Events Calendar

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Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/20/72434/

Clinic and internship faculty and staff will be on hand to discuss Texas Law's clinical program. Lunch provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/20/72065/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/20/72645/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/20/73088/

In their talk "Sacred Fires, Homeless Encampments, and Planning Toronto Parks," Indigenous scholar and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Dr. Heather Dorries will discuss the conflicting and contradictory nature of park management in Toronto, focusing on the ways park management has become part of the City of Toronto’s Reconciliation Action Plan and the ways the City has violently cleared parks of homeless encampments.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/20/72547/

Applications are open to join the Texas Law Fellowships Board of Directors during the 2023-24 school year. TLF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports the Texas Law and broader public interest community. Applications are due by Monday, March 20 at 5pm CST.

Participating on the TLF Board is an excellent opportunity to give back to the community and gain invaluable and rare experience serving on a non-profit board of directors. As a 501(c)(3) organization, law students gain a unique opportunity to manage a business and work with a dedicated team towards a significant goal. Moreover, Directors have opportunities to build meaningful relationships with the Law School administration, professors, and management of law firms and public service organizations throughout the state.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/20/73327/

Questions about registration? Come talk to SAO in the Atrium!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/72486/

Join WLC for brunch! Food is served to members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/73228/

"Schooling Free Speech" is a public lecture by Justin Driver, Texas Law's inaugural Distinguished Visiting Professor and the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law and Counselor to the Dean at Yale Law School.

Justin Driver is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law and Counselor to the Dean at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law and constitutional theory and is the author of The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind. The book was selected as a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year and an Editors’ Choice of The New York Times Book Review. The Schoolhouse Gate also received the Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law, and was a finalist for the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award and Phi Beta Kappa’s Ralph Waldo Emerson Book Award.

A recipient of the American Society for Legal History’s William Nelson Cromwell Article Prize, Driver has a distinguished publication record in the nation’s leading law reviews. He has also written extensively for general audiences, including pieces in Slate, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, and The New Republic, where he was a contributing editor. An elected member of the American Law Institute and of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Driver is also an editor of the Supreme Court Review. In 2021, President Biden appointed Driver to serve on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Driver is a graduate of Brown, Oxford (where he was a Marshall Scholar), Duke (where he received certification to teach public school), and Harvard Law School (where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review). After graduating from Harvard, Driver clerked for then-Judge Merrick Garland, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Ret.), and Justice Stephen Breyer.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/72555/

Please join the Judicial Clerkship Program in welcoming alumni a panel discussion on clerkship interviews, what they look like, and how to be a successful candidate. This event is for 2Ls and 3Ls.

RSVP by Monday, March 20, on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/71745/

Professor Sherif Girgis and Josh Hammer will discuss and debate the recent academic debates about originalism and common good constitutionalism.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/72432/

If/When/How, ACS, TJCLCR, and the Center for Women in Law are hosting former Texas Law Professor Alex Albright for a discussion about the state of abortion laws in Texas. She'll provide an overview of the Texas statutes that prohibit abortion (pre-Roe, Trigger Law, and SB8) and litigation concerning those statutes (SB8 litigation in state court and “right to travel” litigation in federal court). She will also talk about threats of litigation made to law firms and other businesses in Texas and plans for new legislation this session. Lunch will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/73388/

Join Texas Law Art Association and Professor Levinson for a tour of the Levinson Collection of American Flag Art on display in the atrium. The tour will begin in the atrium at 12:00pm on Tuesday, March 21. We hope to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/73405/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/70745/

In this talk, Chilean legal scholar Amaya Alvez, who served as an elected member of the 2021-22 Chilean Constitutional Convention, argues that Chile’s Constitutions have long enabled natural resource governance that perpetuates (neo)colonial dispossession and makes Indigenous peoples invisible. Focusing on water, she demonstrates that Chilean constitutional law fails not only to recognize collective rights that are guaranteed under international law but to take seriously the cosmological vision of water held by Indigenous peoples. Chile’s 1980 Constitution, for instance, preserves the European, colonizing, and standardizing view of waters in Mapuche territory. Alvez illustrates the ongoing coloniality of norms, knowledge, and of livelihoods through examination of competing rationalities that emerge in conflicts between Indigenous communities and supporters of extractive projects.

