The Texas Environmental Law Journal is now accepting applications! 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs are encouraged to apply. The application is now available at telj.org/join and is due to texasenvironmentallawjournal@gmail.com by January 22nd at 11:59 PM. Please email us with any questions, or visit telj.org for more information!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/22/72670/

SPEAKER:

Carlos Bernal

Justice, Constitutional Court of Colombia

Professor, University of Dayton

Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

DISCUSSANT:

Lawrence Sager

Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair

University of Texas School of Law

MODERATOR:

Richard Albert

William Stamps Farish Professor in Law

University of Texas School of Law

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/23/72549/

Join the Justice Center for a discussion about grades for public interest law students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they seek to challenge in their careers. We’ll also touch on resources for the summer public interest job search and funding.

Law schools need to do more to support the well-being, needs, and leadership development of students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, immigrant students, LGBTQ+ students, formerly incarcerated students, and students with families who have been impacted by the criminal or immigration enforcement systems. This space is meant to build a positive community for students who not only have these experiences, but whose public interest work as attorneys may be directly tied to their lived experiences and/or those of their loved ones.

This program seeks to serve as a space for dialogue, mentorship, and resource-sharing that is tailored to the particular needs, and strengths, of students in this position.

Lunch provided. Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/GSz2EYynj6gDN1vn8

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/23/71845/

The Pathways Series empowers students to learn more about and engage with various legal careers and professionals. Through the Pathways Series, the Center highlights a variety of career paths and successful lawyers. The program exposes Texas Law students to the diversity of the legal field and provides opportunities for mentorship and networking. The program supports professional development for Texas Law students beginning their careers and for more senior professionals. This program is valuable to first-generation students and students and lawyers from underrepresented groups.

Center for Women in Law is hosting an in-person Healthcare Panel Pathways event for Texas Law students on 1/24/23 at UT Law School. Join us to learn about the different career paths in health law. Lunch will be provided. In order to join in person (UT Law, TNH 3.124), please RSVP for an accurate lunch count: https://bit.ly/TXHealthLawRSVP

The event includes three panelists in the Texas Healthcare sector:

Geronimo M. Rodriguez, Jr., Chief Advocacy Officer, Ascension Texas

Meghan Kempf, Associate Director, IDD-BH and HSCS Team, Policy Department, HHSC Office of Chief Counsel

Shauna Lorenz, Partner, GJERSET & LORENZ, LLP

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/24/72431/

Please RSVP by Monday, January 23, on Symplicity.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/24/72428/

Professors Erben and Baker alongside TPPF Scholar Andrew Brown will discuss what is important and of interest to students this legislative session.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/24/72490/

Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights, Law Students for Black Lives, and American Constitution Society are hosting a panel on inclusivity in judicial clerkships. Watch in person of via zoom!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/24/72687/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/24/70725/

Questions about the public interest summer job search, classes/clinics, postgrad opportunities, or public interest at Texas Law more generally? Members of the Justice Center student advisory board are here to help. We're holding office hours in the Justice Center conference room through February 1. Stop by to see us! We’re available with advice and snacks.

Location: The Justice Center conference room on the ground floor of the Connally Center, CCJ 1.324. (Take the elevator in the Jamail Pavilion, go one floor down.)

For more information, visit: https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/events/justic-center-student-advisory-board-drop-in-office-hours/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/24/72708/

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 want to grow in their faith to join. This a good opportunity to build community and learn more about the Bible!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/25/72587/

1Ls: Stop by to meet with recruiting coordinators from DLA Piper to learn more about their firm and grab lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/25/70689/

Trivia Night for Society Program

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/25/69285/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/25/71466/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/26/69147/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/26/72811/

Does religious liberty mean religious citizens need not follow otherwise valid laws?

