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/2019/04/15/44256/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/15/44128/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/15/44645/

Training for Society Program Leaders

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/16/45965/

Need to take a break from studying for exams? Stop by the Atrium, visit with the CSO staff, and grab a snack and some swag for studying. Breakfast food will be served in the morning at 9:00 a.m. and lunch will be served in the afternoon at 11:45 a.m. All Texas Law students are invited!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/16/44405/

Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, visiting Texas Law as a G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence, will speak on “Access to Democracy: Race, Citizenship, & Voting”

Lunch provided

Student Organization Cosponsors: American Constitution Society, The Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association, and the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society

Nelson’s visit as a G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence is supported by a generous gift from the G. Rollie White Trust. The program brings outstanding legal scholars, practitioners and advocates from the field of public service to Texas Law to foster discussion of issues related to public interest law, to raise the profile of lawyers working in this area, and to encourage students to view public service as an honored and expected part of every legal career. Nelson is Texas Law’s eighth G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/16/43365/

Professor, and former Federal Trade Commissioner, Josh Wright will discuss the Consumer Welfare Standard, Rule of Law, and Rent-Seeking with Professor Wickelgren.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/16/45211/

Sign up for a chance to meet with Janai Nelson Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence, to discuss her career path focusing on civil rights, political participation and voting rights, educational equity, school-to-prison pipeline, and legal scholarship.

RSVP by Monday, April 15, on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/16/45885/

The Texas Law Aggie Society Executive Board will meet to discuss organizational updates.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/16/46025/

Sign up for a chance to meet with Janai Nelson Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence, to discuss her career path focusing on civil rights, political participation and voting rights, educational equity, school-to-prison pipeline, and legal scholarship.

RSVP by Tuesday, April 16, on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/17/45766/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/17/43494/

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/2019/04/17/45685/

Please join us for a lunchtime panel where space lawyers with commercial, government, and international experience will provide insights, career advice, and answer questions. If you’re interested in international, corporate, intellectual property, administrative, arms control, insurance, or any other kind of law with space applications, please come and enjoy some free food! Sponsored by the Texas International Law Journal, the Journal of Law & Technology at Texas, and the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law.

Stick around after the panel for an information session about the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition, the premier space and international law moot court.

Panelists

Michael “Mick” Schlabs: Mr. Schlabs retired as a senior attorney in the International Law Practice Group, Office of the General Counsel, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. He was responsible for international science cooperation, export control, counterintelligence and other security-related issues, along with general international and space law matters. He has also been the lead international attorney for the International Space Station, Space Shuttle, human space flight, and aeronautics research. Mick came to NASA after serving 25 years as an Air Force judge advocate. His military career included, among others, assignments as Associate Professor of Law at the U.S. Air Force Academy and legal advisor to various U.S. Air Force units at bases in the United Kingdom, the Philippines and Germany. Prior to moving to NASA, he was Chief of the International and Operations Law Division, HQ U.S. Air Force, at the Pentagon. Rebecca Bresnik: Ms. Bresnik is the Associate Chief Counsel for International Matters and the lead attorney for the International Space Station at NASA. In this role her duties include advising on the multimillion-dollar negotiations and purchases of crew transportation, rescue and related launch services for NASA astronauts to the ISS; advising on international issues and contracting between the ISS Partners--the European Space Agency, Japanese Space Agency, Russian Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency; and agreements in furtherance of NASA exploration beyond low earth orbit. She is also Export Control Counsel for JSC.

Nathan Johnson: Mr. Johnson is an attorney licensed in Washington, DC, and publishes the blog and podcast AstroEsq. He worked at the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation during SpaceX’s first berth with the International Space Station, and for the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Science, Space, and Technology during deliberation on human spaceflight regulation. He has published articles on orbital debris removal, on-orbit liability, and outer space property rights. He is also the Regional Organizer for the Manfred Lachs North America Space Law Moot Court Competition.

Alicia Woodley: Ms. Woodley has 17 years of experience spanning the fields of business law, corporate management, and the sciences, and is the Chief Counsel and Director of International Corporate Operations at Axiom Space. Prior to joining Axiom, Ms. Woodley directed special projects as General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer for the US Medical Innovations family of companies specializing in research, product development, manufacturing, sales, and distribution of plasma-energy surgical devices.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/17/45785/

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/2019/04/17/45746/

Please join us for a free classical music concert by current law students.

• Cheesecake and cannolis following!

• Judge Andrew Austin will be presiding!

• Special guest Prof. Kull will be conducting the quartet.

• Wait . . . this is in the Eidman Courtroom? Yes! We will have a 6 foot, Steinway grand piano in the Eidman Courtroom.

We would like to acknowledge Dean Bangs and the Student Affairs Office for sponsoring the event, Dean Farnsworth for his support, and the Justice Center for printing.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/17/45065/

Benny will arrive in the Atrium about 11:00 4/18/19. He will interact with students until attending our Animal Law class at 1:00. There will also be a table with brochures and other information for students curious about Texas Miracle Ranch and Benny’s rescue and TAMU experience.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/18/46005/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/18/42407/

Grassroots Leadership Luncheon

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/18/44208/

Join Texas Law's Indigent Defense Group for a roundtable discussion of ideas for improving indigent defense in Travis County and building on the recommendations of the Indigent Legal Services Working Group for the creation of a public defender office.

Attending will be Travis County judges, members of the Indigent Legal Services Working Group, community members, and professors from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the Hicks School of Social Work, and the legal academy. Come to contribute, ask questions, and inform yourself about this constitutionally pressing topic.

Hosted by Indigent Defense Group, the registered student organization of Texas Law students interested in public defense.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/18/46006/

Third law day of the academic year for prospective law school students.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/04/20/45445/