Events Calendar

On Monday, February 20, Morgan Lewis will be hosting a breakfast for TBLS members (tacos!) to discuss how best to succeed at your summer clerkships and generally make the most of your 1L summer. As interviews wind up, it's now time to internalize how best to succeed at your summer position. This event will be a great way to learn how get ahead and stand out from the crowd.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/20/28944/

Starting on Monday, January 23rd, the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2017 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. until it's gone, so get there early!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/20/28262/

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

During the first hour, which is free and open to the public, Stephanie Toti, a Senior Counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights in New York and lead counsel in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, will present a talk entitled “Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: A Victory for Women, Science & the Rule of Law.” During the second hour she will meet with students more informally over lunch to discuss her life and career.

One-on-One Meetings Available from 9:30-11 a.m. on Tuesday, February 21 Please stop by the CSO in TNH 3.130 or contact cso@law.utexas.edu to sign up for a 15-minute with Ms. Toti.

Lunch served at 12:45 p.m. RSVP by Monday, February 20, 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, If/When/How, and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

More about Stephanie Toti: Toti’s practice at the Center for Reproductive Rights focuses on protecting reproductive rights and promoting reproductive justice through constitutional litigation. An experienced advocate, she has argued cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States, including Alaska, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Stephanie served as lead counsel in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, which challenged key provisions of a Texas TRAP law that would have forced more than three-quarters of the state's abortion facilities to close. She successfully argued the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which struck down key provisions of the law in its 5-3 ruling on June 27, 2016. She is currently partnering with the City of Baltimore, Maryland, to defend a first-in-the-nation ordinance regulating the deceptive practices of crisis pregnancy centers.

For a full bio, see https://www.reproductiverights.org/profile/stephanie-toti

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/21/26724/

A discussion of Sanctuary Cities, particularly Travis county, with representatives from:

I.C.E. - Special Agent Erica Mathis and Agent Rios.

U.S. D.O.J. - Anthony Brown.

UTLaw's Immigration Clinic - Directors Elissa Steglich and Denise Gilman.

Moderated by Prof. Susan R. Klein.

Food will be provided

If you want to attend, please RSVP here.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/21/28926/

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

The Board of Advocates invites all 2Ls and 3Ls to participate in it's annual Voir Dire Competition.

Schedule is as follows:

First Round: 2/21/17 Semi-Finals: 2/23/17 Final Round: 2/24/17

More information to follow.

www.texaslawboa.com

boa.utlaw@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/21/27286/

Please join us for breakfast, fellowship and studying God's Word! This semester, we will be reading through 1 John.

Our goal is to create a safe 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/2017/02/22/28325/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/22/22463/

The Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association (MAMAs) has partnered with Texas Parents Attending Law School (TX PALS), the Women's Law Caucus (WLC), and the Career Services Office to host a panel of esteemed attorneys who will discuss juggling a legal career while raising a family. The panel will consist of local women attorneys in an array of different types of practices (law firms of varying sizes, government, in-house, etc.) who will discuss the ins-and-outs of parenting while maintaining a legal career. ALL law students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The panel will take place in TNH 2.138 from 12-1pm. There will be a chance for Q&A! Lunch will also be provided, so please RSVP by February 21st.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/22/28984/

Executive Board meeting for ACS discussing internal organization action items.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/22/28865/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/26385/

Learn about judicial internships during the fall or spring semester. Even if you attended the previous panel on summer judicial internships, we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to visit directly with judges and judicial staff over lunch about why judicial internships are valuable and the opportunities available both for the coming summer and school year.

Please join the following judges and staff attorneys for lunch to learn more about judicial internships at their courts: Kathryn Baffes and Katie Carmona, ‘93, Law Clerks, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; the Honorable Tony M. Davis, Sarah McHaney, ‘87, and Sarah Darnell Wood, Law Clerks, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas; Sylvia Herrera, Staff Attorney, and Barbara DePena, 2L, Judicial Intern, Supreme Court of Texas; the Honorable Guy Herman, Tom Ruffner, Court Investigator, and Adia Mercado-Montero, 3L, Judicial Intern/Law Clerk, Travis County Probate Court; The Honorable Cindy Olson Bourland, ’94, Jenny Brannen, ‘98, Staff Attorney, and Madeleine Schlesinger, ‘16, Law Clerk, Texas Third Court of Appeals; and the Honorable Craig Bennett, State Office of Administrative Hearings.

RSVP by Wednesday, February 22, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/27704/

The Federalist Society presents a debate about the scope of executive power in immigration. Lunch will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/28924/

The Texas Law Alumni Association is excited to announce the return of Popcorn Break in Spring 2017! Starting February 2, 2017, 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/2017/02/23/28247/

Whatever one’s political views, it is hard to believe that the past election campaign and its result—most dramatically, the election of a person who received almost three million fewer votes than his rival, but nonetheless prevailed in the electoral college—put to rest widely shared concerns about the health of American democracy. And, with Brexit in the United Kingdom and the more general travails of the European Union, not to mention other parts of the world, there is probably more general anxiety about the prospects for liberal democracy than at any time at least since World War II (and the run-up to World War II in the 1930s).

