Events Calendar

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.

Special seminar on "Patent Pools and Clearinghouses in the Life Sciences" by Professor Geertrui van Overwalle of the University of Leuven in Belgium.

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.

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

Two partners from Baker Botts will be presenting our fourth annual M&A school

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.

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

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

Pizza and drinks will be available to students who log their pro bono hours at the table, or who have already logged their hours. Plus, current pro bono scholars will be available to answer questions about the pro bono scholarship program.

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.

Pizza and drinks will be available to students who log their pro bono hours at the table, or who have already logged their hours. Plus, current pro bono scholars will be available to answer questions about the pro bono scholarship program.

First generation students are invited to lunch and conversation with a panel of Texas Law Alumni First Generation Students. We will discuss what to expect in summer employment and address any questions 1st Gen Students bring.

Panelists will include alumni Jamil Bata, Jeff Pettit and Meaghan Nowell. Current 2Ls and 3Ls will also attend.

In conjunction with his Spring 2017 law class, Race and the Law: Exploring the Law through Critical Race Theory and Other Lenses, Dr. Gregory J. Vincent will be presenting two lectures on the topics of affirmative action and freedom of speech.

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.

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!

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.

Ms. Lisa Kubiske, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development, will be coming to Texas Law to speak about the Economic Bureau’s work fighting corruption and encouraging governments to be open and transparent. In addition, she will discuss how the State Department works with various international financial institutions to promote economic growth and development.

Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court Competition

Christopher Bodnar, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama and UT LAW graduate will join us to discuss Anti-Terrorism, White Collar Fraud, and his recently concluded pill mill case. Mr. Bodnar will also answer questions about his work for the Department of Justice and their hiring process.

Orientation for students accepted to or considering a summer judicial internship