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Tuesday, February 2

12:00pm1:15pm
Justice Ginsburg’s Impact on Gender Parity in the Practice of Law

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.

Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for NPR, 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 additio

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/02/59045/

Saturday, February 6

Thursday, February 11

All day
Region 10 TYLA National Trial Competition

via Zoom

The 2021 Region 10 TYLA NTC will be co-hosted by the University of Texas School of Law and Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law. All competition rounds will be held remotely (via Zoom). If you are a student interested in serving as a bailiff or witness for the competition, or a litigator/trial attorney interested in judging one of the competition rounds, please contact Marla Massin, mmassin@law.utexas.edu for more details.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/11/59125/

Friday, February 12

All day
Region 10 TYLA National Trial Competition

via Zoom

The 2021 Region 10 TYLA NTC will be co-hosted by the University of Texas School of Law and Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law. All competition rounds will be held remotely (via Zoom). If you are a student interested in serving as a bailiff or witness for the competition, or a litigator/trial attorney interested in judging one of the competition rounds, please contact Marla Massin, mmassin@law.utexas.edu for more details.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/12/59126/

Saturday, February 13

All day
Region 10 TYLA National Trial Competition

via Zoom

The 2021 Region 10 TYLA NTC will be co-hosted by the University of Texas School of Law and Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law. All competition rounds will be held remotely (via Zoom). If you are a student interested in serving as a bailiff or witness for the competition, or a litigator/trial attorney interested in judging one of the competition rounds, please contact Marla Massin, mmassin@law.utexas.edu for more details.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/13/59127/

Thursday, February 18

Friday, February 19

CANCELED
Celebrating Scholarships - Virtual Event

Invitees will join us as we celebrate the gratitude and hope that scholarships inspire. For questions, call 512-232-4604 or email events@law.utexas.edu.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/19/59146/

Monday, February 22

Tuesday, February 23

11:30am12:30pm
GRITS - Intersection of Disability Rights and Racial Justice

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

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/23/59486/
5:00pm
GRITS 2021 - Environmental Justice in the Southern United States

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 more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/23/58945/

Wednesday, February 24

5:00pm
Not Policy, Power! Movement Lawyering in Action

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

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/24/58965/

Thursday, February 25

Friday, February 26

8:30am5:00pm
2:30pm
GRITS - Labor Organizing: From the US South to the Global South

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

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4:30pm6:00pm
GRITS - Organizing in Law School

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

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/26/59467/

Saturday, February 27

11:00am12:00pm
GRITS - Crimmigration in the Carceral State

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

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/02/27/59487/