Events Calendar

The American Constitution Society's annual recap and discussion of Supreme Court related news from the past year.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/08/82775/

Texas Federalist Society is hosting a debate on whether states should be actively regulating Big Tech companies, especially in light of the recent NetChoice Supreme Court case. We will host Thomas Berry from the Cato Institute to present about the First Amendment concerns on this issue, and former Texas Solicitor General and current Texas Law Professor Aaron Nielson will respond. Chick-fil-a will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/11/83917/

The KBH Energy Center’s Annual Symposium brings together leading industry executives, policymakers, and faculty for a dynamic day of forward-looking dialogue on the future of energy.

This year’s program will feature conversations with distinguished experts exploring global energy outlooks, the growing role of nuclear and AI, energy’s ties to national security, data infrastructure demands, capital markets, and media coverage. Join us as we examine the transformative forces reshaping the energy landscape and the innovation, investment, and policy strategies that will guide the road ahead.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/12/83448/

Join us for an insightful discussion with Karen Engle, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law and Founder & Co-director of the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice and the Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice. Professor Engle will present her latest book, Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court: Rethinking Responses to Gendered and Racialized Violence (Cambridge University Press, 2025). Law Professor Rachel Rebouché, who recently joined Texas Law as the G. Rollie White Teaching Excellence Chair in Law, will serve as respondent.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/15/83964/

Join attorneys from Vinson & Elkins for lunch on Wednesday, September 17th from 11:50am-12:50pm in JON 5.206!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/17/82577/

Learn about the Justice Center and the support and resources we provide for students interested in nonprofit and government service. Chat over lunch with Justice Center staff and students who are involved in our projects.

Register by noon, September 15 at https://justicecenteropenhouse25.eventbrite.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/17/83479/

The Center for Women in Law is excited to host Pathways: A Lawyer’s Path to Lobbying and Public Policy. Meet three lawyers who are registered lobbyists engaged in public policy making at the state and federal level. Celeste Embrey ’98, is the General Counsel for the Texas Bankers Association, representing more than 375 Texas banks. Denise Rose, a partner at Jackson Walker, is consistently ranked by Chambers USA as a leading business lawyer. Brandy Marty Marquez, a former Texas PUC Commission and chief of staff to Governor Perry, is a Principal at Marquez Public Affairs. The panelists will discuss their career paths from law school to lobbying, how their work impacts the world of law making and public policy, and the highlights of a career in the halls of the capitals of Austin and Washington, D.C.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/17/83454/

Join attorneys from Norton Rose Fulbright for lunch on Thursday, September 18th from 11:50am-12:50pm in JON 5.206!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/18/82576/

Texas Federalist Society is hosting a debate on the effect of Trump v. CASA, the recent Supreme Court case that severely limited nationwide injunctions. We will host Chance Weldon from the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Professor Douglas Laycock of the University of Texas School of Law to debate this issue. Chick-fil-a will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/18/84117/

AAEC Fall 2025 Meeting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/19/81558/

Texas Federalist Society will be hosting a special event in the Eidman Courtroom. Professor John Greil will moderate a panel of three federal judges: Reed O'Connor, Brantley Starr, and Charles Eskridge. Chick-Fil-A boxed lunches will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/19/84118/

More information coming soon.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/09/19/81545/