Events Calendar

For our 2019 Symposium, Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy will host a Latino Lunch Series every Tuesday of February with speakers discussing various legal and policy issues on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Stripped Away: Stories of Immigrant Children

This panel will discuss the issues immigrant children face while in state and federal custody. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the discussion will include legal representation for immigrant children, conditions faced by children who are detained or placed in federally licensed unaccompanied refugee foster care programs, and the long term psychological impact and trauma of being separated from family for long periods of time. Speakers include Kate-Lincoln Goldfinch (private practice), Ana Maria Rea (RAICES), Sarah Valdes (RAICES), Monica Faulkner (PHD, LMSW), and Melanie-Chung Sherman (LCSW)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/12/42806/

The Rapoport Center will host a public screening of the film "War Don Don," about the Issa Sesay case before the Sierra Leone Tribunal. Director Rebecca Richman Cohen (Lecturer, Harvard Law School) will join us via video call for a talk-back following the film.

For more information on the film: http://www.wardondonfilm.com/

For more information about Rebecca: https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/11141/Cohen

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/13/44346/

Professor Logan Beirne of Yale Law School will join Professor Sievert to discuss government surveillance and its legal limits following the Supreme Court's decision in Carpenter v. U.S.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/14/43006/

In honor of Black History Month, come out and test your trivia skills at our Black History inspired quiz! The event will be held at Spiderhouse Ballroom (2908 Fruth St). Trivia begins at 6. Parking is limited. Entry is free and a limited bar tab will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/15/44565/