Events Calendar

Beginning Monday, September 10, the Texas Law Alumni Association will kick off its 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 your week off right on behalf of the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large stations located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.319) beginning at 8:45am until it's gone, so get there early!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/24/40733/

Show your society pride by wearing your society shirt to campus today! 1Ls will be counted in one of your big classes. 2/3Ls should stop by the t-shirt table in the Atrium from 11am - 3pm to be counted.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/24/40729/

Drawing Board Luncheon - Tom McGarity and Wendy Wagner - "Stealth Deregulation with Science"

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/24/40626/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 1.1 to an ice cream social.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/24/41265/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 3.1 for an ice cream social and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/24/41266/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/24/39665/

Baker Botts will come to meet with IPLS students. There will be a short presentation and a happy hour to follow.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/24/41246/

Stop by the Susman-Godfrey Atrium today from 10am - 3pm to send well-wishes and encouragement to the young patients at Dell Children's Hospital.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/25/40985/

This will be a time for incoming transfer students to learn about the Mentoring Program as well as to meet with their alumni mentors.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/25/40605/

Learn how best to position yourself as a viable candidate for highly competitive postgraduate fellowships from a panel of current and former fellows. Whether you a 1L wanting to learn more about fellowships available; a 2L navigating your summer employment and researching potential host organizations; or a 3L committed to obtaining a fellowship after graduation or after your judicial clerkship, this panel is for you.

Lunch will be served after the program. RSVP by Monday, September 24, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/25/39366/

NEW LOCATION! Learn about a wide array of practice areas and how to decide the ones that are best for you. You’ll learn 10 questions that you should ask yourself before deciding on a practice area. These questions highlight the personal preferences that are crucial for career satisfaction. You’ll also receive a handout that summarizes the 50 most common practice areas that will give you the information you need to translate your personal preferences into career decisions. Whether you a 1L, 2L, or 3L, this program will be useful to you.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, September 24, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/25/39965/

Ilya shapiro of the Cato Institute, Professor Eskow, and Professor Valdeck will engage in a discussion of the Janus decision and its implications.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/25/40826/

Suicide prevention training for student leaders

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/25/40525/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 2.2 for an ice cream social and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/25/41267/

The Texas Business Law Society is hosting the Intramural Transactional LawMeet, a transactional “moot court” experience involving drafting and negotiation. A primary method by which students prepare for the competition and learn about transactional law is through the Fall Practicum. After students complete the Practicum and participate in the Intramural Transactional LawMeet, they become eligible to join a traveling competition team in the spring semester.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/25/40933/

The rounds for Baron and Budd Preliminary Advanced Mock Trial Tournament.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/25/41386/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/26/39930/

Interested in learning about opportunities for real estate and transactional work in the government? Joshua Gold and Taylor Hawes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will discuss the varied work HUD attorneys do, internship opportunities they offer, and how to apply for the HUD Honors Attorney Program. Applications for HUD’s Legal Honors Program are due by September 21, 2018.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, September 25 on Symplicity be selecting the “Events” tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/26/40565/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/26/40526/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/40325/

Society Week continues in the Atrium as we raise money for Texas Law Fellowships - and engage in some friendly society competition! Last year the Society Program raised over $4000 for TLF, enough to fund an entire fellowship. Let's continue that tradition this year!

Dollar Wars will count $1 bills as positive points, and all other higher denominations as negative points. So save your Washingtons for your favorite society, and all other denominations for your rival societies.

The society with the most positive (or least negative) points will win the day!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/41368/

Meeting of the clinical faculty

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/39765/

Come hear from all of the resources on campus available to law students, from RecSports to the Texas Lawyers Assistance Program to Services for Students with Disabilities and more. Health snacks and free chair massages!!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/39968/

1Ls: Learn about the recruitment and application process for summer opportunities at large law firms (aka BigLaw). David Montoya, Assistant Dean for Career Services, will provide an overview of BigLaw, share strategies, and offer advice for obtaining clerkship positions; and Sandra Puga, OCI Coordinator, will give a brief presentation on Symplicity.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, Sept. 26. Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/39985/

Learn about attorney positions with the U.S. Navy JAG as well as opportunities for student internships/externships and application procedures.

The U.S. Navy JAG is accepting applications for their Student Program (see job posting #26370). They will be interviewing at Texas Law Thursday, September 27. To request an on-campus interview, please apply via the job posting and then submit your request for an interview to Rachel Quiroz no later than Wednesday, September 19. Final application deadline is October 12.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, September 26, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/40391/

Bruce, now Caitlin, Jenner raised issues about sex and gender in sport that continue with current athletes like intersex Olympic Gold medalist, Caster Semenya, and transgender Texas high school wrestler, Mack Beggs.

California sports lawyer Ron Katz will discuss the role that sexual stereotyping plays in these issues. He has written extensively on sports ethics, including Changing Sex/Gender Roles and Sport, 28 STANFORD LAW & POLICY REVIEW 215 (2017) and the textbook Sport, Ethics and Leadership (Routledge, 2017).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/40865/

ELS will be hosting lunch with four panelists from across the environmental law profession to speak to interested law students about their career path and experiences.

Panelists: Samia Broadaway (Baker Botts), Troupe Brewer (Lloyd Gosselink), Chris Mullins (Save Our Springs Alliance), and Ross Crow (City of Austin).

Lunch: Pinthouse Pizza

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/41585/

Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s District Attorney, and Patricia Cummings, Supervisor of Conviction Review Unit at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, will speak about the work of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and criminal justice reform.

They are currently seeking candidates for their 2L Summer Internship Program (posting no. 26561) and for the Assistant District Attorney position in either their Trial or Law Division (posting no. 26560). Please apply via the Symplicity job bank.

Refreshments will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, September 26 on Symplicity be selecting the “Events” tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/41145/

The Texas Business Law Society invites you to join us for the 1L Welcome Happy Hour at Dogwood West 6th for Drinks, Snacks, and Fun!

This is a great chance to learn more about TBLS and meet with current members and other interested students before heading over to Bar Review nearby.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/27/41125/

GRITS is a student-run public interest law conference that focuses on the difficulties and constraints inherent to social justice work in the South, and the unique strategies that legal practitioners and other public interest workers have developed to meet those needs. The conference emphasizes innovative, progressive, and even radical approaches to building community among students, practitioners, and community activists in the South to bring about social change.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/28/41032/

GRITS is a student-run public interest law conference that focuses on the difficulties and constraints inherent to social justice work in the South, and the unique strategies that legal practitioners and other public interest workers have developed to meet those needs. The conference emphasizes innovative, progressive, and even radical approaches to building community among students, practitioners, and community activists in the South to bring about social change.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/28/41033/

MLK, Jr. Civil Rights Mock Trial Team Spar Round

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/28/41526/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/28/38565/

Society Week concludes at the Intramural Fields with our annual Society Games! Join us for Jim-Jim's Water Ice, feats of physical and mental strength, and the fight to win this year's Society Cup!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/28/41385/

GRITS is a student-run public interest law conference that focuses on the difficulties and constraints inherent to social justice work in the South, and the unique strategies that legal practitioners and other public interest workers have developed to meet those needs. The conference emphasizes innovative, progressive, and even radical approaches to building community among students, practitioners, and community activists in the South to bring about social change.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/09/29/41009/