Events Calendar

Join the Judicial Clerkship Program for a catch-up introductory session on Judicial Clerkships. We'll introduce you to the resources and support available to apply to judicial clerkships as well as detailed instructions on how to begin the application process for 2024-term clerkship positions. For 2Ls and 3Ls only.

Capacity will be limited to 25 people per session. RSVP by Monday, September 26,on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

These sessions will not be recorded. If you already attended a September session, you do not need to attend this one.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/03/69644/

Join Women's Law Caucus and attorneys from Jones Day for a lunch panel! This event is only open to paid members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/03/70606/

1Ls: Stop by to meet with recruiting coordinators from Jones Day to learn more about their firm. Refreshments will be served. In line with our Recruiting Policies for Private-Sector Employers, employers may not discuss summer employment nor request resumes from 1L students until November 1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/03/70761/

Film Screening for CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN POLICING, PROSECUTION, AND PUNISHMENT THROUGH LAW AND FILM LAW 296W 29400

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/03/70729/

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

TJOGEL Society Members can stop by from 8:00am - 9:00am to talk with representatives from a law firm and for some coffee and breakfast.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/70314/

Join the TJOGEL Society for a Roundtable Lunch with partners and associates from national law firms. Please RSVP via a form that will be sent out about a week before each Roundtable to TJOGEL Society Members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/70616/

BOA is excited to announce its 2-part education series, Foley Foundations! Centered around the upcoming intramural Foley & Lardner Novice Mock Trial Competition, these sessions are designed for competitors and other BOA members to learn the mechanics (and secrets!) of competing in mock trial. If you think you are interested in mock trial and want a place to start, or if you want to learn more before the upcoming competition, then these sessions are for you.

Foley Foundations Session 1: Overview, Content, and Procedures Saturday, September 24, 2022; 1 PM - 2:30 PM; ZOOM

Foley Foundations Session 2: Evidentiary Essentials and In-person Decorum Tuesday, October 4, 2022; 11:30 - 1 PM; TNH 3.142; Light refreshments provided! We will have experienced mock trial competitors joining us to go over the curriculum and answer your questions.

You can sign up for both sessions or just for one. You DO NOT have to be signed up for the competition, but you DO have to be a member of the Board of Advocates to attend these sessions. Please email ahousini@utexas.edu if you are interested in joining the Board of Advocates.

Link to sign up for Foley Foundations: https://forms.gle/j257VZJg5cAMo6H87

Foley Competitors are also welcome to attend the Foley Office Hours to ask questions about the competition. Office hours will take place on Friday, September 30, 1-2 PM via ZOOM.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/70671/

Please RSVP by Monday, October 3, on Symplicity.

Texas Law 2Ls will discuss their summer judicial internship experiences and how they secured their positions during this live panel. Learn about judicial internships, the courts that have them, and how to apply. Panelists TBD.

There are hundreds of summer judicial internship opportunities available with municipal, state, and federal courts nationwide. Early December is a good time to send out applications and academic credit is available through the Judicial Internship Program for summer internships with eligible courts. This is a great opportunity for 1Ls and 2Ls alike!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/69566/

Emily Cook will attend, give a lecture, and lead a discussion on Texas Treatment Law and the Ten-Day rule. We will provide lunch for attendees.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/70229/

UHS will offer flu shots by appointment.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/70425/

Property laws have been utilized to reinforce a broad range of racial disparities, and even today vestiges of Jim Crow laws play a part in the decline of Black land ownership throughout generations. From red-lining and property taxes to more sinister land grabs, these issues of race and racism are often absent from scholarly and casebook discussions of property law. Join us for a discussion on these and related matters with Professor Kevin Haynes. Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/70905/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/69427/

Curious what health law is or what a career in health law looks like? Join Texas Health Law Society as a few practitioners in Austin come speak with us about the field and careers in health law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/70669/

GRITS is holding our first conference planning meeting with the board and new members. We will discuss developing panel ideas, conference format, and administrative goals.

If you want to help plan the GRITS 2023 Conference and haven't come to our prior events or heard much about us, feel free to join at the meeting!

"GRITS is a student-run, public interest law conference that focuses on the difficulties and constraints inherent to social justice work in the South, and the unique strategies that legal practitioners and other public interest workers have developed to meet those needs.

The conference emphasizes innovative, progressive, and even radical approaches to building community among students, practitioners, and community activists in the South to bring about social change.

​The conference is an opportunity for law students, lawyers, and activists to build coalitions, share strategies for progressive lawyering, and develop new approaches for the future."

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/04/70785/

Christian Legal Society will be hosting a Bible study and meeting for anyone interested in learning more about the Bible or the faith. We encourage all people who are curious about Christianity or wanting to grow in their faith to join. A good opportunity to build community and learn more about the Bible!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/05/70191/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/05/69632/

Meg Clifford will talk about different types of Outlining and provide examples. This is a great opportunity to eat a good lunch and get your questions answered about outlining.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/05/69686/

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 the TJOGEL Society for a Roundtable Lunch with partners and associates from national law firms. Please RSVP via a form that will be sent out about a week before each Roundtable to TJOGEL Society Members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/70692/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/70387/

Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 5, on Symplicity.

Join Marilyn Drees ("the introvert") and Mindy Finnigan ("the extrovert") from the CSO to learn practical tips to help anyone have productive, meaningful conversations and build professional relationships.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/69808/

TBLS is excited to be hosting their second panel in their Business Law 101 series with Baker Botts. Partners and associates from their offices in Texas will be talking about different components of transactional law and answering your questions. This event is for TBLS members only, but if you are not a member, you can sign up here: https://bit.ly/3fdiopl

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/70763/

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/

Come join us Thursday from 12:30-1:30pm in the Jury Room (CCJ 2.310) for an hour of community and Bible study. Feel free to drop in as you're able. We welcome all women regardless of faith background!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/70767/

Mentors and mentees from the Explore Law Program meet each other.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/70265/

Open house for prospective JD applicants.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/69466/

Join TLF for our annual fall auction! Each year, students bid on silent auction items from local businesses and on experiences with professors. All students, including 1Ls and LLMs, are encouraged to attend, enjoy an open bar, and bid on items. All profits from the fall auction directly support public interest students with summer stipends.

Doors open at 6:30 with a live performance from Texas Law's Sex Parte. The live auction begins at 7:15.

Fall Auction pre-sale tickets are $20 and $25 at the door. Tickets will be sold at the law school at the following times: --Sept. 29 from 11-2 in the atrium; --Oct. 4 from 9-2 on the Patman Plaza (breezeway); --Oct. 5 from 9-2 in the atrium; and --Oct. 6 on the Patman Plaza (breezeway)

Buy online at: https://texaslawfellowships.org/main/donate/.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/06/69465/

1Ls are invited to stop by to fuel up for their Friday classes.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/07/70185/

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

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/07/69087/

Texas Law Board of Advocates is excited to present the Foley & Lardner Novice Mock Trial Competition (formerly known as Gardere). Foley & Lardner is an intramural activity for students to learn and practice in a low-stakes setting the presentation and storytelling involved in trial court. All law students, including 1Ls, who have not previously participated in a law school mock trial competition are invited and encouraged to participate!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/07/70560/

This project will focus on supporting Afghan service recipients with their applications for asylum. Student volunteers will work in pairs to interview service recipients to gather information to complete USCIS asylum application forms.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/08/70666/