Events Calendar

An informal event for 1Ls and upperclassmen who are interested in environmental law to get to know each other. Food will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/25/75110/

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

Franciska Coleman

Assistant Professor of Law; Associate Director, East Asian Legal Studies Center

University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Law

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/25/74619/

Join us for the second event in our Fall 2023 Rapoport Center Reproductive Justice Colloquium Series presented by Cynthia Conti-Cook, Technology Fellow at the Ford Foundation. Sarah Brayne, Assistant Professor of Sociology, will respond.

Abstract: Our digital devices and the corporate archives that support them have given police and other system state actors profound access to the details of our daily lives through legal maneuvers designed to circumvent constitutional protections from search, seizure and self-incrimination. All of this is happening in an ecosystem of data sharing across jurisdictions, state actor membership in corporate surveillance networks, and through new requirements for digital sharing of medical records. People forced into self-managed care for issues related to everything between birth through burial will increasingly need to rely on their digital bodies’ ability to safely traverse digital borders.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/25/73987/

Let’s talk about Fed. Soc. Are they just a student org. hosting debates and serving Chick-fil-A? Or is that just a facade for an anti-democratic takeover of the federal judiciary? Join LS4BL, ACS, and If/When/How for a conversation with Professor Amanda Hollis-Brusky, author of Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution moderated by Rhiannon Hamam —who you might know as a co-host of the podcast 5-4. VELVET TACO provided! Register here  (https://forms.gle/ezWtdqJNVvvz1LDz7).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/25/75329/

Join Meg Clifford, Assistant Director of Academic Success, for a discussion on outlining.

This is part of the Locke Lord Law School 101 series.

Lunch provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/26/74387/

In this two-panel event, recipients of the Rapoport Center’s Graduate Student Fieldwork Grants on Human Rights & Inequality will discuss their research and share advice, insight, and lessons for others carrying out fieldwork.

The aim of this event is to bring together the Rapoport Center Summer Fieldwork Grant recipients, showcase their work, reflect critically on the fieldwork process, and engage in an interdisciplinary conversation about their different experiences.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/26/75326/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/26/74712/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 26, on Symplicity.

Hear Texas Law 2Ls and 3Ls discuss their summer internships with private sector employers and how they secured their positions during this panel discussion. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/27/74546/

Join the TJOGEL Society for a Roundtable Luncheon with attorneys from Vinson & Elkins. Please RSVP via the form sent in TJOGEL's weekly announcements.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/27/74938/

Interested in transactional law? Join TBLS for a presentation led by Haynes Boone about all things private equity. Lunch will be served, and a happy hour with the firm will take place off campus after class for attendees.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/27/75167/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 26, on Symplicity.

The U.S. Army JAG Corps offers excellent opportunities to gain unique and valuable experience. Come learn more about available internship and permanent employment opportunities with the U.S. Army JAG Corps.

Panelist include: Captain Robert Clopton and Captain Jeffrey Hatfield.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/27/75250/

Come enjoy free lunch and learn all about Getting Radical In The South (GRITS), an annual public interest conference planned entirely by Texas Law students. This is a general interest meeting so any and all folks are welcome—we can’t wait to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/27/75406/

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/2023/09/27/75006/

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/2023/09/27/75186/

Join us for The University of Texas School of Law’s 9th Annual Government Enforcement Institute (UTGEI)—one of the premier enforcement programs in the country, bringing together leading enforcement practitioners, in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and top agency personnel from SEC, DOJ, and more.

UTGEI offers multiple opportunities for engagement and networking with some of the nation’s most prominent authorities on key issues and strategies for protecting companies and executives in government investigations—making this an event you don't want to miss!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/74436/

1Ls: Stop by to meet with Recruiting Coordinator Misha Randhawa and Hiring Partner Cullen Wallace from Morgan Lewis to learn more about their firm and grab a breakfast snack.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/74932/

Join attorneys from Kirkland and Ellis for coffee and breakfast tacos in the atrium! This event is open to members of Women's Law Caucus only. Please RSVP here: https://survey.kirkland.com/TakeSurveyPage.aspx?s=ec4f2fcf1cd44db282260b0cd3add54c&tsid=2db361401e8a40e48c3e9be87a94d537&c=en-US.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/75391/

Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 27, on Symplicity.You may sign up for one session.

