Events Calendar

Come celebrate National Pro Bono week with us in the atrium. Pro Bono scholars will be available to answer your questions about current projects, and all things pro bono! PBinJ alumni will also be on hand to answer your questions about the winter break service trip, Pro Bono in January.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/10/23/33827/

Featured Speakers:

Genesis Draper, Assistant Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender's Office

Neal Manne, Managing Partner, Susman Godfrey

Susanne Pringle, Interim Executive Director, Texas Fair Defense Project

The Mithoff Program will continue its tradition of highlighting successful pro bono collaborations between nonprofit organizations and private law firms during the Celebrate Pro Bono Luncheon, an annual event held in conjunction with the American Bar Association’s National Pro Bono Celebration. This year’s luncheon panel will highlight O’Donnell v. Harris County, a successful challenge to a pretrial detention system that jailed individuals accused of misdemeanor offenses because they could not afford to pay monetary bail. Susman Godfrey and TFDP, along with the Civil Rights Corps, represent the plaintiff class in O’Donnell and obtained a preliminary injunction striking down wealth-based detention for lower-level offenses. As a result of the injunction, which went into effect in June 2017, more than 2,500 people have been released on personal bond.

RSVP to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/10/24/33804/

Washington, D.C. Alumni Reception 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. ET

University Club of Washington 1135 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/10/25/31765/

No Equal Justice: The Urgent Crisis in America’s Criminal Courts

Talk by Stephen B. Bright, Former Director, Southern Center for Human Rights (Director, 1982-2005, President and Senior Counsel, 2006-2016); Lecturer, Yale Law School, Georgetown, and Georgia State University College of Law.

lunch provided

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/10/26/33904/

The Texas Law Alumni Association is excited to announce the return of Popcorn Break in Fall 2017! Starting September 7, 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/2017/10/26/31370/