The University of Texas Law School is sponsoring a symposium, “In the Winter of Our Discontent: The State of Democracy in the Age of Trump,” on Thursday, February 23, and Friday, February 24, which will address some of these widespread anxieties. In particular, it will focus on four recent books reflecting on the challenges facing democratic political systems at home and abroad:

Bruce Cain (Stanford University), DEMOCRACY MORE OR LESS: AMERICA’S POLITICAL REFORM QUANDARY

Edward Foley (Ohio State School of Law), BALLOT BATTLES: THE HISTORY OF DISPUTED ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Samuel Issacharoff (New York University School of Law), FRAGILE DEMOCRACIES: CONTESTED DEMOCRACY IN THE ERA OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS

Nancy Rosenblum (Professor Emerita, Harvard Department of Government), GOOD NEIGHBORS: THE DEMOCRACY OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN AMERICA (Princeton)

The symposium will begin on Thursday at 5:30, when Sam Issacharoff, a cherished former member of the UT faculty and now a professor at the New York University School of Law, will deliver a public lecture on “Anxieties of Democracy.” That lecture, like all of the events will take place in the Eidman Courtroom.

Please RSVP here.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/27244/

The Houston Club

Bush Ballroom

910 Louisiana Street

One Shell Plaza, 49th Floor

Houston, TX 77002

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/27466/

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

The Board of Advocates invites all 2Ls and 3Ls to participate in it's annual Voir Dire Competition.

Schedule is as follows:

First Round: 2/21/17 Semi-Finals: 2/23/17 Final Round: 2/24/17

More information to follow.

www.texaslawboa.com

boa.utlaw@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/27304/

The University of Texas Law School is sponsoring a symposium, “In the Winter of Our Discontent: The State of Democracy in the Age of Trump,” on Thursday, February 23, and Friday, February 24, which will address some of these widespread anxieties. In particular, it will focus on four recent books reflecting on the challenges facing democratic political systems at home and abroad:

Bruce Cain (Stanford University), DEMOCRACY MORE OR LESS: AMERICA’S POLITICAL REFORM QUANDARY

Edward Foley (Ohio State School of Law), BALLOT BATTLES: THE HISTORY OF DISPUTED ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Samuel Issacharoff (New York University School of Law), FRAGILE DEMOCRACIES: CONTESTED DEMOCRACY IN THE ERA OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS

Nancy Rosenblum (Professor Emerita, Harvard Department of Government), GOOD NEIGHBORS: THE DEMOCRACY OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN AMERICA (Princeton)

In part because of the press of current events, which has resulted in the expansion of the conference originally envisioned last summer, Friday will be a packed day, beginning with a welcome and general overview of the symposium at 8:45 by Dean Ward Farnsworth and Professor Levinson, respectively. The first panel, on Issacharoff’s Fragile Democracies, will follow immediately from 9-10:45. The panel, moderated by Prof. Gary Jacobsohn (UT Department of Government and Law School), will include Zack Elkins (UT Department of Government), Jack Balkin (Yale Law School), Victor Ferreres (UT Law School), and Willy Forbath (UT Law School), with a reply by Issacharoff. Following a short break, a second panel, from 11-12:15 will address the issues raised by Rosenblum’s Good Neighbors. The discussants will be Dana Stauffer of the U.T. Government Department, and Levinson.

A lunch for everyone in attendance will commence at 12:30 in the Francis Auditorium, with a talk at 12:45 by Alex Keyssar, a professor at Harvard’s J.F.K. School, on his forthcoming book on why the electoral college persists in spite of all of the criticism directed at it. That will be followed, around 1:30, by a discussion/debate between Princeton Professor of Politics Keith Whittington, on the one hand and U.T. Professors Levinson, Jeffrey Tulis, and Jeremi Suri, who co-authored an op-ed in the New York Daily News pleading with Republican electors to exercise their “Hamiltonian prerogative” (as enunciated in Federalist 68) to vote for someone other than the egregious Donald Trump for the presidency.

A third panel, from 2:30-4:00, will consider Bruce Cain’s Democracy More or Less. The principal discussant will be Harvard Prof. Jennifer Hochschild, the immediate past president of the American Political Science Association, who will be joined by Nancy Rosenblum, prior to a response by Cain. The final event of this long day, from 4:15-5:45, will examine Ned Foley’s definitive examination of post-election disputes in American history. The primary discussant will be Keith Whittington, with the further participation of Zack Elkins, Issacharoff, and Mimi Marziani, now the Executive Director, Texas Civil Rights Project, and, of course, Foley himself.

The questions presented by these books and their authors obviously are all too timely. Given the topics and our current “discontents”, it is easy to promise these issues will be address with proper seriousness and scholarly knowledge.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/24/27264/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/24/28704/

Accelerate Roundtable

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/24/29064/

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

The Board of Advocates invites all 2Ls and 3Ls to participate in it's annual Voir Dire Competition.

Schedule is as follows:

First Round: 2/21/17 Semi-Finals: 2/23/17 Final Round: 2/24/17

More information to follow.

www.texaslawboa.com

boa.utlaw@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/24/27287/