Events Calendar

Learn about the International Student Interview Program. We will be discussing how the program works and changes for 2021, as well as how to apply to employers and prepare for interviews.

Please RSVP by Sunday, January 24, on Symplicity. Zoom link will then be sent on Monday, January 25.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/26/58825/

Dean Bangs and Brandi Welch will talk about making sense of your first set of grades, how to talk to your fall faculty about your exams, and how you might approach the spring semester. This session is designed for all students, whether you did better than expected or not as well as you hoped.

Join Zoom Meeting https://utexas.zoom.us/j/92501368503

Meeting ID: 925 0136 8503

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/27/58905/

Get together with other Texas Law students to play Among Us and Skribbl.io! Snacks and drinks and pets welcome! https://innersloth.com/gameAmongUs.php https://skribbl.io/ When: January 27th, 5PM CST, Wednesday Zoom Link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/91080098057

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/27/58665/

Invitees will join us virtually as we kick-off this year’s 1L Alumni Mentoring Program. We will enjoy brief remarks by Dean Ward Farnsworth and the Director of Mentoring Programs, Rémi Ratliff. Immediately afterward, alumni mentors and student mentees will have the opportunity to chat 1-on-1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/27/59145/

Join CLS as we kick off the beginning of the new semester with games + fellowship! Join us here: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/92236881234.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/27/58685/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/28/58725/

Opening Supreme Court Panel with Professor Joel Seligman, Executive Director F. Paul Bland, Jr., Amy Saharia, and Professor Elizabeth Sepper.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/28/58985/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society for its first debate of 2021! In recent years, the Electoral College has come under fire as outdated, and doubt has been cast on whether it still serves the best interests of the American people. Following a tumultuous election season, Professors Stephen Sachs of Duke Law and Sanford Levinson of Texas Law will be discussing the origins and structure of the electoral college and whether it should maintain its prominence in modern elections.

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/HpsdoyEJz8Gxxq8f7

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/2021/01/28/59005/

The New Managerialism: Cutting Short the 50-Year Life of the Monitoring Model in Corporate Governance

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/29/58967/

Should Corporations Have a Purpose?

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/29/58986/

Luncheon Speaker Professor Robert J. Jackson, Former US SEC Commissioner, New York University School of Law

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/29/58987/

Corporate Adolescence and The SEC and Ideological Blind Spots

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/29/58968/

Please join us for a discussion of the Rapoport Center’s recent report on the legal and political drivers behind the effects of COVID-19 on low-income Latinx construction workers in the Austin area. The event will feature responses to the report, with a focus on Austin’s accelerating urban growth and its impact on social determinants of health and worker organizing.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/29/59046/

On a Stakeholder Model of Corporate Governance and Does it Matter Which Stakeholders We Punish?

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/01/29/58969/

TELJ is accepting Spring Cite-On applications. Find the application on the journal's website (telj.org). Applications are due on 2/9 at 11:00 AM.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/01/58705/

The Center for Women in Law will host a virtual panel discussion on the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on February 2, 2021 at 12:00 pm CT.

David Lat, Managing Director, Lateral Link, and Founding Editor, Above the Law will moderate a panel of Justice Ginsburg’s former law clerks. The panel will address Justice Ginsburg’s vision of equality, and how that vision, once groundbreaking, is now accepted in multiple facets of law and society. In addition, the former clerks will discuss how Justice Ginsburg’s mentorship shaped their personal and professional choices, and the ramifications of her leadership on gender parity in the practice of law.

This event is free and open to the public. Register on our website

If we reach capacity on Zoom please feel free to watch the webinar live-streamed on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/centerforwomeninlaw/.

Approved CLE 1.25 hours credit, Suggested pre-reading on website.

Moderator

David Lat, Managing Director, Lateral Link, and Founding Editor, Above the Law

Panelists

Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, NPR

Ryan Park, Solicitor General, North Carolina

Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, Partner, Shapiro Arato Bach

Amanda L. Tyler, Shannon Cecil Turner Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law

The Honorable Paul J. Watford, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/02/59045/

In this session of Law School 101, we cover your course requirements, considerations in planning your next two years, and registration for Fall 2021.

