Events Calendar

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/2016/02/08/21812/

A workshop on how to write and pitch op-eds that are attractive to editors at national and state media outlets. The workshop will be led by Matt Pene, who runs Texas Perspectives, the university’s in-house op-ed publication and syndication service.

In the past year, Matt has been able to guide opinion pieces from Texas Law faculty to the New York Times, Huffington Post, Washington Post, The Conversation, and The New Republic, as well as the Statesman, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express News.

Matt will make a brief presentation, followed by a Q&A.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/08/21839/

International Petroleum Transaction Presentation

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/08/21701/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/08/21705/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/09/21185/

Learn how to successfully navigate the small and midsize firm market. Learn to effectively guide your search, network, and find out why working in a small firm might be right for you. RSVP by Monday, February 8, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/09/21645/

Attorneys will discuss their energy law practice with TJOGEL members over lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/09/21734/

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/

Are you interested in a career with the Department of Justice? Christy Lopez, Deputy Chief in the Special Litigation Section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division will be here to discuss internship and postgraduate employment opportunities at the U.S. Department of Justice. RSVP by Wednesday, February 9, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Ms. Lopez will be conducting 20-minute, one-on-one Q&A sessions with students in CCJ 1.311 on Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 3:45-4:45 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 1-2 p.m. To sign up, please stop by the CSO (TNH 3.130).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/10/21831/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/10/20915/

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/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/11/21550/

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/2016/02/11/21257/

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/

If you are selected as a preselect you may schedule your interview time beginning at noon via Symplicity. Preselect scheduling is on first-come, first-served basis. Preselect scheduling closes at noon on February 12.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/11/21786/

The Women's Law Caucus will be hosting a 2L/3L Mixer for our current members that identify as second or third years in law school. The mixer will be aimed at strengthening our mission to create an environment of support for women in the legal field both inside and outside the Law School. We will provide lunch and facilitate discussion on how to improve participation in WLC events.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/11/21838/

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/2016/02/11/21611/

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/

Julie Crocker with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will talk about HUD and how to successfully apply for their Honors Programs. HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development, and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. Coffee and breakfast will be served. RSVP by Thursday, February 11, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/12/21841/

Preselect scheduling closes at noon via Symplicity. Alternate students may begin scheduling available interviews at 6 p.m. this evening. Scheduling is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/12/21787/

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/2016/02/12/21513/

Alternate students may begin scheduling via Symplicity for Spring On-Campus Interviews. Alternate scheduling is on a first-come, first-served basis and closes tomorrow, Saturday, February 13, at noon.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/12/21788/

Alternate students have until noon to schedule interviews via Symplicity for Spring On-Campus Interviews. Alternate scheduling is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/13/21789/

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/2016/02/15/21813/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/15/21706/

The Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas sponsors a panel discussion regarding the life of a transactional lawyer. A handful of practicing lawyers will describe the rewards, challenges and opportunities of a career as a business lawyer - these are lawyers who never go to court but work for law firms and companies in many exciting fields such as mergers and acquisitions, real estate, intellectual property, oil and gas, technology, etc. This moderated discussion is an open forum and the participants are encouraged to ask as many questions as they would like of the panelists. Panelists will include: Christina Marshall, General Counsel, Chalak Mitra Group; Carol B. Mattick, Corporate and Securities, Carol Bavousett Mattick, PC; and Louann Fang, Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP.

Lunch will be served. We hope you join us! RSVP by Monday, February 15 , on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Co-Sponsored by the Texas Business Law Society.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/16/21646/

All 1Ls are required to attend either this session or the session on Feb 18 at 3:30pm. Dean Bangs and Brandi Welch will review graduation requirements and considerations in choosing your course of study over the next two years.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/16/21729/

With the recent passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the Texas Legislature has taken a positive step in advancing efforts against sex trafficking. Advocates for immigration reform also see these measures as a potential gateway for advancing enforcement initiatives against different forms of illegal labor trafficking. Stacy Jonas, Managing Attorney of the Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid's Human Trafficking Team and a leading expert on labor trafficking in Texas will lead a discussion on her past human trafficking work and ways the TVPA can be used to advocate and litigate for worker reforms. Stacy is a graduate of Yale Law School where she served as Senior Editor of the Yale Law Review and was awarded the Khosla Memorial Fund for Human Dignity Prize and Judge Stephen Reinhardt Scholar Award. Prior to her work at TRLA, Stacie was a Liman Fellow at Southern Migrant Legal Services and law clerk for Hon. Keith P. Ellison, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/16/21799/

Join the Environmental Law Society for a casual talk about careers in environmental law. 3Ls will give advice to interested students about getting an environmental law job including networking, volunteering, and courses to take.

