Events Calendar

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/

Texas Law Fellowships' annual Excellence in Public Interest Awards (EPIA) reception honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the public interest law field. This year, TLF will be hosting the EPIAs at the home of Bill and Stephanie Whitehurts on Sunday, April 3 at 5:30 PM. For more information about the EPIAs and to see past recipients, please check out our website.

RSVP: Please use the following form to RSVP by March 20th. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoTUCrSaMSURkHN6JnxUQHTGznqs91RlO7PBobW5HwlZSJEA/viewform?usp=sf_link

NOMINATIONS: We are now seeking nominations for all five categories: (1) Students; (2) Professors; (3) UT Staff; (4) Public Interest Attorneys; (5) Private Attorneys. Nominees should demonstrate a strong commitment to serving the public interest community. Please use the following form to submit your nominations by March 11th at Noon. https://forms.gle/BjdKENziqYFX5GrE8

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/03/67105/

If you have questions about selecting classes, early registration process, or how to apply for clinics or internships, please stop by our table in the Atrium.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/04/67145/

If you have questions about selecting classes, early registration process, or how to apply for clinics or internships, please stop by our table in the Atrium.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/05/67146/

Stop by the Advocacy Program Open House to find out about Advocacy Program courses, workshops and extracurricular activities such as interscholastic mock trial and moot court. You will have the opportunity to meet the new Director of Advocacy and ask questions of the Advocacy Program staff, or current students involved in the Program.

Not to mention, FREE LUNCH and Advocacy Program goodies!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/05/67505/

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 session covers communication with the various stakeholders a junior associate will encounter in a law firm, from partners to clients to support staff including how expectations differ between partners and associates, and how to customize your communication style to the partner, the client, and your peers, and how to develop beneficial working relationships with the support staff at your firm. Panelists will offer tips and tools for communicating in a professional manner across a diverse and inclusive law firm environment, including a discussion about the role that technology/social media/apps/texting plays in your communications and legal practice.

RSVP on Symplicity by Friday, April 1, 2022. Lunch/snacks will be served after the program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/05/64826/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society as we host Josh Hammer, opinion editor of Newsweek and research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation, and Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton, for a discussion of common good originalism.

Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/05/65867/

Working as a Summer Intern for a non-profit or public interest organization is an extremely rewarding experience. However, it is not without its difficulties, and many students report feeling burnt out or overwhelmed by the amount of work to be done in these spaces. Please join Texas Law ACS and TLAP for a Compassion Fatigue training and give yourself the tools to balance the weight of the issues, your work in a nonprofit space, and your own personal health and wellbeing.

Comfort food will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/05/67185/

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/2022/04/05/67749/

The Center for Women in Law will hold the 2022 Women's Power Summit on Law & Leadership at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/06/67545/

If you have questions about selecting classes, early registration process, or how to apply for clinics or internships, please stop by our table in the Atrium.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/06/67147/

Rosann Mariappuram is Executive Director of Jane’s Due Process, a nonprofit that ensures legal representation for pregnant minors in Texas. Immediately after graduating from law school, she was an If/When/How Reproductive Justice Fellow with Surge Reproductive Justice and Legal Voice in Seattle. Read more about Rosann here: https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/directory/rosann-mariappuram/

Please RSVP for Zoom link: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rd-iuqTkuGt1xeD-UfDiZmt7pSihLI4QH

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/06/67089/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, April 5, on Symplicity.

A panel of first-generation law students will discuss what they learned about OCI and law firm recruiting, what they wish they had known before going through OCI, and how to avoid common mistakes first-generation law students make during the OCI recruiting season. Panelists TBD.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/06/67065/

Join the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, and the American Constitution Society for a conversation with Texas Law Professors Elizabeth Sepper and Stephen Vladeck and Washington University School of Law Professor Susan Appleton. The discussion will focus on the legal landscape following Supreme Court's upcoming decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and the decision's potential impact on reproductive rights, substantive due process, and beyond.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/06/67625/

The Center for Women in Law will hold the 2022 Women's Power Summit on Law & Leadership at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/07/67546/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/07/66470/

A day of panels and presentations for admitted students.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/07/62508/

If you have questions about selecting classes, early registration process, or how to apply for clinics or internships, please stop by our table in the Atrium.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/07/67148/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/07/65667/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/07/65028/

Join TLF for Happy Hour and learn more about joining our Board of Directors! No prior participation in TLF is necessary. We look forward to meeting you and answering any questions!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/07/67785/

TJOGEL's Spring Happy will be on Thursday, April 7 from 6:30pm-8:30pm. The location for the Happy Hour is still being decided. 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 bar to purchase more beverages. Attire is business casual. Dues must be paid to RSVP.

For more information, please email our Society Director, Lyle Paul, at lrpaul@utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/07/67205/

The Center for Women in Law will hold the 2022 Women's Power Summit on Law & Leadership at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/08/67547/

A day of panels and presentations for admitted students.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/08/62446/

The Capital Punishment Center presents a two-day series of panels with national experts discussing the conditions of confinement, the challenges and costs of incarcerating death-sentenced prisoners, and the physical and psychological effects of death-row conditions on prisoners.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/08/67706/

Please join the Texas International Law Journal for an evening of celebration and recognition of everything the journal has accomplished over the past year.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/08/66786/

The Capital Punishment Center presents a two-day series of panels with national experts discussing the conditions of confinement, the challenges and costs of incarcerating death-sentenced prisoners, and the physical and psychological effects of death-row conditions on prisoners.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/09/67727/

Join TMLS for our annual Banquet in celebration of all that we have accomplished this past year!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/04/09/67765/