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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 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/

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/

Mentoring Program: Speed Mentoring at Hotel Ella

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

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/

Continuation of Friday, April 5 symposium

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/