Events Calendar

Are you a 1L or 2L who is looking for a summer job involving human rights or social justice? Do you have a summer placement at a human rights organization, but need to find external funding?

Come to the Rapoport Center’s "Finding and Funding" Human Rights Jobs Info Session on February 5! Rapoport Center staff and former Rapoport Center Summer Fellows will give tips and tricks on finding human rights positions before the summer. The session will also outline the application process for the Rapoport Center’s Summer Fellowship Funding, including the Letelier and Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law and the Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellowship (application deadline March 8, 2024).

If you can’t make it to the event and would like support from the Rapoport Center in finding human rights positions, please contact Cooper Christiancy at cchristiancy@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/05/76670/

RSVP online. Lunch will be served.

Sponsored by Texas Law Review.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/06/75492/

Faculty meeting and lunch

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/06/76634/

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

Any Texas Law students interested in participating in the write-on competition are invited to attend this information session. Attendance at this meeting is mandatory in order to enroll in the write-on process, which takes place after finals. Members of both Volume 101 (the current Volume) and Volume 102 (the upcoming Volume) of the Texas Law Review will be available to answer any questions and talk about their experiences on TLR. Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/06/76767/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society for a free lunch and a engrossing debate between Texas Law Professor Jennifer Laurin and Charles Stimson, Deputy Director of the Edwin III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies as they discuss the future of selective criminal prosecution.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/06/76774/

Open House for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 student internships. Interested students can earn 2 credits per semester. The deadline to apply is March 2024.

Professor Susan Klein invites students interested in an internship with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Federal Public Defender's Office or the U.S. Army JAG at Ft. Hood to an Internship Open House. Special Guest Matthew Harding, the U.S. Attorney supervising that internship, will be there, and they will both be available to the students to answer questions. Refreshments served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/06/76757/

The Health, Innovation, and the Law Colloquium closely studies the works-in-progress of leading scholars of health innovation from across the country and engages with the authors about their work.

Spring 2024 Speakers:

Feb. 6 – Ameet Sarpatwari – Harvard University Feb. 20 – Matthew Lawrence – Emory University March 5 – Wendy Epstein – DePaul University March 26 – Erin Fuse Brown – Georgia State University College April 9 – Myrisha Lewis – College of William & Mary April 23 – Rachel Sachs – Washington University

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/06/76529/

Stop by the tables in the breezeway to pick up some coffee on the way to class courtesy of Winston & Strawn.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/08/76808/

Hosted annually by Texas Law, the Public Service Career Fair (PSCF) is the largest public service interview program for law students in Texas.

During both days of PSCF, both public interest and government employers will conduct interviews for paid and unpaid summer and postgraduate positions. 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) from all Texas law schools who are eligible to participate in this program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/08/76227/

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

TBA

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/08/76469/

Register Online. As part of the Public Service Career Fair, you are invited to attend this practical and engaging presentation featuring attorney and advocate Heather Jarvis and covering: All the latest student loan updates Public Service Loan Forgiveness from A to Z; expert tips for navigating the student loan system; and a Q&A. Sponsored by Career Services, Financial Aid, and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

*The webinar will also be streamed in the Francis Auditorium from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/08/76669/

Jonathan Klick presenting an original paper in the Business Law Workshop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/08/76538/

All BOA members welcome to free food and drinks and ping-pong at Smash ATX in Downtown Austin! RSVP to come.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/08/76528/

Hosted annually by Texas Law, the Public Service Career Fair (PSCF) is the largest public service interview program for law students in Texas.

During both days of PSCF, both public interest and government employers will conduct interviews for paid and unpaid summer and postgraduate positions. 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) from all Texas law schools who are eligible to participate in this program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/09/76266/

Student representatives from the National Plaintiffs' Law Association, by invitation from the Plaintiffs' Advocacy & Litigation Society (PALS) and The Office of the Dean, will convene on Texas Law's campus for their biannual board meeting.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/09/76086/

Representatives from dozens of public interest organizations and government agencies will be on hand to answer questions about what they do. Find out about volunteer opportunities, summer internships, and paid positions with a variety of nonprofits, legal services providers, and government agencies. All Texas Law students are encouraged to attend.

Click here to see a list of participating employers.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/09/76681/

Public service employers and public service students are invited to take part in a happy hour as part of this year's Public Service Career Fair which will provide an opportunity for employers and students to mingle in a casual setting. Sponsored by Career Services the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/09/76668/

Dive into a realm where legal innovation meets visionary storytelling at our upcoming Afrofuturism and the Law symposium! Join us on February 10, 2024, for an enlightening exploration of the intersection between Black culture, history, and futuristic possibilities within the legal landscape!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/10/76609/