All 1L students are required to attend one of two sessions: Tuesday, February 2 or Wednesday, February 3. All sessions are at 3:45pm.

Join Zoom Meeting https://utexas.zoom.us/j/97758031428 Meeting ID: 977 5803 1428

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/02/58805/

Who: 1Ls & 2Ls What: Bring your own beverage, and learn about the Rapoport Center’s human rights internship and fellowship opportunities, cover letter & resume tips, and important upcoming deadlines for summer 2021 and fall 2021 internships. Hear from former fellows about their internship experiences: • Samantha Acuna, ACLU of Texas, Houston • Metzeri Camacho, Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services, Austin • Kirsten Kumar, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), The Hague, Netherlands • Grace Miller, Dentons, Port Louis, Mauritius • Billy Pavord, Lawyers for Human Rights, Pretoria, South Africa When: Feb 2, 2021 | 06:30—7:30 PM CST Where: Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIucOCtrT8oG9ez-60tFM70uYAYyHXbI9v6 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/02/59026/

In this session of Law School 101, we cover your course requirements, considerations in planning your next two years, and registration for Fall 2021.

All 1L students are required to attend one of two sessions: Tuesday, February 2 or Wednesday, February 3. All sessions are at 3:45pm.

Join Zoom Meeting https://utexas.zoom.us/j/97758031428 Meeting ID: 977 5803 1428

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/03/58806/

Join us as we study through Colossians!

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/03/58686/

This year’s Public Service Career Fair (PSCF) will be exclusive to Texas Law students. During both days of PSCF, public interest and government employers will conduct virtual interviews for paid and unpaid summer and postgraduate positions. 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) may participate in this program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/04/57315/

Join us for our bi-weekly women's Bible study. This semester, we are doing a video study titled "Meant for Good" exploring how to trust God's plan for our lives no matter what! Join us any week. Zoom ID: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/2144227782

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/04/59085/

In conjunction with the Public Service Career Fair, 30+ employers will be hosting virtual table talks from 11:00 a.m.-noon (Central) on Thursday, February 4, on Flo Recruit. During the hour, each participating employer will have four 15-minute video chat sessions with up to four students in each session (or a total of 16 students per hour). You will be able to sign up for no more than four employers.

Sign up on Flo Recruit is on a first-come, first-served basis no later than noon on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Hurry while spots are still available!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/04/59305/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/04/58726/

Journal-wide meeting for TELJ members. Zoom link will be emailed.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/04/58925/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society as we host Professor Ilan Wurman of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University to discuss his new book titled The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment. Professor Wurman will discuss the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment's most famous provisions and provide context for how the Amendment's framers sought to use those provisions to solve some of the 19th century's greatest challenges.

Weighing in on the discussion will be Professor Evan Bernick of Georgetown Law. Professor Bernick serves as the Executive Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.

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/eeSCYgHHEPi4Mdkm9

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/2021/02/04/59185/

Welcome back Texas Law! JOLTT is hosting a welcome back Zoom social on Thursday, Feb 4 at 7PM, and everyone is invited. For anyone interested in JOLTT, we hope this will be a great opportunity to meet everyone and hang out! For all of our returning members, we've missed you and want to get a little group downtime in before this semester's work kicks off. We hope to see you there!

Zoom Link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/94741997964

Meeting ID: 947 4199 7964

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/04/59285/

This year’s Public Service Career Fair (PSCF) will be exclusive to Texas Law students. During both days of PSCF, public interest and government employers will conduct virtual interviews for paid and unpaid summer and postgraduate positions. 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) may participate in this program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/05/57316/

Heather Jarvis (askheatherjarvis.com) will be presenting a virtual webinar on Friday, February 5, from noon-1:00 p.m. Specializing in training for high-debt borrowers and the people who love them, Heather has provided guidance and information to thousands of students and alumni. RSVP by February 3, 2021.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/05/59325/

Texas International Law Journal hosts is annual symposium. The topic of this year's symposium will be the evolving definition of "Center of Main Interest" (COMI) in international law under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code and what it means for bankruptcy law in the age of COVID and beyond.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/06/57105/