Events Calendar

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Please join us for the Texas International Law Journal's annual Symposium (more details to be updated).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/03/31/44261/

TLF's Excellence in Public Interest Awards annually recognizes members of the community for their dedication, commitment, and outstanding contributions to the field of public interest law. Please join Texas Law Fellowships for the EPIA reception on Sunday, March 31, 2019 to celebrate the public interest community and to recognize the outstanding contributions of our honorees! Texas Law Fellowships (TLF) will be honoring individuals in five categories at the event: (1) Students; (2) Professors/Faculty; (3) Texas Law Staff; (4) Public Interest Attorneys; (5) Private Attorneys.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/03/31/44505/

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/2019/04/01/44254/

Dean Bangs, Brandi Welch and Rick Garza will be available to answer questions about course planning for Fall 2019. You can also make an advising appointment at https://calendly.com/texas-law-sao/.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/01/45265/

The Meaning of Life: The Campaign to End Life Sentences in the U.S.

Ashley Nellis of The Sentencing Project discusses her new book “The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences”

Authored by Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis, with contributions by Kerry Myers, “The Meaning of Life” argues that the dramatic growth of life imprisonment – which has led to one of every seven people in prison serving a life sentence – requires advocates and lawmakers to address the problem of excessive sentencing to end mass incarceration.

Moderated by Michele Deitch, Senior Lecturer at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and The University of Texas School of Law

Lunch provided

To RSVP, visit: https://meaningoflifebooktalk.eventbrite.com

Presented by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

Cosponsored by the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, Capital Punishment Center, and the LBJ School's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/01/44525/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/01/43767/

Eric Talley from Columbia 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/2019/04/01/44707/

Student Steering Committee Breakfast with the Dean

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/02/45505/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/02/44930/

Dean Bangs, Brandi Welch and Rick Garza will be available to answer questions about course planning for Fall 2019. You can also make an advising appointment at https://calendly.com/texas-law-sao/.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/02/45345/

Former ACLU President Nadine Strossen will discuss the importance of free speech and Ms. April Farris of Yetter Coleman LLP will join her to discuss ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) and its implications.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/02/43009/

Learn about best practices for navigating a balance between work and life for those working in public service careers.

Moderators: • Lawson Konvalinka, Public Interest Career Counselor, Texas Law CSO • Kaycee Crisp, Government Career Counselor, Texas Law CSO

Panelists: • Sean Flammer ’07, Assistant Attorney General and Team Lead, General Litigation Division, Office of the Texas Attorney General • Meagan Harding ’12, Senior Attorney at Texas Civil Rights Project • Carla Sanchez-Adams ‘09, Team Manager of Economic Advocacy at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid

Lunch will be served after the program. RSVP by Monday, April 1 on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/02/43266/

The Texas International Law Journal is hosting a talk titled "Collective Self-Defense in the Age of Non-International Armed Conflicts" with Mr. Brian Finucane from US State Department.

The discussion about the legal bases, desirability, and implications of states invoking collective self-defense in the context of non-international armed conflicts to which the invoking states are not parties. Mr. Finucane and Professor Jinks will discuss both support of state-sponsored forces vs. non-state forces, as when the Obama administration invoked collective self-defense of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to justify a strike against an Al-Shabaab camp in Somalia; and support of non-state or quasi-state forces vs. state forces, as in the Syria case.

Mr. Finucane serves as an attorney in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the Department of State. He advises the Department on domestic and international legal issues relating to the use of force, war powers, counterterrorism, and war crimes. Prior to joining the Department of State, Brian clerked for the Hon. Carlos Lucero on the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. He attended Yale Law School as well as Oxford and Cornell Universities. Before becoming a lawyer, Brian worked as an archaeologist and firefighter.

The talk will be moderated by Professor Derek Jinks from this Law School.

Lunch will be provided from Milto's.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/02/45625/

Jump start your bar study! This bar essay writing workshop is optional for 3Ls and LLMs planning to take the bar exam. This training is designed to acclimate students to the specific format needed to write bar essays. In each session, students will write a practice essay (no background substantive knowledge required) and will receive feedback before the next session.