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas Alamdar S. Hamdani will be visiting the University of Texas School of Law to discuss his own career path and his work on and emerging issues pertaining to matters of national security, cyber law, and border security.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/74529/

Join the Judicial Clerkship Program for one of our four introductory sessions on Judicial Clerkships. We'll introduce you to the resources and support available to apply to judicial clerkships as well as detailed instructions on how to begin the application process for 2025-term clerkship positions. For 2Ls and 3Ls only. The program will not be recorded.

Attendance will be capped at 25 per session. Snacks will be provided. RSVP on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/74768/

Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 27, on Symplicity.

Learn about how an immigrant son of a cab driver went from serving on the board of the ACLU of Texas to becoming the top federal law enforcement officer in the Southern District of Texas, a district that spans 44,000 square miles, and has over 9,000,000 residents. It’s a strange story that involves the generosity of an Indian in Kentucky, the pursuit of terrorists, the search for corrupt officials, protecting civil rights, calling out the cartels, and leading over 400 people according to the “Mama Rule.”

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/74530/

Q&A with Morgan Lewis re: the firm's practice groups, its commitment to the LGBTQ+ community, and its summer program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/74826/

Join the TJOGEL Society for a Roundtable Luncheon with attorneys from Baker Botts. Please RSVP via the form sent in TJOGEL's weekly announcements.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/74939/

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/2023/09/28/75191/

Haynes Boone will present what life is like as an IP attorney. Practitioners from Austin will host a Lunch Panel and answer questions following the presentation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/75309/

2023 marks 50 years since the United States embarked on a path of mass incarceration that has led to a staggering increase in the prison population. The prison population has grown 500% since 1973. Today, almost 2 million individuals – disproportionately Black Americans – are incarcerated in our nation’s prisons and jails.

The incarceration rate for women has grown 525% between 1980 -2021. Over 80% of incarcerated women are mothers. With Black women being disproportionately impacted, so are their families and the families of the incarcerated population. Mass incarceration has been a catalyst for dismantling black and brown families at alarming rates.The rate of growth for female imprisonment has been twice as high as that of men since 1980.

This year, The Sentencing Project and a coalition of advocates, experts, and partners have launched a public education campaign, 50 Years and a Wake Up: Ending The Mass Incarceration Crisis In America, designed to raise awareness about the dire state of the criminal legal system in the country.

Please join us for a forum to reflect on this anniversary while recognizing the impacted individuals and organizations who are leading the fight to dismantle the incarceration machine in Austin and throughout Texas.

Please RSVP at the link: https://secure.sentencingproject.org/a/50-years-and-wake-ending-incarceration-crisis-texas-university-texas-forum?_gl=1*vse2dq*_ga*ODgzNzI3MTkyLjE2OTQyMDg5Njc.*_ga_W0EM6XEQFF*MTY5NDYyMTUzMi4zLjAuMTY5NDYyMTUzMi4wLjAuMA..

The event is co-sponsored by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, Initiative for Law, Society and Justice, the Austin Justice Coalition, Grassroots Leadership, Latino Justice, Texas Center for Justice and Equity, and the ACLU of Texas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/74575/

Students interested in environmental law can come meet the professors who teach it! 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls are all invited. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/75111/

We invite you to join our Norton Rose Fulbright attorneys for happy hour on Thursday, September 28th at Love Supreme in Austin. This event is come and go – feel free to drop by whenever you are available! To confirm your spot at the event, please RSVP here.

