Events Calendar

Meeting of capital litigation experts and attorneys

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/20/43687/

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 nail every interview. Lunch will be served.

RSVP online by Monday, January 21. Please note that you must first complete Steps 1 and 3 of your Interview Preparation Checklist (PDF or Word) so you can upload with your RSVP. Please visit the Preparing for Legal Interviews webpage for instructions on completing the Checklist.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/22/41525/

Each spring the CSO hosts the Mock Interview Program for 1Ls (as well as 2Ls & 3Ls if space permits) to practice interviewing with actual attorneys. Mock interviews provide students with valuable interviewing experience and offer attorneys an opportunity to meet our exceptional students and introduce these students to the legal interviewing process.

Mock interviews will be 20-minutes in length followed by a 10-minute review. Dress professionally as you would for a real interview on the day of your mock interview.

To prepare for your upcoming interviews, please watch the Preparing for Legal Interviews in Five Steps video (9:01 minutes) or review the Five Steps brochure (PDF) and be sure you have completed your Interview Preparation Worksheet (Word).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/23/44105/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/23/43487/

Each spring the CSO hosts the Mock Interview Program for 1Ls (as well as 2Ls & 3Ls if space permits) to practice interviewing with actual attorneys. Mock interviews provide students with valuable interviewing experience and offer attorneys an opportunity to meet our exceptional students and introduce these students to the legal interviewing process.

Mock interviews will be 20-minutes in length followed by a 10-minute review. Dress professionally as you would for a real interview on the day of your mock interview.

To prepare for your upcoming interviews, please watch the Preparing for Legal Interviews in Five Steps video (9:01 minutes) or review the Five Steps brochure (PDF) and be sure you have completed your Interview Preparation Worksheet (Word).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/24/44106/

Learn about pro bono at large law firms and Akin Gump’s 2019 Pro Bono Scholars Program. The Akin Gump Summer Pro Bono Scholars Program provides top first-year law students interested in law firm practice the opportunity to develop an early expertise in public interest law. The skills acquired during this program build a foundation for pro bono work and billable practice that will serve participants throughout their careers. The program spans two summers, with the Pro Bono Scholars working both at the firm and at a public interest organization during the first summer as rising 2Ls. The next summer as a rising 3L, the Pro Bono Scholars join the firm as participants in the firm’s general summer associate program. In 2019, the Pro Bono Scholars Program will be offered in their Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices.

Panelists include Texas Law alums Daniel Graver, Roxanne Tizravesh, and Lauren York.

One-on-one meetings will be held after the program. You may sign up via Events on Symplicity.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, January 23 on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/24/43466/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/24/43693/

Dean Bangs and Brandi Welch will discuss how to approach your second semester. Whether you were satisfied with your performance on exams or not, there are a few strategies all law students may attempt to better performance in the Spring. We'll also discuss how to approach professors with questions about exam answers. Pizza lunch will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/24/43771/

Advocacy Program trials.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/25/39425/

Trial Academy is being coordinated with Dirk Jordan. More details to follow. Media Services needs to be determined. Food Service needs TBD.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/25/40927/

Each spring the CSO hosts the Mock Interview Program for 1Ls (as well as 2Ls & 3Ls if space permits) to practice interviewing with actual attorneys. Mock interviews provide students with valuable interviewing experience and offer attorneys an opportunity to meet our exceptional students and introduce these students to the legal interviewing process.

Mock interviews will be 20-minutes in length followed by a 10-minute review. Dress professionally as you would for a real interview on the day of your mock interview.

To prepare for your upcoming interviews, please watch the Preparing for Legal Interviews in Five Steps video (9:01 minutes) or review the Five Steps brochure (PDF) and be sure you have completed your Interview Preparation Worksheet (Word).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/25/44107/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/25/39146/

Advocacy Program trials.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/26/39445/

Trial Academy is being coordinated with Dirk Jordan. More details to follow. Media Services needs to be determined. Food Service needs TBD.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/26/40928/

TLR Editorial Board Selection

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/27/43948/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, which take place January 28-30, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships and postgraduate positions.

If you need to cancel an interview, please submit your cancellation online.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/28/44085/

The Texas Law Alumni Association's Townes Hall Morning Coffee will kick off on Monday, January 28th, through the spring semester. Open to all students every Monday morning! Please bring your favorite travel mug (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/2019/01/28/44245/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, which take place January 28-30, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships and postgraduate positions.

If you need to cancel an interview, please submit your cancellation online.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/29/44086/

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 be announced in October 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/2019/01/29/41507/

Please join the clerkship program and a panel of federal judges to discuss the upcoming hiring cycle, what judges look for in applications, and what kinds of clerkships students should be considering.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, January 28, on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

For more information: Contact the Judicial Clerkship Program Coordinator at clerk-admin@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/29/42648/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, which take place January 28-30, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships and postgraduate positions.

If you need to cancel an interview, please submit your cancellation online.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/30/44087/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/30/43488/

Hosted annually by the Texas Law Career Services Office, Public Service Career Fair (PSCF) is the largest public service job fair for law students in Texas. During both days of PSCF, which will be held January 31-February 1, 2019, public interest and government employers will conduct on-campus interviews for paid and unpaid summer and permanent positions in the Career Services Interview Suite and around the rest of the law school. On Thursday, January 31, certain employers will also host informational tables in the Law School's Susman Godfrey Atrium from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/31/43405/

Women's Bible study at the law school. This semester we will be studying "Finding I Am." This event occurs every other Thursday from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Coffee and breakfast will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/31/43986/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/31/43325/

William R. Peterson, a partner at the Houston office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius will speak about the practice of appellate litigation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/31/43586/

Looking for someone to talk to about summer funding, clinics, internships, or classes for next semester? Questions about public interest, public service or pro bono at Texas Law? The faculty and staff at the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Mithoff Pro Bono Program are here to help! Please stop by for Spring 2019 Drop-In Hours Thursdays, 3:30 – 4:30 pm Or by appointment at justicecenter@law.utexas.edu WWJC Connally Center (CCJ) 1.324 Come meet us. Grab a snack. Talk with a faculty member. Take a tour of the Justice Center and Pro Bono Program suite.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/31/44207/

Register online. Come meet Public Interest and Government practitioners at an informal happy hour event where you will be able to ask them about their career path, advice they have about applying to public service jobs, and general questions about their practice. Part of the Texas Law Professional Development Institute.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/31/43985/

Hosted annually by the Texas Law Career Services Office, Public Service Career Fair (PSCF) is the largest public service job fair for law students in Texas. During both days of PSCF, which will be held January 31-February 1, 2019, public interest and government employers will conduct on-campus interviews for paid and unpaid summer and permanent positions in the Career Services Interview Suite and in various rooms around the law school.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/01/43406/

On Friday, February 1, Heather Jarvis will be speaking about "Public Service Loan Forgiveness in Five Easy Steps" during lunch from noon-1:15 p.m. as part of the Public Service Career Fair. Many government and nonprofit professionals stand to gain tens of thousands of dollars of student debt relief from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program established by the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. But the program requirements can be confusing. Heather knows how to break it down step-by-step so it makes sense once and for all. She'll also be discussing the Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Thursday, January 1 on Eventbrite.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/01/43327/