Events Calendar

On Monday, September 12, the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Fall 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/2016/10/24/24807/

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/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/24/25724/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 2.2 for a pizza lunch and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/24/24929/

In 2014 President Obama announced two new immigration initiatives: an expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA+) and the creation of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA). Texas and 25 other states filed a lawsuit to stop them from being enacted, and when the case reached the Supreme Court it ended in a 4-4 tie that lead to both DACA+ and DAPA from being enacted.

Join the Texas Law chapter of the American Constitution Society for a discussion with Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation at MALDEF, on the future of DACA+ and DAPA . Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/24/25824/

The Center for Women in Law, through the October Power Lunch Series, seeks to provide students with possible role models and mentors by exposing them to prominent women lawyers and other public figures from a wide range of career paths. Attending students will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss their own career goals in an informal and interactive environment.

Series Line-up: TBD

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/25/21988/

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/

Hodges Society is invited to join Mr. Harry Reasoner for lunch and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/25/24425/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 3.3 for ice cream and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/25/24909/

Students will use court records and information provided at expunction intake clinics to draft petitions and orders for expunction or nondisclosure of criminal records. Expunging records allows people to legally deny offenses and erases records from criminal histories, mitigating future harm stemming from arrests that do not result in a criminal conviction. Orders of nondisclosure direct police departments and other agencies not to disclose criminal records on background checks, and allow a person to not disclose offenses on applications for housing or employment

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/25/24165/

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/

Fingerprint Sessions for 1L's

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/26/25905/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/26/22466/

Arleas Kea ('79, '82) will be on campus to join Green Society for lunch and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/26/24965/

1L students in Hargrave Society will have lunch with Hargrave's faculty advisor, Professor Jinks.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/26/25266/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 4.4 for ice cream and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/26/24930/

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/

Fingerprint Sessions for 1L's

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/27/25906/

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/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/27/23071/

The Texas Federalist Society hosts a debate on Title IX and the current controversy surrounding bathroom policies. The debate will feature one liberal, one conservative, and one libertarian. Free lunch provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/27/25230/

Join UT Law's SALDF chapter for a watch party on campus. Lunch will be provided. Executive Director Stephen Wells and Senior Staff Attorney Matthew Liebman are taking to Facebook for a live, interactive discussion about Ag-Gag laws. These laws are designed to ‘gag’ would-be whistleblowers and undercover investigators by punishing them for recording and disseminating footage of what really goes on in animal agriculture. Join us to learn how the Animal Legal Defense Fund is fighting these laws and advocating for animals, and to ask your own questions about Ag-Gag laws.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/27/26264/

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/

Sign-up is at 9:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab and is on a first-come, first-served basis as space is limited.

Back by popular demand! Participating Texas Law J.D. students will have the opportunity to network one-on-one with legal professionals from a variety of practice areas during several short (8-10 minutes) speed networking rounds prior to Cocktails & Conversation at 6:00 p.m. We request that students commit to attend the entire speed networking portion of the event. Please arrive no later than 5:00 p.m. Dress is business casual.

Alumni: for more information, contact SooYeon Kim at skim@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/27/25044/

All Texas Law students are invited to attend the 19th Annual Cocktails & Conversation networking reception, which provides the perfect opportunity to meet and network in a casual setting with Texas Law alumni and friends. This is a great way to expand your network, so don’t miss out! Dress is business casual. RSVP by Wednesday, October 26, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Alumni: Please RSVP to SooYeon Kim at skim@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/27/25045/

Fingerprint Sessions for 1L's

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/28/25907/

The second installment of the Opportunity Forum's 2016-17 Lunch Series, Hot Topics in Access to Opportunity, focuses on criminal history as a barrier to housing access. Nearly one in three U.S. adults holds a criminal record. Accessing safe and affordable housing is an urgent need for many of these individuals, but a criminal background presents immense barriers to securing housing in the Austin region. Join us on October 28th to learn about innovative work going on in New Orleans and elsewhere to reduce these barriers and to increase housing access for individuals with criminal histories. We will also learn about new federal fair housing guidance regarding landlords' use of criminal records to screen tenants.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/28/26104/

The Judicial Clerkship Program will hold a workshop each Friday afternoon from October 21-November 11. The workshops are for students to come and receive instruction and personalized feedback on how to craft the most effective resume and cover letters for their judicial clerkship applications. The October 21 and November 4 dates will focus on resumes. The October 28 and November 11 dates will focus on cover letters. The workshops are open to all 2Ls and 3Ls. Students should bring their laptops.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/28/22172/

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/

Join the Student Bar Association for our annual Halloween bash on Friday, October 28th at The Ranch (710 W 6th St., Austin, Texas 78701)! There will be a costume contest, prizes, food, drinks, and a DJ! Complimentary buses will be available between 10pm and 2am to take you to and from the Law School and The Ranch. 21+ only.

Tickets will go on sale Monday, October 25th in the Atrium! If you have any questions, email texas.sba@gmail.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/28/24444/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/31/24545/

Thinking of a career in environmental law? Come meet attorneys from the Environmental Protection Agency (Russell Murdock), Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (Jake Marx), and environmental practitioners from firms in the Austin area. These UT grads will be happy to answer any questions you have about the role of attorneys in administrative agencies and the regulatory scheme. Join us for this lunchtime panel in TNH 3.125. Lunch Provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/31/25504/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/10/31/23904/

Queer Women in Law Panel

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/01/26144/

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in the Eidman Courtroom and 12:45-1:45 p.m. in the Jury Room. Lunch served at 12:45.

