Events Calendar

1Ls: Stop by to meet recruiters from MoFo to learn more about their firm and grab breakfast.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/01/76727/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/01/76487/

The Summer Public Service Program provides stipends to rising 2Ls and 3Ls working in a low-paying or unpaid summer internships in nonprofit, government, and legislative offices. Justice Center staff will provide information about the SPSP for summer 2023, including eligibility, funding, and how to apply, and answer students’ questions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/01/75791/

Are you a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practitioner? Would you like to learn more about ex parte appeal proceedings? Would you like to meet and learn directly from PTAB judges? Attend an ex parte appeal roadshow!

The PTAB is holding in-person training focused on ex parte appeal proceedings and best practices taught exclusively by PTAB judges. View the full schedule and detailed program agenda, and register today, on the Ex Parte Appeal Roadshows webpage.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/01/76655/

Amanda Rose presenting an original paper in the Business Law Seminar

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/01/76555/

TJOGEL and the Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center are hosting an Energy Industry Night at the law school on February 1, from 5:30pm - 7:30 pm . The first hour will be a panel of energy industry legal professionals, followed by a networking reception in the Jamail Pavilion. This is an excellent panel for anyone planning on pursuing a career in the legal energy industry----the advice of the panelists is broadly applicable across grade levels.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/01/76678/

Swing by the Atrium for coffee c/o V & E! Happy Friday, y'all!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/02/76750/

Public Nuisance: The New Mass Tort Frontier (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/02/75106/

This year marks 80 years since the Supreme Court ruled on Korematsu v. United States. Fred Korematsu along with tens of thousands of other Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII. In 1983, a district court in Northern California cleared Korematsu of any wrongdoing and he was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1998. Dr. Karen Korematsu, Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute will be in conversation with Professor Arnold Jin on the importance of Korematsu 80 years later.

Dr. Karen Korematsu is the Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T.Korematsu Institute and the daughter of the late civil rights icon, Fred Korematsu. Karen is a national speaker and travels the country advocating for civil liberties, social justice, civics, and ethnic studies education. She promotes Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution on January 30 in perpetuity for all fifty states.

Pizza and beverages will be served courtesy of 600 Degrees Pizzeria and Drafthouse. RSVP Requested: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eeP0118JFBkZ3Ey

Co-presented by the Center for Asian American Studies, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, The Audre and Bernard Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice and Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/02/76676/

By this point in law school you’ve learned the foundations of black letter law. You’ve learned the foundations of legal research. You’ve learned the foundations of legal writing.

Maybe you came to law school after years of participating in speech and debate. Maybe you were active in student government or community organizing. Or maybe you’ve never done any public speaking at all. Whether you end up spending every day in the courtroom arguing to a judge or group of jurors, or in a boardroom advocating to a group of venture capitalists, a necessary part of our profession is public speaking.

You advocate every day already. You are advocating for yourself when you write cover letters. You advocate when you interview for summer clerkships. You are using advocacy when you present at your upcoming LRW oral argument and even when you write exams or answer questions in class. Advocacy matters.

If you didn’t already experience success as an advocate, you wouldn’t be in law school. The art of advocacy as a lawyer is an important part of your legal education, no matter where your career in law takes you. The upcoming Workshop will offer you a chance to add more skills to your repertoire.

Professors from the Advocacy Department at the University of Texas School of Law will offer the Spring 2024 1L Public Speaking Workshop on Friday, February 2nd from, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. (with lunch provided beginning at 12:30). You will be taught by successful trial lawyers and talented National Mock Trial Champions; you will be taught by lawyers who are hired to teach experienced lawyers how to be even better.

You will be on your feet. You will be practicing voice and gestures. You will work on fluidity and rhythm and pace and cadence and tone. No matter what your skill level when you walked in the door, in two hours, you will be a better advocate than before. And if you show up at 12:30, we’ll even feed you lunch.

If you have any questions or would like to request the registration form, please contact Marla Massin, mmassin@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/02/76650/

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/

Please RSVP by Sunday, February 11, on Symplicity.

