Events Calendar

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/

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/

noon to 1:30 pm in the Francis Auditorium

Join us for a talk by Christy E. Lopez, deputy chief in the Special Litigation Section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, on “Policing the Police: The Federal Government’s Role in Reforming Police Practices.” Lopez is a national expert on policing and one of the authors of the DOJ’s recent investigative report on Ferguson, Missouri.

Lopez's visit as a G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar is supported by a generous gift from the G. Rollie White Trust. The program brings outstanding legal scholars, practitioners and advocates from the field of public service to Texas Law to foster discussion of issues related to public interest law, to raise the profile of lawyers working in this area, and to encourage students to view public service as an honored and expected part of every legal career. Lopez is Texas Law’s fifth G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/14/ferguson-doj-christy-lopez_n_5978404.html

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/09/21492/

Come eat some sandwiches and learn about the ABA's Section of Environment Energy and Resources (SEER) Special Committee on Law Students!

Students will be introduced to the Section and will have an opportunity to meet and network with a diverse group of local environmental attorneys. You will also learn more about the ABA SEER Spring Conference taking place during March 30-April 1, 2016 in Austin and how to apply to scholarships to attend the conference.

Guest speakers include:

Moderator: Keith Hopson, Husch Blackwell, LLP

Panelists: Chris Smith, Thompson and Knight, LLP Lyn Clancy, Lower Colorado River Authority Kristen Fancher, Smith, Robertson, Elliott & Douglass, L.L.P.

Please RSVP here: https://americanbar.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bg45xRhFmfNiuCp

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/09/21759/

Please join us for a Texas Law Alumni Lunch Wednesday, February 10, 2016 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Vespaio, 225 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Please register at http://law.connect.utexas.edu/LA2016

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/10/21469/

Please join us for a Texas Law Alumni Reception on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Katten, Muchin, Rosenman LLP, 2029 Century Park East, Suite 2600, Los Angeles, California

Please register at http://law.connect.utexas.edu/LA2016

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/10/21650/

Please join us for a Texas Law Alumni Lunch on Thursday, February 11, 2016 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Left Bank Brasserie, 635 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA

Please register at http://law.connect.utexas.edu/BAY16

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/11/21651/

Please join us for a Texas Law Alumni Reception on Thursday, February 11, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

K&L Gates LLP, 4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94111

Please register at http://law.connect.utexas.edu/BAY16

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/11/21471/

The State Bar of Texas International Law Section, Austin Bar Association International Law Section, and The University of Texas School of Law present the Third Annual Nuts & Bolts of International Law Seminar: International Regime Changes, Human Rights, Taxes and their effects on Business Today

To attend, please register online. Registration is free for Texas Law Students.

MCLE: 4.25 hours including 1.5 of ethics

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/12/21653/