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 a talk on climate change at 2:00 pm the same day. The Endowed Lecture, entitled "The Long and Short of It: The Problem of Fixing U.S. Democracy," will be in the Eidman Courtroom. The afternoon talk on climate change is separately listed in the Events Calendar. Registration procedures will be specified on the pertinent Web page.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/01/27144/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/01/22460/

Join Texas Law faculty for a timely discussion series about law and policy issues that will arise from a Trump presidency: with one focused on domestic social policy (health care, the environment, civil rights, criminal procedure, etc.); one on domestic financial and economic policy (tax; Dodd-Frank; financial regulation; consumer protection; etc.); and one on foreign relations, national security, and immigration.

Civil Rights and Domestic Policy in the New Presidential Administration – 1/25 Jennifer Laurin, Tom McGarity, and Steve Vladeck

Economic Policy in the New Presidential Administration – 2/1 Mechele Dickerson, Susie Morse, and Jay Westbrook

Immigration, Foreign Affairs, and National Security in the New Presidential Administration – 2/8 Bobby Chesney, Denise Gilman, Derek Jinks, and Steve Vladeck

The event will be recorded for students who cannot attend.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/01/27645/

Please join the 2016 GRITS Co-directors to discuss applying to the 2017 GRITS Conference Planning Board.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/01/28484/

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 deliver the University of Texas Law School Endowed Lecture at 10:00 am the same day. The Endowed Lecture is separately listed in the Events Calendar. Registration procedures for both events will be specified on the pertinent Web page.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/01/27165/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/01/27866/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/02/24124/

Lunch meeting for the clinical faculty.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/02/27824/

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.

Online registration is now open through 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2017.

Whether you’re a 1L preparing for your first summer clerkship or the fall recruiting season, a 2L working to turn your summer clerkship or fellowship into an offer, or a graduating 3L getting a head start on your legal career, the Texas Law Professional Development Institute (PDI) will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/02/24525/

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!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/02/28584/

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/2017/02/02/28244/

Thursday, February 2, 2017, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Susman Godfrey Atrium

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/02/23450/

TROLP's spring 2017 semester orientation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/04/28226/

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/2017/02/06/28260/

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.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/06/28464/

Rejecting the Grand Bargain

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/06/27644/

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 in cyberspace, among other timely topics.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/07/27347/

For the 49th Annual W. Page Keeton Law Week, the Texas Law Student Bar Association will be hosting a meet and greet in the Atrium with breakfast tacos from Taco Shack. Stop by and meet your SBA officers and representatives!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/07/28624/

The Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas is sponsoring a panel discussion regarding the life of a transactional lawyer. Practicing lawyers will describe the rewards, challenges and opportunities of a career as a business lawyer - these are lawyers who never go to court but work for law firms and companies in many exciting fields such as mergers and acquisitions, real estate, intellectual property, oil and gas, technology, etc. This moderated discussion is an open forum and the participants are encouraged to ask as many questions as they would like of the panelists.

Panelists include Christina W. Marshall, General Counsel, Chalak Mitra Group of Companies (Dallas); Carol Bavousett Mattick, Carol Bavousett Mattick PLLC - Corporate and Securities Law For Growing Companies (Austin and San Antonio); and Adriana Lopez-Ortiz, Partner, Richards Rodriguez & Skeith LLP (Austin).

Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Monday, February 6, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/07/28665/

Open House of the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Richard & Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program

Tuesday, February 7 Noon – 1 pm Connally Center, ground floor, suite 1.312 Lunch Provided

Learn about Justice Center funding for summer fellowships, our events and programming, and other resources we provide for students interested in nonprofit, government, and legislative service. Explore how you can be involved next year, including participating as a Baron & Budd Scholar, Public Service Scholar, or Pro Bono Scholar. There will also be a chance for you to get to know us and students who are involved in our projects

Noon – 12:15 pm: Remarks – a brief introduction to our staff, students, and programs

12:15 pm – 1 pm: Informal meet & greet with staff, students, and Career Services Office public interest and government counselors

Join us!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/07/26584/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/07/28509/

Students will gather at Spider House Cafe to watch and showcase their poetry and spoken word skills in honor of black history month.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/07/27905/

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/2017/02/08/28305/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/08/22461/

The ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employee Benefits Committee, will explore careers in the broad field of Employee Benefits Law. Panelists will discuss their legal careers and practices navigating the intersection between Labor Law, Employment Law, Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Counseling, Tax Law, Executive Compensation, and Administrative Law. They will explain why Employee Benefits Law has become one of the fastest growing areas of practice in the country.

