Events Calendar

Drawing Board Luncheon: James Spindler

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/01/77028/

Please RSVP by Sunday, March 31, on Symplicity. Pizza will be served.

This program is sponsored by the State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section. The panel will introduce students to bankruptcy law as a potential career path; educate students about the best ways to obtain an intern/extern or clerk position with a bankruptcy judge; and build connections between the students and local bankruptcy practitioners and the local bankruptcy bench.

Panelists include Hon. Shad M. Robinson, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Texas; Todd Headden, Of Counsel, Hayward PLLC; Jay Ong, Shareholder, Munsch Hardt; and Christy Heimer, Heimer Law Offices P.C.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/01/77039/

Please RSVP by Sunday, March 31, on Symplicity. Pizza will be served.

Sponsored by the State Bar of Texas Labor & Employment Law Section Council. Join us for a panel discussion about employment law as a potential career.

Panelists include: Caitlin Boehne (Senior Managing Attorney at Kaplan Law Firm) Jason Boulette (Partner at Boulette Golden & Marin LLP) Rick Levy (President of the Texas AFL-CIO)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/01/77073/

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 Jennifer Laurin will discuss the intersection of racism and criminal law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/01/77094/

Please join the Texas Federalist Society for our last event of the year! We will be hosting Yale Law School's Logan Beirne and our very own Sanford Levinson for an in-depth discussion on how the executive branch has thrown the balance of power out of alignment.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/01/77368/

If you are a 1L or 2L working at a public interest organization this summer or a 3L set to work in public interest after graduation, you may be eligible to apply to be a TLF Fellow. Come to our information session to learn more about who can apply for this $2,000 summer stipend, how Fellows are selected, and what being a TLF Fellow means. The TLF Fellowship application is open April 1–17 and can be found here: https://forms.gle/3UH2tVptQMJET8i79.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/01/77428/

Round one of the advanced mock trial competition. Times in the evening TBD.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/02/76548/

This program will answer the following questions: (1) What is a judicial clerk?; (2) Why are clerkships considered to be such a valuable experience?; (3) What do judges look for in clerks?; and (4) How does the role of a clerk vary in different chambers and types of courts? We will also discuss the timing of your own clerkship search, things to be thinking about now if you want to clerk, and how to best position yourself to be a competitive clerkship applicant. For additional information take a look at these materials: https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/1Ls-Becoming-Successful-Judicial-Clerkship-Candidate.pdf.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, April 1, on https://law-utexas-csm.symplicity.com/students by selecting the Events tab.

For more information, contact the Judicial Clerkship Program Coordinator at ben.ewald@law.utexas.edu

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/02/76607/

On Tuesday, April 2, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosts Dr. Nicole Fox, Associate Professor in California State University Sacramento’s Criminal Justice Division, for a discussion of her book, “After Genocide: Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda.” This talk will be moderated by Ambassador (Ret.) Larry André, Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Dr. Maro Youssef, State Fragility Program Fellow at the Strauss Center.

In After Genocide, Nicole Fox investigates the ways memorials can shape the experiences of survivors decades after mass violence has ended. She examines how memorializations can both heal and hurt, especially when they fail to represent all genders, ethnicities, and classes of those afflicted. Drawing on extensive interviews with Rwandans, Fox reveals their relationships to these spaces and uncovers those voices silenced by the dominant narrative—arguing that the erasure of such stories is an act of violence itself. The book probes the ongoing question of how to fit survivors in to the dominant narrative of healing and importantly demonstrates how memorials can shape possibilities for growth, national cohesion, reconciliation, and hope for the future.

Join us at 12:15 pm on Zoom at the link on our event website. For questions about this event, please contact Brittany Horton at brittany.horton@austin.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/02/77187/

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.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/02/76567/

Please join the Board of Advocates to watch the final round of the Strasburger Advanced Mock Trial Tournament with two of the best mock trial teams in our advocacy program. This is a great opportunity to experience the world of intramural advocacy competitions and learn more about getting involved in advocacy at the School of Law. The final round will be followed by a celebration at Crown and Anchor!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/02/76677/

The Texas Muslim Legal Society invites people from all backgrounds to fast for a day and come together at sunset to break our fasts with a feast! In Islam, fasting is an act that allows us to appreciate our blessings and motivates us to give in charity to those who are less fortunate. You do not have to fast to attend the event! All are welcome!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/02/77147/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/03/77072/

