Events Calendar

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/2019/02/11/44247/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/11/43765/

Urska Velikonja from Georgetown University will be the guest speaker at today's meeting of the Business Law Seminar, hosted by Professors James Spindler and Mira Ganor.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/11/44527/

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/2019/02/12/41509/

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/

We will present sessions on natural leadership styles, strategic leadership, and change management, among other topics. The workshop will be held on Tuesdays, Feb. 5-March 12, at lunch. Students must attend 5 of the 6 sessions to receive a certificate of completion.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/12/43745/

Open House of the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Richard & Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program

Tuesday, February 12 Noon – 1 pm Connally Center, ground floor, suite 1.312 Lunch Provided

Learn about Justice Center funding for summer fellowships, our events and programming, and other resources we provide for students interested in nonprofit, government, and legislative service. Explore how you can be involved next year, including participating as a Public Service Scholar or Pro Bono Scholar. There will also be a chance for you to get to know us and students who are involved in our projects

Noon – 12:15 pm: Remarks – a brief introduction to our staff, students, and programs

12:15 pm – 1 pm: Informal meet & greet with staff, students, and Career Services Office public interest and government counselors

Join us!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/12/42825/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/13/43489/

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/

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/2019/02/14/43987/

Staff Valentine's Day breakfast

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/14/44145/

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

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/14/39148/

Meeting of the clinical faculty.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/14/42925/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/14/43845/

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/

The Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas is sponsoring a panel discussion regarding the life of a transactional lawyer. Practicing lawyers will describe the rewards, challenges and opportunities of a career as a business lawyer - these are lawyers who never go to court but work for law firms and companies in many exciting fields such as mergers and acquisitions, real estate, intellectual property, oil and gas, technology, etc. This moderated discussion is an open forum and the participants are encouraged to ask as many questions as they would like of the panelists.

Panelists include: Christina Marshall, Haynes and Boone, LLP; Carol Mattick, Carol Bavousett Mattick, PC; Justin Long, Norton Rose Fulbright

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, February 13, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/14/43045/

By this point in law school you’ve learned the foundations of black letter law. You’ve learned the foundations of legal research. You’ve learned the foundations of legal writing.

Maybe you came to law school after years of participating in speech and debate. Maybe you were active in student government or community organizing. Or maybe you’ve never done any public speaking at all. Whether you end up spending every day in the courtroom arguing to a judge or group of jurors, or in a boardroom advocating to a group of venture capitalists, a necessary part of our profession is public speaking.

You advocate every day already. You are advocating for yourself when you write cover letters. You advocate when you interview for summer clerkships. You are using advocacy when you present at your upcoming LRW oral argument and even when you write exams or answer questions in class.

ADVOCACY MATTERS.

If you didn’t already experience success as an advocate, you wouldn’t be in law school. The art of advocacy as a lawyer is an important part of your legal education, no matter where your career in law takes you.

The upcoming Workshop will offer you a chance to add more skills to your repertoire. Professors from the Advocacy Department at the University of Texas School of Law will offer two sessions for the 1L Public Speaking Workshop on Friday, February 8th and Friday, February 15th, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. You will be taught by successful trial lawyers and talented National Mock Trial Champions; you will be taught by lawyers who are hired to teach experienced lawyers how to be even better.

You will be on your feet. You will be practicing voice and gestures. You will work on fluidity and rhythm and pace and cadence and tone. No matter what your skill level when you walked in the door, in two hours, you will be a better advocate than before. And if you show up at 12:30, we’ll even feed you lunch.

Please contact Marla Massin at mmassin@law.utexas.edu to request a registration form. In order to tailor the workshop to your current skill level and let you get the most out of the workshop, the form includes a brief self- assessment of your current public speaking experience so that we may group people with similar experience levels together. Registration forms will also be available outside of the Advocacy Program Office, CCJ 3.338.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/15/44225/

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/