Events Calendar

Lunch for exchange students during Spring 2018 Semester Orientation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/09/35547/

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

Much of mediation relies upon information processing and the process of making decisions. Many of the difficulties in the early stages of mediation involve obstacles in communication and understanding. Likewise, many elements impact the decision-making process, which relies on such information. This interactive, advanced training provides and in-depth examination of such obstacles, and skill and strategies for recognizing, addressing and overcoming them. The training will also address effective approaches to dealing with difficult personalities in mediation. The 40-Hour Basic Mediation training and experience mediating are pre-requisites for this course. Due to the extremely interactive nature of the course, space is limited.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/10/33465/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members. Faculty Lunch will start at 11:20 a.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/10/35544/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/10/31604/

Much of mediation relies upon information processing and the process of making decisions. Many of the difficulties in the early stages of mediation involve obstacles in communication and understanding. Likewise, many elements impact the decision-making process, which relies on such information. This interactive, advanced training provides and in-depth examination of such obstacles, and skill and strategies for recognizing, addressing and overcoming them. The training will also address effective approaches to dealing with difficult personalities in mediation. The 40-Hour Basic Mediation training and experience mediating are pre-requisites for this course. Due to the extremely interactive nature of the course, space is limited.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/11/33466/

New York Alumni Happy Hour Thursday, January 11, 2018

Morgan's Barbecue, 267 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/11/34885/

Accelerate: First-Year Associates goes beyond the traditional orientation training offered at law firms to dig deeper into the questions surrounding retention of women associates and the pipeline to partnership.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/12/33204/

Much of mediation relies upon information processing and the process of making decisions. Many of the difficulties in the early stages of mediation involve obstacles in communication and understanding. Likewise, many elements impact the decision-making process, which relies on such information. This interactive, advanced training provides and in-depth examination of such obstacles, and skill and strategies for recognizing, addressing and overcoming them. The training will also address effective approaches to dealing with difficult personalities in mediation. The 40-Hour Basic Mediation training and experience mediating are pre-requisites for this course. Due to the extremely interactive nature of the course, space is limited.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/12/33467/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members. Faculty Lunch will start at 11:20 a.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/17/35564/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/17/35582/

Mentoring Kickoff Reception

The Austin Club 110 E 9th Street Austin, TX 78701

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/17/30926/

Austin Alumni Reception The Austin Club 110 E 9th St, Austin, TX 78701 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/17/31064/

In-House Coaching Group

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/18/35645/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/18/31504/

The 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.

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), which is presented each Spring, will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Online registration will open at noon on January 4, and close at 5 p.m. on January 12, 2018 and will be awarded on a first-come basis. Please note that 2Ls and 3Ls who attended last year may sign up for this year’s Institute.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/18/34907/

Cameron Byrd ('15) and Kelsi Stayart White ('15), Lawyers at AZA in Houston, are joining Professor Jay Westbrook and Professor Tracy McCormack for a discussion about the insights they've learned from their recent federal jury trial win, including: Why you should take classes like Secured Credit; How to turn complex legal ideas in to plain English; How 2 second-year UT Law grads won a federal jury verdict; And, how they got the opportunity in the first place.

Lunch will be provided courtesy of AZA.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/18/35044/

Mandatory spring semester calendaring session for the law school student organizations

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/18/35244/

The Texas Law Alumni Association is excited to announce the return of Popcorn Break in Spring 2018! Starting January 18, 2018, 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/2018/01/18/35527/

Join us for this interactive program designed to prepare you to ace every interview. You will identify your unique professional strengths and practice putting those strengths in the most favorable light to ensure your best chance at getting a job offer. You will leave the program with confidence in your ability to both prepare for and rock every interview whether it’s in the private or public sector.

Led by Sarah D. Carlson, a Wall Street attorney and international volunteer turned career coach and professor. Specializing in the Art of Professional Narrative and Self-Advocacy, Sarah mentors and coaches hundreds of law students and lawyers throughout the country on all aspects of their careers.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Thursday, January 18, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/19/35064/

TROLP welcomes its new members from the Winter Write-On with an Orientation and Bluebook Training session. Afterwards, TROLP is hosting its annual Finance 101 class, where we bring in a financial planner to teach our members about money management after law school.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/01/20/35845/