Events Calendar

Please join the Texas Federalist Society as we host Judge Amul Thapar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, who will be discussing "Unpopular Opinions: The Power of Judicial Courage."

Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/21/66186/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/21/67565/

Please join the Judicial Clerkship Program in welcoming alumni a panel discussion on clerkship interviews, what they look like, and how to be a successful candidate. This event is for 2Ls and 3Ls.

RSVP by Monday, March 21st, on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/22/65467/

Come meet some White & Case attorneys. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/22/67005/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/22/65948/

Please RSVP by Monday, March 21, on Symplicity. Zoom link will then be sent before the event.

If you are a student with a degree (or at least two years of coursework) in engineering, computer sciences or the hard sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, or related fields), and are interested in becoming a patent law practitioner, don't miss this opportunity to learn more about the foundations for that career path.

Join Mark Dighton, Practising Law Institute (PLI)’s Director of Law School Relations and Administrative Director of their Patent Office Exam Course, for a conversation about patent careers and the Patent Office Exam that is a gateway to most of those careers. Topics for discussion include: the latest info on the Patent Office Exam, who can take it, how it works (it's online and “on demand”), when you should take it (you don't need to . . . and probably shouldn't...wait until you graduate), and recommendations on when and how to study for this challenging exam.

Scholarships to the other IP programs offered by the Practising Law Institute (PLI) will also be discussed.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/22/67088/

Norton Rose Fulbright provides coffee and cookies for the 1Ls in the Green and Sutton Societies.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/23/64886/

Take a minute to breath with vibrant, enthusiastic speaker Megan Lyons. Megan empowers attendees to take control of their health, increase productivity, enhance mood and make gradual but impactful changes that lead to over all improved health.

Her Zoom presentation today "From Surviving to Thriving" addresses burnout, stress management, and mental health.

This presentation is great for all students, faculty, and staff.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82047729087

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/23/66285/

MLS will be hosting a panel on Islamophobia in the law with Khaled Beydoun, Dr. Nura Sediqe, and Shelby-Sullivan Bennis as our panelists. General Islamophobia, gendered Islamophobia, and the representation of Guantanamo detainees will be discussed.

Emails for inquiries: texasmuslimlegalsociety@gmail.com Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/23/67325/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 22, on Symplicity.

 A panel of first-generation attorneys will discuss what they learned from OCI, what they wish they had known before going through OCI as a student, and how to avoid common mistakes first-generation law students make during the OCI recruiting season. Panelists include Emily Meier, Norton Rose Fulbright (Austin); Tori Newton, Kirkland & Ellis (Dallas); Andrea Thai, Jackson Walker (Austin); Luke Strother, Gibson Dunn (Houston); and Maegan Quejada, Sidley Austin (Houston).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/23/67045/

Join OUTLaw, TMLS, APALSA, CHLLSA, and TLDA as we meet with an undergrad group from main campus: Minority Women Pursuing Law. There will be a panel of law students followed by a social.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/23/67086/

Join the Women's Christian Fellowship for our weekly time of Bible study, prayer, and fellowship.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/24/66468/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/24/65765/

Please join the Judicial Clerkships Program as we give you an introduction and overview of judicial clerkships- what they are and what the application looks like for the Class of 2024.

RSVP by Wednesday, March 23, on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/24/65645/

Join TLAA for a walk to the Blanton Art Museum! The Blanton is UT's very own top caliber Art Museum, with works ranging from classical to modern and everything in between. We will meet at the Breezeway and walk together to the Blanton at 3:00pm. You're also free to meet us at the museum if you prefer! The museum is free on Thursday, so the the event is no charge and you're free to bring any guests you would like! Please sign up at this google form to let TLAA know you're coming: https://forms.gle/FZX6Dzy6CmA4U7XL9

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/24/67585/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/24/65027/

Join the American Constitution Society (ACS) and the William Wayne Justice Center in welcoming Attorney Jarrett Adams to speak at the law school. Adams will speak to the connection between trauma and the law, the effects of a system that works against those who have already had difficult life experiences, and how law students and future lawyers can work to change the system.

