Events Calendar

Larry Kramer, President of the Hewlett Foundation and former Dean of Stanford Law School, will deliver the University of Texas Law School Endowed Lecture for 2016-17 at 10:00 am on February 1, 2017 and also do talk on climate change at 2:00 pm the same day. The Endowed Lecture is entitled, "The Long and Short of It: The Problem of Fixing U.S. Democracy."

Larry Kramer, President of the Hewlett Foundation and former Dean of Stanford Law School, will give an address entitled "Mitigating Climate Change: What Comes Next?" at 2:00 pm on February 1, 2017 and also give the University of Texas Law School Endowed Lecture at 10:00 am the same day.

The Sixth Annual Texas Law Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice is taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of the program.

Join Texas Law ACS on Thursday, Feb 2 from 1-2pm and write, call, or e-mail your elected officials! We'll be in TNH 2.140 and ACS will provide snacks and contact information of Texas politicians.

Bring your friends and your political concerns!

The SBA will be hosting the annual law week for students on campus. On Monday, we will have MD Anderson come to campus for a blood drive like we did last year.

On February 7, 2017, the Texas Law Review will host the Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations Symposium, co-sponsored by the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Lieber Institute for Law & Land Warfare at the United States Military Academy. This day-long event will feature panels addressing sovereignty in cyberspace, jurisdiction over cyber activities, international human rights law

The Sixth Annual Texas Law Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice is taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of the program.

All 1Ls are required to attend either this session or the session on Feb 14 at 12:00pm. Dean Bangs and Brandi Welch will review graduation requirements and considerations in choosing your course of study over the next two years.

All 1Ls are required to attend either this session or the session on Feb 13 at 3:30 pm. Dean Bangs and Brandi Welch will review graduation requirements and considerations in choosing your course of study over the next two years.

The Sixth Annual Texas Law Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice is taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of the program.

Patent Damages Conference to be held February 17 & 18 at the Law School.

If you want to attend, please RSVP here.

Patent Damages Conference to be held February 17 & 18 at the Law School.

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

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.” Dur

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

I.C.E. - Special Agent Erica Mathise 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.

Professor Samuel Issacharoff will kick off the event with a public lecture on Thursday afternoon/early evening on “Anxieties of Democracy,” followed by a dinner for all of the participants.

This Friday of the Confence will feature three panels on our three books. The book will be “presented,” as it were, by one of the panelists, for about 25 minutes, and then two other panelists will offer 15-minute critique/appreciations of the book, followed by a short rebuttal by the author and then, a general discussion all around.

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

Kirkland & Ellis will be having a Restructuring Presentation for TBLS.

1Ls: Come learn about judicial clerkships - what they are, why you should clerk, and what you need to be doing now to best position yourself to apply during your 2L year. If you are at all interested in a judicial clerkship, you should definitely come to this program.