Events Calendar

Now viewing: April 2017

Saturday, April 1

9:45am5:00pm

Monday, April 3

All day
Townes Hall Morning Coffee

Outside the 1L Classrooms

Wednesday, April 5

5:30pm7:00pm
Denver Alumni Reception

Messner Reeves 1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO, 80202

Thursday, April 6

1:30pm2:30pm
Popcorn Break

Tom Clark Lounge
5:00pm8:00pm
Certifying Human Rights in Global Supply Chains

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Public forum on global supply chains and the possibilities and limitations of third-­‐party certification schemes for the realization and enforcement of human rights.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/04/06/27964/

Friday, April 7

3:00pm5:30pm
'The Good Lie' Film Screening

TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)

HRLS is hosting a film screening and discussion of ‘The Good Lie’ to coincide with Genocide Awareness Month in April. The Good Lie is the story of 20,000 children who traveled thousands of miles on foot during the Second Sudanese Civil War to reach refugee camps in Kenya.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/04/07/28224/

Saturday, April 8

Monday, April 10

All day
Townes Hall Morning Coffee

Outside the 1L Classrooms
12:45pm2:00pm
“Where are we heading? The State of Democracy and Rights in Bangladesh"

JON 5.208 (Susman Academic Center, Bryan and Michelle Goolsby Conference Suite)

Khushi Kabir, a Rapoport Center Visiting Practitioner, will present a luncheon lecture entitled, "Where are we heading? The State of Democracy and Rights in Bangladesh." Ms. Kabir is a human rights activist based in Bangladesh. She has a long and storied career in advocating for landless, indigenous, and women’s rights throughout the country and is a voice for progressive politics in Bangladesh and South Asia more broadly. The core of her wo

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/04/10/30204/
6:00pm8:00pm
Film Screening of Sramik Awaaz: Workers' Voices

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

To commemorate the fourth anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, join Counter Balance: ATX, National Lawyers Guild - Texas Chapter, the Human Rights Law Society, and Law@theMargins. We stand in solidarity with women of color both in our own country and overseas.

With over 1,100 casualties, the easily preventable disaster was the worst single incident in terms of death toll in the history of the garment

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/04/10/30284/

Wednesday, April 12

5:00pm6:00pm
Law Student Music Recital

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)

You are invited to a free, classical music performance by law student musicians - in the Eidman Courtroom! Optional donations will go the Texas Law Fellowships.

Cookies and brownies from Tiff's Treats following the performance.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/04/12/29425/

Thursday, April 13

11:45am1:00pm
A Talk With Judge Jennifer Elrod: Reflections on Nine Years in the Least Dangerous Branch

TNH 2.140 (Wright Classroom)

The Federalist Society will be hosting a talk entitled "Reflections on Nine Years in the Least Dangerous Branch" with Judge Jennifer Elrod of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Lunch will be served!

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/04/13/29465/
1:30pm2:30pm
Popcorn Break

Tom Clark Lounge

Friday, April 14

Monday, April 17

All day
Townes Hall Morning Coffee

Outside the 1L Classrooms

Thursday, April 20

1:30pm2:30pm
Popcorn Break

Tom Clark Lounge

Friday, April 21

All day
Thad T. Hutcheson Moot Court Competition

CCJ 2.300 (Jamail Pavilion)

Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court Competition

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/04/21/28297/

Saturday, April 22

All day
6:00pm10:00pm

Sunday, April 23

All day

Monday, April 24

1:00pm7:30pm

Wednesday, April 26

Thursday, April 27

12:00pm1:00pm
1:30pm2:30pm
Popcorn Break

Tom Clark Lounge
6:00pm8:00pm

Friday, April 28

8:30am6:00pm