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/2016/03/28/21819/

Dean Bangs and Brandi Welch will be available in the Atrium the week of March 28 from noon-1pm for academic advising questions. Students are also welcome to drop by the SAO in TNH 2.117 with advising questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/28/21970/

Show Me Challenge-Team Practice for mock trial competition

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/28/21998/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/28/21709/

Immigration attorney Rachel Tiven will speak from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. on “Personal Pride and Overcoming Prejudice: What Can the LGBT and Immigrant Rights Movements Teach Each Other?” From 12:45-1:45 p.m., she’ll meet more informally with students to discuss about her life in the law. Attend one or both sessions. Lunch served at 12:45.

Rachel B. Tiven is the Executive Director of Immigrant Justice Corps, the nation’s first fellowship program dedicated to meeting the need for high-quality legal assistance for immigrants seeking citizenship and fighting deportation. From 2005-2013, Ms. Tiven led Immigration Equality, a national non-profit organization fighting for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive immigrants and asylum seekers. Under her leadership, Immigration Equality built a $17 million pro bono program, quintupled client services to aid more than 5,000 people annually, and succeeded in changing the U.S. immigration system for LGBT and HIV-positive people. Ms. Tiven is a graduate of Harvard-Radcliffe College and Columbia Law School. Before becoming a lawyer she worked at Bloomberg Business News and Lambda Legal. As a lawyer, she represented immigrant clients at the Legal Aid Society of New York and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Barbara S. Jones in the Southern District of New York. She is a recipient of Columbia’s Public Interest Law Foundation award, and was named one of the Advocate magazine’s 40 under 40.

For more information about Ms. Tiven, see http://justicecorps.org/our-team/

RSVP by Monday, March 28, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/29/21654/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/29/21739/

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

Women's Law Caucus and Center for Women in Law Lunch panel with professionals who have all taken non-traditional career paths made possible with their JD degree.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/29/21844/

Dean Bangs and Brandi Welch will be available in the Atrium the week of March 28 from noon-1pm for academic advising questions. Students are also welcome to drop by the SAO in TNH 2.117 with advising questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/29/21973/

Show Me Challenge-Team Practice for mock trial competition

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/29/21999/

Join the Environmental Law Society and the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund for a tlak on endangered species issues in Texas and water law with UT Law's Professor Taylor and National Wildlife Federation's Annie Kellough

Attorney and UT Law grad Annie Kellough will discuss NWF's legal and policy work, the impacts of the TAP case (The Aransas Project v. TCEQ involving the death of whooping cranes), and endangered species issues in Texas.

The end of the talk will be open for career and substantive questions. Annie will also discuss getting involved in environmental law in law school as a way to begin your career in the field.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/29/21843/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/30/20922/

Representatives of all UT's Law Journals will be available to talk to students about their journal and the write-on competition.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/30/21903/

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."

In 1976, the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States in Gregg v. Georgia. In the forty years since that historic decision, the legal landscape has changed significantly, and the use of capital punishment has been the subject of passionate public debate. As this anniversary presents a unique opportunity for reflection, join us for a conference that will bring together some of the nation's leading death penalty experts and practitioners to share their diverse perspectives, reflect on the dynamic history of capital punishment in the United States, and discuss the issues impacting the law today.

If you are interested in attending, please register by following the above link to the Conference website.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21480/

Are you interested in corporate law and mergers & acquisitions? Join us for a breakfast taco and learn how you can use Bloomberg Law to be prepared to practice this summer. Bring your laptops!

Michael Calder of Bloomberg Law will be demonstrating how to prepare for your summer as a Tax Law Associate.

Breakfast will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22009/

CHLSA's annual fajita sale in the atrium.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22019/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21309/

The State Bar of Texas Tax Section will present a discussion about various career opportunities in the area of tax law. Panelists include Polly Bone, Attorney, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid; Cindy Grossman, '04, Partner, Giordani, Swanger, Ripp, Phillips, LLP; Patrick O'Daniel, '92, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright; Daniel Price, '02, Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel; Nancy Prosser, '93, Texas Comptroller's Office; and John Strohmeyer, Associate, Crady, Jewett & McCulley, LLP. Moderated by Christi Mondrik, '01, Mondrik & Associates.

Lunch will be provided. RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21924/

Justin Levitt is the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. An expert on election and constitutional law, Levitt oversees the Department's voting section and voting rights litigation. A Harvard Law School graduate on leave from Loyola Law School, he previously served as counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22021/

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.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22028/

Are you interested in tax law? Join us for an ice cream and learn how you can use Bloomberg Law to be prepared to practice this summer. Bring your laptops!

Michael Calder of Bloomberg Law will be demonstrating how to prepare for your Summer as a Tax Law Associate.

Amy's Ice Cream will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22008/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays from noon-1pm in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday from 1-2pm in TNH 2.124. This is a three week series beginning the week of March 28, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21947/

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!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22031/

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/2016/03/31/21618/

From March 31 to April 2, 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."

