immigration and Freedom of Movement” as our topic. The symposium will be held at the Eidman Courtroom at the University of Texas School of Law on February 5, 2015. We are excited to announce that this year’s symposium will be one of the largest in the journal’s history, with ten speakers from three countries. We aim to explore issues concerning international trade and migrant workers; immigration detention and other restrictions on movement; and international human rights. We will additionally host a lunchtime roundtable discussion on recent developments in domestic immigration policy and its impact on Texas. We are also proud to welcome Professor Hiroshi Motomura from the University of California at Los Angeles to deliver our keynote address.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/05/18979/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/05/19669/

Spring 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series Sponsored by the Energy Center Speaker: Jaime Spellings (Texas Law '86) Jaime Spellings (Texas Law '86) is Vice President and Senior Tax Counsel at ExxonMobil Corporation. He is also an adjunct professor in the Energy Center where he teaches a seminar on oil & gas taxation. Mr. Spellings' presentation will focus on his work at ExxonMobil, the world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas company, as well as how law school has shaped his career path.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/05/19791/

The Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice will be taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of this program. This program is open to all UT Law J.D. students.

Registration opens on Tuesday, November 18, at 9:00 p.m. Space is limited!

Law Firm Track will be held on Thursdays, January 22-February 26, 2015 from noon-1:00 p.m. in the Francis Auditorium. Lunch service will begin at 11:40 a.m. so the sessions may start promptly at noon.

Public Service Track will be on Friday, February 20, 2015, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. in the Susman Academic Center. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/05/19265/

Learn about career paths in indigent defense in Texas. Attorneys who wish to build careers in Texas representing low-income people accused of criminal offenses must chart paths that usually do not include entry-level employment with a public defender office, few of which exist in Texas.

Panelists will discuss their careers as criminal defense lawyers who work in small law firms or solo practice and who represent indigent clients, and offer advice about how students can locate training and mentorship resources to start a career in public defense outside of a public defender office. Panelists include Charles Blevins, ’12, Associate with Chappell, Lanehart, & Stangl, and who receives indigent defense appointments through the Lubbock County Private Defender Office; Victoria Erfesoglou, ,’10, who participates in the Harris County Future Appointed Counsel (FACT) training partnership between the Harris County Public Defender’s Office and Gideon’s Promise; and Amber Vasquez Bode ’01, president of the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and a solo practitioner who has received appointments under a traditional judicial appointment system and the new Capital Area Private Defender program in Travis County. Moderated by Andrea Marsh, Director of the Mithoff Pro Bono Program and Founder of the Texas Fair Defense Project.

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/05/19820/

The TEXAS JOURNAL ON CIVIL LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS invites you to participate in its Spring 2015 Write-On Competition. We are seeking 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs with outstanding writing and editing skills and a demonstrated interest in civil liberties and civil rights.

If you are interested in applying for a position on the journal, please contact Amanda Moon at amandamoon@utexas.edu, or pick up an application at the circulation desk in the atrium.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Applications are due via email to amandamoon@utexas.edu no later than Friday, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2015, at 11:59 PM.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/06/20174/

Roberta Kass, an experienced legal recruiter with Seltzer Fontaine Beckwith, shares her insights about the California market and offers tips for landing a job in California. Roberta will also meet individually with students before and after the program to discuss their specific questions. Sign up in the Career Services Office.

Refreshments will be served. RSVP by Thursday, February 5, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/06/20161/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/06/20175/

TELJ members edit issue 45:3

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/08/20050/

On Monday, January 26th, Jones Day and the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2015 Townes Hall Morning Coffee for all students every Monday morning. Please bring your favorite travel mug from home (we are “going green,” so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start off your week on behalf of Jones Day and the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large station located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.139, etc.) beginning at 8:45 am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/09/20027/

On Monday, January 26th, Jones Day and the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2015 Townes Hall Morning Coffee for all students every Monday morning. Please bring your favorite travel mug from home (we are “going green,” so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start off your week on behalf of Jones Day and the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large station located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.139, etc.) beginning at 8:45 am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/09/20065/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/09/19994/

Supreme Ct. Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/09/20123/

Globalization Seminar Mondays refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/09/20087/

UT Law Staff Breakfast

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/10/20079/

TBLS will bring in associates from law firms to have lunch with students and discuss their practice areas and day-to-day responsibilities. Several firms will be participating including Akin Gump, Locke Lord, Andrews Kurth, and Bracewell & Giuliani.

