Events Calendar

Join Getting Radical in the South for a panel discussion with Talia Lewis, Caren Short, and Lucy Wood

Join UT Law Board of Advocates as we host a panel discussion with UT Law professors and trial attorneys as they discuss different approaches to conducting difficult witness examinations. Zoom link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/6180846380.

This panel will explore the work being done by environmental justice lawyers, organizers, and advocates across the South fighting for the right to a safe, clean, and livable environment for their communities.

For Movement lawyers, lawyering is a tool to be harnessed and leveraged in support of movements fighting for greater power in a system that disproportionately concentrates power among the white, wealthy, and corporate. In essence, a lawyer is accountable to goals of movements. For these lawyers, organizers and leaders, the primary goal is not to change laws or policies but to change the disproportionate allocations of power that create and rei

Grab your favorite cocktail or La Croix and join other public interest law students to chat and play some games!

Capitalism in the 21st century is accelerating its power. Employers continue to accumulate capital and exploit vulnerable communities, forcing many to relocate to the Global North. But just as the American workforce grows and diversifies, the US government offers workers little to no protection. In Janus v. AFSCME, The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of right-to-work laws, which are intended to financially weaken unions. While emplo

The traditional law school experience often feels, at best, an inadequate training for social justice-minded students, and at worst, a toxic environment that favors privilege over equity and reinforces oppressive norms. This panel, Organizing in Law School, will highlight the efforts of some law students and groups, who have resisted this traditional experience, by actively engaging in efforts to organize around urgent issues outside and insid

Through an expansive network of federal and local policing, the carceral state constantly entraps immigrants, especially immigrants of color. For example, in the past year alone, over 15,000 immigrants in Texas have been detained by the Department of Homeland Security. This panel of legal practitioners and community organizers will discuss the day-to-day havoc the system wreaks in communities of color, especially in the context of COVID-19. Th

Learn about what will be on the bar exam, how you will be tested, and how you can start preparing now. This session is the kick-off for the Early Bar Prep Series, which begins on March 9, which will teach you how to write a bar essay and give you opportunities for practice.

Experts on the redistricting process join TLD to discuss the process of drawing political boundaries and what's at stake in the process as the Texas Legislature draws new political maps later this year.

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After some rescheduling due to the ice storm, this event is back on! Join the UT Law Board of Advocates as we host a panel discussion on the topic of conducting difficult witness examinations. Experienced trial attorneys will share their experience and insights on preparing for and conducting direct- and cross-examinations of children, victims of violent crime, mentally or physically disabled individuals, and other individuals that require partic

Ethical Issues for Environmental Lawyers: what to do when your client refuses to do the right thing. Join UT professor Jeff Civins for this event, eligible for CLE ethics credit. Register at https://www.telj.org/symposium.html