Interested in learning about judicial decision-making first-hand, or how you can parlay your coursework with a unique opportunity for experiential learning during the semester or summer? Come hear from students about their different internship experiences and how the Judicial Internship Program helped them hone their communication, analytical, and research and writing skills.

Learn more about how to match your goals with the right internship experience - the types and styles of work and opportunities for court observation vary widely. There are opportunities available in state and federal courts that handle a variety of legal cases and issues involving child welfare, probate and guardianship, bankruptcy, trial courts, administrative hearings, and appellate practice. Also learn about the internship's course component and the focus on enhancing the internship, legal writing, confidentiality and ethics, professionalism, and judicial decision-making.

Moderated by Vasu Behara, Clinical Professor and Director of the Judicial Internship Program.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/12/76679/

The RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service and the Institute for Transnational Law invite you to join us for a book talk with Dana Brakman Reiser, JD, author of For-Profit Philanthropy: Elite Power and the Threat of Limited Liability Companies, Donor-Advised Funds, and Strategic Corporate Giving.

The book reimagines the history of philanthropy law, revealing it not to be a tool to subsidize private efforts to benefit the public, but a strategic arrangement binding ordinary Americans and elites together in a common purpose. What role do legal reforms and private solutions have in rebuilding public trust in philanthropy?

Brakman Reiser holds a chair as Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and is a globally recognized expert in the law at the intersection of business and charity. The book talk will be followed by a Q&A with the author. Lunch will be provided to registered attendees.

Register at this link: https://events.humanitix.com/shattering-barriers-dana-brakman-reiser

Email any questions to sydney.wilburn@austin.utexas.edu

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/12/76758/

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/2024/02/12/76769/

Please join the ALDF for the semester's first Theater Night! This time we will be hosting The Smell of Money. This is a documentary that follows Elsie Herring and her rural North Carolina community as they take on the multibillion-dollar pork industry in a fight for their rights to clean air, pure water, and a life free from the stench of pig feces. All are welcome. Plant-based Japanese food from Nori will be provided. Please register for food here: https://forms.gle/YUPe2Yf4V3koqa7x7

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/12/76732/

Join the Women's Law Caucus for Breakfast! We will have gluten-free and vegetarian options as well as coffee, bagels, fruit, and muffins.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/13/76674/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 13, on Symplicity.

The State Bar of Texas Section of Taxation presents a discussion about various career opportunities available to attorneys in the area of tax law. Pizza will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/14/76326/

Prof. Vladeck will discuss the Legislative Branch’s powers over the Supreme Court under our Constitution and how the Legislative Branch can use those powers to hold the Court more accountable. What are Congress’ powers over the Supreme Court? What are the limits of those powers? How are those powers to be enforced? What if there is a disagreement between Congress and the Court: who decides and how is a decision enforced?

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/14/76867/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/15/76470/

Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 14, on Symplicity.

The Department of Family and Protective Services seeks to promote safe and healthy families and protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Join this information session to learn more about DFPS's varied work in these areas and employment/internship opportunities available to law students.

Panelists include:

Kellie Starr Price '07, DFPS Special Projects Attorney

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/15/76829/

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 and qualifies you for consideration by all the journals. Members 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/2024/02/15/76768/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society at 12 PM on Thursday, February 15 in TNH 2.139 as Yale University Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Reed Amar discusses his book The Words That Made Us and explores the biggest constitutional questions confronted by early Americans––and what answers they came to.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/15/76869/

BOA will hold a mock trial with your favorite trial advocacy professors competing. More info TBD.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/15/76534/

The Review of Litigation will host its 2024 Spring Symposium on ESG and Litigation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/16/75726/

Getting Radical In The South (GRITS) will be hosting eight panels, several trainings and displays, and a keynote speaker on campus over the course of two days.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/17/76166/

