Events Calendar

1L and 2L students interested in criminal law can join the Journal without completing the write-on process. Submit a resume (with grades, if available) and a statement of interest (500 word max) to Managing.AJCL@gmail.com by 2:00 PM on Friday 2/5. Students who receive a grade of of an 'A' or above in criminal will gain acceptance through the course grade alone. By joining AJCL, members will have access to leaders in the criminal law field through brown-bag lunches with practitioners and professional development panels. This year we've spoken to DAs from the Travis County DA's office, federal public defenders, some of the top criminal defense attorneys in Austin, and federal prosecutors, including the head of the Criminal Division from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. Members will also have the opportunity to attend to our symposium, "The Frontiers of Cybersecurity and Law," featuring speakers from the DOJ, FBI, academia, and the private sector. The symposium runs from 2/4 to 2/6. Symposium seating is restricted to AJCL members due to strong demand. More information about the symposium can be found on the AJCL website, AJCLonline.org.

Contact Managing.AJCL@gmail with any questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/01/21829/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/01/21607/

On Monday, February 1, the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2016 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/2016/02/01/21810/

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

Hina Jilani talk with HRLS

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/01/21726/

First, second- and third-year students and alumni up to one year after graduation are eligible to participate in Spring On-Campus Interviews per employer requests. Online bidding closes at noon today via Symplicity.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/01/21785/

Please join us for the second event in the Rapoport Center's spring Human Rights Speaker Series. Hina Jilani is a prominent human rights lawyer and activist and Advocate for the Supreme Court of Pakistan. She will present a talk entitled "Rights, Conflict and Crises." The event is co-sponsored with the Wilson Chair in Pakistan Studies at UT Austin.

Hina Jilani is a prominent lawyer and has been a civil society activist in Pakistan for the past three decades. She founded the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. She served as a UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders from 2000 to 2008, and most recently served as a member of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Gaza in 2009. Over her long and impressive career as an activist, Jilani established Pakistan’s first all-women’s law firm in 1980, Pakistan’s first legal aid center in 1986, and Dastak – a housing facility for women who are targets of honor killings. She has conducted many landmark cases setting new standards for human rights in Pakistan, focusing particularly on the most vulnerable populations in society including women, minorities, children, and prisoners. She has repeatedly called for the democratization of the political system in Pakistan and amendments to the Constitution to increase the representation of women in its legislature. Jilani’s work has made her a target of hostile propaganda, arrests, and abuse. Despite this, she continues to live in Lahore and pursue her work. Her publications include Human Rights and Democratic Development in Pakistan (1998) and Hadood Laws: A Divine Sanction? (1988). She was awarded the Millennium Peace Prize for Women in 2001 in recognition of her life-long contribution to peace-building and human rights. In 2013, The Elders – a group of independent leaders working for peace, justice, and human rights founded by Nelson Mandela – appointed Jilani as an Elder.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/01/21533/

1L and 2L students interested in criminal law can join the Journal without completing the write-on process. Submit a resume (with grades, if available) and a statement of interest (500 word max) to Managing.AJCL@gmail.com by 2:00 PM on Friday 2/5. Students who receive a grade of of an 'A' or above in criminal will gain acceptance through the course grade alone. By joining AJCL, members will have access to leaders in the criminal law field through brown-bag lunches with practitioners and professional development panels. This year we've spoken to DAs from the Travis County DA's office, federal public defenders, some of the top criminal defense attorneys in Austin, and federal prosecutors, including the head of the Criminal Division from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. Members will also have the opportunity to attend to our symposium, "The Frontiers of Cybersecurity and Law," featuring speakers from the DOJ, FBI, academia, and the private sector. The symposium runs from 2/4 to 2/6. Symposium seating is restricted to AJCL members due to strong demand. More information about the symposium can be found on the AJCL website, AJCLonline.org.

Contact Managing.AJCL@gmail with any questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/02/21834/

Instructions and tips on how to be a successful interviewer for judicial clerkship positions. 2Ls and 3Ls welcome. Lunch will be provided, RSVP by email to clerk-admin@law.utexas.edu by Monday, February 1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/02/21667/

Mexico-Texas Relations in the Age of Mexican Energy Reform, a Distinguished Lecture by Consul General of Mexico in Austin Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/02/20837/

Join ACS and TJCLCR for a presentation focusing on Fisher I & II (affirmative action); Evenwel (one person, one vote); Inclusive Communities (Fair Housing Act case); and Northwest Austin v. Municipal Utility District No. 1 (VRA). Lunch provided!

The event will feature Debo Adegbile and Madhu Chugh, both of WilmerHale.

Mr. Adegbile served as senior counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee and spent more than a decade working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Now a partner at WilmerHale in New York, Mr. Adegbile argued before the Supreme Court in Shelby County and Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One.