Date: Thursday, September 28th

Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. CT

Location: Love Supreme

2805 Manor Rd.

Austin, TX 78722

To safely travel to and from the event, please use the following link to add two free Uber rides to your account: https://r.uber.com/r1jIKLotaa4.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to natalie.randall@nortonrosefulbright.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/28/75332/

Bradford/Green Societies - Food Truck Friday

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/09/29/74452/

During the Fall Interview Program, employers may recruit 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions. Students may apply at any time during the bidding period, which takes place August 24-September 7, 2023.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/02/74926/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/02/74613/

Kickoff Wellness Week with some Cardio Zumba on the South Lawn! Led by a dance instructor. Come ready to shake off those mid-semester vibes and get moving. All levels welcome. Workshop / fitness clothes & shoes recommended.

Registration not required to attend, but if you do, we'll be sure to have a healthy snack available for you:

https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bOwKAMNTV1yxZ6S

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/02/75165/

Start your day off with a brief 10 minute mindfulness session! Take care of yourself and start your day off right.

Registration is not required to attend, but if you do, we'll have a healthy snack for you: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_07FIpLFCCzGft6C

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/03/75201/

During the Fall Interview Program, employers may recruit 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions. Students may apply at any time during the bidding period, which takes place August 24-September 7, 2023.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/03/74927/

In 1992, a federal district court ordered US Border Patrol to stop targeting the Latino community its enforcement actions in El Paso. The case, Murillo v Musegades, emerged from advocacy led by Bowie High School students as they saw Border Patrol entering their campus repeatedly and stopping, detaining and using force against their classmates, teachers, family and friends. The power of organizing and strategic use of legal action resulted in a settlement and a victory for Bowie High School. Lulu Ortiz (’22) will moderate a discussion with former Bowie High School student and class member, Ernesto Munoz, and Barbara Hines, one of the case attorneys and Texas Law Clinical Professor (ret.).

Please RSVP by noon, Sept 28: https://reflectingonmurillovmusegades.eventbrite.com

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/03/75269/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/03/74713/

The terms “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” name a cluster of unevenly implemented higher education policies designed to create hospitable learning and working environments for all community members. Recently, state legislatures, school boards, and right-leaning think tanks in the United States have targeted DEI, asserting that such policies do the opposite, fostering exclusion, unfair advantage, and discrimination. Attacks on DEI are of a piece with efforts to dismantle academic freedom, faculty governance, and affirmative action in the wider national polity. The new prohibiting laws are often (deliberately) vague, intended to have a disruptive, chilling effect. Universities are scrambling to respond. The UT System has just provided its FAQs to guide universities on how to proceed.

How might we use this moment to rename, refine, and make more publicly intelligible the set of justice concerns – access, historical redress, fairness, equal opportunity – that were in many ways shorthanded by DEI? Please join us for a panel discussion on “Critical Lives in Red States.” Kathryn Bond Stockton, Distinguished Professor of English, former Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity and former inaugural Dean of the School for Cultural & Social Transformation at the University of Utah will join three UT-Austin professors, Karma Chavez, Danielle Clealand, and Eric Tang, to explore paths toward a more just university.

This roundtable is cosponsored by the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice and Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, with the African and African Diaspora Studies Department and the Black Studies Collective, the Center for Asian American Studies, the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, the Department of English, the Department of Government, the Humanities Institute, the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, LGBTQ Studies, the Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies, the Race, Indigeneity & Migration Program, the Texas Center for Education Policy, and the Texas State Employees Union.

Please note that Professor Stockton will also deliver the ninth annual Sissy Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at the University of Texas School of Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/03/75426/

During the Fall Interview Program, employers may recruit 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions. Students may apply at any time during the bidding period, which takes place August 24-September 7, 2023.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/04/74928/

Come meet with vendors and student resource groups that promote wellness to UT Law Students. Past participants have included TLAP, AccessLex, Healthy Horns, RecSports, Student Emergency Services, and Tarlton Library.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/04/75149/

Need to relax? Come to the Wellness Week massage chairs from 11 - 1:30 PM.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/04/75267/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 3, on Symplicity.

