Events Calendar

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/2015/04/06/20073/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/06/19995/

Supreme Ct. Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/06/20131/

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

Globalization Seminar Mondays refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/06/20095/

Focus groups conducted by the College of Communications.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20310/

Texas Law Review hosts the Spring 2015 Write-On Information Meeting.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20366/

Learn about some of the more popular project-based fellowships obtained by Texas Law graduates. You’ll learn about the application process and strategies for putting together a competitive fellowship application. Panelists include Meredith Parekh ‘11, Staff Attorney with Disability Rights Texas and former Skadden Foundation fellow; Tovah Pentelovitch, 3L and 2015 Equal Justice Works Fellow with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid; and Sofia Meissner, 3L and 2015 UT Law Justice Corps Fellow with Human Rights First. Moderated by Nicole Simmons, Director of Public Service Programs, Career Services Office.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, April 6, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/19899/

Joseph B. C. Fitzsimmons, partner, Uhl, Fitzsimons, Jewett & Burton, PLLC, will give a KBH Energy Center Distinguished Lecture from 12-1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Mr. Fitzsimons a natural resources, oil and gas and water law attorney and third-generation South Texas rancher. From 2001-2007, Mr. Fitzsimons was on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. For his KBH Energy Center Distinguished Lecture, Mr. Fitzsimons will give an overview of some of the key issues that landowners and oil and gas companies deal with in Texas and the challenges that accompany the presence of endangered species on the land, as well as other environmental concerns. He will also speak about his practice and his experience as chair of TPWD.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20005/

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 2.124 and repeat Thursday at noon in TNH 2.124. This is a four week series, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20247/

ALSA General Meeting

Contact number (281)777-9488

Account number 1960008451 (for cleaning)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20101/

ALSA General Meeting

Contact number (281)777-9488

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20103/

ALSA General Meeting

Contact number (281)777-9488

Account number 1960008451 (for cleaning)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20106/

Planning meeting for IN15

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/20377/

Weekly luncheon for TexasLaw faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/19634/

Interested in a career with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)? Come learn from CIA recruiters about the CIA hiring initiatives as they relate to law students.

Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Tuesday, April 7, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/20370/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/20167/

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

Globalization Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/20116/

Are you considering opportunities in government service or public interest law? The UT Law Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), administered by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, provides financial assistance to graduates with educational debt who enter qualifying public service. The UT Law LRAP, coupled with the new federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Income Based Repayment programs, will significantly help graduates in public service repay their educational debt.

Eden Harrington, Director of the Justice Center, will present basic information about Texas Law LRAP and answer questions about it. Thursday, April 9, 2015, 8:39-9:30 am, Sheffield-Massey Room, breakfast provided

For more information about the event, contact Rachel Sidopulos, Justice Center Administrator, rsidopulos@law.utexas.edu

For more information about UT LRAP, see http://www.utexas.edu/law/centers/publicinterest/lrap/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/19981/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/19922/

Learn what steps to take with money when you graduate. The session will cover how to get out of debt, start investing, prepare for financial emergencies, and make big purchases like buying a car or home. You’ll get an overview of how retirement plans, mortgages, and student loan repayment works.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20262/

Lunch with students in my corporate governance class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20384/

1Ls: Come learn about judicial clerkships - what they are, why you should clerk, and what you need to be doing now to best position yourself to apply during your 2L year. If you are at all interested in a judicial clerkship, you should definitely come to this program. Panelists include Justice Jane Bland, Texas First Court of Appeals; Judge Robert Pitman, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; and Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Moderated by Lisa Hobbs, ’00, former General Counsel, Supreme Court of Texas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/19035/

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 2.124 and repeat Thursday at noon in TNH 2.124. This is a four week series, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20251/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20379/

Professor Jinks will be holding a make up session for his International Criminal Law class (12 students). Pizza and drinks will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20346/

The role of money in the American political process has grown dramatically in recent years. Its pernicious effects can be felt in the issues raised and policies passed at the local, state and federal levels. Join us in welcoming Demos Counsel and Senior Advisor Adam Lioz to Austin for a discussion during happy hour on issues relating to money and politics.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20355/

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

Since 2010, the Texas Environmental Law Journal has provided a forum and speakers for current issues in environmental law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/18955/

Capital Punishment Center Conference

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/19119/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/20371/

The Texas Business Law Society and Norton Rose Fulbright are pleased to present the Second Annual Mergers & Acquisitions School for UT Law students. This two day program will provide participants with a thorough understanding and analysis of the M&A process and agreements.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/19028/

2L interscholastic mock trial team workshop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/20198/

Capital Punishment Center Conference

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/11/19120/

The Texas Business Law Society and Norton Rose Fulbright are pleased to present the Second Annual Mergers & Acquisitions School for UT Law students. This two day program will provide participants with a thorough understanding and analysis of the M&A process and agreements.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/11/19029/