During the first hour, which is free and open to the public, Rebecca Robertson will speak on the ongoing struggle for transgender equality in Texas. During the second hour she will meet with students more informally over lunch to discuss her life and career.

RSVP by Monday, October 31, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab

The “Lives in the Law” speaker series focuses on the work and lives of lawyers who strive to improve the lives of others through litigation, advocacy and public service.

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

More about Rebecca Robertson:

As the Legal & Policy Director of the ACLU of Texas, Rebecca L. Robertson leads the ACLU’s legal, legislative, and field teams in Texas and defends the liberty of ACLU clients in high impact litigation in state and federal courts around Texas. She joined the ACLU after a 15-year career as a commercial litigator at Baker Botts, LLP, where she served as co-chair of the firm’s securities litigation practice group. While at Baker Botts, she led the amicus team working on the landmark civil rights case challenging the Texas sodomy law, Texas v. Lawrence. She is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, where she served as Executive Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and Rice University, where she received her B.A. magna cum laude.

Rebecca Robertson will be available for one-on-one, 15-minute meetings from 10:00-11:00 a.m. in the Career Services Interview Suite (TNH 3.122). To sign up for an individual meeting, please email cso@law.utexas.edu or stop by the CSO in TNH 3.130.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/01/23824/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 3.2 for ice cream and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/01/24910/

The Board of Advocates proudly presents the Gibbs & Bruns Intramural Moot Court Competition, at UT School of Law 11/1, 11/3, and 11/4. Registration is currently open to all 2Ls and 3Ls. Registration will close September 30, 2016.

For more information please visit http://texaslawboa.com/gibbsbruns/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/01/25227/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/02/22467/

Dean Ward Farnsworth and The University of Texas Law Alumni Association invites you to the Washington, D.C. Alumni Reception

The City Club of Washington 555 13th Street NW, Columbia Square Washington, D.C. 20004, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/02/22564/

This is a meeting of Austin area lawyers collaborating on Texas Family Code 153.004

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/03/25424/

Are you ever in doubt of what to wear for an interview, reception, or interview lunch? What exactly does "business casual" mean? What am I expected to wear during my clerkship? If you've ever asked yourself one of these questions, come to the Dress to Win workshop on Thursday, November 3.

We will split the program into two rooms: women's attire will be discussed in TNH 2.139 and men's attire will be discussed in TNH 2.137.

You can expect a head-to-toe review of professional attire that provides guidance on meeting expectations, avoiding pitfalls, and appropriately adding a bit of self expression. You will also hear helpful advice on purchasing attire at an array of budgets and seeking affordable tailoring.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/03/23565/

Judith McGeary, attorney and Executive Director of Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, will join the Environmental Law Society to discuss the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with industrial agriculture. Judith will be discussing her role with the FARFA and how Ag-Gag and Right to Farm laws impact her members as animal welfare and sustainable agriculture advocates. Judith will also be discussing the severe consequences of industrial agriculture on water quality and quantity and why water issues need to be a top priority for advocates of sustainable agriculture in the 2017 Legislative Session.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/03/26404/

The Federalist Society will be hosting its last debate of the semester. Professor Jordan Steiker, UT Law professor, and Prerak Shah, Senior Counsel to the Attorney General of Texas, will be debating the merits of the death penalty. Please join us for a lively debate and, of course, FREE LUNCH!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/03/26447/

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/2016/11/03/22832/

Dean Ward Farnsworth and The University of Texas Law Alumni Association invites you to the New York Alumni Reception

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/03/22565/

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

The Board of Advocates proudly presents the Gibbs & Bruns Intramural Moot Court Competition, at UT School of Law 11/1, 11/3, and 11/4. Registration is currently open to all 2Ls and 3Ls. Registration will close September 30, 2016.

For more information please visit http://texaslawboa.com/gibbsbruns/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/03/25228/

The Board of Advocates proudly presents the Gibbs & Bruns Intramural Moot Court Competition, at UT School of Law 11/1, 11/3, and 11/4. Registration is currently open to all 2Ls and 3Ls. Registration will close September 30, 2016.

For more information please visit http://texaslawboa.com/gibbsbruns/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/03/25267/

The Judicial Clerkship Program will hold a workshop each Friday afternoon from October 21-November 11. The workshops are for students to come and receive instruction and personalized feedback on how to craft the most effective resume and cover letters for their judicial clerkship applications. The October 21 and November 4 dates will focus on resumes. The October 28 and November 11 dates will focus on cover letters. The workshops are open to all 2Ls and 3Ls. Students should bring their laptops.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/04/22171/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/04/23091/

The Board of Advocates proudly presents the Gibbs & Bruns Intramural Moot Court Competition, at UT School of Law 11/1, 11/3, and 11/4. Registration is currently open to all 2Ls and 3Ls. Registration will close September 30, 2016.

For more information please visit http://texaslawboa.com/gibbsbruns/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/11/04/25229/