You need to learn a great deal of substantive law in summer; learn and adopt this writing skill now.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/02/45167/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/03/43507/

Attorneys and law students involved in the Austin Inns of Court will table in the atrium. The Austin Inns of Court accept a limited number of student members each year. This is an excellent opportunity for law students to meet and be mentored by local judges and practicing attorneys across a range of fields, and to learn about the American Inns of Court movement. Student members often go on after they graduate from law school to join Inns of Court in the cities where they practice.

Come meet us to learn about this great opportunity and the application process! (Most Inns will select student members for 2019-2020 in early June; some Inn applications are due at the end of May.)

What is an American Inn of Court?: “The American Inns of Court is an association of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals from all levels and backgrounds who share a passion for professional excellence. Through regular meetings, members are able to build and strengthen professional relationships; discuss fundamental concerns about professionalism and pressing legal issues of the day; share experiences and advice; exhort the utmost passion and dedication for the law; provide mentoring opportunities; and advance the highest levels of integrity, ethics, and civility.”

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/03/43645/

Dean Bangs, Brandi Welch and Rick Garza will be available to answer questions about course planning for Fall 2019. You can also make an advising appointment at https://calendly.com/texas-law-sao/.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/03/45346/

Mentoring Program: Speed Mentoring at Hotel Ella

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/03/44786/

Learn the finer points of business dining and protocol over a three-course seated dinner presented by Mary Crane (www.marycrane.com). The dinner is generously sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis, who will be hosting a cocktail reception for registered attendees prior to dinner from 6:00-7:00 p.m. All guests should be seated for dinner by 7:00 p.m. Dress is business casual.

RSVP via Eventbrite.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/03/45171/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/04/42426/

Please join us for lunch with Rapoport Center Visiting Professor, Dr. Serges Djoyou Kamga, Associate Professor of Law at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, based at the University of South Africa. Dr. Djoyou Kamga's research over the years demonstrates a profound and sustained commitment to advancing knowledge about human rights in Africa, especially on the right to development in the African human rights system, human rights from cross cultural perspectives, and disability rights.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/04/44765/

Dean Bangs, Brandi Welch and Rick Garza will be available to answer questions about course planning for Fall 2019. You can also make an advising appointment at https://calendly.com/texas-law-sao/.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/04/45347/

Professor Holbrook, CPA, MT, will be giving a talk on how students can successfully plan for thier financial future. Topics include debt management, investing basics, early retirement planning, and understanding how to compare perks of the job such as different kinds of insurances.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/04/44545/

Jump start your bar study! This bar essay writing workshop is optional for 3Ls and LLMs planning to take the bar exam. This training is designed to acclimate students to the specific format needed to write bar essays. In each session, students will write a practice essay (no background substantive knowledge required) and will receive feedback before the next session.

You need to learn a great deal of substantive law in summer; learn and adopt this writing skill now.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/04/45168/

housing forum

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/04/44025/

Members of the law school community, along with family, friends, and colleagues beyond the law school, will gather to remember the life and career of the late Prof. David Robertson. Speakers will include David's Texas Law colleagues, former colleagues, former students, and close family and friends. The event will take place at 3:30 in the Eidman Courtroom, with a reception afterwards in the Jamail Pavilion.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/04/44929/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/04/44347/

Yearly banquet for Texas Environmental Law Journal

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/04/44825/

Annual TMLS banquet. For more information email tmlspresident@gmail.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/05/42385/

Capital Punishment Center's annual symposium will discuss the death penalty in Texas--where we've been, where we are, and where we're likely to go.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/05/43329/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/05/42266/

Dean Bangs, Brandi Welch and Rick Garza will be available to answer questions about course planning for Fall 2019. You can also make an advising appointment at https://calendly.com/texas-law-sao/.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/05/45348/

Continuation of Friday, April 5 symposium

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/06/43331/

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/2019/04/08/44255/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/08/44127/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/08/43768/

Horst Eidenmueller from Oxford 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/2019/04/08/44708/

KBH Center Distinguished Lecture with Stephanie Reed, Parsley Energy

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/09/45768/

Texas Law Alumna Tara Ross will discuss the Electoral College's past, present, and future with Professor Levinson.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/09/43005/

Learn about how to maximize your public service summer internship from a panel of students who have completed public service internships.

