Events Calendar

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/

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/2016/04/17/21337/

Join TLF on April 17 at 2pm at Bill and Stephanie Whitehurst's house for the Excellence in Public Interest Awards. EPIA recognizes and appreciates members of the community for their dedication, commitment, and outstanding contributions to the field of public interest law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/17/21564/

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/2016/04/18/21338/

Constitutional Studies Luncheon with Jonathan Gienapp. Presented by Sanford Levinson.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/19/21864/

End of year lunch recognizing excellence in teaching and service - including the SBA Teaching Awards, Justice Center Graduating Student Awards, Spring 2016 post-graduate fellowship recipients, and students’ pro bono - and celebrating the law school's culture of using the law to serve others, with pizza and Amy's Ice Cream for all.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/19/21602/

Join the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund for a study break with the dogs from our friends at Divine Canines!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/20/21764/

Please join SALDF for a lunch discussion on the rights of animals and workers at US poultry farms. This event is co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society - UT Law Chapter, Public Interest Law Association (PILA) at Texas, and the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights.

Guest speakers include Stefanie Wilson, Attorney and Litigation Fellow at the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and Bill Beardall, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Center and Director of UT Law's Transnational Workers Rights Clinic.

Lunch provided!

Email us at saldf.texas.law@gmail.com with any questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/20/22032/

Annual Awards Night for the Board of Advocates

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/20/22084/

The Review of Litigation will host its annual banquet celebrating the end of the school year. The Review will give out awards, including the Texas Jurist Award, an acknowledgment meant to recognize the recipient's substantial contributions to the field of litigation in Texas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/22/21980/