RSVP to txbusinesslaw@gmail.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/10/19683/

Law students will socialize with law school deans.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/10/20160/

Participants in the Winter Break Service Trip - Pro Bono in January - will meet to discuss trip goals, successes and opportunities for improvement. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/10/20047/

Alumni Relations and student org leaders will have a lunch meeting planning session for Diversity Weekend 2015

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/10/20187/

First meeting of the Spring semester. Law firm presenting and semester announcements

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/10/20085/

ALSA General Meeting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/10/20099/

ALSA General Meeting

Contact number (281)777-9488

Account number 1960008451 (for cleaning)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/10/20104/

Weekly luncheon for TexasLaw faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/11/19626/

Mark Levy, '01 and Kayna Stavast-Piper will discuss internship opportunities available in the Texas Office of the Attorney General - Antitrust Division, which may qualify for academic credit. Coffee and soda will be provided. Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 10 on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/11/20190/

Globalization Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/11/20108/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/12/19966/

The Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice will be taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of this program. This program is open to all UT Law J.D. students.

Registration opens on Tuesday, November 18, at 9:00 p.m. Space is limited!

Law Firm Track will be held on Thursdays, January 22-February 26, 2015 from noon-1:00 p.m. in the Francis Auditorium. Lunch service will begin at 11:40 a.m. so the sessions may start promptly at noon.

Public Service Track will be on Friday, February 20, 2015, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. in the Susman Academic Center. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/12/19266/

Learn about career paths in indigent defense in jurisdictions outside of Texas that have nationally recognized public defender programs. Attorneys who wish to build careers representing low-income people accused of criminal offenses often start their careers in public defender offices that offer structured training.

Panelists will discuss their careers and the public defender programs for which they have worked, and offer advice on how to prepare for and obtain a job with a public defender office. Panelists include Ruth Rosenthal, ’10, Senior Associate with the Pew Charitable Trusts and former Trial Attorney with the Colorado State Public Defender; Chris Roberts, Assistant Public Defender with the Public Defender Service of D.C.; and Trudy Strassburger, Deputy Director with the Capital Area Private Defender Service in Austin and former Team Lead Attorney with The Bronx Defenders. Moderated by Raoul Schonemann, Co-Director and Clinical Professor of the Texas Law Capital Punishment Clinic.

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by Wednesday, Feb. 11, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Come Chat with a Public Defender Afterwards 20-minute slots available from 1:20-3:00 p.m. in the Career Services Interview Suite If you are interested in indigent defense or have questions about criminal law practice generally, you can meet directly with Ruth Rosenthal, ’10, Senior Associate with the Pew Charitable Trusts and former Trial Attorney with the Colorado State Public Defender, and Chris Roberts, Assistant Public Defender with the Public Defender Service of D.C. who will speak with students after the program.

To sign up for a 20-minute time slot, please email your availability to Nicole Simmons at nsimmons@law.utexas.edu. Hurry while spaces are still available!

Sponsored by the Career Services Office and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/12/19821/

TJCLCR's annual conference. This year's topic will be about same sex marriage. We will have a lunch panel discussing “what’s next” for same-sex couples after the (anticipated) resolution of the same-sex marriage debate, including issues such as: religious refusals of service, the controversial movement for protective anti-discrimination ordinances, and the myriad federal statutes which confer benefits based on marital status. The panel will also discuss counselling same-sex couples as they encounter various issues in family law and estate planning. Finally, the panel will discuss the upcoming and much-anticipated Supreme Court cases slated for oral argument in March. The panel will consist of four attorneys active in this field.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/13/19680/

Working lunch between Texas Law CSO and ARD staff to collaborate on future alumni fundraising and outreach. Presentations to be made by both offices, perhaps involving AV needs.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/13/20183/

TELJ members edit issue 45:3

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/15/20051/

On Monday, January 26th, Jones Day and the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2015 Townes Hall Morning Coffee for all students every Monday morning. Please bring your favorite travel mug from home (we are “going green,” so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start off your week on behalf of Jones Day and the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large station located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.139, etc.) beginning at 8:45 am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/16/20066/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/16/19962/

King & Spalding invites all 1L students to join them for a lunch snack in the Law School Atrium. Recruiters and attorneys will be in attendance to answer questions about the firm. Please stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/16/20177/

Supreme Ct. Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/16/20124/

Globalization Seminar Mondays refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/16/20088/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/17/19501/

Financial literacy seminar about managing money for current law students

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/17/20204/

Weekly luncheon for TexasLaw faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/18/19627/

Globalization Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/18/20109/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/19/19362/

The Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice will be taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of this program. This program is open to all UT Law J.D. students. Registration will be announced in November 2014.

Law Firm Track will be held on Thursdays, January 22-February 26, 2015 from 11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m. in the Francis Auditorium. Lunch will be served.