In his public lecture, University of Notre Dame Professor Vincent Phillip Muñoz – whose scholarship has been cited in multiple Supreme Court opinions, including by Justice Alito in Fulton and by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Thomas in Espinoza v. Montana (2020) – will address this question and others, advancing his controversial and counter-intuitive thesis that the Founders’ understanding of religious liberty does not include a right to religious exemptions. Drawing on his new book, "Religious Liberty and the American Founding", Professor Muñoz will argue that Justice Scalia was (mostly) right and, accordingly, Justice Alito’s call for overturning Smith is mistaken, at least if the Founding Fathers are to guide First Amendment religious liberty jurisprudence.

Lunch will be offered (please RSVP). For the RSVP form and more information about this event, please visit the link.

This event is co-sponsored by the Civitas Institute.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/26/71645/

Questions about the public interest summer job search, classes/clinics, postgrad opportunities, or public interest at Texas Law more generally? Members of the Justice Center student advisory board are here to help. We're holding office hours in the Justice Center conference room through February 1. Stop by to see us! We’re available with advice and snacks.

Location: The Justice Center conference room on the ground floor of the Connally Center, CCJ 1.324. (Take the elevator in the Jamail Pavilion, go one floor down.)

For more information, visit: https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/events/justic-center-student-advisory-board-drop-in-office-hours/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/26/72688/

Questions about the public interest summer job search, classes/clinics, postgrad opportunities, or public interest at Texas Law more generally? Members of the Justice Center student advisory board are here to help. We're holding office hours in the Justice Center conference room through February 1. Stop by to see us! We’re available with advice and snacks.

Location: The Justice Center conference room on the ground floor of the Connally Center, CCJ 1.324. (Take the elevator in the Jamail Pavilion, go one floor down.)

For more information, visit: https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/events/justic-center-student-advisory-board-drop-in-office-hours/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/26/72689/

Join us on January 26th at 6:30 p.m. CST for an evening with Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence. DNI Haines will give keynote remarks, followed by a fireside chat with Adam Klein, Director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law. This program is co-hosted by the Clements Center for National Security, LBJ Presidential Library, Public Interest Declassification Board, and the Strauss Center as part of a two-day conference “America’s Secrets: Classified Information and our Democracy” on January 26 and 27.

Director Haines’s keynote will be held in-person in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium located at the LBJ Presidential Library.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/26/72788/

To be provided

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/27/68825/

Session I

8:00 am • Registration

8:25 am • Welcome

8:30 – 9:30 am • Panel 1: Scholars and Documents: A Complicated Relationship Jim Goldgeier, Visiting Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; Chair, State Department Historical Advisory Committee Deborah Pearlstein, Co-Director, Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, Cardozo School of Law; Member, State Department Historical Advisory Committee Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs, University of Texas at Austin Sheena Greitens, Founding Director, Asia Policy Program, University of Texas at Austin Moderator: Aaron O’Connell, Director of Research, Clements Center for National Security

9:30 am – 10:30 am • Panel 2: Is Technology the Problem or the Solution? Jared Abrams, Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratories Ivan Lee, Founder & CEO, Datasaur.ai Alex Joel, Senior Project Director and Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, American University Ezra Cohen, Former Chair, PIDB, and Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Moderator: Adam Klein, Director, Strauss Center for International Security and Law

10:30 am – 10:45 am • BREAK

Session II and Keynote

10:45 am – 11:45 am • Panel 3: Presidential Records and the National Archives Tim Naftali, Clinical Associate Professor of History and Public Policy, New York University Gary Stern, NARA General Counsel Warren Finch, Former Director, George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Mark Lawrence, Director, LBJ Presidential Library Moderator: Paul Noel Chretien, PIDB Board Member and Retired Central Intelligence Agency Officer

11:45 am – 12:30 pm • Lunch

12:30 – 1:15 pm • Declassification, Transparency, and the Importance of Section 702: A Conversation with Senator John Cornyn Moderator: Will Inboden, Executive Director, Clements Center for National Security