Lunch will be served after the program. RSVP by Monday, April 8 on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/09/43265/

Interested in starting your own law firm and access to justice--come learn about the Texas Opportunity and Justice Incubator (TOJI). TOJI provides office space and training for a select group of new attorneys who want to build their own practices. During their 18-month participation in the incubator, these attorneys agree to represent low- and modest-income clients while receiving mentorship and training in how to run a law office with a focus on technology.

Panelists include Courtney Giesinger, '09 , Anne-Marie Rábago, & Carl Guthrie, '17.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, April 8 on Symplicity under the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/09/44407/

Jump start your bar study! This bar essay writing workshop is optional for 3Ls and LLMs planning to take the bar exam. This training is designed to acclimate students to the specific format needed to write bar essays. In each session, students will write a practice essay (no background substantive knowledge required) and will receive feedback before the next session.

You need to learn a great deal of substantive law in summer; learn and adopt this writing skill now.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/09/45169/

Lara Bazelon will discuss her book:

Rectify, The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction

Tuesday, April 9 12 pm‐1:30 pm TNH 1.324

Lara Bazelon is a law professor, author, and contributing writer for Slate. She has also written for the New York Times,Washington Post, and Politico, among other media outlets.

Lunch will be served. All are welcome.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/09/45727/

Please join the Budd Innocence Center for a speaker lunch with Lara Bazelon as she discusses her book: Rectify, The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction.

Lunch will be served and all are welcome.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/09/45825/

McKool Smith invites all 1L students to join them for breakfast tacos in the Law School Atrium. Attorney and recruiting personnel will be in attendance to answer questions about the firm on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Be sure to stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/10/45807/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/10/43508/

Stop by Jamail Pavilion and join members of the Dell Legal Team for lunch and conversation.

Attorneys with expertise in commercial and corporate law, intellectual property, and litigation will be on hand to discuss opportunities and challenges in the corporate environment, in-house legal work, and general advice for young and soon-to-be lawyers.

Dell Legal will also be on hand to promote the 2nd Annual Dell Diversity Scholarship, awarded to two Texas Law minority students and/or students of color. Current 1L and 2L students are eligible to apply for the scholarship which awards $5,000 to the each recipient and provides opportunities for mentorship from a Dell attorney and a visit to the Dell campus.

Please feel free to come and go as your schedule allows!

All Texas Law students are welcome!

Please RSVP on Symplicity (https://law-utexas-csm.symplicity.com/students/).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/10/45227/

Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, to speak on “Latino and Immigrant Rights in the Trump Era.”

Lunch available at 11:45

Co-sponsored by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

Student Organization Cosponsors: American Constitution Society, Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/10/45705/

Students will help Medicaid recipients obtain medically-necessary treatment through the fair hearing administrative process. The project involves two workshops, and student volunteers must attend both workshops. In the first workshop, students will review evidence packets and interview clients and/or their families, then prepare an evidence index for their reviewed case. In the second workshop, students will draft letters of medical necessity. Disability Rights Texas attorneys and pro bono attorney volunteers will be on-hand to provide supervision and live advice and feedback on drafting.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/10/45745/

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/2019/04/11/44008/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/11/39165/

Brown Rudnick LLP invites all 1L students to join them for a lunch snack in the Law School Atrium. Attorney and recruiting personnel will be in attendance to answer questions about the firm on Thursday, April 11, 2019. Be sure to stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/11/44589/

Jump start your bar study! This bar essay writing workshop is optional for 3Ls and LLMs planning to take the bar exam. This training is designed to acclimate students to the specific format needed to write bar essays. In each session, students will write a practice essay (no background substantive knowledge required) and will receive feedback before the next session.

You need to learn a great deal of substantive law in summer; learn and adopt this writing skill now.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/11/45170/

On April 11, 2019, join the Institute for Transnational Law for a lecture on the different dimensions (law, ethics, politics) involved in justifying the use of force in international affairs. Dr. Schmidt is a Lecturer in International Relations at Swansea University and a Fellow at the LSE, working on ethics and politics of international law and institutions. He has been awarded a 2019 Texas Collaboration Fund Award for joint research on international criminal law institutions with The University of Texas at Austin and Rice University.