Madhu Chugh, counsel at WilmerHale in DC, served as the director of health care policy for the Kerry–Edwards campaign and worked on healthcare policy for Senator Edward Kennedy. She is an alumna of The University of Texas and a recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/02/21773/

This workshop will provide a basic understanding of video advocacy and the WITNESS methodology, including how to make initial decisions about the strategic use of video within your legal campaigns such as a video’s goal, message, audience, story and distribution. Through case studies from around the world, practical exercises and discussions, participants will learn: Emerging trends and precedent in using video in the courtroom to fight for justice and accountability. How video can fill an attorney’s evidence “to do” list: Strategies for developing advocacy plans built around visual evidence, testimony and stories, and for using video to target domestic and international institutions including the state and national government, UN and regional commissions, other governmental decision-makers, the media, and allied organizations Tools and networks to facilitate the capturing, management and sharing of videos with enhanced evidentiary value for effective use in accountability processes. A baseline framework for ethical procurement, distribution, and use of video as evidence

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/02/21702/

Video advocacy uses one of our greatest strengths—our stories—to help overcome resource and political obstacles. In particular, video from the frontlines can be invaluable for criminal investigations and court proceedings. In many situations, eyewitnesses and on-the-ground human rights activists are better positioned to collect evidence of human rights abuses than professional investigators because investigators often arrive after-the-fact when the violence has stopped and the evidence has deteriorated or is gone. However, while citizen shot video often provides helpful clues about what took place and who might be responsible, the quality seldom passes the higher bar needed to be used as evidence in a court of law. With slight modifications, the footage frontline documenters often risk their lives to capture can – in addition to exposing injustice and supporting advocacy efforts – serve as evidence in criminal and civil justice processes. Human rights advocates can also employ new tactics and techniques to incorporate video and other media into their work.

This workshop will provide a basic understanding of video advocacy and the WITNESS methodology, including how to make initial decisions about the strategic use of video within your legal campaigns such as a video’s goal, message, audience, story and distribution.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/02/21825/

1L and 2L students interested in criminal law can join the Journal without completing the write-on process. Submit a resume (with grades, if available) and a statement of interest (500 word max) to Managing.AJCL@gmail.com by 2:00 PM on Friday 2/5. Students who receive a grade of of an 'A' or above in criminal will gain acceptance through the course grade alone. By joining AJCL, members will have access to leaders in the criminal law field through brown-bag lunches with practitioners and professional development panels. This year we've spoken to DAs from the Travis County DA's office, federal public defenders, some of the top criminal defense attorneys in Austin, and federal prosecutors, including the head of the Criminal Division from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. Members will also have the opportunity to attend to our symposium, "The Frontiers of Cybersecurity and Law," featuring speakers from the DOJ, FBI, academia, and the private sector. The symposium runs from 2/4 to 2/6. Symposium seating is restricted to AJCL members due to strong demand. More information about the symposium can be found on the AJCL website, AJCLonline.org.

Contact Managing.AJCL@gmail with any questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/03/21835/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/03/20914/

Staff Birthday celebration

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/03/21545/

1L and 2L students interested in criminal law can join the Journal without completing the write-on process. Submit a resume (with grades, if available) and a statement of interest (500 word max) to Managing.AJCL@gmail.com by 2:00 PM on Friday 2/5. Students who receive a grade of of an 'A' or above in criminal will gain acceptance through the course grade alone. By joining AJCL, members will have access to leaders in the criminal law field through brown-bag lunches with practitioners and professional development panels. This year we've spoken to DAs from the Travis County DA's office, federal public defenders, some of the top criminal defense attorneys in Austin, and federal prosecutors, including the head of the Criminal Division from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. Members will also have the opportunity to attend to our symposium, "The Frontiers of Cybersecurity and Law," featuring speakers from the DOJ, FBI, academia, and the private sector. The symposium runs from 2/4 to 2/6. Symposium seating is restricted to AJCL members due to strong demand. More information about the symposium can be found on the AJCL website, AJCLonline.org.

Contact Managing.AJCL@gmail with any questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/04/21836/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/04/21797/

The 5th Annual Texas Law Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice is 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 the program.

Whether you’re a 1L preparing for your first summer clerkship or the fall recruiting season, a 2L working to turn your summer clerkship or fellowship into an offer, or a graduating 3L getting a head start on your legal career, the Texas Law Professional Development Institute (PDI) will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Texas Law students may enroll for the Law Firm and/or Public Service Tracks. Registration information for the 2016 PDI will be announced in November.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/04/21256/

The Texas Law Alumni Association and Student Affairs Office are excited to announce the return of Popcorn Break in Spring 2016! Starting January 21, 2016, Popcorn Break will be 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/2016/02/04/21610/

Please join us for a Texas Law Scholarship Reception, Thursday, February 4, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

Susman Godfrey Atrium, Townes Hall, 727 Dean Keeton St., Austin, TX

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/04/21589/

1L and 2L students interested in criminal law can join the Journal without completing the write-on process. Submit a resume (with grades, if available) and a statement of interest (500 word max) to Managing.AJCL@gmail.com by 2:00 PM on Friday 2/5. Students who receive a grade of of an 'A' or above in criminal will gain acceptance through the course grade alone. By joining AJCL, members will have access to leaders in the criminal law field through brown-bag lunches with practitioners and professional development panels. This year we've spoken to DAs from the Travis County DA's office, federal public defenders, some of the top criminal defense attorneys in Austin, and federal prosecutors, including the head of the Criminal Division from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. Members will also have the opportunity to attend to our symposium, "The Frontiers of Cybersecurity and Law," featuring speakers from the DOJ, FBI, academia, and the private sector. The symposium runs from 2/4 to 2/6. Symposium seating is restricted to AJCL members due to strong demand. More information about the symposium can be found on the AJCL website, AJCLonline.org.

Contact Managing.AJCL@gmail with any questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/05/21837/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/05/21849/

Get your cocktail dresses and tuxedos ready, its time for Casino Night!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/05/20488/