Events Calendar

Tag Jurisdiction is a law school-wide game styled after Assassin. The rules are simple: you will receive a law student’s name, and this student will be your target. You will be required to serve that person. You accomplish this by finding your target and announcing that the person has been served, then handing the target a folded piece of paper with their name on it. The person is then out of the game, and must surrender their current target to you. That becomes your next target. The last person standing is the champion and wins TWO TICKETS to Assault & Flattery, Friday March 4th! In order to sign up for Tag jurisdiction, send an email with your full name to tagjurisdiction2015@gmail.com by 5pm on Sunday, February 28th. If you have any questions or problems, please email tagjurisdiction2015@gmail.com.

Happy Hunting, SBA

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/29/21870/

Stop by SBA's table in the Atrium throughout the week to collect your FREE law week t-shirt.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/29/21873/

Throughout law week, SBA is collecting non-perishable food items to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. We are seeking healthy, non-perishable food items with intact, un-opened consumer or commercial and in non-breakable packaging. The items in highest demand are:

• peanut butter, • canned chicken breast or tuna, • canned low sodium vegetables, • canned fruit in its own juice (no sugar added), • dry pinto beans, • brown rice, • non-fat dry milk powder, and • 100% whole grain cereal.

Collection boxes will be located in the Atrium Monday through Thursday.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/29/21951/

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/2016/02/29/21815/

Join ELS for a casual lunch with big-law environmental attorneys! Find out more about practicing environmental law in this setting. Guest speakers include:

Samia Broadaway - environmental attorney at Bakerbotts LLP. Samia works on a variety of environmental matters including environmental permitting, environmental litigation, and regulatory compliance matters at the state and federal levels. Her experience includes water quality, water rights, air quality, enforcement, and waste issues.

Katie Bennett Hobson - environmental attorney at Katten Muchin. Katie focuses her practice on environmental regulatory matters, with an emphasis on the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and climate change policy and regulation.

Fricano's sandwiches provided!

Co-sponsored by the KBH Center & CSO.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/29/21876/

Luke Watson, Advisor for Special Projects will discuss internship and fellowship opportunities at Third Way.

Third Way’s mission is to advance moderate policy and political ideas. Their agenda includes: a series of grand economic bargains, a new approach to the climate crisis, progress on social issues like immigration reform, same-sex marriage, tighter gun safety laws, and a credible alternative to neoconservative security policy.

Students have the opportunity to sign up for individual sessions with the Third Way representatives here: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cI6aCHe0EXQypWB . Join us to learn more about this think tank and the opportunities available at Third Way.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/29/21895/

The Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice and the Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies (LLILAS) present a roundtable: "Certifiably Fair: Can Consumers Monitor Human Rights?" The roundtable will consider the possibilities and limitations of various forms of certification regimes for the realization, enforcement and governance of human rights. It is part of a larger project of the Rapoport Center that is examining relationships among natural resource governance, economic inequality and human rights. The occasion for this roundtable is to take advantage of the visit of Professor José Aylwin, who will be here for a week as a LLILAS Visiting Resource Professor. Additional participants include Sean Sellers, the co-founder and a senior investigator at the Fair Food Council and a staff-member of the newly created Worker-driven Social Responsibility Collaborative, Jessica Champagne, the Director of Research and Advocacy for the Worker Rights Consortium, an independent labor rights monitoring organization, and Michael Conroy, a principal of "Colibrí Consulting – Certification for Sustainable Development."

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/29/21724/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/29/21707/

TNGMP Attorney Workshop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/29/21935/

Stop by SBA's table in the Atrium throughout the week to collect your FREE law week t-shirt.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/01/21884/

Throughout law week, SBA is collecting non-perishable food items to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. We are seeking healthy, non-perishable food items with intact, un-opened consumer or commercial and in non-breakable packaging. The items in highest demand are:

• peanut butter, • canned chicken breast or tuna, • canned low sodium vegetables, • canned fruit in its own juice (no sugar added), • dry pinto beans, • brown rice, • non-fat dry milk powder, and • 100% whole grain cereal.