Dr. Amaya Alvez is a Professor of Law at the University of Concepción in Concepción, Chile. Alvez is a former Member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention, where she developed a constitutional approach to the decentralization of Chile. Alvez is an activist and human rights defender and is an active member of multiple organizations promoting environmental, women's, and Indigenous rights. Alvez's research focuses on Constitutional Law, Human Rights, water regulation and Indigenous Peoples.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/73305/

Students interested in being Mithoff Pro Bono Scholars for the 2023-2024 academic year are invited to attend an information session on Tuesday, March 21, from 4pm-5pm (Zoom). Register for the information session at the link above using your EID email address: [youreid]@eid.utexas.edu. The information session will be recorded and posted to the Mithoff Program’s Canvas page for students who cannot attend the live event.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/73445/

Houston Admitted Students Reception Xochi 1777 Walker St. Houston, TX 77010 5:30-7:00PM

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/21/71933/

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/2023/03/22/72595/

Questions about registration? Come talk to SAO in the Atrium!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/22/72487/

Whether you plan to pursue a position in public service or BigLaw, open your own practice, or follow any other professional path, there is more to consider that just your starting salary. We will discuss how to make informed career decisions that consider pay, benefit packages, taxation, and cost of living.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/22/73226/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 21, on Symplicity.

Zoom link will then be sent before the event

Public defenders will share about their work and answer questions on the path to this career.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/22/72845/

Join the Center for Women in Law via Zoom on March 22 at 12pm CST for an Ex Libris Series event featuring the book, Her Honor.

Lauren Stiller Rikleen, lawyer and author, will join Judge Bernice Bouie Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and retired Justice Nan Duffly, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, to discuss the topics covered in Her Honor: Stories of Challenge and Triumph from Women Judges. The book, edited by Rikleen and published by the American Bar Association, is a collection of 25 chapters by and about some of the nation’s most respected women judges, each containing nuanced, personal stories of the challenges they faced and overcame in their legal careers.

During this conversation, the panel discuss the history of women in the judiciary, the unique challenges they have faced, the evolution of the judiciary, and what that means for the future of the legal profession.

Approved for 1 hour Ethics CLE.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/22/73205/

Thursday, March 23 at 8:00am in Francis Auditorium. Drop in attendance for students, faculty and staff is welcomed.

Join us for the 2023 Central Texas Women in Leadership Symposium. This year’s theme is Rising in Resilience: Achieving Empowerment through Advancement & Adaptability. This event is brought to us by the Texas Diversity Council and Texas Law’s Office for Equity and Inclusion serves as a co-sponsor.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/23/73306/

Questions about registration? Come talk to SAO in the Atrium!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/23/72488/

Please join the Judicial Clerkships Program as we give you an introduction and overview of judicial clerkships- what they are and what the application looks like for the Class of 2025.

RSVP by Thursday, March 23, on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/23/72008/

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 thanks to our sponsor, AZA!

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/23/73112/

Texas Health Law Society is hosting an event on Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLPs). The event will be led by Keegan Warren-Clem and is entitled Beyond Hospitals and Physicians: What Medical-Legal Partnership Teaches about Health Law and Policy. Lunch will be provided! The event will be from 12-1pm in TNH 3.124 on Thursday, March 23rd.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/23/73286/

Dallas Admitted Students Reception Chelsea Corner 4830 McKinney Ave Dallas, TX 75205 5:30-7:00PM

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/23/71934/

An event for our TJOGEL members to meet and network with their peers.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/23/73545/

Law Day is held every year to celebrate the role of law in our society and to cultivate a deeper understanding of the legal profession.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/24/69545/

The Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy is hosting its annual symposium focusing on Immigration and Immigration Reform. The Symposium will take place March 24, 2023. For questions or inquiries please email thjlp@law.utexas.edu

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/24/72805/

Have advising / registration questions? Come get them answered by SAO.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/24/72435/

Last minute early registration advising with DB.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/24/73565/

CHLLSA members and alumni celebrate this year's achievements with dinner and awards

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/24/72569/

CHLSA invites Pre-Law students to UT Law’s campus to learn about the law school process. The day will include a law student panel, admission’s presentation, introductory LSAT presentation, mock class with a real UT Law Professor, and lunch with a distinguished panel of Austin area attorneys. Breakfast, lunch and Latino Law Day T-shirt will be provided at NO COST to participants.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/25/72686/

Texas Law Fellowships hosts the Excellence in Public Interest Awards (EPIA) annually to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the public interest law field. This year, TLF will be hosting EPIA at the home of Bill and Stephanie Whitehurst on Sunday, March 26, 2023. Attendance is free and open to the Texas Law community.

Students, faculty, and staff can nominate individuals for all five categories: (1) Student; (2) Professor; (3) UT Staff; (4) Public Interest Attorney; (5) Private Attorney. Nominees should demonstrate a strong commitment to serving the public interest community.

Students can nominate until Friday, March 3, 2023 at 12:00 PM CST: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiK5k02qS9B0Mcbjf_u3925xkzjziQLek8vyIqyIVNeefN1A/viewform.