Join Marilyn Drees ("the introvert") and Mindy Finnigan ("the extrovert") from the CSO to learn practical tips to help anyone have productive, meaningful conversations and build professional relationships. Pizza will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/04/75160/

Interested in transactional law? Join TBLS for a presentation led by Kirkland & Ellis about all things M&A. Lunch will be served, and a happy hour with the firm will take place off campus after class for attendees.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/04/75136/

Come have lunch with attorneys from Kirkland and Ellis!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/04/75333/

Please join Texas Law Art Association for a panel about art law! Dean Fielder and Professor Sokolow will host a discussion about what art law is, where to learn about art law at UT, and how interested students can best prepare for a career in art law. All are welcome! Kindly bring your own lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/04/75343/

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/2023/10/04/75007/

UT Law CLE’s Mergers and Acquisitions Institute is the leading private M&A conference of its kind in the U.S. for the latest deal trends, structures, pitfalls and opportunities in M&A. The combination of a cutting-edge program with nationally recognized speakers, prestigious U.S. and international sponsors, the Byron Egan Whiskey Tasting, invaluable networking opportunities, and much more, makes this an event you won’t want to miss!

The full agenda will be coming soon! Topics will include: Texas Business Courts: The Dawn of a New Era Carveouts: Still a Piece of Cake? WTF Does ESG Really Mean for M&A? Shifting Sands or Quicksand?: Negotiating Antitrust Risk in Today’s Climate Distressed M&A: What’s So Different From Healthy Deals? Energy Dealmaking Mock Negotiation of Key Indemnification Provisions Getting the Piper Paid: Successfully Navigating the RWI Claims Processes Deal Ethics Pop Quiz with Glenn West

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/74437/

1Ls: Stop by to meet with attorneys Ethan Glenn '16, Jordan Jarreau, and Todd Smith from Butler Snow to learn more about their firm and grab lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/74788/

During the Fall Interview Program, employers may recruit 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions. Students may apply at any time during the bidding period, which takes place August 24-September 7, 2023.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/74929/

Decoupling and Motivation: Re-Calibrating Standards of Fiduciary Review, Rethinking 'Disinterested' Shareholder Decisions, and Deconstructing 'De SPACs'

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/74611/

Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 4, on Symplicity.

1Ls: Learn about the recruitment and application process for summer opportunities at large law firms (aka BigLaw). The CSO will provide an overview of BigLaw, share application strategies, and offer advice for obtaining summer clerkship positions. Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/74533/

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/2023/10/05/75192/

McKool Smith will provide BBQ and insight into life in IP Litigation. McKool Smith attorneys will be there to present and answer questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/75310/

Come learn about Financial Wellness with Abigail Mbuvi & Dr. Maria Timm. Delicious smoothies will be served after the presentation.

Please register here: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2cog4AC6xkf0W34

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/75200/

Susman Godfrey attorneys will be hosting a Q&A to discuss what a judicial clerkship is, what that application process looks like, and what students can begin doing now to prepare. Participating organizations will be OUTLaw, CHLLSA, TMLS, and APALSA.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/74631/

The ninth annual Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights will feature Kathryn Bond Stockton, Distinguished Professor of English, former Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity, and former inaugural Dean of the School for Cultural & Social Transformation at the University of Utah, where she teaches queer theory, theories of race and racialized gender, and twentieth-century literature and film. More information is forthcoming.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/74568/

A catered mixer will follow the Clerkship Panel Q&A, giving members of participating organizations the opportunity to network and mingle with Susman Godfrey attorneys.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/05/74632/

During the Fall Interview Program, employers may recruit 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions. Students may apply at any time during the bidding period, which takes place August 24-September 7, 2023.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/06/74930/

Stop by the breezeway on your way to class for coffee provided by Vinson & Elkins and to say hi to your 2023-24 SBA Board!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/06/75430/

Join your fellow Texas Law grads for a fun evening to get ready to cheer on the Texas Longhorns against the Oklahoma Sooners. All alumni are invited. We hope to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2023/10/06/74130/