Events Calendar

TMLS is hosting a free exam workshop open to all 1Ls on Sunday, October 18, from 12PM to 4PM in TNH 2.139. The workshop is hosted by the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society and will cover exam strategies, including how to effectively manage time during exams, dissect exam fact patterns and questions, and identify and frame relevant issues. A V&E attorney will kick off the workshop, and lunch will be served. Special Thanks to V&E and Barbri.

Please register through UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/18/21325/

On Monday, September 14, the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Fall 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 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/2015/10/19/21014/

The Water-Energy Nexus in China: Lunchtime talk by Libin Zhang

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/19/21381/

Are you a 1L or 2L interested in summer internship opportunities with the federal government? Come hear from a panel of 2Ls who spent their 1L summer interning with federal agencies discuss everything from the pros/cons of working for the federal government to the nitty gritty of the application process. The panel discussion will focus on 1L summer opportunities and summer volunteer opportunities for 2Ls. Panelists include: Jennifer Boshakova, 2L, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York, NY; Katelin Cox, 2L, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas; Matthew Drecun, 2L, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; David Goode, 2L, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division; Eric Manpearl, 2L, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy

RSVP by Friday, October 16, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/19/20796/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/19/21105/

Jackson Walker LLP invites all law students to join them for breakfast tacos in the Law School Atrium. Attorney and recruiting personnel will be in attendance to answer questions about the firm on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Please be sure to stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/20/21332/

The Thurgood Marshall Legal Society will be hosting bi-weekly lunch panels with large and mid-size firms. Food will be provided.

These events are open to all UT law students and staff.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/20/20708/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/20/21081/

Are you interested in possibly pursuing a career in public service? Come learn about law practice in the public sector. Panelists will discuss their experiences as summer interns and staff attorneys with government and public interest organizations across the country. They will also share strategies and advice for obtaining similar positions. Panelists TBD. Moderated by Nicole Simmons and Denyse Demel of the CSO. Lunch will be served.

RSVP by Monday, October 19, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/20/20704/

Please join TJCLCR for our Fall Publication Preview with authors from our fall 2015 issue! Light refreshments to follow.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/20/21346/

The Center for Women in Law, through the October Power Lunch Series, seeks to provide students with possible role models and mentors by exposing them to prominent women lawyers and other public figures from a wide range of career paths. Attending students will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss their own career goals in an informal and interactive environment.

Series Line-up:

Tuesday, October 6, 2015: Jane Webre, Partner, Scott, Douglass & McConnico LLP

Tuesday, October 13, 2015: Judge Micaela Alvarez, United States District Judge, Southern District of Texas

Wednesday, October 21, 2015: Sandra Phillips, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Toyota Motor North America

Tuesday, October 27, 2015: Kristi Swartz, Managing Partner (Hong Kong Office), Bryan Cave

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/21/20613/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/21/20899/

Lunch and peer group discussion about the job search process as well as strategies for getting through it productively and positively. CSO counselors will then join us during the end of the session if you have any questions for them.

RSVP by Tuesday, October 20, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/21/21211/

Section 1.3 is invited to meet the Dean and enjoy some Amy's Ice Cream!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/21/21272/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/21189/

Join Texas Law Women's Christian Fellowship as we go through the book Interrupted: When Jesus Wrecks Your Comfortable Christianity. Author and Austinite Jen Hatmaker encourages readers to get uncomfortable with their faith and to engage in a life of service to the least among us.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/21182/

Director of Mentoring Programs - Remi Ratliff - invites all 1Ls in Sections 1 & 4 to join her for lunch and information regarding the Alumni Mentoring Program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/21348/

The Texas Department of State Health Services has denied birth certificates to U.S. citizen children on the border whose parents lack citizenship or legal status.In doing so, the state is punishing the children for the way their parents entered the country. Join Virginia Raymond, an Austin-based civil rights attorney and recipient of the national Woman of Courage award, and the American Constitution Society to discuss the issue and pending litigation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/21389/

The Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice and the Human Rights Law Society invite you to an information session on human rights internships and fellowships. This is a great opportunity to learn about opportunities with human rights organizations as well as international courts and tribunals. Former fellows and interns will share their experiences and will be available to answer questions. Law school faculty will also be on hand to discuss the logistics and merits of these opportunities. Pizza will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/21402/

Popcorn Break (sponsored by the Alumni Association and Student Affairs Office) On Thursday, September 10, the Texas Law Alumni Association and Student Affairs Office are pleased to announce that it will kick off its Fall 2015 Popcorn Break every Thursday afternoon from 1:30 – 2:30 pm. The popcorn will be located in the Tom Clark Lounge. We look forward to seeing you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/21247/

Section 2.4 is invited to meet the Dean and enjoy some Amy's Ice Cream!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/21274/

Panelists from across the energy industry will provide insights into their energy law practice. Our moderator will first ask a series of questions to the panelists; then, we will open the floor for questions from students in the audience. The Career Panel will be followed by light snacks and refreshments.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/20424/

Please join us for the Inaugural Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights, which will feature journalist and author Mark Danner, Chancellor’s Professor of English and Journalism at UC Berkeley and James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College. His talk is entitled “Spiraling Down: Human Rights, Endless War.” The event is co-sponsored by Houston's Rothko Chapel.

Mark Danner is a writer, journalist and professor who has written for three decades on foreign affairs and international conflict. He has covered Central America, Haiti, Balkans, Iraq and the greater Middle East, and has written extensively about the development of American foreign policy during the late Cold War and afterward, with a focus on human rights violations during that time. His books include Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War (2009), The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War's Buried History (2006), Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror (2004), The Road to Illegitimacy: One Reporter's Travel's Through the 2000 Florida Vote Recount (2004), and The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War (1994). Danner was a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker and is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. He is Chancellor's Professor of English and Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley and the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College.

Danner's work has been honored with a National Magazine Award, three Overseas Press Awards, and an Emmy. In June 1999, Danner was named a MacArthur Fellow. In 2006 he was awarded the Carey McWilliams Award from the American Political Science Association to honor that year's “major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics.” In 2008 he was named the Marian and Andrew Heiskell Visiting Critic at the American Academy in Rome, a post he took up again in 2010. Danner has had a longtime association with the Telluride Film Festival, where he introduces films and conducts interviews; in 2013, he became a resident curator at Telluride. Danner is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the World Affairs Council of Northern California, the Pacific Council on International Policy, and the Century Association, and is a fellow of the Institute of the Humanities at New York University.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/21166/

Sutton Society Boat Cruise

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/22/21136/

2015 CONFERENCE AND CAREER FAIR - Friday, October 23 & Saturday, October 24

Crystal Gateway Marriott

1700 Jefferson Davis Highway

Arlington, VA 22202

Student, recent graduate, and law school professional registration will open on August 11, 2015. Check back later for more details!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/23/20705/

Are you a 1L interested in big law firm opportunities for the summer? Come learn about the recruitment and application process. Panelists will share strategies and advice for obtaining these positions.

RSVP by Thursday, October 22, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/23/20795/

McCormick Society Boat Cruise

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/23/21137/

Bradford Society Boat Cruise

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/23/21138/

Hargrave Society Boat Cruise

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/10/24/21139/