This year marks the Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy's 2024 Symposium: "Elevar / Uplift" on topics in immigration law and uplifting Hispanic and Latinx immigrants through law. The Symposium explores the current legal experience of Hispanic and Latinx immigrants from the time they cross the U.S border to their grant of citizenship and beyond. Through panel discussions with legal experts and practicing attorneys, the Symposium panels examine immigration law through the lenses of constitutional law, disability law, and labor and employment law. This panel's topic is: “Immigrant Children Feeding the Nation: A Special Q&A with Professor Guadalupe T. Luna”

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/03/76788/

In an era marked by divisiveness and discord, Professor John Inazu (Washington University in St. Louis School of Law) invites readers to rethink how and when they disagree with family, friends, co-workers, and anyone else on their newsfeed. It is possible to hold deep convictions about your own beliefs and have difficult, respectful, and engaging conversations with those who think differently.

Professor Inazu is joined by guest panelists with diverse religious beliefs to discuss his new book and offer reflections.

Visit the link to learn more and RSVP for lunch. We hope to see you!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/03/76552/

Please RSVP by Tuesday, April 2, on Symplicity.

Learn more about Texas Law's Long Career Launch Program for graduating 3Ls, the application process, and how it can be a part of your postgrad job search.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/03/77388/

TLF's Excellence in Public Interest Awards annually recognizes members of the community for their dedication, commitment, and outstanding contributions to the field of public interest law. Please join Texas Law Fellowships for the EPIA reception on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 to celebrate the public interest community and to recognize the outstanding contributions of our honorees!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/03/77049/

Round two of the advanced mock trial competition. Times in the evening TBD.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/04/76549/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/04/76473/

Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 3, on Symplicity.

Learn about the postgraduate fellowship application process and how best to position yourself as a viable candidate from a panel of student fellowship recipients and the program manager from Equal Justice Works.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/04/77369/

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/2024/04/04/77130/

On Thursday, April 4, the Strauss Center in conjunction with the Polish Club at the University of Texas Austin will host Daniel Fried, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, as he delivers remarks on “Poland at the Crossroads of History: NATO’s 75th Anniversary” on the exact 75th anniversary of the founding of NATO. Ambassador Fried, who is also the former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and current Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council, will be speaking about NATO in history, its future, and the challenges it faces. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NATO is poised in one of the most significant positions since its inception, and Poland serves as a Western bulwark against Russian expansionism.

The event is one of several NATO-focused talks hosted by the Strauss Center this Spring. For our previous events, see the conference “NATO and the Future of American Security” on February 6 and the public talk “The Future of European Security: NATO, Ukraine, and Russia” on January 30.

Lunch will be provided. Please direct any questions to Susan Crane at scrane@austin.utexas.edu. Parking is available for a fee at the nearby Manor Garage and San Jacinto Garage.

Biography:

In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Fried played a key role in designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. As Special Assistant and NSC Senior Director for Presidents Clinton and Bush, Ambassador to Poland, and Assistant Secretary of State for Europe (2005-09), Ambassador Fried helped craft the policy of NATO enlargement to Central European nations and, in parallel, NATO-Russia relations, thus advancing the goal of Europe whole, free, and at peace. During those years, the West’s community of democracy and security grew in Europe. Ambassador Fried helped lead the West’s response to Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine starting in 2014: as State Department Coordinator for Sanctions Policy, he crafted U.S. sanctions against Russia, the largest U.S. sanctions program to date, and negotiated the imposition of similar sanctions by Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia.

Ambassador Fried became one of the U.S. government’s foremost experts on Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. While a student, he lived in Moscow, majored in Soviet Studies and History at Cornell University (BA magna cum laude 1975) and received an MA from Columbia’s Russian Institute and School of International Affairs in 1977. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service later that year, serving overseas in Leningrad (Human Rights, Baltic affairs, and Consular Officer), and Belgrade (Political Officer); and in the Office of Soviet Affairs in the State Department.

As Polish Desk Officer in the late 1980s, Fried was one of the first in Washington to recognize the impending collapse of Communism in Poland, and helped develop the immediate response of the George H.W. Bush Administration to these developments. As Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw (1990-93), Fried witnessed Poland’s difficult but ultimately successful free market, democratic transformation, working with successive Polish governments. Ambassador Fried also served as the State Department’s first Special Envoy for the Closure of the Guantanamo (GTMO) Detainee Facility. He established procedures for the transfer of individual detainees and negotiated the transfers of 70 detainees to

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/04/77127/

End-of-year banquet for all Texas Environmental Law Journal staff.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/04/76927/

CHLLSA members and alumni celebrate this year's achievements with dinner and awards.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/05/77074/

Administration of the write-on bluebook evaluation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/06/76751/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/06/77329/

Are you interested in joining the Student Bar Association?