Lunch will be served.

Registration required

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/11/45545/

Join the Institute for Transnational Law for a book talk by Heidi K. Brown, Director of Legal Research & Associate Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. Professor Brown will discuss her recent book, The Introverted Lawyer: A Seven-Step Journey Toward Authentically Empowered Advocacy. Professor Brown will talk for 45-50 minutes, and then save time for questions.

MCLE credit hours are being requested. Professor Brown has previously been approved for 60 minutes of CLE, no ethics credits. Additional information coming soon.

After the talk, the Institute will host a reception in the Jamail Pavilion, adjacent to the Eidman Courtroom. Refreshments will be served.

Registration is required. RSVP link coming soon.

About the Book:

While naturally loquacious law professors, law students, lawyers, and judges thrive in a world dominated by the Socratic question-and-answer method and rapid-fire oral discourse, quiet thinkers and writers can be sidelined. The Introverted Lawyer illuminates the valuable gifts that introverted, shy, and socially anxious individuals bring to the legal profession—including active listening, deep thinking, empathy, impactful legal writing, creative problem-solving, and thoughtful communication. This presentation also provides a practical seven-step process for amplifying our voices in an authentic manner when we need to make ourselves heard in the legal arena.

About Heidi K. Brown:

Professor Brown joined Brooklyn Law School as Director of the Legal Writing Program in 2016. A prolific scholar and author on the importance of legal writing, she has published four books on predictive and persuasive legal writing and federal litigation, as well as numerous scholarly articles for law journals. In 2017, she published her fifth book, The Introverted Lawyer: A Seven-Step Journey Toward Authentically Empowered Advocacy. Inspired by her own experience conquering the fear of public speaking during her litigation career, she is passionate about helping law students and lawyers “find their authentic lawyer voices” and overcome anxiety about Socratic legal discourse.

Prior to joining the Law School, Brown served as Associate Professor of Law at New York Law School, where she helped launch the school’s Legal Practice program. Before that, she was an Associate Professor of Legal Research and Writing at the Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law in Orange, California.

Brown has more than two decades of experience in law practice. She served as Of Counsel with Moore & Lee, LLP, a boutique litigation firm with offices in the Washington, D.C., area and New York City, where she handled all aspects of litigation and arbitration of complex construction contract and building development disputes. She specialized in brief writing for state and federal cases throughout the United States, and mentored the firm’s junior associates in civil procedure, litigation strategy, and legal writing. Before that, she was an associate at the Manhattan firm of Thacher, Proffitt & Wood and at the Washington, D.C., area firm Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP.

In 2014, Brown was appointed to the Fulbright Specialist Roster, making her eligible for two international teaching grants in the next five years through the J. William Fulbright Scholars Program. She studies Italian and has taught legal writing at the University of Trento in Italy. She received her bachelor’s degree in foreign affairs and French litera

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/11/45105/

Join Dean Farnsworth for coffee and informal conversation in the Tom Clark Lounge!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/11/45208/

OUTLaw's first in a while banquet! For more information, email outlaw.txlaw@gmail.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/11/45806/

Learn more about internship and postgraduate opportunities with the Air Force JAG Program from Captain Dayna Cheek.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Thursday, April 11, on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/12/45765/

It’s time for one of If/When/How's biggest events of the year: Sexy Sex Ed Trivia! This is a free event with a raffle benefiting the Lilith Fund. Who: Your beautiful selves and all of your friends (non-law school friends included!) What: Trivia! We’ll quiz you on what you learned about sex in sex-ed class, from pop culture, and from studying the law. When: Friday April 12th — doors open at 6 and trivia starts at 6:30 Where: Black Star Co-op (7020 Easy Wind Dr, Austin, TX 78752) RSVP to the FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2690317657651250/?notif_t=plan_user_associated&notif_id=1554472877539700

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/12/45827/

Reunion 2019

Reunion 2019 is April 12-13, 2019 and honors classes whose years end in "4" and "9". All Texas Law alumni are encouraged to attend the festivities.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/13/41405/