Panelists include Phyllis Borzi, former Assistant Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.; Claude Cazzulino, Schwartz Steinsapir Dohrmann & Sommers, Los Angeles CA; Marcelle J. Henry, Cohen Weiss & Simon, New York, NY; M’Alyssa Mecenas, Paul Hastings, Los Angeles, CA; and Michelle L. Roberts Bartolic, Roberts Bartolic LLP, Alameda, CA.

Lunch will be served. There will also be a free drawing for ABA swag and door prizes and a network session following the presentation.

RSVP by Tuesday, February 7, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/08/26988/

Join Texas Law faculty for a timely discussion series about law and policy issues that will arise from a Trump presidency: with one focused on domestic social policy (health care, the environment, civil rights, criminal procedure, etc.); one on domestic financial and economic policy (tax; Dodd-Frank; financial regulation; consumer protection; etc.); and one on foreign relations, national security, and immigration.

Civil Rights and Domestic Policy in the New Presidential Administration – 1/25 Jennifer Laurin, Tom McGarity, and Steve Vladeck

Economic Policy in the New Presidential Administration – 2/1 Mechele Dickerson, Susie Morse, and Jay Westbrook

Immigration, Foreign Affairs, and National Security in the New Presidential Administration – 2/8 Bobby Chesney, Denise Gilman, Derek Jinks, and Steve Vladeck

The event will be recorded for students who cannot attend.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/08/27646/

For the 49th Annual W. Page Keeton Law Week, the Texas Law Student Bar Association is bringing back Volleybar Review at Aussie's Grill and Beach Bar! The 4v4 sand volleyball tournament will begin at 7:00pm and all registration fees will go to Texas Law Fellowships. Teams are co-ed (at least one female), 4-6 players per team, and $10 per player. To register, please email eleviale@gmail.com with your team name and players' names and shirt sizes. Spots are limited!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/08/28625/

Join Dean Farnsworth for ice cream in Tom Clark Lounge!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/09/28409/

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.

Online registration is now open through 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2017.

Whether you’re a 1L preparing for your first summer clerkship or the fall recruiting season, a 2L working to turn your summer clerkship or fellowship into an offer, or a graduating 3L getting a head start on your legal career, the Texas Law Professional Development Institute (PDI) will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/09/24526/

TILJ will be hosting a symposium panel discussing the effects of Brexit on international human rights

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/09/27425/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/09/28546/

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/2017/02/09/28245/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/10/23184/

Authorized in 1995 by the Texas Legislature, charter schools are part of an educational reform movement that seeks to promote innovative, high-quality learning. Yet, government funding and other support for charter schools remains a controversial and contentious issue. Opponents express concerns about accountability and reallocating resources from traditional public schools. What does research say about the effectiveness of charter schools? What are the pros and cons of charter schools?

Join us on February 10 for the third installment of the Opportunity Forum’s 2016-17 Lunch Series, Hot Topics in Access to Opportunity, to hear about the latest research on charter schools followed by a critical dialogue about these questions and more.

Presented by:

UT Opportunity Forum The Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/10/28104/

Join attorneys from AAJ's Minority Caucus for lunch and discussion.

The American Association for Justice, formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA®), provides trial attorneys with information, professional support and a nationwide network that enables them to most effectively and expertly represent clients.

The mission of the American Association for Justice is to promote a fair and effective justice system—and to support the work of attorneys in their efforts to ensure that any person who is injured by the misconduct or negligence of others can obtain justice in America’s courtrooms, even when taking on the most powerful interests.

This is event is open to all Texas law students.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/10/28664/

"The Making and Significant of Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment"

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/10/28024/

Reception in honor of Carol & Jordan Steiker

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/10/28025/

Where: JW Marriott, 110 E 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701 When: Friday, February 10th, 2017 from 10:00pm - 2:00am Ticket Prices: $45 pre-sale, $55 at the door Attire: Formal

The spring semester is almost back in full swing, and what better way to kick it off than 007 style? Tickets for Casino Night (Law Prom) go on sale at the beginning of Law Week on Monday, February 6th, in the Atrium. Each ticket includes a Law Week t-shirt, 4 drink tickets, a shuttle ride to and from the law school and the JW Marriott, unlimited photo booth pictures all night, access to the late night breakfast buffet, and 20,000 poker chips (casino points) to start.