Submit the form below to be considered for one of SBA’s vacant positions from the Spring Election or for an appointed position on the board. Available positions and descriptions of the responsibilities for each position can be found inside the form. All positions listed will be selected and filled by appointment.

Timeline for Filling Each Position in the Application: April 7th before Noon: Candidate Interest Form due. April 12th: Selected Candidates Notified

Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7z4UYRaVrFA6QZkOIem3o_bgYVbUw0wIJvd-3VASwvZXXuQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please send any questions to texas.sba@gmail.com.

Good luck to all candidates!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/07/77427/

The crewneck restock is in! Stop by the SBA Office from 11-1 M-Th to pick up a cream or an orange crewneck. Please do not donate before confirming with an SBA member that your size/color preference is available. Shirts, totes, and hats are also still available!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/08/77473/

The entire Law School community is invited to celebrate the Total Eclipse of the Horns! Food, music, and eclipse glasses provided.

Festivities will get started in the Atrium around 11:30. Eclipse viewing is on the South Lawn from 1 to 2 pm.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/08/77367/

On Monday, April 8th, the Strauss Center is joining the International Affairs Society in hosting the International Affairs Society Roundtable 2024: “Unraveling States: Political Instability in The Sahel and the Ripple Effect on Local and International Security.”

This year’s expert panel includes Ambassador (Ret.) Larry André, Dr. Michael Mosser, and Dr. Toyin Falola, exploring the wide range of factors behind political instability in the Sahel region and looking into the implications for local and international security.

The Roundtable will be held in the WCP Student Activity Center Ballroom, room 2.410 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Food will be provided. Registration is recommended, via the link on the Strauss Center event page.

International Affairs Society Roundtable 2024 will be held on Monday, April 8th, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the WCP Student Activity Center Ballroom, Room 2.410.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/08/77469/

Final round of the Strasburger Advanced Mock Trial Competition put on by Texas Law Board of Advocates.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/09/76550/

The crewneck restock is in! Stop by the SBA Office from 11-1 M-Th to pick up a cream or an orange crewneck. Please do not donate before confirming with an SBA member that your size/color preference is available. Shirts, totes, and hats are also still available!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/09/77487/

Join SAO and Divine Canines to meet some furry friends!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/09/77331/

Please RSVP by Monday, April 8, on Symplicity. Pizza will be served.

Learn about about the big picture for 2L summer law firm recruiting, the Summer Interview Program, informal recruiting processes and timelines, and what you could be doing now to set yourself up for success.

The CSO will give an overview, answer your questions, and provide tips to help you along the way.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/09/77053/

Join TLAA in a visit to the Blanton Museum of Art, where admission is FREE for those with UT student ID. We will meet in the Atrium at 12pm and walk over together! Tuesday 4/9 from 12pm to 2pm.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/09/77407/

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

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.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/09/76568/

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/2024/04/09/76532/

Come relax, get a mocktail, enjoy some snacks, and grub a plushie at the last Alternative Bar Review of the semester! Each plushie has its own disability and neurodivergent-related backstory.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/09/77472/

The Center for Women in Law will convene their eighth biennial Women’s Power Summit on Law and Leadership™ at the Austin Marriott Downtown.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/10/74486/

The crewneck restock is in! Stop by the SBA Office from 11-1 M-Th to pick up a cream or an orange crewneck. Please do not donate before confirming with an SBA member that your size/color preference is available. Shirts, totes, and hats are also still available!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/10/77488/

Professor Franciska Coleman (University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Law) joins us to discuss her paper: The Anatomy of Cancel Culture. In her paper, Professor Coleman explores how social regulation of speech works in practice on university campuses, and the extent to which social regulation in practice affirms or undermines the stereotypes and caricatures that characterize the cancel-culture wars.

Visit the link to RSVP and reserve a lunch. We hope you join us!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/10/77408/

Come get some delicious healthy food provided by Locke Lorde, hear from Dr. Maria Timm and a panel of attorneys working in different fields as they discuss their work-life balance and how they take care of their mental health.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/10/76687/

Judge Nancy Atlas, retired U.S. District Judge, will host a conversation with Sara Moss, former Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Estée Lauder Companies.