Public Service Track will be on Friday, February 20, 2015, from noon-4:30 p.m. in the Susman Academic Center. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/19/19165/

The Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice will be taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of this program. This program is open to all UT Law J.D. students.

Registration opens on Tuesday, November 18, at 9:00 p.m. Space is limited!

Law Firm Track will be held on Thursdays, January 22-February 26, 2015 from noon-1:00 p.m. in the Francis Auditorium. Lunch service will begin at 11:40 a.m. so the sessions may start promptly at noon.

Public Service Track will be on Friday, February 20, 2015, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. in the Susman Academic Center. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/19/19267/

Inaugural gala and symposium for the KBH Center on February 19-20, 2015 at the AT&T Center ballroom. The gala in on the evening of February 19, 2015. It begins at 6:00 p.m. with a cocktail hour, followed by a banquet at 7:00 p.m. Attendance at the gala is by invitation only. The symposium is on February 20, 2015. We're still planning the program for the symposium but expect it to run from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration and fee are required to attend the symposium.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/19/19345/

The annual IP Law Symposium is an opportunity for students and practitioners to come and learn about the state of the field from judges, scholars, and professionals.

Join us February 20, 2015 from 7:30 - 5:00 in the Eidman Court Room (CCJ 2.306).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/20/18739/

The 4th Annual Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice will be taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of this program. This program is open to all UT Law J.D. students.

Registration opens on Tuesday, November 18, at 9:00 p.m. Space is limited!

Public Service Track will be on Friday, February 20, 2015, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. in the Susman Academic Center. Lunch will be served.

Law Firm Track will be held on Thursdays, January 22-February 26, 2015 from noon-1:00 p.m. in the Francis Auditorium. Lunch service will begin at 11:40 a.m. so the sessions may start promptly at noon.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/20/19171/

TELA + TJOGEL Board Meeting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/20/20200/

Are you sure about your future? Come learn about Life After Law School on Friday, February 20th at 2pm in TNH 3.142. The Texas Young Lawyer Association will come and speak to students about different career paths, finances, and what to expect after graduation. Snacks and coffee will be served. Please RSVP by noon on Thursday, February 19, on Symplicity.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/20/20207/

TELJ members edit issue 45:3

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/22/20052/

On Monday, January 26th, Jones Day and the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2015 Townes Hall Morning Coffee for all students every Monday morning. Please bring your favorite travel mug from home (we are “going green,” so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start off your week on behalf of Jones Day and the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large station located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.139, etc.) beginning at 8:45 am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/23/20067/

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP invites students to grab coffee in the Law School Atrium. Attorney personnel will be in attendance to answer questions about the firm. Please stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/23/20213/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/23/19967/

Supreme Ct. Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/23/20125/

Globalization Seminar Mondays refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/23/20089/

PwC Roundtable lunch and discussion with Journal and Society members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/24/20202/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/24/19925/

Law Students for the Arts would like to invite you to a presentation from Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts on representing musicians and working in the music industry. Attorneys from TALA will be on campus to talk about a variety of music-related topics, from representing producers to the key legal documents involved in recording an independent record. The presentation will be on Tuesday, February 24th, at Noon in TNH 3.126. We apologize, but no lunch will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/24/20227/

Los Angeles Alumni Reception

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton 333 South Hope Street, 48th Floor 6:00 p.m.

Registration has closed. If you missed the deadline and would like to attend, please do! We'll have a registration table at the event. For questions, call 512.232.1118 or events@law.utexas.edu

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/24/20230/

Weekly luncheon for TexasLaw faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/25/19628/

The Thurgood Marshall Legal Society cordially invites you to “Fifty-five Years on the Forty Acres” A Panel Discussion About the Progress Made at the University of Texas Since Sweatt v. Painter and the Progress That Still Needs to Come.

The event will take place on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 5:30 PM. Refreshments will be served in the Jamail Pavillion, and the Panel Discussion will begin promptly at 6:00 PM in the Eidman Courtroom.

Panelists will include: Judge Joel Bennett, Dr. Gregory Vincent, Dr. Alan Sager, Professor Tracy McCormack, Manuel Escobar, and Meagan Harding. Please follow the link to RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fifty-five-years-on-forty-acres-tickets-15732301738

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/25/20209/

Globalization Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/25/20110/

Ceremony and Luncheon for 18 Chancellors along with Family. Speech by Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/26/19856/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/26/19670/

The Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice will be taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of this program. This program is open to all UT Law J.D. students. Registration will be announced in November 2014.

