Events Calendar

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/

TX FedSoc & the Strauss Center have partned to host a debate on FBI v. Apple. Professor Chesney will moderate the debate, which will cover a range of topics from encrpytion to national security.

The debate will feature:

Susan Hennessey (pro-FBI) - Susan is the Managing Editor for the national security blog LawFare. She recevied her J.D. from Harvard Law and previously worked as an attorney in the Office of General Counsel for the NSA. You can read her articles here: https://www.lawfareblog.com/contributors/shennessey.

Julian Sanchez (pro-Apple) - Julian is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. He studies and writes on technology, privacy, and civil liberties, with a focus on intelligence surveillance. He has written on privacy for a variey of publications, including the National Review. He is the founding editor of the policy blog, Just Security.

FREE CHIPOTLE!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/25/22086/

This panel will discuss how human rights are codified at the local and state level in Texas. It will begin with a discussion of human rights and civil rights, and how the two intersect. Panelists will discuss recent efforts to advance LGBT and women’s rights in Texas, the challenges faced, and how these local efforts interact with and compare to national civil rights and international human rights movements. Confirmed speakers include Representative Celia Israel, pro-choice policy advocate Aimee Arrambide, and Professor Ariel Dulitzky. The event is co-sponsored by the Feminist Policy Alliance and Harvey Milk Society, both at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and the Rapoport Center.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/28/22080/

The Texas Law Chicago Reception with Judge Diane Wood on Thursday, April 28 has been postponed.

We will reschedule for a date in the Fall, so be on the lookout for more details soon! We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact events@law.utexas.edu if you have any questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/04/28/22011/