Events Calendar

Join the Capital Punishment Center in welcoming guest speaker Renaldo Hudson.

Renaldo Hudson is an educator and a community organizer, and has focused his work on ending perpetual punishment in Illinois. After being sentenced to death row, he worked for 37 years while incarcerated to change mindsets regarding prisoner rehabilitation. Join us to hear Renaldo speak on how to focus attention on true rehabilitation.

Lunch will be provided before the event.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/70605/

Join us to hear Chief Justice Rebeca Martinez, Chief Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals for the State of Texas, and Dolores Atencio, former co-chair of the HNBA Latina Commission and creator of the Luminarias de la Ley Project, speak about their career journeys as Latinas in the legal profession.

During this conversation, they will explore their career journeys and discuss their experiences as Latinas in the legal profession, including the challenges of being “the first” or “the only.” Ms. Atencio will discuss her extensive research on Latina lawyers. Chief Justice Martinez will offer her perspectives as one among 3 of the highest-ranking Latina judges in Texas. The two will discuss their thoughts on diversifying the legal profession and how current lawyers can help future generations of attorneys.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/70789/

On Thursday, October 6, the Strauss Center welcomes Dr. Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and Director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, for a talk on “The Evolving Nature of Organized Crime in Mexico and Why We Should Care.” This talk is part of our Brumley Speaker Series.

In this conversation, Dr. Payan will discuss how Mexico’s struggle with elevated levels of violence and crime has diverted attention from understanding the drastic changes in the nature and character of Mexico’s criminal organizations, with detrimental consequences for not only Mexico, but the United States as well. Payan will argue that, although it is important to examine crime and violence in Mexico today from a quantitative standpoint, it is essential to also analyze how and why criminal organizations have changed in recent years from large, hierarchical organizations primarily dedicated to drug trafficking to networks of sophisticated, vicious groups creating chaos in Mexico’s society and endangering its institutions. According to Payan, the role that these organizations play within the United States in the fentanyl crisis, as well as immigration and human trafficking, shows that Washington, D.C. can not hesitate to address what is happening on the ground south of the border.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/70172/

This event is approved for 1 hour of CLE credit.

Join us for a virtual panel discussion on building successful coalitions to advance gender equality in the workplace. The panel will discuss recent research by Professor Insiya Hussain that shows groups seeking to advance gender equality in the workplace need to include both men and women to increase their likelihood of success.

The panelists will discuss the ideas of standing, legitimacy, and priority, and the groups that can help bring those to coalitions. They will also discuss successful ways for men to become allies, as well as the practical applications of these ideas in legal organizations.

Panelists include:

Insiya Hussain, Assistant Professor of Management, The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business

Jim Sandman, Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Consultant to the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Allison Shue, Assistant General Counsel, Toyota Motor North America

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/12/70879/

An opportunity for alumni in the Chicago area to meet Texas Law's new dean, Bobby Chesney.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/12/70317/

Join us to welcome back several Texas Law alumni for a Q&A session on October 12 from 6-7pm at TNH 2.138. The alumni joining us are currently working in either the Public Interest and Government areas. Come get insider information on the various career paths available. Food will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/12/70925/

Please join TJOGEL for its inaugural Ladies and Lattes event! Alumnae of TJOGEL and other women from prominent law firms will be there to discuss their career paths and offer their candid guidance. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet and learn from leading women in law. There will be a coffee bar!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/13/70313/

TJOGEL and co-host TLF are hosting a tailgate for the UT home football game.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/15/69916/