Speakers include -

Colin Cox - Environmental Justice Intern at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Rachel Zummo - Editor-in-Chief of the Texas International Law Journal Katherine Leushel - Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Environmental Law Journal Kirsten Johansson - Intern at Haynes & Boone Environmental Law Department

Coffee and snacks provided!

Co-sponsored by the KBH Center, Texas Environmental Law Journal, and CSO.

RSVP by emailing els.texas.law@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/16/21865/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/17/20916/

Jeff Clements, co-founder of Free Speech For People and author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations, will be speaking at 3:30pm on Wednesday, February 17th. He will be discussing Citizens United and free speech.

http://www.bkconnection.com/books/title/corporations-are-not-people

This event is sponsored by Public Interest Law Association (PILA), the the American Constitution Society (ACS), and the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights (TJCLCR).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/17/21880/

The TMLS Symposium will feature a panel discussion that is intended to encourage political engagement in light of the upcoming presidential election. The target audience will be UT law students, faculty, and staff; however, visitors are more than welcome to attend. As a diverse-student group, TMLS values diversity, inclusiveness, and academic excellence. Pursuant to those values: It is our hope that this panel discussion will impact the UT law community in a meaningful and positive way.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/18/21826/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/18/21551/

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/2016/02/18/21258/

Thinking about a human rights internship this summer? The Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice has multiple funding options and placements available!

We’re hosting an informal info session this Thursday, 2/18, from 12-1pm in the Rapoport Center conference room (TNH 3.119L). Come learn about internships in Colombia, South Africa, and Thailand, and how you can find and fund internships with human rights organizations here in the US and around the world.

FREE PIZZA!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/18/21887/

The Texas Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society host a debate on affirmative action in general and the latest Fisher v. Texas case in particular. Roger Clegg, President of the Center for Equal Opportunity, represents FedSoc. David Hinojosa, National Director of Policy for the Intercultural Development Research Association, represents ACS.

FREE FREEBIRDS BURRITOS!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/18/21890/

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/2016/02/18/21612/

All 1Ls are required to attend either this session or the session on Feb 18 at 3:30pm. Dean Bangs and Brandi Welch will review graduation requirements and considerations in choosing your course of study over the next two years.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/18/21730/

Please join us for a Texas Law Alumni Reception on Thursday, February 18, 2016 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Belo Mansion, Thompson Knight Atrium, 2101 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201

Please register at http://law.connect.utexas.edu/DAL2016

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/18/21472/

The State Bar Bankruptcy Law Section presents the 2016 Elliot Cup Interscholastic Moot Court Competition.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/19/20696/

https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/events/workersrights.html

This conference examines fundamental changes evolving in contemporary employment relationships. One of the pivotal legal, social, and economic evolutions of the 20th century was the advent of modern labor and employment laws that replaced the 19th century preeminence of individual “freedom of contract” and individual responsibility for wages and labor conditions. Now, however, the existing regime for ensuring workplace fairness is being fundamentally challenged by new technologies, and by shifting political attitudes about social and economic regulation.

This conference will explore the next generation of employment law issues, including changing concepts and enforcement challenges related to the very definition of an “employment” relationship; realignments in the enforcement role of courts versus private arbitration; the evolving employment rights of LGBT workers, immigrants, and guest workers; and navigating new procedural hurdles to enforcement of workplace rights.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/19/20693/

All 1Ls are welcome to come learn about Winstead PC's 2016 Scholarship Program. Lunch will be served.

RSVP by Thursday, February 18 , on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/19/21891/

The State Bar Bankruptcy Law Section presents the 2016 Elliot Cup Interscholastic Moot Court Competition.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/20/20697/

The monthly meeting of the "Texas State Bar Committee on Jury Charges - Criminal," hosted by UT Law Prof. George Dix (512-232-1328), to be held in TNH 3.129, 8:00am-5:00pm.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/20/21830/