Shuttles will run from 9:30 pm-2 am. Casino tables available: Roulette, Blackjack, Craps, Texas Hold'em. Poker chips can be exchanged for raffle tickets for various prizes (1 raffle ticket = 5,000 casino points). Raffle winners will be announced at 1:30am!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/10/28605/

Students will help young adults with disabilities and their parents (or other caregivers/supporters) draft and execute Supported Decision Making (SDM) agreements. The young adults and/or their parents have been counseled about guardianship and alternatives to guardianship such as SDM agreements at previous INCLUDE pro bono clinics. SDM agreements and other alternatives to guardianship (medical and statutory powers of attorney, etc.) allow individuals with disabilities to maintain maximum control over their lives, and avoid unnecessary and costly probate proceedings.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/12/28644/

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/2017/02/13/28261/

Please join the Rapoport Center for a Human Rights Speaker Series event featuring Mark Ungar, Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College and Graduate Center; Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice, Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/13/28365/

“The Next Legal Profession: Lawyers Creating Sustainable Local Economies”

Join us for a panel discussion on the role transactional law can play in creating a sustainable economy, led by visionary attorney Janelle Orsi, Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Sustainable Economies Law Center visiting as the G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence, who will speak and join a panel discussion with local lawyers whose transactional practices promote social justice.

Lunch provided

Event synopsis: At the rate that humans are currently disrupting ecosystems and widening the wealth gap, the world needs nothing short of one million lawyers to shift the focus of their work to supporting the development of land trusts, cooperatives, and a variety of projects and enterprises that build just, equitable, and sustainable economies. As every community reinvents its systems for accessing food, energy, goods, water, housing, and transportation, lawyers -- and particularly transactional lawyers -- will play a key role in developing the legal blueprint for the next economy.

About Janelle Orsi: Janelle Orsi is the Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Sustainable Economies Law Center in Oakland, CA, which facilitates the growth of more sustainable and localized economies through education, research, and advocacy. Orsi also has her own law and mediation practice focused on helping individuals and organizations share resources and create more sustainable communities. She works with social enterprises, non-profits, cooperatives, community gardens, cohousing communities, ecovillages, and others doing innovative work to change the world. Her primary areas of legal specialty are real estate, small business, nonprofit, and estate planning law. She is also the author of Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy. For more information, see http://www.theselc.org/staff

Orsi's visit as a G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar is supported by a generous gift from the G. Rollie White Trust. The program brings outstanding legal scholars, practitioners and advocates from the field of public service to Texas Law to foster discussion of issues related to public interest law, to raise the profile of lawyers working in this area, and to encourage students to view public service as an honored and expected part of every legal career. Orsi is Texas Law’s sixth G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/13/27744/

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.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/13/28106/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/13/27664/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/14/27864/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/14/25204/

“Making the Sharing Economy Work for Everyone”

An address by visionary attorney Janelle Orsi, Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Sustainable Economies Law Center, visiting the Law School as the G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence

Lunch provided

Event synopsis: From tool lending libraries, to municipal bike shares, to multi-billion dollar online platforms like Uber and Airbnb, the "sharing economy" is spreading rapidly. While there are clear environmental and social benefits, the sharing economy has not yet proven itself to be a complete remedy for social inequities and environmental ills, particularly when profit-driven companies act as intermediaries of peer-to-peer sharing. What can we do to ensure that the sharing economy will reduce consumption, while building economic prosperity for all? What safeguards exist to protect workers, users, communities, and environments? How should governments regulate activities in the sharing economy? What governance and ownership structures will produce the best social outcomes? Janelle Orsi will discuss the rapidly changing state of the sharing economy as well as ways in which the sharing economy could be, and in some cases is already, a truly transformative force for social and environmental justice.