Adams clerked for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and worked at the Innocence Project before he launched the Law Offices of Jarrett Adams, PLLC. Additionally, Adams is the co-founder of Life After Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing wrongful convictions and building an ecosystem of support and empowerment for exonerees. In Adams’ highly acclaimed first book, he talks about his fight towards exoneration after a wrongful conviction. The memoir follows the aftermath of reclaiming and rebuilding his life after justice and his drive to help other exonerees do it too. Adams earned his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He was awarded the National Defender Investigator Association Investigator of the Year award for his work with the clemency petition of Reynolds Wintersmith, ultimately granted by President Barack Obama.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/24/67285/

Join OUTLaw as we network with attorneys at Baker Botts. Learn about this firm while drinking excellent cocktails.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/24/67445/

1L meet and greet with Dean Farnsworth

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/25/66888/

On Friday, March 25, the Strauss Center will host “A Conversation with Matt Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for National Security” at Texas Law’s Eidman Courtroom from 11:50 am – 12:50 pm. Lunch will be provided at the event.

BIOGRAPHY Matt Olsen is the Assistant Attorney General for National Security. In that capacity, he leads the Department of Justice’s mission to combat terrorism, espionage, cyber crime, and other threats to the national security.

From 2011 to 2014, Olsen served as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Prior to leading NCTC, Olsen was the General Counsel for the National Security Agency.

For 18 years, Olsen worked at the Department of Justice as a career attorney and in a number of leadership positions. He served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General for national security and was Special Counselor to the Attorney General. In 2006, Olsen helped establish the National Security Division and served as the first career Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

For over a decade, Olsen was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. He also served as Special Counsel to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, supporting the post-9/11 transformation of the FBI. Olsen began his public service career as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.

Olsen was a law clerk to the Honorable Norma Holloway Johnson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He graduated from Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/25/67225/

1L meet and greet with Dean Farnsworth

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/25/66889/

Students will interview UT employees and their families, and draft both wills and deeds designed to transfer property outside of probate court. Students also will help families obtain reductions in their property taxes where applicable.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/26/67365/

Informational session for rising 2L & 3L students who are interested in becoming Teaching Quizmasters (teaching assistants) for the JD legal-writing program and the LLM legal-writing course. You can download an information sheet and application from https://law.utexas.edu/beck. Applications for new TQs are due by noon on Saturday, April 2, 2022. Applications for returning TQs are due Monday, April 18, 2022, at 5:00 pm.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/28/67525/

Learn about about the 2022-2023 Pro Bono Scholar Program. Application deadline is April 8 at noon.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/28/67725/

Clinical faculty and staff will be on hand to discuss Texas Law's clinical program. Lunch provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/29/65946/

The Texas Law Professional Development Series is taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. This must-attend program will help you prepare for your summer clerkship or postgraduate job.

This popular panel of second-, third- and fourth-year associates from four different law firms will share a no-holds-barred perspective on what students can really expect in the workplace. Session takes place from 11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m.

Whether you're a 1L preparing for your first summer clerkship or the fall recruiting season, a 2L working to turn your summer clerkship or fellowship into an offer, or a graduating 3L getting a head start on your legal career, the Texas Law Professional Development Institute (PDI), which is presented each Spring, will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

RSVP on Symplicity by Friday, March 26, 2022. Lunch/snacks will be served after the program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/29/64825/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/29/65927/

Pro bono volunteers will work on expunction client files

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/29/67728/

Come play bingo hosted by a drag queen and get to know some awesome attorneys! Bring your friends and your enthusiasm.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/29/67465/

Norton Rose Fulbright provides coffee and cookies for the 1Ls in the Sheffield and Cadena Societies.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/30/64885/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society as we host Logan Beirne, Lecturer in Law and Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School, and Professor Michael Churgin, the Raybourne Thompson Centennial Professor at Texas Law, for a discussion of historical approaches to immigration.

Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/30/65887/

This is the last session in the 3L Bar Prep series.

Come get familiar with the Multistate Performance Test (MPT) / Multistate Essay Exam (MEE).

