Events Calendar
Join Texas Law throughout the week as we celebrate our Society Program during Society Week.
MONDAY: Society Shirt Day & Flag Football Scrimmage TUESDAY: Cards and Cookies in the Atrium to benefit Dell Children's Hospital WEDNESDAY: Dollar Wars to benefit TLF THURSDAY: Trivia Night @ Scholz Garten FRIDAY: Society Games @ 2pm (IM Fields)
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/24/46866/TNH 2.123 (Beck Classroom)
Learn how best to position yourself as a viable candidate for highly competitive postgraduate fellowships from a panel of current and former fellows. Whether you a 1L wanting to learn more about fellowships available; a 2L navigating your summer employment and researching potential host organizations; or a 3L committed to obtaining a fellowship after your judicial clerkship, this panel is for you.
Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, September 23, on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/24/47605/TNH 3.125 (Denius Classroom)
Texas Law Interscholastic Moot Court information session. Come find out why you should consider moot court or transactional competitions and hear from coaches about the different teams. Food provided!
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/24/48745/TNH 2.114 (Francis Auditorium)
Evicted in Austin: From Housed to Homeless in 21 Days
The number of formal and informal evictions is rising in Austin, with devastating impacts on renters and their families. Join us for a conversation with housing advocates, tenants, and elected officials to discuss the harsh realities of evictions and what allies can do to support renters facing eviction. We'll explore the scope, roots, and impacts of evictions, along with innovative approaches to help address Austin's eviction crisis. This event is offered in partnership with Building and Strengthening Tenant Action (BASTA), as part of BASTA's week-long series, The State of the Renters.
Speakers:
Framing: Daniel Armendáriz; Housing Advocate, Austin Tenants Council Sophie Elsner, Attorney & Skadden Fellow, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Panelists: Honorable Jeremy L. Brown, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7, Place 1, Harris County Stephen Frischmuth, Steering Committee Member, Creek's Edge Tenants Association Jose Gonzalez, PATH - Outreach and Engagement Specialist, Integral Care Honorable Raúl A González, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 Travis County Shoshana Krieger, Project Director, BASTA Austin
Moderator: Heather Way, Director, UT Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic
Logistics: Tuesday, September 24 from 12-1:30pm The School of Law / Auditorium
Lunch will be provided. Event is free and open to the public, but rsvp is required. RSVP at https://evictedinaustin.eventbrite.com
Directions and Parking: https://law.utexas.edu/about/contact-us/parking-directions/
Sponsors: The UT Opportunity Forum Presents…. Co-sponsored by Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid and The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/24/48645/JON 6.206 (Susman Academic Center, The Judge William W. and Margaret R. Kilgarlin Chambers)
"It's Good to Have the 'Haves' on Your Side: A Defense of Repeat Players in Multidistrict Litigation" (with Andrew D. Bradt) -- forthcoming Georgetown L. J. 2019
ABSTRACT
Repeat players in multidistrict litigation (MDL) get a bad rap. When thousands of cases from all over the country are consolidated for pretrial proceedings, it's no wonder that the judge assigned to manage the litigation picks experienced lawyers to lead the effort. But critics argue that the small group of elite lawyers who show up again and again in leadership positions on the plaintiffs’ side of MDLs can collude with each other and with repeat players on the defense side to restrict competition and shape the rules of the game to their advantage—all to the detriment of the one-shotter clients that they represent. Those criticisms have gotten louder as MDL has grown to make up more than one-third of the federal civil docket and encompass some of the nation’s largest controversies, such as the opioid epidemic, the BP oil spill, the NFL concussion litigation, and many defective product cases. In this Article, we challenge this narrative, drawing on Marc Galanter’s seminal explanation for why the haves” come out ahead in litigation. Although the risks they pose are real, we argue that repeat players add significant value when they represent one-shotter plaintiffs, and that value may be worth running the risks. We show how MDL’s unique structure—its formal commitment to individualism but functional operation as a tight aggregation—allows repeatplayer plaintiffs’ lawyers to “play for rules” more effectively than either the class action or traditional one-on-one litigation. And with potential reforms to MDL procedure on the agendas of both the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and Congress, we urge policymakers and scholars not to lose sight of the significant benefits to plaintiffs of having repeat players on their side.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/24/48285/TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
Come learn the fundamentals of mock trial and evidence. This workshop is intended for participants in the Gardere Novice Mock Trial Competition.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/24/49445/