The Texas Law Pipeline Program is hosting a one-day in-person workshop aimed at preparing undergraduate and recent graduate attendees for the law school application process. Session includes: - Law School Admissions Council and Preparing for the LSAT - Law School Admissions Dean Panel and Mock File Review - Writing A Personal Statement - Resources For Applicants

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/17/76587/

Makeup informational for those who could not attend the first Texas Law Review mandatory informational session. Any Texas Law students interested in participating in the write-on competition are invited to attend this information session. Attendance at one of these meetings is mandatory in order to enroll in the write-on process, which takes place after finals. The write-on qualifies you for consideration by all the journals.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/19/76760/

Come grab some breakfast and meet Baker & McKenzie attorneys!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/20/76759/

Come by and meet lawyers from Baker McKenzie and learn more about the firm + corporate practice group!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/20/76834/

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, February 20. Please meet us at the library entrance. We hope to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/20/76685/

Please join members of Volume 103 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, Beck Redden!

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/20/76910/

The Law and Philosophy Seminar Workshop surveys different topics in legal philosophy and sconstitutional theory. Organized around a series of seven workshops, each features a deifferent leading scholar who presents and discusses their own work with both law and philosophy faculty and the students in the seminar.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/20/76536/

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/2024/02/20/76553/

Come join us for pub food and zero-proof mocktails made by the SHIFT Makers... we hope to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/20/76870/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 20, on Symplicity.

Hosted by PGLETS. Join premier Austin estate planners for a discussion on creative problem solving for large and complex estates.

Featuring: Sam Hildebrand of Jackson Walker LLP Lois Ann Stanton of Osborne, Helman, Scott, Knisely & Stanton, LLP Steve Saunders of Saunders & Associates

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/21/76951/

Interested in becoming a Dean's Fellow, Society Coordinator or Academic Success Fellow for the 2024/25 academic year?

Come to an info session and hear from SAO + current Society Program members. Get your questions answered before applying.

Attendance at an info session is a pre-requisite to applying.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/21/76648/

Come network with industry professionals at TJOGEL's annual CLE Symposium! This year's Symposium has a fantastic lineup of speakers who will discuss an array of topics.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/22/76708/

Please join a variety of panelists for programming about the realities of being a woman in the legal field. Hosted by Texas Law Review and Baker Botts.

Lunch provided and happy hour reception to follow.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/22/75508/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/22/76488/

Drawing on her work in human and animal research ethics, Dr. Hope Ferdowsian will discuss how starting from clear ethical principles has informed human research policy, and how a similar approach could better inform research policy surrounding the use of animals in research—resulting in improvements in medicine, science, and ethics and greater protections and benefits for people and animals. Join us in-person in TNH 3.125 or online via Zoom (https://utexas.zoom.us/j/92155979467?pwd=MXJncTJ1eVFNVmxJL2FEZlMxdktlZz09) Meeting ID: 921 5597 9467 Passcode: 242422

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/22/76807/

Emily Strauss presenting an original paper in the Business Law Workshop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/22/76556/

Come network with industry professionals at TJOGEL's annual CLE Symposium! This year's Symposium includes a great panel of industry experts who will present on a wide variety of topics.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/23/76709/

Swing by the Atrium for coffee c/o V & E! Happy Friday, y'all!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/23/76734/

Co-Sponsored by FedSoc -- Lunch provided

Moderator and Panelist: Barry Friedman, 2024 Distinguished Visiting Professor

Panelists: Sylvia Moir, Clark Neily

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/23/76753/

Moderator and Panelist: Maria Ponomarenko

Panelists: Jamein Cunningham, Michael Sierra-Arévalo, Art Acevedo, Trudy Strassburger

Barry Friedman, 2024 Distinguished Visiting Professor, serves as the founding director of the Policing Project at NYU Law, which he co-founded with Texas Law Assistant Prof. Maria Ponomarenko.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/23/76754/

Moderator and Panelist: Barry Friedman, 2024 Distinguished Visiting Professor

Panelists: Christy Lopez, Chris Harris

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/23/76755/

The Texas International Law Journal's Annual Symposium and Banquet will be held on February 24, 2024, and is titled “Current Challenges to the Effectiveness and Future of the International Criminal Court.” The event will consist of three panels, united by a common focus on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and a focus on its efficacy and future. Our event promises to be the preeminent venue for fruitful discussion and disagreement, with new ideas and approaches presented and analyzed from different viewpoints.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/24/75769/

Please RSVP by Sunday, February 25, on Symplicity. Zoom link will then be sent before the event.