About Janelle Orsi: Janelle Orsi is the Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Sustainable Economies Law Center in Oakland, CA, which facilitates the growth of more sustainable and localized economies through education, research, and advocacy. Orsi also has her own law and mediation practice focused on helping individuals and organizations share resources and create more sustainable communities. She works with social enterprises, non-profits, cooperatives, community gardens, cohousing communities, ecovillages, and others doing innovative work to change the world. Her primary areas of legal specialty are real estate, small business, nonprofit, and estate planning law. She is also the author of Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy. For more information, see http://www.theselc.org/staff

Orsi's visit as a G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar is supported by a generous gift from the G. Rollie White Trust. The program brings outstanding legal scholars, practitioners and advocates from the field of public service to Texas Law to foster discussion of issues related to public interest law, to raise the profile of lawyers working in this area, and to encourage students to view public service as an honored and expected part of every legal career. Orsi is Texas Law’s sixth G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/14/25144/

For students interested in the intersection between litigation and family law, the Board of Advocates invites you to it's second annual career panel.

Lunch to be served

Panelists will be announced at a later date.

Contact boa.utlaw@gmail.com for more information.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/14/27285/

We will discuss how to successfully navigate the small and midsize firm market. You’ll also learn about how to effectively guide your search, network, and why working in a small firm might be right for you.

RSVP by Monday, February 13, on Symplicity by selecting the “Events” tab. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/14/27944/

The Texas Law chapter of If/When/How is hosting a volunteer training for Jane's Due Process (JDP). JDP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides free legal services to pregnant teens in Texas. Volunteers assist with running JDP's 24-hour hotline and doing intakes for teens.

Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/14/28864/

Former Texas NAACP President and civil rights attorney Gary Bledsoe will speak to the student body about the state of the law affecting African Americans in honor of black history month as well as the ways in which students and lawyers can get involved to change the future.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/14/27904/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/15/28504/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/15/22462/

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.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/15/28144/

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

6:00 -7:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/15/27445/

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.

Online registration is now open through 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2017.

Whether you’re a 1L preparing for your first summer clerkship or the fall recruiting season, a 2L working to turn your summer clerkship or fellowship into an offer, or a graduating 3L getting a head start on your legal career, the Texas Law Professional Development Institute (PDI) will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/16/24527/

TILJ will host a panel of three professors discussing the effects of Brexit on the international legal and political climate.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/16/27424/

Latham & Watkins LLP

650 Town Center Drive

20th Floor

Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1925

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/16/27464/

Join ACS in making phone calls and writing letters to your elected officials! We’ll bring snacks and contact information. You bring your friends, your phones, and your political concerns.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/16/28824/

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/2017/02/16/28246/

IP attorneys from Fish & Richardson will offer tips for how to succeed as a summer associate followed by a casual get-together at Crown & Anchor Pub. Sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Society. RSVP by Tuesday, February 14, to Amanda Sisk at sisk@fr.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/16/28784/

Arent Fox LLP

Gas Company Tower

555 West Fifth Street, 48th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90013

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/16/27465/

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

If you want to attend, please RSVP here.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/17/22785/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/18/22768/

On Monday, February 20, Morgan Lewis will be hosting a breakfast for TBLS members (tacos!) to discuss how best to succeed at your summer clerkships and generally make the most of your 1L summer. As interviews wind up, it's now time to internalize how best to succeed at your summer position. This event will be a great way to learn how get ahead and stand out from the crowd.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/20/28944/

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/2017/02/20/28262/

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

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.” During the second hour she will meet with students more informally over lunch to discuss her life and career.

One-on-One Meetings Available from 9:30-11 a.m. on Tuesday, February 21 Please stop by the CSO in TNH 3.130 or contact cso@law.utexas.edu to sign up for a 15-minute with Ms. Toti.

Lunch served at 12:45 p.m. RSVP by Monday, February 20, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab

The “Lives in the Law” speaker series focuses on the work and lives of lawyers who strive to improve the lives of others through litigation, advocacy and public service.

Hosted by Career Services, If/When/How, and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

More about Stephanie Toti: Toti’s practice at the Center for Reproductive Rights focuses on protecting reproductive rights and promoting reproductive justice through constitutional litigation. An experienced advocate, she has argued cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States, including Alaska, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Stephanie served as lead counsel in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, which challenged key provisions of a Texas TRAP law that would have forced more than three-quarters of the state's abortion facilities to close. She successfully argued the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which struck down key provisions of the law in its 5-3 ruling on June 27, 2016. She is currently partnering with the City of Baltimore, Maryland, to defend a first-in-the-nation ordinance regulating the deceptive practices of crisis pregnancy centers.

For a full bio, see https://www.reproductiverights.org/profile/stephanie-toti

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/21/26724/

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

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

Food will be provided

If you want to attend, please RSVP here.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/21/28926/

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

The Board of Advocates invites all 2Ls and 3Ls to participate in it's annual Voir Dire Competition.

