Events Calendar

Join LS4BL and Professors Jim Marcus, Raoul Schonemann and Thea Posel for a lunchtime event discussing the intersection between Capital Punishment and Race.

Food will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/10/14/79028/

TOPIC: College Sports, Money, and Student Athletes

WHO’S INVITED: Texas Law Alumni in the Washington, D.C. area

EVENT DETAILS: Please join us for a social hour followed by an insightful talk with Professor Mechele Dickerson. Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and drinks before the program.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Professor Mechele Dickerson is known for teaching law courses built around current events. Her latest course is studying, in real-time, the class action lawsuits involving the NCAA that will radically alter the landscape of college athletics and could result in these athletes being paid. Professor Dickerson is the Faculty Athletics Representative for the entire University of Texas and is the mother of two collegiate athletes.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/10/16/79257/

On Thursday, October 17, the Strauss Center hosts Michael Turner, nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub, for a fireside chat with Strauss distinguished scholar Michael Mosser on “On the Ground in China: Perspectives from the Former State Department Spokesperson in Beijing.”

In this discussion and subsequent Q&A, Mr. Turner will discuss his experiences in his most recent post as spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, particularly regarding lessons he learned in managing strategic crisis communications and effectively conveying U.S. messaging priorities within an information environment ripe with disinformation.

This event is co-sponsored by the Strauss-Clements Asia Policy Program and the LBJ School of Public Affairs and is part of the Brumley Speaker Series. Lunch will be provided. This talk will be under Chatham House rules and registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-ground-in-china-perspectives-of-state-dept-spokesperson-in-beijing-tickets-1041454557617

For more information about this event, please contact Brittany Horton at brittany.horton@austin.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/10/17/79396/

This is the final round of the Foley & Lardner Novice Mock Trial Competition. The round will be held at 6:00PM. This competition is for those who have not competed in a Texas Law intramural mock trial competition before. Please contact Kacey Simmons (kacey.simmons@utexas.edu) for more information.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/10/17/78834/

This is the final round of the Foley & Lardner Novice Mock Trial Competition. The round will be held at 6:00PM. This competition is for those who have not competed in a Texas Law intramural mock trial competition before. Please contact Kacey Simmons (kacey.simmons@utexas.edu) for more information.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/10/17/78853/

Come tailgate with TJOGEL and the KBH Energy Center!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/10/19/79541/