Events Calendar

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/24/48645/

The Federalist Society, in conjunction with the American Constitution Society will be hosting Scott Keller, former Texas Solicitor General and current Practice Chair of Baker Botts' Supreme Court and Constitutional Law practice, as he debates and discusses the past Supreme Court term and previews the upcoming terms with Texas Law's own Professor Stephen Vladeck. Freebirds will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/26/49585/

Prison Abolition, Human Rights, and Penal Reform: From the Local to the Global

Mass incarceration and overcriminalization in the United States are subject to critique by some on both the right and the left today. Many critics increasingly talk of prison abolition. At the same time, the international human rights movement continues to rely upon criminal punishment as its primary enforcement tool for many violations, even as it criticizes harsh prison conditions, the use of the death penalty, and lack of due process in criminal proceedings. What would it mean for the human rights movement to take seriously calls for prison abolitionism and the economic and racial inequalities that overcriminalization reproduces and exacerbates? And what might critics of the carceral regime in the United States have to learn from work done by international human rights advocates in a variety of countries?

September 26-28, 2019, the Rapoport Center will host in Austin an interdisciplinary conference to consider the relationships among the human rights, prison abolition, and penal reform movements. Do they share the same goals? Should they collaborate? If so, in what ways?

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/26/46885/

Prison Abolition, Human Rights, and Penal Reform: From the Local to the Global

Mass incarceration and overcriminalization in the United States are subject to critique by some on both the right and the left today. Many critics increasingly talk of prison abolition. At the same time, the international human rights movement continues to rely upon criminal punishment as its primary enforcement tool for many violations, even as it criticizes harsh prison conditions, the use of the death penalty, and lack of due process in criminal proceedings. What would it mean for the human rights movement to take seriously calls for prison abolitionism and the economic and racial inequalities that overcriminalization reproduces and exacerbates? And what might critics of the carceral regime in the United States have to learn from work done by international human rights advocates in a variety of countries?

September 26-28, 2019, the Rapoport Center will host in Austin an interdisciplinary conference to consider the relationships among the human rights, prison abolition, and penal reform movements. Do they share the same goals? Should they collaborate? If so, in what ways?

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/27/46665/

Learn about new tools to help victims of coerced debt recover from identity theft, including: - Tips and screening to identify coerced debt. - Steps to protect victims from future abuse. - How to discover coerced debt on credit reports. - Guidance on how to dispute coerced debts. - Tools to assist a victim of coerced debt who is sued by a debt collector.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/27/50127/

Prison Abolition, Human Rights, and Penal Reform: From the Local to the Global

Mass incarceration and overcriminalization in the United States are subject to critique by some on both the right and the left today. Many critics increasingly talk of prison abolition. At the same time, the international human rights movement continues to rely upon criminal punishment as its primary enforcement tool for many violations, even as it criticizes harsh prison conditions, the use of the death penalty, and lack of due process in criminal proceedings. What would it mean for the human rights movement to take seriously calls for prison abolitionism and the economic and racial inequalities that overcriminalization reproduces and exacerbates? And what might critics of the carceral regime in the United States have to learn from work done by international human rights advocates in a variety of countries?

September 26-28, 2019, the Rapoport Center will host in Austin an interdisciplinary conference to consider the relationships among the human rights, prison abolition, and penal reform movements. Do they share the same goals? Should they collaborate? If so, in what ways?

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/09/28/46685/

AAEC Meeting Fall 2019

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/04/43906/

AAEC Meeting Fall 2019

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/04/48025/

The Texas Law Aggie Society, a student organization for students who attended Texas A&M University for their undergraduate education, will be hosting a luncheon for its Board of Advisors. The Board consists of Texas Law Alumni who also have a degree from Texas A&M. The board members support the organization with financial and non-financial resources. The luncheon gives us an opportunity to (1) thank them, and (2) inform them on the upcoming year's plans.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/04/50515/

During the Fall, the Texas Business Law Society (TBLS) hosts the Texas Transactional Skills Competition, where 1Ls and 2Ls gain valuable experience cultivating their drafting and negotiating skills, testing those skills against fellow law students in competition rounds. This year, the competition will be hosted on October 5th at the University of Texas School of Law.

Firms that participated in the Texas Transactional Skills Competition last year include: Akin Gump; Baker Botts; DLA Piper; Foley Gardere; Gibson Dunn; Greenberg Traurig; Haynes & Boone; Kirkland & Ellis; King & Spalding; Latham & Watkins; McDermott Will & Emery; Morgan Lewis; Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee; Porter Hedges; Shearman & Sterling; Sidley Austin; Vinson & Elkins; Winstead; and Winston & Strawn.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/05/47425/