Are you considering going into public service after law school? Did you take federal loans while attending UT Law? This presentation is for you!
Come learn about the Texas Law Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), and how you may qualify to receive financial assistance from Texas Law while you are repaying your federal loans. Lunch will be provided!
It is a common misconception that there are not good opportunities for transactional work in the government sector. Join a panel of transactional attorneys who are or have worked in the government to learn more about opportunities to gain valuable transactional experience while working for the government. Pizza will be served.
Panelists Include:
Josh Gold '13, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Megan Sylvester, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Holly Heinrich '18, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
While many claim that being a mom is the most important job in the world, in reality motherhood in the United States is growing harder and harder. From preconception, through pregnancy, and while parenting, women are held to ever-higher standards and are finding themselves punished – both socially and criminally – for failing to live up to these norms. In Caitlin Killian’s new book, Failing Moms, she uncovers how women of all ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses have been interrogated, held against their will, and jailed for a rapidly expanding list of offenses such as falling down the stairs while pregnant or letting a child spend time alone in a park, actions that were not considered criminal a generation ago. While poor mothers and moms of color are targeted the most, all moms are in jeopardy, whether they realize it or not. Women and mothers are disproportionately held accountable compared to men and fathers who do not see their reproduction policed and almost never incur charges for “failure to protect.” The gendered inequality of prosecutions reveals them to be more about controlling women than protecting children. Using a reproductive justice lens, Killian analyzes how and why mothers are on a precipice and what must change to prevent mass penalization and instead support mothers and their children.
While many claim that being a mom is the most important job in the world, in reality motherhood in the United States is growing harder and harder. From preconception, through pregnancy, and while parenting, women are held to ever-higher standards and are finding themselves punished – both socially and criminally – for failing to live up to these norms. In Caitlin Killian’s new book, Failing Moms, she uncovers how women of all ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses have been interrogated, held against their will, and jailed for a rapidly expanding list of offenses such as falling down the stairs while pregnant or letting a child spend time alone in a park, actions that were not considered criminal a generation ago. While poor mothers and moms of color are targeted the most, all moms are in jeopardy, whether they realize it or not. Women and mothers are disproportionately held accountable compared to men and fathers who do not see their reproduction policed and almost never incur charges for “failure to protect.” The gendered inequality of prosecutions reveals them to be more about controlling women than protecting children. Using a reproductive justice lens, Killian analyzes how and why mothers are on a precipice and what must change to prevent mass penalization and instead support mothers and their children.
Please RSVP with WLC. A panel of Baker Botts attorneys will be at your disposal to answer all your burning questions about the life of a Big Law attorney, how best to prepare for 2L OCI and more! Cabo Bob's will be served.
Join The New York Times' lead newsroom lawyer David McCraw, Susman Godfrey's Justin Nelson, Professor Lyrissa Lidsky (University of Florida Levin College of Law), and Professor Amy K. Sanders (UT-Austin School of Journalism and Media) for a discussion on the recent criticism of Sullivan's actual malice standard.
Please visit the link for more information and to RSVP for lunch. We hope you join us!
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, NRF!
Feel free to email any questions to writeonquestions@texaslrev.com.
The Law and Philosophy Seminar Workshop surveys different topics in legal philosophy and constitutional theory. Organized around a series of seven workshops, each features a different leading scholar who presents and discusses their own work with both law and philosophy faculty and the students in the seminar.
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
Please join the Texas Federalist Society on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 12:00 in TNH 2.139 for a discussion on the philosophical approaches federal judges take on the bench, and how they view the role they play in the judiciary. We'll be pleased to host actual Article III judges as our speakers for this enlightening event.
On Wednesday, March 6, the Strauss Center and the Alexander Hamilton Society UT chapter will host Alex Velez-Green, Senior Policy Advisor at the Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for National Security, for a conversation on “Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan: Can the United States be Everywhere at Once?”
Within this conversation, Velez-Green will discuss the competing demands on American military and defense-industrial power in today’s world. He will address questions including: Which regions are the most important for future U.S. security? Does the United States need to prioritize or can we handle several major regional crises at once? How can policymakers best posture and equip the U.S. military to keep America’s promises? What role do U.S. allies and partners have to play in resourcing collective security?
This talk will be held at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and lunch will be provided. For more information about this event, please contact Brittany Horton at brittany.horton@austin.utexas.edu.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 6, on Symplicity. Pizza will be served.
Hosted by PGLETS. Join fiduciary litigators from around Austin who focus on trust, guardianship, probate, and estate litigation, helping clients handle the aftermath of breaches in fiduciary duty from their trusted advisors, often in the context of loss. Attorneys will discuss their experiences on a moderated panel.
Featuring:
Craig Hopper, Hopper Mikeska, PLLC
Ellen Stewart, Barnes Lipscomb & Stewart, PLLC
Brian Thompson, Thompson East Law, PLLC
Join PALS for a lunch speaker event with local plaintiffs' firm, Austin Kaplan! The firm founder and some of the firm's attorneys will be sharing their career trajectories and will highlight a couple of their most exciting cases in the firm's two practice areas: employment law and civil rights litigation. Specifically they plan to talk about a pregnancy discrimination case for employment law and the Kate Cox abortion case for civil rights litigation. Lunch will be catered by Peached Tortilla.
Stop by the Atrium for Amy's Ice Cream and an "I Voted" sticker to celebrate SBA's Election Day. Make sure to vote for SBA's Board of Governors, SBA's Teaching Awards, and Society Program Leader Awards--the ballot is in your email!
The Board of Advocates invites you to attend the final round of the Susman Godfrey Moot Court Competition in the Eidman Courtroom from 6:00-8:00 PM. This competition is open to all University of Texas School of Law students to participate. All are welcome to come watch!
