Events Calendar
TNH 2.114 (Francis Auditorium)
From March 31 to April 2, 2016, the ABA Death Penalty Due Process Review Project, the University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Center and William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law are hosting "40 Years After Gregg v. Georgia: A National Conference on the Death Penalty."
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21480/TNH 2.138 (Blanton Classroom)
Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th Circuit and his former law clerk Solicitor General Scott Keller (UT Law alumnus) discuss all the hottest issues before the U.S. Supreme Court that involve Texas directly or indirectly.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22028/JON 5.206 (Susman Academic Center, Bryan and Michelle Goolsby Conference Suite (5.206 / 5.207))
Please join the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund for a talk with Will Potter on "Criminalizing Activism: From the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act to Ag-gag laws."
Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, and TED Senior Fellow based in Washington, D.C. He specializes in dissident politics and culture, the policing of dissent, and civil liberties post-9/11.
Space is LIMITED, so please come early! An RSVP will NOT guarantee a spot. The event will be held during Professor Reveley's Animal Law class. If the class is full, there is room to stand in the back. Following Mr. Potter's talk, R.T. Fitch will present on the impacts of ranchers and their relationship with BLM on wildhorses and wild land.
R.T. Fitch is a jack-of-all-trades. In the past, he has worked with whales, dolphins, sea lions, and penguins at Sea Life Park in Hawaii. An outspoken equine welfare advocate R.T. is the co-founder and President of the Wild Horse Freedom Federation and the author of the much acclaimed book “Straight from the Horse’s Heart: A Spiritual Ride through Love, Loss and Hope."
If you can't make this event, Mr. Potter will be speaking that same evening in the Joynes Reading Room at 6 pm on "Big Ag's Dirty Secrets: The environmental impact of factory farming." There will be time for a Q&A for this portion.
Sponsored in part by the American Constitution Society, Students Against Cruelty to Animals, UT Law Student Affairs Office, and L.L. and Ethel E. Dean Endowment in the School of Undergraduate Studies and the Mary Lu Joynes Endowment in the Plan II Honors Program.
Please email saldf.texas.law@gmail.com with any questions!
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22031/