Events Calendar

The University will be closed.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/01/77961/

We are launching a new virtual interview program for 1L Summer jobs (Summer 2025) that will be held on January 6-8, 2025. This program allows for employers to connect with students in their first semester to secure positions for the upcoming recruiting season.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/06/79064/

We are launching a new virtual interview program for 1L Summer jobs (Summer 2025) that will be held on January 6-8, 2025. This program allows for employers to connect with students in their first semester to secure positions for the upcoming recruiting season.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/07/79092/

We are launching a new virtual interview program for 1L Summer jobs (Summer 2025) that will be held on January 6-8, 2025. This program allows for employers to connect with students in their first semester to secure positions for the upcoming recruiting season.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/08/79093/

January 8–10, 2025

Hosted by the Texas Law and Business Program, offered in partnership with the McCombs School of Business.

Registration closes on December 31, 2024.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/08/80437/

January 8–10, 2025

Hosted by the Texas Law and Business Program, offered in partnership with the McCombs School of Business

Registration closes on December 31, 2024.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/09/80436/

Texas Law Party at AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/09/79956/

January 8–10, 2025

Hosted by the Texas Law and Business Program, offered in partnership with the McCombs School of Business

Registration closes on December 31, 2024.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/10/80438/

Moot for Environmental Clinic case.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/13/80660/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/14/79067/

Fall grades are out, what next?

1Ls are encouraged to join the SAO academic advisors for lunch and ideas about how to approach the spring semester.

Lunch will be provided courtesy of Locke Lord LLP, our Law School 101 series sponsor.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/14/80337/

Texas’s brand-new Fifteenth Court of Appeals will hold oral argument on two cases here at Texas Law Wednesday morning, January 15, 2025, starting at 9:00 a.m. This is an amazing opportunity to see real-life appellate argument in person without leaving the law school. The court will hear oral arguments on two cases, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper & Texas Campaign for The Environment, and State of Texas v. Fiel Houston, Inc. For each appeal, each side will get 20 minutes to argue (in other words, the oral argument for each case should last just under one hour). You can find more information about these cases (and even read their appellate briefs) at this link on the court’s website.

Chief Justice Scott Brister, Harvard Law; Justice Scott Field '95, Texas Law; and Justice April Farris, Harvard Law.

If you are interested in appellate advocacy, moot court competitions, or preparing for your 1L brief/oral argument assignment, this is for you! If you’re just interested in how Texas court systems or the Texas government works, this is for you, too. The legislature created the Fifteenth Court of Appeals during its 88th Session in 2023. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and two justices. The Fifteenth Court’s initial term began on September 1, 2024. The court has statewide civil intermediate appellate jurisdiction and exclusive intermediate appellate jurisdiction over matters arising out of or related to a civil appeals brought by or against the state or a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of the state government, including a university system or institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, or by or against an officer or employee of the state or a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of the state government arising out of that officer's or employee's official conduct (subject to certain exceptions). In addition, the Fifteenth Court has exclusive jurisdiction over appeals from the Texas Business Courts, involving cases dealing with business disputes valued at more than $10 million.

Note: photos will be taken during the session.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/15/80622/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/15/79919/

Come hear about legal careers in the financial services industry at our next Pathways event at 12 pm CT on January 15, 2025. The panel will feature CWIL Founding Member Linda Broocks and fellow Kean Miller partner, Carolyn Roch, who will speak about their organization, Southeastern Women in Financial Services, and talk about the opportunities for women lawyers in the areas of banking, securities, and finance. They will also discuss their own paths to becoming trial lawyers who have a specialty in securities litigation, arbitration, and regulatory representation.

Lunch will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/15/80495/

Join the Justice Center’s Student Advisory Board for our monthly Public Interest Office Hours! These sessions are aimed at providing peer support for students who want to learn more about public interest lawyering. This month, members of the Student Advisory Board will be available to answer any questions students have about internships, classes, and more. If you’re a 1L who is not sure where to begin on your public interest journey, this is also for you! Your Student Advisory Board is here to support you in forging that path. Stop by the Atrium on Wednesday, January 15 from 12-1PM for conversation, coffee, and kolaches!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/15/80586/

An opportunity for 1Ls to meet their mentors.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/15/76683/

2L workshop. Join the Judicial Clerkship Program for one of our introductory sessions on Judicial Clerkships. We'll introduce you to the resources and support available to apply to judicial clerkships as well as detailed instructions on how to begin the application process for 2026-term clerkship positions. For 2Ls Only. The program will not be recorded.

