Events Calendar

Breakfast tacos and coffee in the BOA office! Join the BOA at our office in the journal hall behind the 1L classrooms. Come check out the space and meet with other members! Room 2.130.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/11/74654/

Welcome back to school! The Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapter at Texas Law would like to invite everyone to our coffee table and share recent animal law updates. This week, we’d like to talk about the “Ending Agricutural Trade Suppression Act,” a bill recently introduced in Congress. The EATS Act poses a grave threat to states’ rights, local government, public health and safety, consumer protection, workers’ rights, environmental protection, and animals. We’d like to also encourage people to sign onto a letter calling members of Congress to oppose the inclusion of the EATS Act in the Farm Bill. Vegan coffee and pastry will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/11/75163/

Drawing Board Luncheon: Ronen Avraham

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/11/74706/

Join us for our first Fall 2023 Rapoport Center Reproductive Justice Colloquium Event, presented by Rachel Rebouche, Dean and the James E. Beasley Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law. Kari White, Associate Professor at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, will respond.

Abstract: Antiabortion activists attempt to stop medication abortion by any means necessary, including through criminalization. They aim to redefine abortion’s location to criminalize abortion travel, information, and supply chain bans, and even to revive the long-unenforced and arguably repealed Comstock Act’s ban on mailing anything that induces an abortion. Some even attempt to target directly those who take abortion pills. This talk considers the reproductive justice implications for some of these efforts, with a focus on the ways in which attempts to punish people who provide or use pills will exacerbate the public health and criminal justice consequences that new abortion bans have wrought, entrenching existing class and race differences. It encourages abortion rights advocates to keep these implications at the fore of their own efforts to increase access to abortion pills through federal and state advocacy, including through FDA regulation, state abortion shield laws that protect cross-border telehealth, and pharmacist prescriptions of abortion pills.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/11/73986/

Support your society and wear your society shirt! These points go toward the Society Cup Champion! 1Ls will be counted in their classrooms, but 2Ls and 3Ls are encouraged to wear their shirts and stop by the table to be counted.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/12/75027/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/12/74430/

Please RSVP by Monday, September 11, on Symplicity.

Join us for the CSO Orientation where we will talk about what to expect from the Texas Law CSO during your time as a law student. We will also discuss the 1L summer job search and be available to answer your questions. This is a workshop for 1Ls. Please note that first-year students may receive one-on-one career counseling beginning October 2.

This program will not be recorded.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/12/74531/

Guest Lecture in Constitutional Law II course “Constitutional Amendments in the United States and the World.”:

Carlos Bernal

Justice (Retired)

Constitutional Court of Colombia

Current Commissioner on the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/12/74587/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/12/74711/

Open house event for prospective student to learn more about Texas Law

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/12/74615/

1Ls: Stop by to meet with Kirkland & Ellis to learn more about their firm and grab lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/13/75112/

Last May, the Texas Legislature passed SB 17, a bill that bans Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offices at public universities. Join student activists from TX Students for DEI and counsel from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund for a Teach-In on what this law means and how we can continue to fight for a diverse Texas. This event is co-sponsored with CHLSA, APALSA, OUTLaw, TLDNA, and TMLS. Lunch will be provided (Velvet Taco!!!!).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/13/75147/

Scales and Savasana - Balancing Bodies and Minds at Texas Law

Free all-level flow yoga class for law students hosted by CMHC / Texas Law CARE Counselor, Maria Timm, PhD, RYT-200

Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. (8/30-12/6, no class on 11/1 and 11/22)

TNH 3.140 (Jeffers Courtroom)

To register, email Dr. Timm at maria.timm@austin.utexas.edu or call 512.232.2295

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/13/75004/

The purpose of our general meeting is to bring together members, fostering community, and collaboration. During these meetings, we discuss plans, cultural events, and career opportunities, ensuring that every voice is heard and valued. Through this unified approach, we strive to empower our community and celebrate our heritage while providing professional growth and support for all members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/13/75137/

1Ls: Stop by to meet with Jackson Walker to learn more about their firm and grab breakfast.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/14/75029/

Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 13, on Symplicity.

Hear from a panel of Texas Law 2Ls and 3Ls discuss their summer work with public interest organizations and how they secured their positions. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/14/74532/

Are you wondering what it means to litigate? Are you curious about the different career paths that fall under "litigation"? Join BOA and TBLS as they present a panel of professionals from diverse legal backgrounds to discuss some career basics.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/14/74727/

Calling all 2Ls! Are you interested in studying abroad in your 3L year? Come hear more about our partners and the application process.

Bring your lunch, a friend, and your sense of adventure!

Thursday, September 14 12:00-1:00pm In person: TNH 3.142

More info: OutGoingExchange@law.utexas.edu https://law.utexas.edu/juris-doctor/international-study-abroad/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/14/75026/

Welcome to Women's Christian Fellowship! We gather together for Bible study, fellowship, and prayer. We welcome women at any stage of their faith journey to join us as we grow closer to God together.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/14/75116/

Join the Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy for our first meeting of the semester! Open to all current and prospective members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/14/75135/

Associate Professor Ilan Wurman and Professor Tara Grove will debate and discuss the validity of originalist interpretation of the Constitution. The debate will provide an overview of one of the preeminent methods of constitutional interpretation, delve into the major objections to it, and provide information to the attendees to determine what method of interpretation is right for them.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/14/75161/

Baker Botts will be giving a presentation on their impressive IP Practice followed by a happy hour at Easy Tiger.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/14/75199/

SWBLSA will be hosting their Pre-Law Symposium on campus in conjunction with UT's NBLSA chapter TMLS! All undergraduates considering law school are encouraged to attend.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/15/75203/

The Scholarship Luncheon is an opportunity to gather both scholarship supporters and student recipients of this year's scholarships. By invitation only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/15/74129/

Free litigation workshop for students interested in learning/strengthening communication skills and trial skills. Workshop will take place four Friday afternoons at the beginning of the semester (do not have to attend all four). Weekly topic schedule below. Students will hear a brief lecture on the specific days topic and will then breakout in to small groups, led by local practitioners, where they will learn by doing.

Weekly Schedule: 8/25 - Public Speaking/Effective Communication; 9/1 - Storytelling/Opening Statements; 9/15 - Direct Examination; 9/22 - Cross Examination.

Any students welcome. Highly recommended for any students interested in participating in interscholastic mock trial.

Free lunch provided! To request the sign-up form or for any questions, please contact Marla Massin, mmassin@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/15/74089/

Do you have questions about your 1L Declaration of Intent to Study Law?

Join the TX Board of Bar Examiners Zoom Office Hours at: https://txcourts.zoom.us/j/85453830072

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/15/74815/

The second day of the SWBLSA Pre-Law Symposium. We hope to see y'all!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/16/75204/

Training for law student volunteers participating in the Title IX Advisor Program

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/16/75046/