The MPT / MEE (50% of your bar exam score).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/30/66726/

Join the Women's Christian Fellowship for our weekly time of Bible study, prayer, and fellowship.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/31/66469/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/31/65666/

Judges Patrick Bumatay, James Ho and Timothy Tymkovich, federal appellate judges from different circuits – the Ninth, Fifth, and Tenth – will discuss their perspectives on the First Amendment, through the lens of cases they have handled. They will also take Q&A from the audience and students about judging, clerkships, and more. We hope you can join us.

Moderated by Meg McDonough, Research Assistant for the First Amendment Center.

To register for this event and reserve a lunch, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/judicial-perspectives-on-the-first-amendment-tickets-302670494597

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/31/65265/

Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity. Zoom link will then be sent before the event.

To post or not to post? Please join us for a discussion with experienced attorneys as they explain how to effectively use social media as a career tool, including how to develop your brand, expand your network and build business, understand market trends, and avoid common pitfalls. Panelists include Terry Roberts, Vice President Employment Law and Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer at American Eagle Outfitters; Carmela Romeo, Litigation Partner in the New York office of Arnold & Porter; Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, Founder of Lincoln-Goldfinch Law; Kendyl Hanks, Shareholder in the Austin office of Greenberg Traurig. Moderated by Karen Vladeck, Managing Director at Whistler Partners.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/31/67305/

Learn about about the 2022-2023 Pro Bono Scholar Program. Application deadline is April 8 at noon.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/31/67726/

Jump on a Zoom meeting with SAO to learn how to use the UT Law Early Registration system. This will be a walk through of the system, preparing you for registration in April. Don't let your inexperience with the registration system prevent you from a great 2L schedule!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/31/66585/

Members, come join FGLS for a dinner hosted by Latham & Watkins! Meet Latham attorneys and network with your fellow First-Gen students! Please refer to the FGLS GroupMe or check your inbox for an RSVP link.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/31/67265/

Visit Symplicity for Zoom link information.

For 3Ls seeking postgraduate employment, learn about Texas Law's postgraduate internship program, the Long Career Launch Program (LCLP). Discuss the program details and application, as well as strategies for how to maximize the benefit of participating in LCLP, and receive practical advice on how to make your job search more efficient and productive.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/03/31/67750/

University of Texas School of Architecture's Community and Regional Planning Program invites you to join them on Friday, April 1, from 12:00-1:30pm CDT for a hybrid in-person/online City Forum with Heather K. Way, clinical professor at The University of Texas School of Law and co-director of the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Center.

In her talk, Professor Way will present on the growing use of two tax tools in Texas that are available through public facility corporations and tax increment financing. Professor Way will share their pitfalls and offer recommendations on how they should be revamped to better serve the affordable housing needs of Texans, provider stronger accountability to taxpayers, and incorporate more equitable practices.

The talk will be held in-person in Goldsmith Hall, room 3.120. Box lunches will be provided on a first come, first serve basis. The talk will also be streamed via Zoom and YouTube (links below).

In-person in GOL. 3.120

Steamed on YouTube: https://youtu.be/d4RW-Hg_S4Y

Zoom meeting link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83232287980?pwd=RzhqZlpNQlZUZ2hseUZnTlBlS2FvUT09

Zoom meeting ID: 832 3228 7980; Passcode: 942799

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/01/67826/

We will hold a memorial service for long-time Texas Law professor Zipporah Wiseman, who passed away early this year.

A Celebration of the Life of Zipporah Wiseman

Memorial Service: 3:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. – Eidman Courtroom

Reception: 4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. – Jamail Pavilion

Some speakers, including some of Zipporah’s family members, will likely join virtually online.

All the law school community, including, of course, graduates and the far-flung networks of Zipporah’s family, friends and colleagues are invited to join, in person or online.

LIVESTREAM VIDEO LINK: virtualmeeting.la.utexas.edu/meet/memorial-for-zipporah-wiseman

Share memories and condolences: currentobituary.com/member/obit/252102

Read the law school's In Memoriam: law.utexas.edu/news/2021/02/01/in-memoriam-professor-zipporah-b-wiseman

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/01/63905/

This is a happy hour, we will have food and drinks and 1-2 guest speakers. It will be a public interest focused event for networking and mingling for our PI-focused members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/01/66865/