Events Calendar

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/

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/

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/

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/

Immigration Enforcement, DACA/DAPA, Presidential Executive Power

A forum exploring the legal issues, procedure, and policy implications of the Supreme Court's impending hearing and ruling

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/11/22037/

Join the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund for a conversation on "Advocacy Beyond the Law" for animal rights.

Guest speakers include:

Mariann Sullivan - is a lawyer and an adjunct professor of animal law at Columbia Law School. She is the former chair of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial Insurance Practice Section’s Animal Law Committee. With David Wolfson, she is the author of a trilogy of articles on farmed animals and the law: “Foxes in the Henhouse: Animals Agribusiness and the Law, A Modern American Fable” in Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions; “What’s Good for the Goose," The Supreme Court of Israel, Foie Gras, and the Future of Farmed Animals in the United States,” in the 2007 volume of the Duke Journal of Law and Contemporary Problems; and “If it Looks Like a Duck: New Jersey, The Regulation of Common Farming Practices, and the Meaning of ‘Humane,’” in Animal Law and the Courts. Mariann is also the author of “The Animal Welfare Act: What’s That?” which was published in the New York State Bar Association Journal. She has spoken at various conferences and animal law related events throughout the country, as well as Animal Rights Africa’s Animal Law Review Consultation Workshop in Johannesburg.

Jasmin Singer - is the Executive Director of the nonprofit, Our Hen House, a multimedia hub of opportunities to change the world for animals. With her partner, animal rights lawyer Mariann Sullivan, she produces a television show (also called Our Hen House) as well as a Webby-recognized weekly podcast and an online magazine. She has written for numerous online publications, including Huffington Post and MindBodyGreen, has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, HuffPo Live, and can be seen in the award-winning documentaries Vegucated and The Ghosts in Our Machine.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/13/21966/

This year’s Reunion is April 15–16, 2016 and honors classes whose years end in “1” and “6” from 1966–2011. All Texas Law alumni are encouraged to attend the festivities. Registration is now open! Please visit https://law.connect.utexas.edu/LawReunion2016 to register.

Friday, April 15

7:00 p.m. – Reunion Kickoff Party on the Four Seasons Lawn

Saturday, April 16

9:00 a.m. - On-site registration and continental breakfast in the Susman Godfrey Atrium of the Law School.

9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. CLE Classes

11:45 a.m. – Dean's State of the Law School Address

12:15 p.m. – Lunch on the Lawn with fellow alumni and your favorite professors

6:30 p.m. – Honored Class Parties. Please visit https://law.utexas.edu/alumni/featured-events/reunion-2016/ for more information.

For questions, email reunion@law.utexas.edu or call 512.232.5891

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/15/20463/

The Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court competition is a 64-person, single-elimination tournament for first-year law students at the University of Texas School of Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/15/21335/

TILJ presents its yearly symposium with co-sponsorship from the Strauss Center for International Law and Security on international law topics surrounding the grave threat of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/15/21603/

Come learn what scientists are discovering about the effects on the water cycle of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC's)--plastics, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, microbeads, and other substances. Learn what policy-makers, litigators, and social activists are doing about these new toxics. And learn what YOU can do about them, since--right now--the chances are that we are all poisoning our water, the life that's in it, and ultimately ourselves.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/15/22051/

Texas Environmental Law Journal Symposium co-hosted with the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/15/21497/

The Center for Women in Law will hold their biennial awards luncheon honoring the recipient of the Hortense Ward Courageous Leader Award and featuring a keynote speaker.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/15/21163/

This year’s Reunion is April 15–16, 2016 and honors classes whose years end in “1” and “6” from 1966–2011. All Texas Law alumni are encouraged to attend the festivities. Registration is now open! Please visit https://law.connect.utexas.edu/LawReunion2016 to register.

Friday, April 15

7:00 p.m. – Reunion Kickoff Party on the Four Seasons Lawn

Saturday, April 16

9:00 a.m. - On-site registration and continental breakfast in the Susman Godfrey Atrium of the Law School.

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. - "Disclosure is the New Ethics: are you saying what you should be?" with Tracy ('86) and Jim ('84) McCormack, 1 hour ethics CLE credit, Townes Hall, 2.138

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - "Back to School" with Professor Johanson, Townes Hall, 2.137

11:45 a.m. – Dean's State of the Law School Address, Charles I. Francis Auditorium

12:15 p.m. – Lunch on the Lawn with fellow alumni and your favorite professors

6:30 p.m. – Honored Class Parties. Please visit https://law.utexas.edu/alumni/featured-events/reunion-2016/ for more information.

For questions, email reunion@law.utexas.edu or call 512.232.5891

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/16/20464/

The Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court competition is a 64-person, single-elimination tournament for first-year law students at the University of Texas School of Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/16/21336/