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm • BREAK

Session III

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm • Panel 4: The Media, Secrecy and Transparency Adam Goldman, New York Times Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Dustin Volz, Wall Street Journal Josh Gerstein, Politico Moderator: Ben Powell, PIDB Board Member, Former DNI General Counsel

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm • Panel 5: The View from Government Historians and Archivists Erin Mahan, Chief Historian, Office of the Secretary of Defense Adam Howard, Director, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State John Fox, Historian, Federal Bureau of Investigation Moderator: Carter Burwell, PIDB Board Member

3:30 pm • Conference adjourns

This agenda is subject to change. Please check back for updates.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/27/72789/

Sheffield Society Breakfast with Dean Chesney

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/27/72046/

The right to assembly has received renewed interest in recent years. Professor John Inazu (Washington University School of Law), one of the nation’s leading experts on the topic, and Dean Bobby Chesney (Texas Law) will discuss the most recent developments in the law and where it should go. 

Lunch will be offered. Please visit the link to learn more and RSVP. We hope you join us!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/27/70227/

Friday, January 27 from 1:15-2:15pm in TNH 2.139 — Wilson Classroom. Refreshments provided.

Texas Law’s Office for Equity and Inclusion, the Career Services Office, and Dr. Maria Timm invite Thriving in Law School 1L students to learn about self-care and job search strategies that will help to minimize stress and anxiety. Those who wear their THRIVING shirts will be entered into a raffle to win an office-branded Yeti! And don’t forget: the more events you attend, the more opportunities you have for your name to be entered into the end-of-year GRAND PRIZE raffle.

Special thanks to the Thriving in Law School Founding Sponsor, Vinson & Elkins LLP, and Partner Sponsor, Greenberg Traurig LLP.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/27/72585/

Join the Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy for our first general meeting of the semester!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/27/72790/

To be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/28/68826/

Law School Planning Day (LSPD) is a one-day in-person workshop that will prepare attendees for the law school application process.

  Workshop topics will include:

The law school admissions timeline Financing law school LSAT preparation, and  Resources for application support.  Attendees will also participate in a networking lunch with members of the Texas Law community.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/28/69525/

Please RSVP by Sunday, January 29, on Symplicity.

Do you have upcoming public service interviews? If you missed an Ace Your Legal Interview session this fall, join us now for this interactive workshop to help prepare specifically for upcoming public service interviews. You will hear common interview questions and have the opportunity to practice your interview messaging and skills in this small-group setting. Leave the program with the tools and the confidence to help you prepare for and nail your interviews.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/30/72810/

Questions about the public interest summer job search, classes/clinics, postgrad opportunities, or public interest at Texas Law more generally? Members of the Justice Center student advisory board are here to help. We're holding office hours in the Justice Center conference room through February 1. Stop by to see us! We’re available with advice and snacks.

Location: The Justice Center conference room on the ground floor of the Connally Center, CCJ 1.324. (Take the elevator in the Jamail Pavilion, go one floor down.)

For more information, visit: https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/events/justic-center-student-advisory-board-drop-in-office-hours/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/30/72690/

This roundtable discussion, the first event of the Rapoport Center's Spring 2023 Cultures of Environmental Justice colloquium and co-sponsored by Planet Texas 2050, will feature local activists and organizations discussing the ongoing justice implications of Winter Storm Uri.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/30/72545/

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/2023/01/31/69792/

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

Want to apply for clerkships and don't know how to start your research process? Join the Judicial Clerkship Program as we tackle how to figure out who you want to work for and how to apply! This event is for 2Ls.

RSVP by Monday, January 30, on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/31/71566/

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 want to grow in their faith to join. This a good opportunity to build community and learn more about the Bible!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/01/72588/

Come join WLC for brunch and grab your t-shirt if you haven't already! Breakfast and shirts are available to paid members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/01/72808/

Professors Strang and Bobbitt will discuss the history, purpose, and potential future of the stare decisis doctrine.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/01/72706/

Questions about the public interest summer job search, classes/clinics, postgrad opportunities, or public interest at Texas Law more generally? Members of the Justice Center student advisory board are here to help. We're holding office hours in the Justice Center conference room through February 1. Stop by to see us! We’re available with advice and snacks.