Attendance will be capped at 30 per session. RSVP on TEX by selecting the Events tab. Laptop and copy or resume needed for workshop.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/16/80476/

GRITS members will be nailing down panel details and logistics ahead of the February conference. Lunch provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/16/80582/

Presented by Judge Brantley Starr. Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/16/80636/

Breakfast and lunch provided Panel 1: Pluralism in IP - Patrick Goold and David Simon (9-10 am) Panel 2: A Law and Political Economy of IP - Oren Bracha and Talha Syed (10-11 am) Panel 3: The Law of Everyday Design - Mark McKenna and Jessica Silbey (11:15 am-12:15 pm) Panel 4: Rationalizing Patents: Context and the Security of Social Value - John M. Golden (1:15-2:15 pm) Panel 5: Patents and the Border, or, No One Ever Called Alexander Graham Bell an "Immigrant Inventor" - Kara Swanson (2:15-3:15 pm) Panel 6: Seeing the Dead People: Mark, Meaning, and the Haunting of Modern Trademark Law - Kali Murray (3:30-4:30 pm)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/17/77928/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/17/79068/

Professor Nelson Tebbe (Cornell Law School) joins us to discuss his recent paper, A First Amendment Realignment: Political Inversion in the Law of Speech Hosts. In his paper, Professor Tebbe argues that political inversions have affected constitutional discourse around the regulation of digital platforms and campus speech, and he explores the challenges and possibilities that these turnabouts may present. 

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at the link. We hope you join us!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/17/80584/

Breakfast and lunch provided Panel 7: Alienability in IP - Mala Chatterjee (9-10 am) Panel 8: The EU Press Publishers' Right: A Failed Migration? - Neil W. Netanel (10-11 am) Panel 9: Racial Scripts as Intellectual Property Method - Anjali Vats (11:15 am - 12:15 pm)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/18/77929/

The University will be closed.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/20/77934/

Want to apply for clerkships and don't know how to start your research process? Join the Judicial Clerkship Program as we tackle how to figure out who you want to work for and how to apply! This event is for 2Ls and 3Ls.

Pizza will be served for all registered participants. RSVP in TEX by Friday, January 17th.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/21/80515/

Jonathon Zytnick presenting an original paper in the Business Law Seminar.

Abstract Although mutual funds have distinctive voting patterns, little is known about whether their votes reflect their underlying investors’ preferences. I use novel proprietary data on individual shareholder voting and fund ownership to compare the voting preferences of individual investors to those of their funds. Fund votes have no relation to the votes of their underlying customers, with the sole exception of sorting by ideological individuals into small, like-minded ESG funds. Limited attention provides some explanation for the minimal ideological sorting: investors choose investments, both equities and funds, based on the investments’ blunt ideological features but not on subtle features.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/21/80739/

Do you have Bar Exam questions? Come get your questions answered. We'll go over general information, the timeline, and then open it to questions.

2Ls - 12 PM to 12:20 PM 3Ls - 12:30 PM to 12:50 PM

And if you can't attend the lunch, please feel free to schedule a time to chat with Christopher Sokol.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/22/80669/

CHLLSA's welcome back meeting for members.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/22/80702/

Get ready to show off your smarts at Texas Law Society Program Trivia Night! Join us for a night of challenging questions, friendly competition, and lots of laughs. Whether you're a trivia pro or just along for the fun, this is your chance to help your society climb the leaderboard—society points are up for grabs! Cabo Bob's + Amy's Ice Cream + Free Drinks! Section 1 & 2 - 5 PM to 7:00 PM. Section 3 & 4 6 PM to 8:00 PM. Francis Auditorium.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/22/79536/

Presented by the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law, the 2025 TJOGEL Symposium is on Thursday, January 23rd and Friday, January 24th.

This year's symposium will be in a "hybrid" format, with the Symposium being held in person at the Austin Public Library and streamed simultaneously on Zoom. That said, we encourage all participants to join us in person! Registration fees for in-person and Zoom participation are the same. By attending the entirety of the event, you will earn 15 CLE credits, including 3 ethics credits.

Please check back in for a full schedule and speaker's list. This year's program will feature a diverse range of speakers from all corners of the energy law industry.

If you have any questions, please email symposiumdirector@tjogel.org.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/23/78633/

RSVP by Wednesday, January 22, on TEX. Zoom link will then be sent before the event.

Virtual information session with attorneys at the Office of Legal Counsel at the State Department. Panelists will share information about their work and career paths.

Panelists include:

Jay Bischoff Jeremy Freeman Hannah Lobel Hollin Luh

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/23/80377/

Professor Tara Grove and Solicitor General Aaron Nielson will be discussing the capacity of the Court. Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/23/80704/

Please join the Catholic Law Student Society in praying the Rosary. All are welcome!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/23/80716/

Join WLC for a snack hour sponsored by Jackson Walker LLP!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/23/80623/

Presented by the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law, the 2025 TJOGEL Symposium is on Thursday, January 23rd and Friday, January 24th.

