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/2016/02/15/21813/

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/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/22/21790/

Dell, Inc. invites all 1L and 2L students to join them for breakfast in the Law School Atrium. Dell's legal team will be in attendance to answer questions about their organization. Please be sure to stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/22/21852/

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/2016/02/22/21814/

KBH Center meeting w/ students

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/22/21769/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21791/

Tacos inspired by Baja Californian and Asian cuisine.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21848/

Monthly meeting of the clinical faculty

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21518/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21736/

Governor Abbott recently asked the Texas Legislature to authorize Texas to join with other states in an Article V Convention of States to Amend the U.S. Constitution. Join the Federalist Society for a three-way debate on the merits of this plan. The debate will feature Andrew Oldham (Deputy General Counsel for the Governor of Texas) and Texas Law Professors Levinson and Sager.

FREE LUNCH!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21901/

Distinguished Lecture: “Energy Innovation and Economic Development” with the Honorable Max Yzaguirre (Former Chairman and Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21549/

Welcome to a new year, a new semester and a new Potluck world!

Bring your favorite food, or drink, and come socialize with your public interest friends and chat with some awesome public interest lawyers.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21878/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/24/21792/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/24/20917/

Mark Levy, '01 and Kayna Stavast will discuss internship opportunities available in the Texas Office of the Attorney General - Antitrust Division, which may qualify for academic credit. Lunch will be served

RSVP by Tuesday, February 23, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab..

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/24/21727/

Rapoport Center Reading Group on Natural Resource Governance: Following on from last semester's discussion on climate governance, we will be speaking about climate change and the governance of fossil fuel resources: - Leaton, James, 'Unburnable Carbon – Are the world’s financial markets carrying a carbon bubble?' (Climate Tracker Initiative, 2013) (available here) - Klein, Naomi, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (Simon & Schuster, 2014), Ch 10 “Blockadia: The New Climate Warriors” (available here) - 'Suva Declaration on Climate Change', Pacific Island Development Forum, 2-4 September 2015 (available here) - Violations or Threats of Violations Resulting from the Impacts of Climate Change” submitted by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Philippines Rural reconstruction Movement, September 22, 2015 (available here)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/24/21877/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21793/

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/2016/02/25/21259/

Jonathan Rapping, President & Founder of Gideon's Promise, will speak from 11:45 AM-12:45 PM on "Gideon's Promise: The Drive to Reform indigent Defense in the South." Rapping, a nationally renowned criminal justice innovator and 2014 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellow, will discuss the evolution of justice in America and the role public defenders play.

RSVP by Tuesday, February 23, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Hosted by Career Services and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21606/

Professor Pat Chew, the Salmon Chaired Professor and Distinguished Faculty Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and a University Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, will discuss her research and findings on the effect of judges' gender in their decision-making, particularly in sex discrimination cases.

Lunch will be served.

The event is co-sponsored by the Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association and the Women's Law Caucus.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21851/

Learn about careers in indigent defense from Texas Law alumni and friends serving as public defenders. Panelists will discuss their careers and offer advice on how to land a job as a public defender. Panelists include

- Jonathan Rapping, President & Founder of Gideon's Promise

- Paul McDaniel ’15, Assistant Public Defender, Jefferson County Community Law Office.

- Mary Murphy '11, Staff Attorney, Louisiana Center for Children's Rights.

Refreshments will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, February 23, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Moderated by: Andrea Marsh, Director of the Richard & Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program.

Sponsored by the Career Services Office, the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, and the Capital Punishment Center.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21604/

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/2016/02/25/21613/

Please join us for a Texas Law Alumni Reception on Thursday, February 25, 2016 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

The Houston Club, Bush Ballroom, 910 Louisiana Street, 49th Floor, One Shell Plaza, Suite 4900, Houston, Texas 77002

Please registers at http://law.connect.utexas.edu/HOU16

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21473/

Come out and show off your trivia skills and support Youth Court which works with a local middle school to combat the school to prison pipeline.

Tickets on Sale Monday-Thursday in the Atrium, $5 in advance and $8 at the door.

Raffles tickets on sale for $1.

Prizes include gift cards and donations from Home Slice Pizza, Kendra Scott, Eastside Cafe, P'Terry's, Austin Zoo, Plucker's, Amy's Ice Cream, Poweryoga, SNAP Kitchen, Tiff's Treats and more!

Great Drink Specials: $2 Texas Teas, $3 wells, $2 Lonestar Tall boys.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21867/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/26/21794/

Law students will participate in pro bono clinics as part of the UT wide day of service

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/26/21827/

Challenges of the Latino Community in 2016 and the Years to Come

Friday, February 26, 2016 in the Eidman Courtroom, Room 2.306

Exhilarating conversation of the most current topics affecting Latinos and other minorities in the US in the years to come. Our panels include:

1) Affirmative action and the Fischer decision 2) Ethical issues of advocating for affirmative action 3) The Evenwell litigation and its possible repercussions on voting rights 4) Political power of Latinos in Texas in the years to come 5) Refusal of birth certificates to children born from undocumented parents 6) Affirmative action in the work place

This adds up to 6 hours of CLE Credit (including one Ethics credit).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/26/21853/

Law students will participate in pro bono clinics as part of the UT wide Day of Service

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/27/21828/