Events Calendar

The Colloquium on Natural Resource Governance, Inequality & Human Rights will address the human rights issues that arise in the context of natural resource extraction and governance, especially in relation to resources such as fossil fuels, minerals and timbers. Natural resource governance is fundamentally about who can decide which resources can be used by whom and about how decision-making around these questions should be undertaken. The outcomes of such decision-making have profound consequences for the distribution of wealth, power, authority and risk exposure at the local, national and international levels. Lectures will examine how persistent inequalities between and within countries pose additional challenges for the realization of human rights in relation to natural resource extraction.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/17/23724/

Jackson Walker LLP invites all 2L/3L 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 Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Please be sure to stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/19/26025/

HRLS will be hosting its first coffee and conversation event of this semester is with Amanda Woog, JD, of The Texas Justice Initiative. The Initiative seeks to build narratives around who is dying in the Texas criminal justice system, bring attention to the lives that have been lost, and provide a foundation for research toward solutions that will save lives. Amanda is currently researching and tracking officer-involved shootings and custodial deaths in Texas, and will lead us in a discussion on the intersections of gender and criminal justice.

Free coffee and snacks will be provided!

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016 Time: 12:00pm Location: TNH 2.124

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/20/26244/

The Texas Law Alumni Association and Student Affairs Office are excited to announce the return of Popcorn Break in Fall 2016! Starting September 8, 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/2016/10/20/22830/

Austin Steering Committee Meeting Sheffield-Massey Room, The University of Texas Law School 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/20/25308/

Hyder Collection tour and reception Susman Godfrey Atrium, The University of Texas Law School 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/20/25309/

Celebrate Pro Bono Week Tabling: Join the Mithoff Pro Bono Program in the atrium to celebrate Pro Bono Week and learn more about pro bono week activities at Texas Law. Pro Bono in January applications will be available. Pizza will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/24/22304/

Pro Bono before the Supreme Court: Ivy v. Morath and Deaf Access to Driver Education and Licensing

Tuesday, October 25 11:45 am – 1 pm TNH 2.138

The U.S. Supreme Court currently is considering Ivy v. Morath, a case that challenges Texas’s failure to require providers of state-mandated driver education courses to make their programming accessible to the deaf. Individuals under age 25 cannot obtain a Texas driver’s license without completing a driver education course, so the lack of accessible driver education programming limits young deaf people’s ability to drive legally in Texas.

Pro bono lawyers played a lead role in bringing this case before the Court. In honor of the American Bar Association’s National Pro Bono Celebration, the Mithoff Pro Bono Program is hosting the following panelists for a lunch event on Ivy v. Morath:

• Joe T. Sanders ’05, Partner, Sanders Bajwa, Pro Bono Counsel for Petitioners • Olga Kobzar ’10, Partner, Scott Douglass & McConnico, Pro Bono Counsel for Petitioners • Mimi Marziani, Executive Director, Texas Civil Rights Project, Counsel for Petitioners • Paul Genender, Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Pro Bono Counsel for Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Ivy v. Morath • Donna Valverde-Hummel, Legislative Liaison and Advocate, Texas Association of the Deaf

Professor Lucy Wood, one of the law professors on the amicus brief filed by Weil Gotshal, will moderate.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/25/22306/

The purpose of the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society's (TMLS) general body meetings are to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of diverse law students as well as to foster and encourage professional competency within our membership and legal profession.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/25/24029/

Los Angeles Networking Happy Hour for Alumni of the University of Texas Law School and McCombs School of Business

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Above Sixty Beverly Hills 9360 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, California

Please register by October 23 at http://law.connect.utexas.edu/LALawMcCombs16

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/25/25404/

We are studying the book of Ephesians this semester; each week, we will be discussing a new chapter and this week, we are studying chapter four. Breakfast and coffee will be provided!

Our goal is to create a space for women interested in learning more about Christ through studying and applying God's Word in law school and beyond. Our Bible study is a place for Christian fellowship and encouragement, and women from all Christian faith traditions and denominations are welcome!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/27/25465/

Pro Booo-no Week Party: Celebrate Pro Booo-no Week in the atrium with the Mithoff Pro Bono Program. We’ll have Halloween treats and games, and we’ll be collecting Pro Bono in January applications. PBinJ applications are due by 5pm on Thursday, Oct. 27.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/27/22307/

The Texas Law Alumni Association and Student Affairs Office are excited to announce the return of Popcorn Break in Fall 2016! Starting September 8, 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/2016/10/27/22831/

A representative from the International Center for Mental Health and Human Rights will conduct a presentation and interactive workshop on Friday, October 28th, from 2:00pm - 5:00pm, on how to interact with clients that may have endured trauma.

The following topics will be discussed during the training: - Intro to Understanding the Neurobiology of Trauma (Trauma as 'Contagious') - Client Interviewing Techniques and Approaches - Interactive Exercises

This will be the second year that ICMHHR has presented this training at UT Law. Many students found the last year's training to be very beneficial when working with underserved communities.

Free food provided! Please RSVP to Courtney McGinn at courtneylmcginn@utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/28/26305/