Events Calendar

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/2017/03/20/28285/

Join us for a conversation with award-winning journalist Cynthia Gorney about her Pulitzer Center-supported National Geographic project, "For Widows, Life After Loss."

Worldwide, there are about 259 million widows. Nearly half live in poverty. Even where laws protect their rights, widows are sometimes mistreated.

In Uganda, as in many other parts of the world, widowhood is a sentence to a life of misery. After her husband died, Betty Nanozi was robbed of everything she owned, twice. Her cow was beaten to death. Her land was forcefully taken from her.

Gorney will be joined by Pulitzer Center executive director Jon Sawyer. They will discuss both the field research behind her project—in India and Bosnia as well as Uganda—and how that reflects patterns of discrimination that are all too common across the globe.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/21/29684/

Nasher Sculpture Center

2001 Flora Street

Dallas, TX 75201

6:00– 7:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/22/27447/

The Federalist Society presents a debate about federal authority under Title IX to intervene in schools' bathroom, locker room, and sports team policies. Lunch will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/23/29464/

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/2017/03/23/28251/

TLF Anniversary Program and Reception

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/23/26284/

"What Comes Next": Energy, the Environment, Law & Policy Under a New Administration

9 am - 5 pm Eidman Courtroom, UT Law

Program:

Keynote: 9:15-10:00 a.m. "What Comes Next for Climate Policy" Bob Sussman, Former #2 at EPA Introduced by Ward Farnsworth, Dean, UT Law

Break

Panel 1: 10:15-11:30 a.m. "What Comes Next for Energy Innovation" James Coleman, SMU Law David Hart, George Mason Center for Science and Technology Brewster McCracken, Pecan Street David Spence, UT Law/UT Business Moderator: Melinda Taylor, UT Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law and Business

Lunch: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Panel 2: 12:30-1:45 p.m. "What Comes Next for Federal Regulatory Policy" Pam Giblin, Baker Botts Tom McGarity, UT Law Rena Steinzor, University of Maryland Law Moderator: David Adelman, UT Law

Break

Panel 3: 2:00-3:15 p.m. "What Comes Next for State and Local Approaches/Solutions" Lara Cottingham, City of Houston Eric Groten, Vinson & Elkins Marisa Perales, Frederick Perales Allmon & Rockwell Moderator: Kelly Haragan, UT Law

Break

Panel 4: 3:30-4:45 p.m. "What Comes Next for Climate Change and the Law" Scott Deatherage, S. Deatherage Law Firm/UT Law Deborah Sivas, Stanford Law Romany Webb, Columbia Law Moderator: Andy Bowman, Pioneer Green Energy/UT Law

Closing Reception

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/24/26925/