Events Calendar

The Summer Public Service Program provides stipends to rising 2Ls and 3Ls working in a low-paying or unpaid summer internships in nonprofit, government, and legislative offices. Justice Center staff will provide information about the SPSP for summer 2023, including eligibility, funding, and how to apply, and answer students’ questions.

Snacks provided. Please feel free to bring your lunch.

Information is also available on the SPSP 2023 page: https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/summer-public-service-apply/.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/10/71790/

On Tuesday, January 10, the Strauss Center hosts Dr. Max Boykoff, Chair of the Environmental Studies department at the University of Colorado Boulder, for a talk on “Creative Climate Communications: Food Security, Climate Science, Policy & Society.” This talk will be held at the LBJ School of Public Affairs as part of the Strauss Center’s Brumley Speaker Series.

In his talk, Max will interrogate climate policy and food security progress in the early days of 2023, on the heels of the United Nations climate negotiations in Sharm-el-Sheikh (COP 27) and in the context of decarbonization of industry and society. Attention will be paid to how media coverage of climate change and how contrarian influences (such as the Heartland Institute) shape these ongoing policy processes.

His presentation will then pivot to highlighting what kinds of news-based communications work (where, when, why, and under what conditions) in the 21st century communication environment within which conversations about climate change in the science-policy interface have been stuck.

Max will then explore creative climate communications we can use in order to help understand and critically analyze how they influence climate politics and science policy. Throughout the presentation, Boykoff will talk through various aspects of historically-sensitive, dynamic, and culturally-situated climate communications and governance, across multiple scales.

This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Lunch will be served. For more information on this event, contact Brittany Horton at brittany.horton@austin.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/10/72205/

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/2023/01/11/72570/

Texas Law Mentoring Program Kickoff Reception January 11, 2022 Austin Central Library 5:30PM - 7:00PM

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/11/71925/

Eidman Courtroom followed by lunch in the Jamail Pavilion

Learn about the Justice Center and the support and resources we provide for students interested in nonprofit, government, and legislative service. Explore how you can be involved next year, including participating as a Public Service Scholar or Pro Bono Scholar. Chat over lunch with Justice Center staff and students who are involved in our projects.

Register by 2PM on Tuesday, January 10 at https://justicecenteropenhouse23.eventbrite.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/17/71565/

On Tuesday, January 17, the Strauss Center hosts Amali Tower, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Refugees, for a talk on “Living in a Changing Climate: Dynamics of Forced Migration & Displacement.” This talk will be held at the LBJ School of Public Affairs as part of the Strauss Center’s Brumley Speaker Series.

In her talk, Amali will share her expertise in refugee and migration issues, discussing the impact of climate change on human movement across the globe.

This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Lunch will be served. For more information on this event, contact Brittany Horton at brittany.horton@austin.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/01/17/72525/

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/2023/01/18/72586/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/