Location: The Justice Center conference room on the ground floor of the Connally Center, CCJ 1.324. (Take the elevator in the Jamail Pavilion, go one floor down.)

For more information, visit: https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/events/justic-center-student-advisory-board-drop-in-office-hours/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/01/72691/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/01/71705/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/01/71926/

During both days of Public Service Career Fair, public interest and government employers will conduct interviews for paid and unpaid summer and postgraduate positions. 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) from all Texas law schools who are eligible to participate in this program.

Virtual interviews will be conducted on Flo Recruit Thursday, February 2, and Friday, February 3, 2023.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/02/70552/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/02/69148/

Register online. As part of the Public Service Career Fair, you are invited to attend this practical and engaging presentation featuring attorney and advocate Heather Jarvis and covering: All the latest student loan updates Public Service Loan Forgiveness from A to Z; expert tips for navigating the student loan system; and a Q&A.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/02/70568/

Mentoring Program: Speed Mentoring

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/02/72265/

Friday, February 3, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Saturday, February 4, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm

This symposium brings together leading experts on prison and jail conditions to reflect on some of the most critical and challenging issues in the field. We will discuss what can be done to address the seemingly intractable horrific conditions in certain correctional systems, and debate whether meaningful reform of America’s prisons and jails is truly possible.

There will be four main sessions:  the first is focused on “The Depths of Deliberate Indifference,” with case studies of four different corrections agencies (Rikers, Alabama, Arizona, and Texas); the second examines “The Levers of Change,” and asks about the tools available to turn a prison or jail around, even after a win in the courts; the third presents some rare examples of innovations in prisons that seek to change institutional culture; and the fourth asks whether meaningful change is truly possible and whether there is hope for reforming America’s prisons and jails.

For more information and to register, visit: https://pjil.lbj.utexas.edu/events/cruel-and-not-unusual

Hosted by the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the University of Texas

Co-sponsored by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/03/68994/

During both days of Public Service Career Fair, public interest and government employers will conduct interviews for paid and unpaid summer and postgraduate positions. 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) from all Texas law schools who are eligible to participate in this program.

Virtual interviews will be conducted on Flo Recruit Thursday, February 2, and Friday, February 3, 2023.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/03/70553/

Come join Dean Chesney for breakfast!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/03/72107/

Come join Dean Chesney for breakfast!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/03/72109/

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

Representatives from dozens of public interest organizations and government agencies will be on hand to answer questions about what they do. Find out about volunteer opportunities, summer internships, and paid positions with a variety of nonprofits, legal services providers, and government agencies. All Texas Law students are encouraged to attend.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/03/70570/

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

Public service employers and public service students are invited to take part in a happy hour as part of this year's Public Service Career Fair which will provide an opportunity for employers and students to mingle in a casual setting. Hosted by the Career Services Office and William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/03/70569/

Friday, February 3, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Saturday, February 4, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm

This symposium brings together leading experts on prison and jail conditions to reflect on some of the most critical and challenging issues in the field. We will discuss what can be done to address the seemingly intractable horrific conditions in certain correctional systems, and debate whether meaningful reform of America’s prisons and jails is truly possible.

There will be four main sessions:  the first is focused on “The Depths of Deliberate Indifference,” with case studies of four different corrections agencies (Rikers, Alabama, Arizona, and Texas); the second examines “The Levers of Change,” and asks about the tools available to turn a prison or jail around, even after a win in the courts; the third presents some rare examples of innovations in prisons that seek to change institutional culture; and the fourth asks whether meaningful change is truly possible and whether there is hope for reforming America’s prisons and jails.

For more information and to register, visit: https://pjil.lbj.utexas.edu/events/cruel-and-not-unusual

Hosted by the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the University of Texas

Co-sponsored by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/04/68995/