Events Calendar

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.

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.