Collection boxes will be located in the Atrium Monday through Thursday.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/01/21953/

On Tuesday, March 1st, the SBA will be hosting a food drive for Law Week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/01/21928/

Attorney Scott Hendler of Hendler Lyons Flores (Austin) will talk about his experience litigating the 'DBCP' cases, lawsuits against large American corporations on behalf of Central American agricultural workers, in particular on banana plantations, for infertility linked to the use of an insecticide. He will also talk and answer questions about his experience more generally working at the intersection of personal injury, environmental law, labor relations and international human rights, and how one can integrate work in these areas into a thriving private practice. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/01/21664/

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

Panelists will discuss strategies for negotiating job offers with small or midsize firms and what questions to ask before accepting. Topics will include salary negotiations and resources for researching salaries and benefits. Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, February 29, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Co-Sponsored by Women's Law Caucus

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/01/21845/

Interested in a career in criminal prosecution? Come learn about life as a prosecutor, the job search, and strategies for making yourself an attractive candidate for criminal prosecution positions. The panel will be moderated by Rob Kepple, Director of Texas District and County Attorney Association and Adjunct Professor for the Prosecution Internship Program at Texas Law. Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, February 29, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/01/21766/

Join Dean Farnsworth and other administrators for ice cream and conversation!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/01/21889/

Stop by SBA's table in the Atrium throughout the week to collect your FREE law week t-shirt.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/02/21885/

Throughout law week, SBA is collecting non-perishable food items to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. We are seeking healthy, non-perishable food items with intact, un-opened consumer or commercial and in non-breakable packaging. The items in highest demand are:

• peanut butter, • canned chicken breast or tuna, • canned low sodium vegetables, • canned fruit in its own juice (no sugar added), • dry pinto beans, • brown rice, • non-fat dry milk powder, and • 100% whole grain cereal.

Collection boxes will be located in the Atrium Monday through Thursday.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/02/21954/

Join the Student Bar Association for breakfast tacos from Taco Shack sponsored by the Senate of College Councils.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/02/21871/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/02/20918/

Join the Student Animal Legal Defense, the Environmental Law Society, and the Humane Society of the United States for a Discussion on Hunting in Texas.

Captive hunts, also known as “canned hunts,” are the very opposite of traditional "fair chase" hunting. Shooters at captive hunts pay to kill animals—even endangered species—trapped behind fences. The Texas Director of the Humane Society of the United States will speak about this industry and its conservation impacts on native wildlife, current regulations, and the future of hunting in Texas.

Free lunch! RSVP by emailing: saldf.texas.law@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/02/21842/

Staff Birthday celebration for March

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/02/21546/

Please join us for a Texas Law Washington, DC Admitted Students Reception Wednesday, March 2, 2016 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20004

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/02/21586/

Stop by SBA's table in the Atrium throughout the week to collect your FREE law week t-shirt.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/03/21886/

Throughout law week, SBA is collecting non-perishable food items to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. We are seeking healthy, non-perishable food items with intact, un-opened consumer or commercial and in non-breakable packaging. The items in highest demand are:

• peanut butter, • canned chicken breast or tuna, • canned low sodium vegetables, • canned fruit in its own juice (no sugar added), • dry pinto beans, • brown rice, • non-fat dry milk powder, and • 100% whole grain cereal.

Collection boxes will be located in the Atrium Monday through Thursday.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/03/21955/

The Student Bar Association at Texas Law is proud to host our annual Law Week which will include a blood drive in partnership with the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. The event will take place in the Susman Godfrey atrium. The blood drive will only run from 9-1:30.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/03/21925/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/03/21874/

1Ls: Come learn about judicial clerkships - what they are, why you should clerk, and what you need to be doing now to best position yourself to apply during your 2L year. If you are at all interested in a judicial clerkship, you should definitely come to this program. Panelists will include U.S. District Judge Philip Martinez, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Bohm and Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Supreme Court of Texas. Lunch will be provided so RSVP on Symplicity by Tuesday, 3/1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/03/21484/

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/2016/03/03/21614/

Join the Center for Women in Law and Texas Law Student Affairs at a panel about lawyers navigating and balancing children and careers. Hear from leading lawyers who have done it, from their children who have lived it, and from their partners and family members about how they supported each other through it. Attendees will gain insights into how to chart their own paths to fulfilling careers and families.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/03/21171/

Please join us for a Texas Law New York Admitted Students Reception Thursday, March 3, 2016, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Baker Botts, LLP, 44th Floor, Conference Room F, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY 10112

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/03/21587/

Join SBA at The Ranch (710 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78701) for bar review.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/03/21872/

Described by one partner at a top law firm as “the most practical tool I’ve encountered in my 20 years of practicing,” the Women in Law Institute is an all-day, intensive workshop for law students, judicial clerks, and LL.M.’s. Participants can look forward to expert presentations on the essential skills for navigating a successful career in law: effective communication, self-promotion, and networking. Following each lecture, students work in small groups led by distinguished practitioners (3:1 ratio) to perfect these skills through practice and individualized critiques in a supportive environment.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/04/20830/

The topic of this year's Symposium is PTAB Proceedings. We will have academic speakers, PTAB judges, District court judges, and IP practitioners speaking about the recent changes to the PTAB appeals process, and the effects of these changes.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/04/21597/

Admitted JD applicants day with panels, mock classes, etc.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/04/21460/

Join the Student Bar Association and Assault & Flattery as they present their 2016 show "Ward of the Rings." The winner of Tag Jurisdiction will get two free tickets to tonight's performance. Doors open at 6 pm, the show starts at 7.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/04/21875/

As part of law week, SBA and business school are putting on a kickball tournament Saturday, March 5.

