Events Calendar

In today's society communication is easier and faster than ever thanks to social media. JT Morris of JT Morris Law and Professor Ryan Garcia, co-author of Social Media Law in a Nutshell, will lead a discussion on the interplay between the government, the First Amendment and social media.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/03/38064/

The Texas Federalist Society presents a panel on modern international cyberwarfare issues featuring Dean Chesney, Professor Vladeck, and Professor Tait.

Amy's Ice Cream will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/03/38104/

Chaumtoli Huq founded Law@theMargins in 2013 and serves as its Editor-In-Chief.  Huq is a social justice innovator with extensive experience in movement lawyering, litigation, public policy, management and creation of programs from emerging trends in law, teaching, assisting non-profits and individuals with strategic direction and governance issues mainly in areas of labor, human rights both in the United States and South Asia. Huq is a contributor to the anthology Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality (Ed. Sarah Husain; Seal Press 2006), co-author of “Laying the Groundwork for Post 9-11 Alliances: Reflections Ten Years Later on Desis and Organizing” (Asian American Literary Review, Volume 2, Issue 1.5, Fall 2011) and has authored Op-Eds in Al Jazeera, Huffington Post and Daily Star, the largest English daily in Bangladesh.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/03/37846/

The UT Law Capital Punishment Center will host its annual symposium on April 6 & 7, 2018.

This year’s conference, "Mitigation Advocacy," will discuss the growth of mitigation practice over the past 30-40 years along several dimensions: changes in best practices; empirical assessments of what "works" in mitigation development and presentation; the extension of mitigation practices to non-capital contexts; the importance of cultural competence in mitigation investigation; and the significance of mitigation to the practice of American capital punishment. The goal of the conference is to understand the evolving role of mitigation development and presentation in criminal litigation. We also hope to build momentum for the establishment of a mitigation program within UT's Capital Punishment Center. The proposed program would bring together experts from a variety of disciplines at UT and beyond (law, social work, nursing, psychology, medicine, communications, journalism, etc.) to train students for careers as mitigation professionals and to research best mitigation practices (both within and outside of the capital context).

Please join the Capital Punishment Center faculty and a stellar group of nationally-renowned and local panelists for a retrospective examination of mitigation investigation in the modern era as well as group discussion of our vision for mitigation training and development moving forward.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/06/31824/

2018 Capital Punishment Center Conference: "Mitigation Advocacy"

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/07/31844/

TLR Banquet

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/07/35891/

For over 25 years, Texas Law Fellowships’ annual Excellence in Public Interest Awards has honored the steadfast commitment of Texas Law students, faculty, staff, and community members within the public interest law field. Please join us on April 8th to recognize the outstanding contributions of our honorees!

Texas Law Fellowships' annual Excellence in Public Interest Awards (EPIA) reception honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the public interest law field. TLF recognizes individuals from four groups: (1) Students; (2) Professors/Faculty; (3) Public Interest Attorneys; (4) Private Attorneys. The event is open to all law students, faculty, staff, and guests of the honorees.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/08/36524/

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Through this interactive session, participants will examine the relationship of identity, gender, culture and ethnicity to conflict dynamics. Professionals will explore the role that bias and "us vs. them" thinking has in the way that conflict is constructed, the manner by which parties experience the conflict, and the lens that the conflict resolution professional places on the process. Participants will dive into the concept of shared identities and gain skills needed to transform divisive issues into opportunities for understanding and constructive resolution.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/13/36386/

The Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court Competition is a 64-person, single elimination tournament for fist-year law students at the University of Texas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/13/33369/

The Center for Women in Law Biennial Award Luncheon Four Seasons Austin

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/13/36624/

7:00 p.m. — Reunion Kickoff Party, The Four Seasons Lawn Reunion kickoff with dinner and dancing, featuring live music from Radney Foster - No suits, no speeches—casual attire, good food, and pure fun!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/13/36945/

The Thad T. Hutcheson First-Year Moot Court Competition is a 64-person, single elimination tournament for first-year law students at the University of Texas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/14/33370/

Reunion 2018 is April 13-14, 2018 and honors classes whose years end in "3" and "8" from 1958–2013. All Texas Law alumni are encouraged to attend the festivities.

Saturday Agenda:

9:00 a.m. – On-site registration and continental breakfast, Susman Godfrey Atrium

9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. — CLE Presentation "Why Atticus Finch Still Stands Tall as Our Profession’s Greatest Role Model – Event After Go Set a Watchman” with Talmage Boston '78, 1 hour ethics credit,Townes Hall 2.138

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. — "Back to School" Mock Class with Professor Johanson, Townes Hall 2.137

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. — Dean Farnsworth's State of the Law School Address, Charles I. Francis Auditorium

12:15 p.m. — Lunch on the Lawn featuring Pappasito’s Cantina

6:00 p.m.* / 7:00 p.m. — Honored Class Parties Classes ending in “8” or “3” from 1958-2013

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/14/30184/

CHLSA will hold its 35th annual banquet on April 14, 2018 from 6-9 PM at the University Touchdown Club.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/04/14/37944/