Learn more about the exciting opportunities available with the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of General Counsel. The CIA's OGC provides legal advice and policy counsel to the Director of the CIA and other CIA officers on a variety of legal issues relating to the operations and management of CIA. Join this information session to learn about the exciting and varied practice areas available within the CIA, as well as internship and permanent employment opportunities.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/26/76954/

All interested candidates must come to one of the six infosessions during the week of 2/26 to be eligible to run for an elected SBA position! Infosessions are on Monday (2/26), Wednesday (2/28), and Thursday (2/29) at 12:00 and 12:30 in the SBA office. Please email Morgan Johnson at texas.sba@gmail.com with any questions!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/26/77047/

The Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability (SSSS) Program at The University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Cockrell School of Engineering, in partnership with the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and MITRE, will hold the 10th annual Space Traffic Management Conference, “Inflection Points of Change: Civil, Commercial & Security” for space operations. Additional support is provided by NorthStar Earth and Space, Aerospace Policy Solutions, LLC, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University O’Maley College of Business, and Runways to Space LLC.

The conference will take place on February 27-28, 2024, hosted at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. Experts from all over the world will gather to discuss and exchange knowledge on Space Traffic Management. Technical sessions will be devoted to several topics like Changing Legal and Regulatory Frameworks, Airspace/Orbital Space Integration, Space Safety and Sustainability, Security, and Related Issues.

For more information, including to register (1 euro for students), the agenda, paper access, and more, see the website. Breakfast, lunch, and a networking reception are included.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/27/76772/

Please RSVP by Monday, February 26, on Symplicity.

Learn more about pathways in white collar law and enforcement from attorneys who have practiced in these fields in both the government and private sectors. Pizza will be served.

Panelists include: Ephraim (Fry) Wernick ‘03, Partner – Government Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense, Vinson & Elkins (Washington, D.C.), former federal prosecutor and supervisor of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Fraud Section

Rebecca Fike, Partner – Shareholder Litigation & Enforcement, Government Investigations & White Collar Defense, Vinson & Elkins (Dallas), former Securities and Exchange Commission Senior Counsel

G. Zachary Terwilliger, Partner – Government Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense, Vinson & Elkins (Washington, D.C.), former Senate confirmed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/27/76447/

Make room, ChatGPT! Artificial intelligence is coming to familiar legal research platforms. Lexis+ AI is available, and Westlaw is not far behind. How good are these tools? What can you do with them, and how can you make the most of them while minimizing their risks? Check out Legal AI: An Introduction, prepared for 2Ls and 3Ls and brought to you by the Beck Center faculty and the Tarlton Law Library. Tuesday, February 27, 11:45-12:45. Pizza will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/27/76968/

Join Women's Law Caucus for cookies and fun! Sponsored by our generous supporters, Katten.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/27/76675/

Join the Texas Law Development Team to debrief the student organization fundraising process and provide insight into the experience. Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/27/76832/

Presented by Law Student for Black Lives and ACS, this series explores standard doctrinal law classes from an anti-racism perspective and considers perspectives often absent from the standard law school curriculum. Professor Mechele Dickerson will discuss: what does race have to do with a "race-neutral" area like civil procedure? And how have due process rights been threatened in majority-Black communities?

Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/27/77067/

Join Jonathan Haidt (NYU) and Jonathan Rauch (Brookings) for a discussion of the role of the modern university in the formation of knowledge, the importance of heterodox views in that process, and the many modern obstacles in the way.