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/01/21483/

Friday, April 1, 2016 6:30 p.m. Cocktails 7:00 p.m. Dinner

The University of Texas School of Law Sheffield-Massey Room 727 East Dean Keeton Street Austin, Texas

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/01/21592/

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."

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/02/21481/

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/2016/04/04/21820/

Prof. Jonathan Mitchell (Stanford Law) and Prof. Sanford Levinson (Texas Law) discuss Prof. Mitchell's textualist theory of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Prof. Mitchell currently teaches at Stanford Law. He formerly taught at Texas Law. He was the Texas Solicitor General from 2010–2015, a Justice Scalia clerk, and a University of Chicago School of Law alumnus.

***FREE RAISING CANE'S!***

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/04/22040/

Lunch and Learn with Scott Schwind, Jones Day

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/04/22007/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/04/21710/

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC invites all 1L & 2L students to join them for breakfast tacos in the Law School Atrium. Attorney and recruiting personnel will be in attendance to answer questions about the firm on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Please stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/05/22010/

SARA Sanctuary (Society for Animal Rescue and Adoption) is bringing some of their furry friends to campus for some fun and stress relief. Sponsored by the Student Affairs Office and SALDF.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/05/21934/

Stop by the Juice Austin truck for Austin's best fresh juices, superfood smoothies, salads & other healthy goodness.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/05/21933/

Pizza and drinks will be available to students who log their pro bono hours at the table, or who have already logged their hours.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/05/22038/

Niki Moore of PracticePro, together with Christopher Rogers, Partner, Haynes and Boone (Dallas); Jennifer Poppe, '98, Partner, Vinson & Elkins (Austin); Robert Slovak, '99, Partner, Gardere Wynne Sewell (Dallas); and Jennifer Tung, Senior Counsel at Uber (Austin), will discuss how to excel in your summer clerkship, exceed employer expectations, seek work and manage assignments, balance priorities and deadlines in a professional manner, build successful relationships, and identify opportunities and avoid pitfalls in social events. Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, April 4, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/05/21647/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays from noon-1pm in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday from 1-2pm in TNH 2.124. This is a three week series beginning the week of March 28, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/05/21949/

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. Breakfast will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, April 5 , on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Co-Sponsored by Women's Law Caucus.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/06/22017/

Planning meeting for CW16.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/06/22056/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/06/20923/

Pizza and drinks will be available to students who log their pro bono hours at the table, or who have already logged their hours.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/06/22039/

Join SALDF and Gene Bauer for a discussion on the physical, mental, and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/06/21932/

Staff Birthday celebration for April 2016

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/06/21547/

Organizations from across campus will be in the Atrium from 10am-2pm with information about all aspects of mental, physical, and emotional health.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/07/22036/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/07/21310/

Working for a nonprofit or government agency this summer? This session will prepare you to thrive and get the most out of your summer work experience.

Professor Scott McCown, along with a panel of students familiar with nonprofit and government settings, will discuss how to handle opportunities and challenges that come up in these unique work environments, including getting great work and supervision, and steering clear of ethical pitfalls.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, April 6, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/07/21658/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays from noon-1pm in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday from 1-2pm in TNH 2.124. This is a three week series beginning the week of March 28, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/07/21948/

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/2016/04/07/21619/

This year's conference will explore inequality and human rights, addressing questions related to what we know of global, domestic, and regional inequality, and how various forms of and theories about inequality affect human rights work. A cross-regional, interdisciplinary group of activists, policymakers, and academics will work together to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the human rights movement’s efforts to address the issue.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/07/21374/

1L sign-up is on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9:00 p.m. on TUESDAY, MARCH 8, on Symplicity. Space is limited to the first 75 1Ls! 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/2016/04/07/21968/

This year's conference will explore inequality and human rights, addressing questions related to what we know of global, domestic, and regional inequality, and how various forms of and theories about inequality affect human rights work. A cross-regional, interdisciplinary group of activists, policymakers, and academics will work together to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the human rights movement’s efforts to address the issue.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/08/21377/

Ed Rhyne and and Efren Acosta, M&A/Securities Partners from Norton Rose Fulbright, will teach a seminar on Mergers & Acquisitions. The seminar will give a brief introduction and breakdown of many topics including confidentiality, legal due diligence, indemnities, closing the transaction, and many more. This one-day course is a great jumpstart for prepping for a summer internship and a strong introduction for anyone interested in pursuing or learning more about corporate law. Resume credit will be given, and breakfast and lunch will be provided. Resume Credit provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/08/21743/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/08/21732/

This year's conference will explore inequality and human rights, addressing questions related to what we know of global, domestic, and regional inequality, and how various forms of and theories about inequality affect human rights work. A cross-regional, interdisciplinary group of activists, policymakers, and academics will work together to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the human rights movement’s efforts to address the issue.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/09/21725/