Schedule is as follows:

First Round: 2/21/17 Semi-Finals: 2/23/17 Final Round: 2/24/17

More information to follow.

www.texaslawboa.com

boa.utlaw@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/21/27286/

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/2017/02/22/28325/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/22/22463/

The Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association (MAMAs) has partnered with Texas Parents Attending Law School (TX PALS), the Women's Law Caucus (WLC), and the Career Services Office to host a panel of esteemed attorneys who will discuss juggling a legal career while raising a family. The panel will consist of local women attorneys in an array of different types of practices (law firms of varying sizes, government, in-house, etc.) who will discuss the ins-and-outs of parenting while maintaining a legal career. ALL law students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The panel will take place in TNH 2.138 from 12-1pm. There will be a chance for Q&A! Lunch will also be provided, so please RSVP by February 21st.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/22/28984/

Executive Board meeting for ACS discussing internal organization action items.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/22/28865/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/26385/

Learn about judicial internships during the fall or spring semester. Even if you attended the previous panel on summer judicial internships, we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to visit directly with judges and judicial staff over lunch about why judicial internships are valuable and the opportunities available both for the coming summer and school year.

Please join the following judges and staff attorneys for lunch to learn more about judicial internships at their courts: Kathryn Baffes and Katie Carmona, ‘93, Law Clerks, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; the Honorable Tony M. Davis, Sarah McHaney, ‘87, and Sarah Darnell Wood, Law Clerks, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas; Sylvia Herrera, Staff Attorney, and Barbara DePena, 2L, Judicial Intern, Supreme Court of Texas; the Honorable Guy Herman, Tom Ruffner, Court Investigator, and Adia Mercado-Montero, 3L, Judicial Intern/Law Clerk, Travis County Probate Court; The Honorable Cindy Olson Bourland, ’94, Jenny Brannen, ‘98, Staff Attorney, and Madeleine Schlesinger, ‘16, Law Clerk, Texas Third Court of Appeals; and the Honorable Craig Bennett, State Office of Administrative Hearings.

RSVP by Wednesday, February 22, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/27704/

The Federalist Society presents a debate about the scope of executive power in immigration. Lunch will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/28924/

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/2017/02/23/28247/

Whatever one’s political views, it is hard to believe that the past election campaign and its result—most dramatically, the election of a person who received almost three million fewer votes than his rival, but nonetheless prevailed in the electoral college—put to rest widely shared concerns about the health of American democracy. And, with Brexit in the United Kingdom and the more general travails of the European Union, not to mention other parts of the world, there is probably more general anxiety about the prospects for liberal democracy than at any time at least since World War II (and the run-up to World War II in the 1930s).

The University of Texas Law School is sponsoring a symposium, “In the Winter of Our Discontent: The State of Democracy in the Age of Trump,” on Thursday, February 23, and Friday, February 24, which will address some of these widespread anxieties. In particular, it will focus on four recent books reflecting on the challenges facing democratic political systems at home and abroad:

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

Edward Foley (Ohio State School of Law), BALLOT BATTLES: THE HISTORY OF DISPUTED ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Samuel Issacharoff (New York University School of Law), FRAGILE DEMOCRACIES: CONTESTED DEMOCRACY IN THE ERA OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS

Nancy Rosenblum (Professor Emerita, Harvard Department of Government), GOOD NEIGHBORS: THE DEMOCRACY OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN AMERICA (Princeton)

The symposium will begin on Thursday at 5:30, when Sam Issacharoff, a cherished former member of the UT faculty and now a professor at the New York University School of Law, will deliver a public lecture on “Anxieties of Democracy.” That lecture, like all of the events will take place in the Eidman Courtroom.

Please RSVP here.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/27244/

The Houston Club

Bush Ballroom

910 Louisiana Street

One Shell Plaza, 49th Floor

Houston, TX 77002

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/27466/

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

The Board of Advocates invites all 2Ls and 3Ls to participate in it's annual Voir Dire Competition.