Visit the link for more information about our speakers and to RSVP to reserve a seat. We hope you join us!

Co-sponsors:

The Athanaeum

The Civitas Institute

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/27/76407/

The Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability (SSSS) Program at The University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Cockrell School of Engineering, in partnership with the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and MITRE, will hold the 10th annual Space Traffic Management Conference, “Inflection Points of Change: Civil, Commercial & Security” for space operations. Additional support is provided by NorthStar Earth and Space, Aerospace Policy Solutions, LLC, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University O’Maley College of Business, and Runways to Space LLC.

The conference will take place on February 27-28, 2024, hosted at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. Experts from all over the world will gather to discuss and exchange knowledge on Space Traffic Management. Technical sessions will be devoted to several topics like Changing Legal and Regulatory Frameworks, Airspace/Orbital Space Integration, Space Safety and Sustainability, Security, and Related Issues.

For more information, including to register (1 euro for students), the agenda, paper access, and more, see the website. Breakfast, lunch, and a networking reception are included.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/28/76773/

Enjoy a delicious lunch while connecting with lawyers from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/28/76771/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society at 12:00 on Wednesday, February 28 in TNH 2.139 for a timely debate on whether one of the nation's leading presidential candidates is even constitutionally qualified to hold the Presidency.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/28/77040/

Interested in becoming a Dean's Fellow, Society Coordinator or Academic Success Fellow for the 2024/25 academic year?

Come to an info session and hear from SAO + current Society Program members. Get your questions answered before applying.

Attendance at an info session is a pre-requisite to applying.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/28/76628/

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

Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 28, on Symplicity. Zoom link will then be sent before the event.

As a member of the Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, you will experience the most diverse legal practice available to an attorney. Working in locations around the world, you will get hands-on experience in everything from international law to civil litigation and military justice. Join this information session to learn more about the exciting employment and internship opportunities available through the U.S. Navy JAG Corps.

Panelists include:

Lt. Ariel Sarandinaki, Staff Judge Advocate

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/29/76831/

Join the Women's Law Caucus as we discuss what life at a mid-size law firm is like. We will have a panel of current attorneys from various firms. Lunch provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/29/76686/

Please join members of Volume 103 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, Beck Redden!

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/29/76950/

This event is part of the Justice Center initiative designed to support students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they seek to challenge in their careers. For example: students who have themselves or had family members become entangled in the criminal legal system who are interested in public defense work; immigrant students, or students who are the children or family members of immigrants seeking to challenge the immigration system; low-income students seeking to challenge laws and policy that further marginalize poor people such as predatory lending, cash bail, etc.

EPI gatherings serve as a space for dialogue, mentorship, and resource-sharing tailored to the particular needs and strengths of students whose public interest work as attorneys may be directly tied to their lived experiences and/or those of their loved ones. This lunch will be a unique opportunity for students to meet with Texas Law faculty over lunch to discuss navigating law school and public interest legal careers.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/29/77050/

Gordon Smith presenting an original paper in the Business Law Workshop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/29/76539/

In 2021, the California State Legislature approved a reparations scheme for victims of forced sterilization carried out from 1909-1979. As the window for victims of state-sanctioned forced sterilization to apply for reparations comes to a close in December 2023, an evaluation of the efficacy of the initiative can now be undertaken. One way of evaluating the reparations scheme’s efficacy is through the lens of transitional justice – a theory in international law describing the process and mechanisms through which a state seeks to reform and repair relations with its citizens following a mass human rights abuse, conflict, or political regime change. The California State Legislature is therefore engaging, to a certain extent, in transitional justice by creating the reparations scheme and attempting to address the historical injustice caused to its citizens. In her talk, Helen Jennings will evaluate the extent to which this engagement has been successful, and will suggest lessons from transitional justice that can be applied to California’s reckoning with the legacy of eugenics.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/29/77051/

Assault & Flattery's annual musical

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/02/29/75345/