This year's symposium will be in a "hybrid" format, with the Symposium being held in person at the Austin Public Library and streamed simultaneously on Zoom. That said, we encourage all participants to join us in person! Registration fees for in-person and Zoom participation are the same. By attending the entirety of the event, you will earn 15 CLE credits, including 3 ethics credits.

Please check back in for a full schedule and speaker's list. This year's program will feature a diverse range of speakers from all corners of the energy law industry.

If you have any questions, please email symposiumdirector@tjogel.org.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/24/78613/

A reception hosted by the University Development Office in collaboration with the Butler School of Music, the College of Education, and Texas Law. Brief reception and toasts before attending a concert across the street at Bates Recital Hall. We would like to play background music for the event on Catherine Ott Griffith's laptop. We also hope to use the screen to project “Happy Birthday, Joe” (slide provided by Catherine).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/24/80835/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/25/80096/

Join Law Students for Black Lives, Professors Heather Way, and Kevin Haynes to discuss the role of race in property law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/27/80475/

This webinar will give attendees an inside look into the intersection of real estate law, housing, and environmental policy in the public sector. Speakers range from attorneys who work for private firms who regularly represent non-profits working in this space to policy groups to government leaders. Since this is a virtual webinar, feel free to join from anywhere! If you'd like to enjoy a sweet treat, we will be broadcasting the webinar in CCJ 2.310.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/27/80435/

TMLS monthly general body meeting to kickoff the Spring semester.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/27/80795/

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

Bloomberg student rep will table in the atrium to inform students about all the resources Bloomberg can offer them.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/28/80815/

Please RSVP by Monday, January 27, on TEX. Pizza will be served.

Interested in a judicial internship for Summer 2025? Get an insider's look from your classmates who have been through it. Judicial internships are rare and coveted opportunities: they offer hands-on experience in some of the most demanding, dynamic, and exciting legal environments. They’re also one of the few ways to get “behind the scenes” of the judicial decision-making process while you’re still in law school. Texas Law is at the center of judicial excellence in the country, and there are numerous opportunities at both the state and federal levels (trial and appellate), covering a variety of complex legal issues. You’ll learn how to find a good fit and apply, and how to parlay your coursework into a one-of-a-kind experiential learning opportunity. We’ll also discuss the course component of the internship, which focuses on enhancing your experience with legal writing, confidentiality and ethics, professionalism, and judicial decision-making.

Judge Vasu Behara, Director of the Judicial Internship Program

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/28/80580/

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

Bloomberg student rep will table in the atrium to inform students about all the resources Bloomberg can offer them.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/29/80844/

Join the Justice Center for the first EmPOWERed for Public Interest (EPI) event of the semester. At “Community Building Lunch: Charting the Path Ahead,” students can take a moment to reflect on the past semester, reconnect with their academic and career goals, and set some intentions for the next phase of their law school journey. Whether you’re looking to refine your goals or simply need a space to reflect, we’d love to have you join us!

This event is part of the Justice Center initiative designed to support students whose lived experiences, or those of their loved ones, intersect with the legal systems they aspire to challenge in their careers. EPI gatherings seek to address the specific challenges and burnout that public interest law students may experience while advocating for vulnerable communities they personally identify with.

Please RSVP by noon on Monday, January 27: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5ySE20PhdY0eQfQ

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/29/80719/

Reception to celebrate Dottie Lee's retirement.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/29/80950/

Defender Services Office - Administrative Office of the US Courts

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/30/80581/

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

Bloomberg student rep will table in the atrium to inform students about all the resources Bloomberg can offer them.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/30/80845/

Join ACS to hear from Abha Khannah, the premier redistricting litigator in the country! She is a partner at Elias Law Group and is coming to speak about her practice.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/30/80596/

Please join the Catholic Law Student Society in praying the Rosary. All are welcome!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/30/80743/

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/30/80756/

Crime, Law, and Policy Workshop: Tom Tyler– Yale University Law School

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/30/80661/

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

Bloomberg student rep will table in the atrium to inform students about all the resources Bloomberg can offer them.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/31/80846/

Welfare Economics and Antitrust Policy - Vol. I Economic, Moral, and Legal Concepts and Oligopolistic and Predatory Conduct (Springer, October 19, 2021) Welfare Economics and Antitrust Policy - Vol. I Economic, Moral, and Legal Concepts and Oligopolistic and Predatory Conduct (Springer, November 8, 2022)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/31/80255/

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 2025 1L Public Speaking Workshop on Friday, January 31st 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/2025/01/31/80722/

Join APALSA in celebrating the Lunar New Year Festival! Food and fun await. :)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/01/31/80665/