Schedule is as follows:

First Round: 2/21/17 Semi-Finals: 2/23/17 Final Round: 2/24/17

More information to follow.

www.texaslawboa.com

boa.utlaw@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/23/27304/

The University of Texas Law School is sponsoring a symposium, “In the Winter of Our Discontent: The State of Democracy in the Age of Trump,” on Thursday, February 23, and Friday, February 24, which will address some of these widespread anxieties. In particular, it will focus on four recent books reflecting on the challenges facing democratic political systems at home and abroad:

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

Edward Foley (Ohio State School of Law), BALLOT BATTLES: THE HISTORY OF DISPUTED ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Samuel Issacharoff (New York University School of Law), FRAGILE DEMOCRACIES: CONTESTED DEMOCRACY IN THE ERA OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS

Nancy Rosenblum (Professor Emerita, Harvard Department of Government), GOOD NEIGHBORS: THE DEMOCRACY OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN AMERICA (Princeton)

In part because of the press of current events, which has resulted in the expansion of the conference originally envisioned last summer, Friday will be a packed day, beginning with a welcome and general overview of the symposium at 8:45 by Dean Ward Farnsworth and Professor Levinson, respectively. The first panel, on Issacharoff’s Fragile Democracies, will follow immediately from 9-10:45. The panel, moderated by Prof. Gary Jacobsohn (UT Department of Government and Law School), will include Zack Elkins (UT Department of Government), Jack Balkin (Yale Law School), Victor Ferreres (UT Law School), and Willy Forbath (UT Law School), with a reply by Issacharoff. Following a short break, a second panel, from 11-12:15 will address the issues raised by Rosenblum’s Good Neighbors. The discussants will be Dana Stauffer of the U.T. Government Department, and Levinson.

A lunch for everyone in attendance will commence at 12:30 in the Francis Auditorium, with a talk at 12:45 by Alex Keyssar, a professor at Harvard’s J.F.K. School, on his forthcoming book on why the electoral college persists in spite of all of the criticism directed at it. That will be followed, around 1:30, by a discussion/debate between Princeton Professor of Politics Keith Whittington, on the one hand and U.T. Professors Levinson, Jeffrey Tulis, and Jeremi Suri, who co-authored an op-ed in the New York Daily News pleading with Republican electors to exercise their “Hamiltonian prerogative” (as enunciated in Federalist 68) to vote for someone other than the egregious Donald Trump for the presidency.

A third panel, from 2:30-4:00, will consider Bruce Cain’s Democracy More or Less. The principal discussant will be Harvard Prof. Jennifer Hochschild, the immediate past president of the American Political Science Association, who will be joined by Nancy Rosenblum, prior to a response by Cain. The final event of this long day, from 4:15-5:45, will examine Ned Foley’s definitive examination of post-election disputes in American history. The primary discussant will be Keith Whittington, with the further participation of Zack Elkins, Issacharoff, and Mimi Marziani, now the Executive Director, Texas Civil Rights Project, and, of course, Foley himself.

The questions presented by these books and their authors obviously are all too timely. Given the topics and our current “discontents”, it is easy to promise these issues will be address with proper seriousness and scholarly knowledge.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/24/27264/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/24/28704/

Accelerate Roundtable

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/24/29064/

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

The Board of Advocates invites all 2Ls and 3Ls to participate in it's annual Voir Dire Competition.

Schedule is as follows:

First Round: 2/21/17 Semi-Finals: 2/23/17 Final Round: 2/24/17

More information to follow.

www.texaslawboa.com

boa.utlaw@gmail.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/24/27287/

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/2017/02/27/28263/

Interested in taking on a leadership role with the American Constitution Society? Please join our exec board as we discuss the different roles within ACS, the application process to join the E-Board and any other questions you may have.

Following the information session, we invite attendees to stay, mingle and discuss areas of activism, programming they would like to see ACS support in the future.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/27/28724/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/27/27670/

Monthly meeting of the clinical faculty.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/28/27825/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/28/29165/

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. Panelists include the Honorable Gregg Costa, ‘99, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; the Honorable Debra Lehrmann, ‘82, Supreme Court of Texas; the Honorable Sam Lindsay, ‘77, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; and the Honorable Andrew Austin, ‘85, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Moderated by Professor Alex Albright, Judicial Clerkship Advisor.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, February 21, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/28/26304/

general body meeting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/28/28524/

Student Steering Committee Meeting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/28/29084/

Please join us for a screening of "13th" and a post-film discussion with Texas Law faculty Jennifer Laurin and Jordan Steiker. Co-sponsored by the Human Rights Law Society and the National Lawyers Guild. Dinner will be provided. More on the film can be found here: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/28/28686/