Events Calendar

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SPEAKER:

Meghan Morris

Assistant Professor of Law

Cincinnati College of Law

DISCUSSANT:

Susie Morse

Angus G. Wynne, Sr. Professor in Civil Jurisprudence

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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/2023/02/20/72387/

Join Women's Law Caucus and Baker Botts attorneys for lunch! This event is open to members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/20/72985/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/20/70649/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/20/73065/

Lawyers from Jones Day will host a panel discussion on Mergers & Acquisitions. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/21/72848/

Join section 1 for a reunion lunch!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/21/72367/

Join Butler Snow attorneys at their Austin office, 1400 Lavaca Street, Suite 1000, Austin, TX 78701, for a cocktail reception to learn more about their 1L summer program, practices, unique culture, and firm history. Questions? Contact emily.ogden@utexas.edu

All 1Ls welcome. Please RSVP to SAProgram@butlersnow.com by 2/14.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/21/72828/

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/2023/02/22/72591/

Interested in being a Dean's Fellow or Society Coordinator next year? 1Ls and 2Ls are both welcome! Come learn about the Society Program from current members + SAO. Pizza will be served. Attendance at this meeting is required to submit your application.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/22/72425/

Professors Steven Vladeck and Josh Blackman will debate the court's decision in Bruen and discuss the meaning and future of the second amendment.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/22/72492/

Shearman & Sterling will host a panel to discuss DE&I issues in Big Law. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/22/72906/

UT Law alum Professor Christopher C. Lund (Wayne State University Law School) discusses his new article regarding why the Roberts Court’s new regime to protect the free exercise of religion is a second-best approach that risks leaving minority religions under-protected while not fixing the very problems the Court has long sought to avoid. He will also discuss the instability of free exercise doctrine and where we go from here.

Lunch will be offered. We hope you join us!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/22/73025/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 21, on Symplicity.

At the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Investment Security, staff work at the nexus of national security, emerging technologies, and international economics as they seek to identify and mitigate potential risk while collaborating with the White House, and Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, and others. Join policy advisor Jim Harris to learn more about this office's exciting work, and any employment/ internship opportunities available.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/22/73125/

Any students interested in participating in the write-on competition are encouraged to visit the Journal Fair to learn more about the various student-run publications at Texas Law. Each journal will have representatives tabling during the lunch hour. Come say hi!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/22/73110/

Colloquium on Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics | Jill Lepore

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/22/71690/

The TJOGEL Symposium will take place on Thursday, February 23 and Friday, February 24, 2023. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to a wide variety of energy related presentations from leading attorneys in the industry. If you have questions, please email symposiumdirector@tjogel.org.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/23/72646/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/23/72946/

What are the different ways to settle a dispute outside going to Court? What is it like to settle these disputes as a third party, or representing an involved party? Join Texas International Law Journal and the Board of Advocates as they present a panel of professionals from diverse career backgrounds to discuss the career basics of alternative dispute resolution, both international and domestic. Please RSVP for lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/23/72807/

Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 22, on Symplicity. Zoom link will then be sent before the event.

Learn more about the opportunities available through Government Honors programs and the application procedures for these prestigious programs from a panel of attorneys who started their careers through various honors programs.

Panelists include Nicole Steinberg, 3L, 2023 U.S. Department of Labor Honors Attorney; Josh Gold ’13, former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Honors Attorney; David Stevenson ’18, former Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Honors Attorney; and Caroline Barrow ’18, former Department of Justice Honors Attorney.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/23/72826/

Join the American Constitution Society (ACS) and the Student Affairs Office (SAO) in welcoming the 5-4 Podcast onto campus for a live taping! The 5-4 Podcast is a legal podcast about the Supreme Court from a progressive point of view and may include profanity. Lunch provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/23/73091/

Texas Law, Moody College of Communications, and UTLA alumni will share how their communications and law degree has led to a career in entertainment and media arts. Q&A will follow.

Panelists include Calvin Berman, UT Moody '12, Media Entrepreneur and formerly Director of Business Affairs at Sony (Center City, CA); Iman Houston Farrior, Texas Law '08; TV Business Affairs Executive at Creative Artists Agency (CAA; Loss Angeles, CA); Julie Street Kassouf, Texas Law '07, Senior Vice President, Corporate Legal at MRC (Beverly Hills, CA): and Matt Robinson, UT Moody '09, Associate in DLA Piper's Media, Entertainment, Finance, & Transactions Group and formerly Activision Blizzard (Century City, CA).

Register for Zoom link.

