Events Calendar

Registering students to vote in Travis County

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/05/56730/

Join the Intellectual Property Law Society for a presentation from attorneys at Sterne Kessler. This is an excellent opportunity for law students interested in Intellectual Property to learn more about the field and to connect with practicing attorneys. Feel free to bring questions for the attorneys as well!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/05/57545/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/05/57725/

A Discussion with the Authors of Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court

The Center for Women in Law will hold a panel discussion with the authors on October 5, 2020 from 4:00-5:15 pm CT.

Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court tells the inspirational and previously untold history of the nine women considered–but not selected–for the United States Supreme Court.

“This fascinating book reconstructs a chapter of women’s history that has been hiding in plain sight: the numerous qualified women whose names were floated for the Supreme Court but who never got there. Just as they were overlooked, so have their individual stories been — until now.”

— Linda Greenhouse, New York Times contributing columnist

CLE Certification Available

This event is free and open to the public.

Register Here: https://utexas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yoauNJlLTVSS2HnwkjuTCw

Renee Knake Jefferson is an award-winning author and Professor of Law and the Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics at the University of Houston. Knake Jefferson is a Fulbright recipient and elected member of the American Law Institute. She is a frequent speaker at top research universities around the world whose research focuses on innovation in the regulation of legal services.

Read more about Renee Knake Jefferson here.

Hannah Brenner Johnson is the Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and an Associate Professor of Law at California Western School of Law. Brenner Johnson served as the first executive director of the Center for Women in Law. Her research focuses on the intersection of law and gender, with a specific lens on gender inequality in the legal profession and gender-based violence.

Read more about Hannah Brenner Johnson here.

Marcy Hogan Greer (moderator) Marcy Greer has 30 years of experience in federal and state trial and appellate courts throughout the country. As managing partner of Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, her practice includes appeals, as well as class actions and mass tort cases, including federal and state multidistrict litigation. This experience contributed to her recognition by Chambers USA for Appellate Litigation, as well as Best Lawyers in America in Appellate, Bet-the-Company and Commercial Litigation. In addition, she was honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in 2012 and 2016 for Austin Appellate Practice and Austin Bet-the-Company Litigation in 2015. In 2017, The Texas Bar Association awarded her the Louise B. Raggio Award, which recognizes attorneys who have actively addressed the needs and issues of women in the legal profession and the community. Marcy also has been Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1997.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/05/56547/

This is the second lecture in our Fall 2020 Colloquium, “Inequality, Labor, and Human Rights: The Future of Work in the Age of Pandemic.” It is part of a new inter-disciplinary and cross-campus Pop-Up Institute, “Beyond the Future of Work: New Paradigms for Addressing Global Inequality,” supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/05/55666/

Congressman Beto O'Rourke will join us via Zoom Webinar to address the student body. His address will be followed by a voter protection hotline training.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/05/57047/

Join us for our bi-weekly women's Bible study. This semester, we are studying the book of Philippians and learning how God wants to transform our minds. Zoom ID: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/2144227782

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/06/57325/

Texas Law students are welcome to learn more about the U.S. Air Force JAG program from 1st Lt. Grisel Ortiz-Hernandez who will answer questions about the Air Force JAG program, including summer internship and postgraduate opportunities.

Please RSVP on Symplicity by Monday, October 5, to receive the Zoom link.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/06/57645/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/06/55767/

Learn how to tailor your resume and cover letter to each unique public defender office and how to respond to the most common questions and hypotheticals posed in public defender office interviews. You will finish the workshop with a revision of your resume and cover letter, and will have five pivot points for public defender interviews. Zoom link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/94714199039

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/06/55926/

Join TJOGEL and attorneys from Haynes and Boone for an hour of conversation regarding a multitude of topics, from the firm's position in the energy industry to how to be a great summer associate. This is a great networking opportunity, and it provides a chance to ask questions of practicing attorneys in an informal setting. Although these luncheons are primarily for 1Ls who want exposure to the industry, I encourage everyone to attend.

*Must be a member of the TJOGEL society to attend this event.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/06/56222/

Join us for our weekly Bible study through James and the Sermon on the Mount.

Zoom link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/92236881234

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/06/57010/

Join us for a presentation on the key findings of the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic’s newly released report: Public Facility Corporations and the Section 303.042(f) Tax Break for Apartment Developments: A boon for affordable housing or windfall for apartment developers? The presentation will include a summary of how the exemption is being used across the state and ways the exemption can be strengthened to best serve the state’s affordable housing needs.

A link to the report is available at https://law.utexas.edu/clinics/2020/09/14/pfc-apartment-tax-breaks/.

Presenter: Heather K. Way, Clinical Professor, The University of Texas School of Law

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/07/57206/

In lieu of the annual Fall UT Marketplace event, we will have a virtual open house for students to visit with bar preparation vendors and learn about their products. Vendors attending will be BarBri, Kaplan, Themis and BarMax. Each vendor will be hosting its own zoom room. The list of participating vendors and their Zoom links can be found here: https://utexas.box.com/s/125rfehmn5foo086ll0m9am9qidcslcs

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/07/56966/

Please join us for the fourth installment of the Texas Business Law Society's Business Law 101 series.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/07/56026/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/08/57765/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society as we host a discussion on Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Panelists will include Katie Barlow (Co-Founder and Editor of DC Circuit Breaker) and Texas Law Professors Stephen Vladeck and H.W. Perry. The panelists will address the nomination process, any doctrinal shifts that will occur on the Court in the event of Judge Barrett's confirmation, and the historical context for this nomination.

