Events Calendar

Rapoport Center Colloquium: Law and the Production of Inequality - Michael Albertus presents "Inequality and the Elite Origins of Democracy"

Our public debates are increasingly centered on the question of socio-economic inequality – its increase, its economic and political consequences, its importance to the present and its likely future. Inequality may well be at the root of many of the human rights violations in the world today. Our Fall 2018 speaker series will explore the role of law (including, perhaps, human rights law) in the production of inequality, and the role of law (including, of course, human rights law) in responding to inequality. The Colloquium presents an interdisciplinary group of scholars who focus their investigations on the ways in which various legal regimes create, reinforce, and/or ameliorate patterns of structural inequality, locally and globally.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/10/29/38466/

An evening with first generation lawyers from in and out of town, including dinner, presentations, and opportunity for small group conversations.

Full line-up to be confirmed, present speakers include Cary Hyden, a partner in Latham Watkins' OC office, proud UT alum and a First Gen Professional.

Event co-sponsored by Latham Watkins. Room tbc shortly.

All students, faculty, and alumni are invited. As places are limited, pease RSVP by Oct 22 by emailing Cassidy Hall (at cassidy.hall@utexas.edu). Thank you.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/10/29/42045/

First-Generation Law Students will be hosting a dinner and networking event for Texas Law students who are the first in their families to attend law school. The event, sponsored by Latham & Watkins, will feature partner Cary Hyden, a first-generation attorney and Texas Law alum, as keynote speaker. Before, during, and after the dinner, students will have the opportunity to connect with local area first-generation attorneys.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/10/29/42406/

Power Lunch Series featuring Judge Elsa Alcala, Texas Court of Appeals.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/10/30/38847/

The Institute for Transnational Law invites you to attend a distinguished lecture by two alums of the Law School’s LL.M. Program.

Roberto Aguirre Luzi (LL.M. ’03) specializes in counseling multinational corporations on complex arbitration. A partner in King & Spalding’s International Arbitration practice, Roberto is experienced in administrative and civil law, government contracts, oil and gas contracts, public utilities, and power and infrastructure projects. Roberto represents clients in complex arbitrations before the World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and UN Commission on International Trade Law, as well as in arbitration under the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and International Chamber of Commerce rules. Roberto also has extensive experience in civil and administrative law, government contracts, oil and gas contracts, public utilities, and power and infrastructure projects.

Humberto Padilla González (LL.M. ’06) is a partner in Morgan Lewis’s Houston office. He represents clients in a broad range of cross-border matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, international commercial finance transactions, and contractual and simple operational matters throughout Latin America. Further, he often assists clients with respect to internal compliance investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), as well as data privacy issues. Humberto is also part of a cross-practice Global Workforce team providing integrated cross-border advice, counseling, and strategic planning on labor, employment, benefits, and immigration issues in Latin America.

Lunch will be served.

RSVP required. RSVP link coming soon.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/10/30/39365/

The University of Texas is proud to host Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore, APD’s Chief Brian Manley, and Director of the Travis County DA's Office Civil Rights Unit Dexter Gilford for an open discussion on the unique relationship between police officers and prosecutors.

The DA’s office, the police, and civil rights advocates must strike a delicate balance between enacting justice in complicated situations, maintaining good relationships between these organizations and the public, and handling significant media attention. This is a moderated Q&A event, with the opportunity for the student body to ask these experts how they manage such complicated concerns.

Free food will be provided to attendees.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/10/31/42465/

Ian Samuel will debate a to-be-determined speaker

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/11/01/40907/

Join OUTLaw for a lunch time conversation with Judge Robert Pitman, the first openly gay judge in the 5th Circuit. Judge Pitman will discuss potential impacts of the election results on the federal judiciary, as well as provide remarks on his experience on the bench. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2018/11/07/42845/