Students should RSVP at this link until Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 5:30 PM: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGbh7HdNnTBefjFYeBKMgN0S24Y3QoSXd51BXBYcZmUEVaNg/viewform

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/26/72111/

Come grab free coffee sponsored by Vinson & Elkins! From 8:30 am until the coffee is gone.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/27/73586/

SPEAKER

Hoi Kong Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, P.C., UBC Professorship in Constitutional Law Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia

DISCUSSANT:

Sandy Levinson

W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial 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/2023/03/27/72405/

Join Women's Law Caucus for lunch with Gibson Dunn attorneys!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/27/73466/

Join us Monday, March 27th at 12pm for a lunch and learn session with Professor Aziza Ahmed, R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law and co-director of the Boston University Law Program in Reproductive Justice. Professor Ahmed with discuss the current crisis of crisis pregnancy centers. Lunch will be provided for attendees, register here: bit.ly/3mQysBh

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/27/73485/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/27/70623/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/27/73089/

This roundtable will feature Dr. Raj Patel and Dr. Erin Lentz of the LBJ School of Public Affairs, Dr. Alex Racelis of UTRGV, Carolina Mueller of the National Young Farmers Coalition, and Doris Brown and Ben Hirsch of West Street Recovery (Houston).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/27/72548/

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/2023/03/28/73367/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/28/69794/

1Ls: Stop by to meet with recruiting coordinators from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP to learn more about their firm and grab lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/28/73207/

Please RSVP by Monday, March 27, on Symplicity. Lunch provided by the CSO will be served.

At the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of General Counsel, the work is varied and interesting. While many people know the USDA as the department that ranks meat quality, its attorneys actually practice in areas of law ranging from commercial and secured transactions, real estate, corporate, bankruptcy, trafficking, torts, property, contracts, constitutional, environmental and natural resources, municipal, and administrative law. Join us to learn more about the interesting and exciting internship and permanent employment opportunities available with the USDA.

Panelists include Lindsay Gibson, Senior Counsel, and Laurianne Balkum, Attorney, at the USDA.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/28/73505/

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/2023/03/29/72596/

The Texas 7th Court of Appeals (Amarillo, TX) will be holding oral arguments in UT Law’s Kraft W. Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) on Wednesday, March 29th as part of the Advocacy Program’s Judges in Residence series. Two oral arguments will be heard during morning docket (10:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.) and two during the afternoon docket (1:30 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.). All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend any/all oral arguments. If you would like the specific docket and/or a synopsis for any of the oral arguments being heard, please contact Marla Massin, mmassin@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/29/73626/

Professor Ponomarenko, Professor Perez-Daple, and UVA Professor Bamzai will discuss the original meaning of the Fourth amendment, the purpose it serves, and what its future looks like.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/29/72433/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 28, on Symplicity.

Learn about the postgraduate fellowship application process and how best to position yourself as a viable candidate from a panel of student fellowship awardees.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/29/72846/

Come hear a presentation on financial aid, take a tour, hear about housing in Austin, etc.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/30/68506/

The Office for Equity and Inclusion invites THRIVING in Law School 1L students for our final THRIVE on Thursday. Join us on Thursday, March 30th from 11:15am - 12:45pm in Patman Plaza. Anyone who fills out a "Diversity in Action" card will get a delicious treat from 85 Degrees Bakery!

Raffle: Participating students who wear their THRIVING or THRIVE VIBE shirts will be entered into the end-of-year GRAND PRIZE raffle! Did you know that students who attend our events can get a limited-edition spring “THRIVE Vibe” shirt?

Reminder: the more events you attend wearing a THRIVING shirt, the more opportunities you have to be entered into the GRAND PRIZE raffle.

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/30/73646/

Questions about the bar exam? Attend this session to learn general information about the bar exam, including the format, grading, UBE changes, and timeline for the next few months.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/30/72485/

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 thanks to our sponsor, AZA!

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/30/73145/

The new book El “Tri”: Deportes, Derechos Humanos y Violencia (The “Tri”: Sports, Human Rights, and Violence) written by Ariel Dulitzky in collaboration with Texas Law alum Clarissa Iglesias Torres and published by the Instituto de Estudios Constitucionales del Estado de Querétaro (The Institute for Constitutional Studies of Querétaro State) will be presented March 30. Ariel is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Human Rights Clinic at Texas Law and also teaches the course International Sports and Human Rights Law. Clarissa Iglesias Torres practices law in New York City. Dulitzky, Iglesias Torres, and Rogelio Flores Pantoja, Director of Institute for Constitutional Studies will all participate in the presentation. Live interpretation into English will be provided for those portions of the discussion which are in Spanish. Water and light refreshments will be provided. Join us remotely: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/92510937780

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/30/73107/

WLC members are invited to join MAMAs attorneys for food, drinks, and speed networking at Olive and June's.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/30/73446/

Annual banquet celebrating members of the Texas Environmental Law Journal

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/31/73650/

Sit in on a mock class, hear from Career Services, about Experiential Learning opportunities, and our curricular showcase, etc.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/31/68507/

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/2023/03/31/73010/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/31/73009/

Join Texas Law Fellowships and TJOGEL for a Casino Night at Lustre Pearl East!

All proceeds will benefit Texas Law students working public interest summer internships.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/31/73097/

Celebration of the school year with APALSA members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/03/31/71727/