Events Calendar

Now viewing: October 17–30, 2021

Monday, October 18

Tuesday, October 19

12:00pm1:00pm
TJOGEL Roundtable Luncheon

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Join the TJOGEL Society for a Roundtable Lunch with partners and associates from national law firms. Please RSVP via a form that will be sent out about a week before each Roundtable to TJOGEL Society Members.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/19/61427/
12:00pm1:00pm
TRELS Lunch Speaker Panel on Real Estate Issues in Cannabis Law

JON 5.257

Join Texas Real Estate Law Society in Room JON 5.257 on Tuesday, October 19th at 12-1pm for lunch and an interesting discussion on an evolving issue in real estate law!

TRELS will be hosting their first lunch panel of the year featuring Morris Denton; Professor Rider; and Gail Whitfield.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/19/64257/

Wednesday, October 20

10:00am2:00pm
Free Pins for International Pronouns Day

TNH 2.100 (Susman Godfrey Atrium)
1:00pm2:00pm

Thursday, October 21

11:45am1:15pm
Faculty Colloquium - Margot Kaminski
(This event’s full information is restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff only.) For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/21/62029/
12:00pm1:00pm
TJOGEL Roundtable Luncheon

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Join the TJOGEL Society for a Roundtable Lunch with partners and associates from national law firms. Please RSVP via a form that will be sent out about a week before each Roundtable to TJOGEL Society Members.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/21/61111/
12:00pm2:00pm
TLAA Mini Pumpkin Painting

TNH GEORGES-PATIO (George’s Café Patio)

Take a break from school and come paint mini pumpkins with TLAA! Paint and mini pumpkins to be provided!

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/21/64185/
3:00pm3:45pm
Law School 101: Stress Management

Zoom: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/96632723691

Law school stress is unique. We all need strategies to handle all that needs to be done, learned, and demonstrated in the course of a semester. Along with Dr. Maria Timm, SAO staff will discuss the unique pressures on law students and how to manage them.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/21/60854/
6:00pm8:00pm
Fall Law Firm Happy Hour with the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law

TJOGEL's first in-person social event will be the Fall Happy Hour on Thursday, October 21 from 6pm-8pm at the historic and beautiful Hotel Ella. Beverages and Hors d'Oeuvres will be served, and we will be inviting lawyers from many different firms and companies to attend the event. Since the law school does not allow us to pay for more than 2 drinks per student, you will only receive two drink tickets when you check in, but there will be a cash b

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/21/64105/
6:30pm9:00pm

Friday, October 22

12:00pm1:00pm
FREE SPEECH WEEK Event - Academic Freedom, the First Amendment, and the American University

Join us for a discussion with Professors Laura Weinrib (Harvard Law) and David Rabban (Texas Law) regarding conflicting views about academic freedom and its relationship to the First Amendment. Moderated by Professor Steven Collis (Texas Law), director of the Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/22/63109/
12:45pm1:45pm
LS4BL x ACS "Alternative Curriculum" Racial Justice Discussion 2: Contracts

Location TBA

These are hour-long discussions attempting to integrate principles of racial justice into the 1L core curriculum. The discussions seek not only to shed light on the extent of the permeation of racial inequalities in every aspect of the law, but to equip law students with the necessary tools to speak up in class, ponder hard topics, and work to change the culture of our law school curriculum at large.

Each discussion is centered on o

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/22/63066/
1:00pm2:00pm

Monday, October 25

3:30pm4:30pm

Tuesday, October 26

10:30am11:30am
12:00pm1:00pm
October Clinical Faculty Zoom Lunch
(This event’s full information is restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff only.) For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/26/61849/
1:00pm2:00pm
3:30pm4:30pm

Wednesday, October 27

12:00pm12:45pm
Affirmative Action and the Court

TNH 2.139 (Wilson Classroom)
4:30pm5:30pm
Doing Well and Doing Good: How and Why BigLaw Combines Profitability and Pro Bono

TNH 2.139 (Wilson Classroom)

To celebrate National Pro Bono Week, the Mithoff Program presents a talk by Steve Schulman, Pro Bono Partner at Akin Gump. Steven has been the Pro Bono Partner for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld since 2006. He manages the firm’s world-wide pro bono practice, which devotes more than 100,000 hours annually to a range of clients, from non-profit organizations to individuals in need of protection.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/27/64085/

Thursday, October 28

12:00pm1:00pm
TJOGEL Roundtable Luncheon

TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)

Join the TJOGEL Society for a Roundtable Lunch with partners and associates from national law firms. Please RSVP via a form that will be sent out about a week before each Roundtable to TJOGEL Society Members.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/28/61112/
3:30pm4:30pm
Ace Your Legal Interviews | In-Person

TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)
CANCELED
Seventh Annual Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights

To ensure the continuation of Sissy Farenthold’s legacy, this lecture series — in line with Sissy’s own history of exposing and responding to injustices and inequality as both a public servant and citizen — brings to Austin and Houston internationally renowned scholars and activists to inspire their audiences to think and act creatively to respond to some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/28/59945/

Friday, October 29

1:30pm2:30pm
Ace Your Legal Interviews | In-Person

TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)
2:30pm3:30pm
Ace Your Legal Interviews | In-Person

TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)
3:30pm4:30pm
Ace Your Legal Interviews | In-Person

TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)

Saturday, October 30

2:00pm4:00pm
Texas Transactional Skills Competition Happy Hour

Happy Hour reception/ networking event to follow Transactional Skills Competition

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/10/30/63805/