Events Calendar

Presentation: Language Networks and Constitutional Design

Speaker: Zachary Elkins, The University of Texas at Austin

Discussant: Rhonda Evans, The University of Texas at Austin

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/04/14/59345/

Join us for the third of a 3-part webinar series on immigration law and policy changes following the inauguration of President Biden.

The Biden administration has committed to end the Remain in Mexico program, which has forced asylum seekers to wait indefinitely for their US asylum proceedings in dangerous conditions in Mexico. Other policies that effectively blockade the border to asylum seekers may also finally be abandoned. In addition, there is a strong push for President Biden to end an immigration system that has seen widespread detention of asylum seekers, families and children, and other migrants, often in facilities run by for-profit prison companies. This panel will explore not only a possible end to exclusionary policies but also a new vision that would emphasize humane processing of asylum seekers arriving at the U.S. southern border. The panelists will consider public health, legal and policy questions that will arise during the transition away from an enforcement-focused approach.

This event is sponsored by the Immigration Clinic, the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law , and the St. Edward’s University Social Work Program.

REGISTER for Part 3: Re-Building the US Refugee Resettlement Program on April 14 at noon here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/139283930987

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/04/14/59465/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society for a conversation with Jordan Lorence, Senior Counsel and Director of Strategic Engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom. Mr. Lorence has argued and worked on a number of First Amendment cases at the Supreme Court of the United States, and he also serves as a frequent legal commentator in television, radio, and print media.

Using the recent case of Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski for context, Mr. Lorence will be discussing the suppression of speech on college campuses and the process of taking a First Amendment case to the Supreme Court.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/04/15/60545/

Join Dean Ward Farnsworth for an update on your alma mater.

Registration required to watch on YouTube Live

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/04/16/60565/

"What? I have an ethical obligation to do that?" A dynamic, interactive CLE that takes a fresh look at the disciplinary rules and Texas Lawyers Creed, some hidden provisions, and a deeper look at professionalism

1 hour ethics CLE credit.

Registration required.

Tracy W. McCormack ’86 is a lecturer and Director of Advocacy at The University of Texas School of Law. Professor McCormack practiced as a trial lawyer for 14 years in Austin before joining the faculty full time in 2000. She teaches courses in Evidence, Trial Advocacy, ADR advocacy and related subjects. She heads the John L. Hill Trial Advocacy Center, the Harry M. Reasoner Center for Trial Practice and the Kincaid and Horton Excellence Fund for Empirical Advocacy Research.

Open to all alumni

Zoom Meeting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/04/16/60566/

Each class party will be hosted by the committees online in Zoom so we can spend time with each other, share our Law School memories, and have some fun with group activities.

Registration required to participate in Zoom meeting.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/04/16/60585/

Each class party will be hosted by the committees online in Zoom so we can spend time with each other, share our Law School memories, and have some fun with group activities.

Registration required to participate in Zoom meeting.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/04/16/60586/