During this conversation, they will discuss their legal careers, including Judge Atlas’s path to the bench and Ms. Moss’s path to becoming General Counsel and Chair of the Board for Estee Lauder. They will also discuss women in the legal profession and how opportunities have changed over time.

Moss will address the role of the general counsel in providing both legal and strategic advice and driving culture change within an organization.

Approved for 1 Hour Ethics CLE.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/10/77447/

Administration of the write-on bluebook evaluation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/10/76752/

The Center for Women in Law will convene their eighth biennial Women’s Power Summit on Law and Leadership™ at the Austin Marriott Downtown.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/74487/

More information will be made available in the coming weeks.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/76911/

This year marks the Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy's 2024 Symposium: "Elevar / Uplift" on topics in immigration law and uplifting Hispanic and Latinx immigrants through law. The Symposium explores the current legal experience of Hispanic and Latinx immigrants from the time they cross the U.S border to their grant of citizenship and beyond. Through panel discussions with legal experts and practicing attorneys, the Symposium panels examine immigration law through the lenses of constitutional law, disability law, and labor and employment law. This panel's discussion topic is: Constitutions, Borders, & Immigrants: Recent Developments in Constitutional Law on Immigrants & Immigration.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/76790/

The crewneck restock is in! Stop by the SBA Office from 11-1 M-Th to pick up a cream or an orange crewneck. Please do not donate before confirming with an SBA member that your size/color preference is available. Shirts, totes, and hats are also still available!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/77489/

TBD

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/76491/

Our friend Benny the Miracle Donkey will be in the Atrium and South Lawn for a meet and greet today!

TMR Rescue will be bringing Benny back for more photo opportunities, petting, and education about their rescue mission of equines (horses, donkeys, mules, and ponies): https://www.tmrrescue.com/copy-of-featured-story

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/77092/

Join Professor Alexandra Natapoff, Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, while she discusses her article "Misdemeanor Declination: A Theory of Internal Separation of Powers" with Texas Law professors Lee Kovarsky and Jennifer Laurin. In the article, Professor Natapoff argues that criminal law theory should borrow from administrative law in designating prosecutors' misdemeanor declination powers as a type of internal separation of powers designed to curb police overreach. She argues that charging individuals with a misdemeanor should require more than the low bar of probable cause required for an arrest, and that prosecutors' rubber stamping of arrests is an abdication of their responsibility to conduct a more thorough review before bringing the full weight of the government's adversarial process against individuals.

Misdemeanor Declination is featured in Volume 102, Issue 5 of the Texas Law Review.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/77389/

A conversation with Dr. Harshan Kumarasingham, Senior Lecturer in British Politics at the University of Edinburgh, hosted by Constitutional Studies Program in collaboration with the Civitas Institute.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/77467/

Texas Talks 2L Summer Preview serves as a chance for 1Ls to connect with law firms ahead of the summer recruiting season to learn more about their organizations, office locations both within and outside of Texas, and 2L summer programs. Light hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/77209/

Join the Justice Center’s EmPOWERed for Public Interest Initiative for a Mentorship Dinner for public interest law 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.

While this is not necessarily an event meant to pair each student with a mentor, the Justice Center hopes this will be a time for students to meet and form connections with attorneys who have overcome similar challenges. The Mentorship Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 11th, from 6:30-8:30 pm at Qi Austin: Modern Asian Kitchen.

There is no cost to attend this event, however, capacity for this event is limited. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. (CT) on Monday, March 25th. Students will be notified whether they have been selected to attend on Monday, April 1st. Apply here: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bxUKiAQOEWpoV3E

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/11/77228/

The Center for Women in Law will convene their eighth biennial Women’s Power Summit on Law and Leadership™ at the Austin Marriott Downtown.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/12/74488/

Texas Law Alumni Weekend celebrates Reunion 2024 honoring classes whose years end in “4” and “9” from 1959-2019.

Learn more: law.utexas.edu/reunion

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/12/75408/

AAEC Spring 2024 Meeting 11am-1pm

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/12/74139/

This is a mandatory orientation for all journal and student organization leadership that will be in place for 2024-2025 academic year. Join SAO to be introduced to the variety of resources the Law School and the university at large has to support you in your leadership role!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/12/77350/

Texas Law Alumni Weekend celebrates Reunion 2024 honoring classes whose years end in “4” and “9” from 1959-2019.

Learn more: law.utexas.edu/reunion

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/04/13/74138/