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/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/20/28324/

Information session for 1Ls. Learn about the Early Registration system for your Fall courses. We'll talk about specific courses as well as how to rank your classes to best maximize your ability to get the exact schedule you'd like to have.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/20/28884/

Susman Godfrey meeting/meal with TMLS

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/20/29124/

Clinical faculty, staff and students will be on hand to discuss Texas Law's clinical program. Lunch provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/21/27846/

general body meeting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/21/28525/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. Texas bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays from noon-1pm in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday from 12-1 in TNH 2.124. This is a four week series beginning on March 21. Each session builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/21/28289/

Texas Law Review Vol. 96 Book Review Editors will discuss the dates, logistics, and procedures of the Multi-Journal Write-on Competition. This session is mandatory for all students wishing to participate in the competition. If you are unable to attend this session, please contact bookreviews@texaslrev.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/21/29644/

DVC Class with Speaker Panel

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/21/29844/

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/

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/2017/03/21/28627/

TJOGEL's 2017-2018 Executive and Editorial Board will meet for dinner to discuss plans, goals, and assignments for the 2017-2018 school year.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/21/29544/

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/2017/03/22/28327/

Bar exam preparation companies will be at the law school to discuss their programs and services. Come talk to a rep about which program will work best for you. All students should take a bar preparation course.

Free swag and food provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/22/29345/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/22/22469/

1L Members of Bradford, Hargrave, and Cadena Societies are invited to join Judge Robert Pitman ('88) and his law clerks for lunch and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/22/29704/

Join the Public Interest Law Association for a panel on public interest classes, clinics, and other extracurricular opportunities for your 2L and 3L years. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/22/29624/

Information session for 1Ls. Learn about the Early Registration system for your Fall courses. We'll talk about specific courses as well as how to rank your classes to best maximize your ability to get the exact schedule you'd like to have.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/22/28904/

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/

For 3Ls seeking permanent employment, come learn about Texas Law's three-month postgraduate internship program, the Long Career Launch Program (LCLP). Strategies will be discussed on how to maximize the benefit of LCLP and similar postgraduate programs. You will also obtain practical advice on how to make your job search more efficient and productive. Coffee and pastries will be served.

RSVP by Wednesday, March 22, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/23/26985/

Members of Texas Law's fantastic Journals will be present to answer questions about their journals and discuss their experiences as members or editors.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/23/29625/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/23/24125/

Learn about grant and private funding, government budgets and appropriations, and how funding and administration can affect the work of an organization or agency. Panelists include Bill Beardall, Executive Director, Equal Justice Center; Amanda Crawford, Deputy Attorney General for Administration and General Counsel, Office of the Texas Attorney General; Sabine Romero, Acting Chief Administrative Officer, City of Austin - Office of Innovation; and Jonathan Vickery, Associate Director, Texas Access to Justice Foundation. Moderated by Andrea Marsh, Director, Richard & Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program at Texas Law.

RSVP online by TUESDAY, MARCH 21.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/23/27025/

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/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. Texas bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays from noon-1pm in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday from 12-1 in TNH 2.124. This is a four week series beginning on March 21. Each session builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/23/28290/

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/

The brain is programmed to respond protectively in times of perceived threat. However, situations can be labeled as threatening in moments when we could more benefit more from thoughtfulness than automatically defensive responsiveness. Understanding our minds and how they respond to strong emotions is vital to learning how to shape our responses. This workshop will address this phenomenon and discuss mindful strategies for proactively preparing for intervening in conflict.

What You Will Learn

Understand stress-induced responses of the brain Evaluate how early life experiences shape beliefs about conflict Practice proactive mindfulness strategies that prepare the brain to remain relational during intense emotions Practice relational interventions for repair after conflict

Program Schedule

Friday, March 24, 2017 9 am - 4 pm Lunch on your own

Instructors

Marshall Lyles, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S, serves as the Director of Training at the Center for Relational Care, a counseling center in Austin, Texas. Most of Marshall’s clinical practice has focused on attachment trauma and its effect on family relationships. After years of seeing clients, Marshall now conducts supervision and consultation sessions with counseling professionals and leads trainings in both parenting and professional settings; much of his consultation and training focuses on the use of sandtray therapy within an attachment and trauma-informed context. As Marshall is nearing the completion of his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy, writing and teaching take up much of his time. In addition to his professional life, Marshall and his wife are adoptive parents of two amazing teenagers.

Fees

$125. Parking not included.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/24/28386/

For 3Ls seeking permanent employment, come learn about Texas Law's three-month postgraduate internship program, the Long Career Launch Program (LCLP). Strategies will be discussed on how to maximize the benefit of LCLP and similar postgraduate programs. You will also obtain practical advice on how to make your job search more efficient and productive. Lunch will be served.

RSVP by Wednesday, March 22, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/24/27005/

The law school will host the IT staff of the University Development Office for a one-hour Advanced Training session for Eloqua, the university's new email marketing software. Attendees must register with the development office, up to a maximum of 40 participants.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/24/29304/

Latino Law Day invites Texas undergraduates to the law school in order to promote awareness and participation in the legal field by underrepresented communities.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/03/25/29824/