The first 50 Texas Law students to register will receive a $10 redemption code for DoorDash to enjoy a meal during the event.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/hx6kVvs2VQD7u2EU8

Note: Registration is not required to attend any of the Texas Federalist Society's virtual events this semester; it is only required for each event if you would like to make use of the DoorDash discount.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/08/57745/

Join the ABA Law Student Division for a national Zoom Webinar featuring Professor Rhonda Magee, author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness and a law professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/08/57525/

Join TJOGEL and attorneys from Haynes and Boone for an hour of conversation regarding a multitude of topics, from the firm's position in the energy industry to how to be a great summer associate. This is a great networking opportunity, and it provides a chance to ask questions of practicing attorneys in an informal setting. Although these luncheons are primarily for 1Ls who want exposure to the industry, I encourage everyone to attend.

*Must be a member of the TJOGEL society to attend this event.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/08/56223/

In lieu of our usual Bar Review, SBA will be hosting a weekly Ex Parke this semester on Thursday evenings! This is a great opportunity to meet students from other 1L sections as well as other class years. Each week we will visit a park for an outdoor, socially-distanced hangout. There will be blankets spread out so students can meet up in groups of no more than 10. We kindly ask that you arrive close to the assigned time for your class year in the schedule below. You are welcome to stay longer than 30 minutes, but this schedule should help keep us from having too many people showing up at once. Although we will be off-campus, City of Austin and Zilker Park rules still apply. This requires wearing a mask, maintaining 6 feet of distance from others, congregating in groups of no more than 10, and no alcoholic beverages. Masks are required at all times unless you are snacking in an area we will designate. Where: Zilker Park near the "Rock Island" (2207 Lou Neff Rd, Austin, TX 78746) When: Thursday, September 10th 6:00pm 1Ls (Sections 1–3) 6:30pm 1Ls (Sections 4–6) 7:00pm 2Ls 7:30pm 3Ls

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/08/56928/

Come meet with other first generation students through zoom!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/08/57625/

National Workshop with the ABA Law Student Division, Law School SBA Presidents and ABA Representatives; featuring Jordana Confino, Fordham Law School author of Where Are We on the Path to Law Student Well Being (a report of the ABA CoLAP Law School Survey); Janet Stearns, Dean of Students, University of Miami School of Law) and David Jaffe, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Washington College of Law, American University) to discuss practical strategies that law students can undertake in the year ahead with your law schools, the ABA, and with each state bar board of examiners.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/09/57526/

The Journal of Law and Technology at Texas (JOLTT) wants to highlight the role of women in technology-related law. We have brought together speakers from various industries to speak about their experiences, career paths, and roles for a zoom panel with students.

Dr. Melissa Wasserman (Moderator) Dr. Wasserman is a professor at the University of Texas School of Law whose research focuses on the institutional design of innovation policy, with a particular emphasis on patent law and administrative law. Dr. Wasserman received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Penn. State University, her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton for her work on thermodynamics of network-forming liquids at low temperatures, and her J.D. from the NYU School of Law. Prior to joining Texas Law in 2016, Dr. Wasserman clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals, was an academic fellow and lecturer at the Petrie Flom Center for Health Law, Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, and served as a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law.

Judge Beth Shaw (Panelist) Administrative Patent Judge Beth Shaw was appointed to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on May 19, 2014. Judge Shaw began her career as a junior software engineer at the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). She then entered private practice, practicing at the firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, interrupted by the opportunity to serve as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Judge Shaw earned her J.D. from George Mason University School of Law and a B.S. in computer science from Johns Hopkins University.

Jessica Jacobs (Panelist) Jessica Jacobs is the VP and General Counsel at Decent, a San Francisco based health insurance company with a mission to provide affordable health insurance for all, and specifically for those who are self-employed. Jessica has served on the boards of 6 other San Francisco based companies as general counsel and in other officer positions since 2010, and has an extensive knowledge of the technological issues facing in-house counsel. Jessica earned a B.S. in economics from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.

Mary Alexander Myers (Panelist) Mary Alexander Myers is an attorney in Jones Day's Atlanta office that works closely with clients on a range of strategic technology transactions and cybersecurity and data privacy matters focused on protecting key data assets. Mary Alexander frequently speaks on technology and cyber-related issues and is a Certified Information Professional (CIPP/US) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Mary Alexander earned a B.A. in History from Emory University and her J.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/09/57265/

Join the American Journal of Criminal Law as we host Judge Mark Lane for our career talks. Judge Lane is the United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Texas. A magistrate judge derives his or her authority from the federal district court and is given duties as fits the needs of the court. Often a magistrate judge's duties include issuing search warrants, issuing arrest warrants, overseeing the first appearances of criminal defendants, setting bail, holding preliminary hearings and examinations, and presiding over misdemeanor and petty offense cases.

Before serving as the US magistrate judge, Judge Lane was a prosecutor in Austin before becoming an Assistant United States Attorney.

Please join us for an exciting career talk and learn more about federal criminal law practice from the perspective of a federal prosecutor and a federal judge.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/09/57366/

Fundraising Event for the Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity: Participate in Sex Ed Trivia for an Educational Opportunity to Win Prizes! Participants must register their teams in advance here: https://forms.gle/bb3QAVpCctnQ4i2B7

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/10/09/57005/