For those of you interested in competing in the tournament on a law school team, please email Justin Campbell at justcamp@utexas.edu.

The sign-up deadline is Thursday, March 4.

Location and time will be announced in the days to come.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/05/21952/

On March 5, 2016, students, teachers, parents and community members from across the state are invited to come to campus for Explore UT – a day-long celebration where visitors get to experience hands-on research and scholarship from UT Austin.

Here is what you will experience at Texas Law:

Get an overview of the application process and requirements for Law School admission.

Have a mock law school classroom experience.

Participate in or watch a mock trial with Gold E. Locks as the defendant. The Honorable Edward C. Prado, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, presides.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/05/21894/

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/2016/03/07/21816/

Interested in being a mentor or Society Coordinator for the 2016/2017 academic year? Attend this mandatory meeting to hear about the requirements of the positions and details regarding the interview process. Session will repeat on Wednesday, March 9 at 3:30pm in TNH 2.138.

Email Brandi Welch at bwelch@law.utexas.edu with questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/07/21740/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/07/21708/

Please join WLC, TMLS, ALSA, and CHLSA for a lunch panel featuring prominent women attorneys discussing the intersectionality of gender and race in the legal profession. Panelists will discuss their different experiences in the profession to create a dialogue about how race, culture, and ethnicity impact these experiences, and what tools can be applied to advance all women.

Lunch will be provided. Special thanks to the Center for Women in Law for sponsoring this event.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21800/

The Future of the National Security Agency, with Deputy Director Rick Ledgett. Strauss Center Event

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21950/

Attorneys will discuss their practices with TJOGEL members over lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21738/

Learn about judicial internships during the fall or spring semester. Even if you attended the previous panel on summer judicial internships, we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to visit directly with judges and judicial staff over lunch about why judicial internships are valuable and the opportunities available both for the coming summer and school year.

RSVP by Monday, March 7, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21605/

TLF will host three information sessions throughout the application period to provide guidelines for applicants and to answer any questions about the applications. In order to apply, you must attend at least one session. If you have any questions, please email Alexandra Fulcher at alexandrafulcher@gmail.com.

Information Sessions: March 8th, 12pm-12:30pm, TNH 3.127

March 9th, 1pm-1:30pm, TNH 3.127

March 22nd, 12pm-12:30pm, TNH 3.127

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21981/

The Review of Litigation and Jones Day are hosting a panel on brief writing and oral argument. The panel will discuss the building blocks of a successful brief and an effective oral argument. The discussion will cover the life cycle of an appeal. The panel participants include Professor Lisa Eskow, Justice Scott Field with the Third Court of Appeals, and several practitioners. The panel will have Tiff's Treats and attendees are invited to a Jones Day-sponsored happy hour at Haymaker's immediately after the panel.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21978/

Expunction Work Session I

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21936/

Space is limited to the first 75 1Ls! 1L sign-up is on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9:00 p.m. on TUESDAY, MARCH 8, on Symplicity.

Learn the finer points of business dining and protocol over a three-course seated dinner presented by Mary Crane (www.marycrane.com). The dinner is generously sponsored by Locke Lord LLP, who will be hosting a cocktail reception for registered attendees prior to dinner from 6:15-7:00 p.m. All guests should be seated for dinner by 7:00 p.m. Dress is business casual.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21967/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/09/21881/

Food Truck

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/09/21956/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/09/20919/

TLF will host three information sessions throughout the application period to provide guidelines for applicants and to answer any questions about the applications. In order to apply, you must attend at least one session. If you have any questions, please email Alexandra Fulcher at alexandrafulcher@gmail.com.

Information Sessions: March 8th, 12pm-12:30pm, TNH 3.127

March 9th, 1pm-1:30pm, TNH 3.127

March 22nd, 12pm-12:30pm, TNH 3.127

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/09/21982/

Interested in being a mentor or Society Coordinator for the 2016/2017 academic year? Attend this mandatory meeting to hear about the requirements of the positions and details regarding the interview process. This session is a repeat of the March 7 session.

Email Brandi Welch at bwelch@law.utexas.edu with questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/09/21741/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/10/20630/

Attorneys will meet with TJOGEL student members over lunch and discuss their practice.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/10/21971/

Join student panelists to learn about summer funding opportunities for public interest work, including funding from Texas Law Fellowships, the Rapoport Center, the William Wayne Justice Center, and more.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/10/21965/

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/2016/03/10/21615/