Presented by the UTLA Program, Moody Career Center, and Texas Law Career Services.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/23/73108/

Please join members of Volume 102 of the Texas Law Review to learn more about Bluebook rules in preparation for the write-on Bluebooking exam. Lunch will be provided!

Feel free to email any questions to writeonquestions@texaslrev.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/23/73111/

Demetria McCain, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will give an address entitled “Federal Fair Housing Policy in the Biden-Harris Administration.”

Reception to follow in the Jamail Pavilion.

About Demetria McCain:

Demetria McCain serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). At FHEO, McCain assists HUD’s efforts to eliminate housing discrimination, promote economic opportunity, and achieve diverse, inclusive communities.

McCain joined HUD following fifteen years of service, with five as president, at the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP), a Dallas, TX-based affordable fair housing nonprofit. Prior to becoming president, she oversaw operations, communications and ICP’s Mobility Assistance Program, a housing mobility program that helps housing choice voucher holders exercise their fair housing rights. Conceived by Demetria, ICP’s “Voices for Opportunity” initiative has provided advocacy training to low-income renters and neighborhood groups of color.

Before joining ICP, McCain worked on USDA Section 515 rural multifamily housing matters at the National Housing Law Project in Oakland, CA. She was also a staff attorney for the Neighborhood Legal Services Program of Washington, D.C., assigned to the southeast office, where her portfolio primarily included landlord-tenant matters for low-income renters in private and public housing. She has taught, as an adjunct instructor, a Fair Housing and Homelessness course to undergraduate Coppin State University students.

McCain brings dual vantage points to FHEO after having spent years assisting both housing choice voucher holders who sought low-poverty well-resourced housing options and neighborhood groups in underserved communities of color who sought more equitable distribution of resources and services. She is a graduate of Howard University School of Law, New York University and Brooklyn College and a member of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

About the G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence:

McCain’s visit to Texas Law as a G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence is supported by a generous gift from the G. Rollie White Trust. The program brings outstanding legal scholars, practitioners and advocates from the field of public service to Texas Law to foster discussion of issues related to public interest law, to raise the profile of lawyers working in this area, and to encourage students to view public service as an honored and expected part of every legal career. McCain is Texas Law’s tenth G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/23/72607/

The TJOGEL Symposium will take place on Thursday, February 23 and Friday, February 24, 2023. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to a wide variety of energy related presentations from leading attorneys in the industry. If you have questions, please email symposiumdirector@tjogel.org.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/24/72671/

The Texas Intellectual Property Journal is hosting its 22nd Annual Symposium. This event will connect attorneys, practitioners, students and faculty interested in intellectual property law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/24/69848/

Working in the public interest sector this summer? Interested in learning more about public interest in general? Come out and get to know other PI students at Texas Law! We welcome all to join us—this event is open to any student (1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, etc.), and you do not need to be actively working in a PI job! Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/24/73106/

Texas Law’s Pipeline Program: Beginnings and Beyond, its Office for Equity and Inclusion, and its Admissions Office invite students, faculty, and the general public to a screening of the award-winning documentary, Becoming Black Lawyers: African Americans and the Law School Experience. Following the screening, Texas Law alums will discuss their experience navigating law school and the legal profession while Black. The panel discussion will be moderated by Shavonne Henderson, Lecturer and Texas Law’s Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. The event is co-sponsored by the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society.

Refreshments will be served. RSVP here by Wednesday, February 15: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25WNDlQDoZGbjUO

Special thanks to the Pipeline Program Founding Sponsor, Vinson & Elkins LLP, and Partner Sponsor, Greenberg Traurig LLP.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/24/72605/

The Cohort Program is a year-long test preparation and admissions support program designed for current-cycle law school applicants. The in-person weekend academies will include community building, mentoring, networking, admissions coaching, and presentations and workshops on law school admissions and the law school experience. Weekend academies will also provide an opportunity for Cohort members to reflect on the admissions cycle and develop relationships with one another.

Saturday, June 4, 2022: Cohort Welcome & 1st Weekend Academy (Focus: Orientation; LSAT Preparation; Networking; Mindset; Imposter Syndrome; Kickoff Reception)

Saturday, September 17, 2022: 2nd Weekend Academy (Focus: Application Materials; Selecting Schools; Financing Law School; Admissions Coaching)

Saturday, February 25, 2023: 3rd Weekend Academy (Focus: Career Exploration; Speed Networking; Service Project/Pro Bono)

Saturday, April 15, 2023: Cohort Graduation & 4th Weekend Academy (Focus: Law School Preparation; Belonging; Cohort Graduation; Closing Reception)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/25/67747/

Please join the Student Bar Association for an evening of community building and camaraderie at our annual Barrister's Ball.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/02/25/72572/