Law Firm Track will be held on Thursdays, January 22-February 26, 2015 from 11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m. in the Francis Auditorium. Lunch will be served.

Public Service Track will be on Friday, February 20, 2015, from noon-4:30 p.m. in the Susman Academic Center. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/26/19170/

Please join the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter for a free vegan lunch and discussion on ag-gag laws in the U.S. Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Society, the American Constitution Society, and CHLSA (Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association)

Guest Speakers include:

William Rivas-Rivas from the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and Daphne Silverman from the National Lawyers Guild.

Ag-gag overview: Animal abuse, food safety violations, and illegal working conditions are rampant on factory farms. Undercover investigations have exposed egregious animal cruelty and shed light on common agricultural practices that cause significant animal suffering.

Undercover investigations have resulted in criminal animal cruelty convictions, national meat recalls, plant closures, and civil lawsuits—all of which make undercover investigations and reporting an absolute necessity for protecting animals and public health and safety. Journalistic exposés of the meat industry have led to landmark food safety laws such as the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. These laws help protect the public from “mad cow” disease, E. coli, and salmonella.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/26/19973/

The Human Rights Law Society and Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Social Justice invite you to attend a discussion on international human rights careers. This event is ideal for students interested in international law, human rights, diplomacy, social justice, public service, or simply FREE LUNCH.

Our goal is to provide students with a greater understanding of how to most effectively utilize the resources available at Texas Law to pursue careers in international human rights law. We'll address topics including summer internships, funding summer internships, long term careers, and the most helpful resources available at UT.

Speakers include:

Tex Harris: Harris is a UT Law graduate (Class of 1965) and regarded by many as a “diplomat’s diplomat.” Harris served with distinction during a 35-year Foreign Service career. Beginning in 1965, his posts were varied and often dangerous, such as Venezuela just as a Fidel Castro-supported insurgency was breaking out, Argentina at the height of the “dirty war” and South Africa in the 1980s during the transition from apartheid. Harris also served in Australia and as an associate administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. He earned the Distinguished Honor Award, the State Department’s highest, for his work in Argentina in the late 1970s exposing the fate of the 15,000 citizens clandestinely killed by the military junta. Harris also served in the Bureau of Economic Affairs, as an attorney for the White House, and between 1974 and 1977 as an environmental assistant who drafted the first international call for controlling the release of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to protect atmospheric ozone. Consistently a courageous advocate of the professional interests of FSOs, in 1970 he joined Tom Boyatt in leading the transformation of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) into a strong advocate of employee interests. Serving twice as AFSA president, Harris became known to his colleagues as “Mr. AFSA.” Following his retirement in 1999, he continued his close involvement with that organization and in 2000 he established the “Tex Harris Award” for creative dissent by a Foreign Service specialist.

UT Law Professor Derek P. Jinks: Professor Jinks teaches and writes in the fields of public international law, international humanitarian law, human rights law, and criminal law. Prior to teaching, Professor Jinks worked in the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and served as Senior Legal Advisor and United Nations Representative for the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre in India.

UT Law 2Ls and 3Ls: Several students that have obtained funding for and completed international human rights oriented internships will share some tricks of the trade!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/26/20236/

Winston & Strawn and The Review of Litigation invite all 1L students for drinks, appetizers, and conversation at Bar 96 on Thursday, February 26, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Winston attorneys will be available to answer any questions about the firm and the summer program, and editors from The Review of Litigation will be available to chat about the write-on and the journal. Bar 96 is located at 96 Rainey Street Austin, Texas 78701. Attire for the event is casual. To confirm attendance, please RSVP to Haley Hobbs at HHobbs@winston.com by Tuesday, February 24.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/26/20208/

The Alumni Association is having a reception for Dallas alumni on Thursday, February 26 at Rosewood Crescent, 400 Crescent Court, Rotisserie Room at 6:00 p.m. To register please visit http://law.connect.utexas.edu/DAL15

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/26/19788/

Described by one partner at a top law firm as “the most practical tool I’ve encountered in my 20 years of practicing,” the Women in Law Institute is an all-day, intensive workshop for law students, judicial clerks, and LL.M.’s. Participants can look forward to expert presentations on the essential skills for navigating a successful career in law: effective communication, self-promotion, and networking. Following each lecture, students work in small groups led by distinguished practitioners (3:1 ratio) to perfect these skills through practice and individualized critiques in a supportive environment.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/27/18876/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/27/19963/

Scribes, a national legal writing organization, is presenting this event for Texas Law 1Ls. There will be lunch and a presentation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/27/20162/

Trial workshop for the 2L interscholastic mock trial team

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/02/27/20192/