Events Calendar

Join TLVA for coffee and conversation every Wednesday, Aug. 27–Nov. 19. A great way to connect with fellow veterans, build community, and start the day right.

Breakfast and Conversations with Bracewell this Wednesday, October 15th. Join members of the recruiting team and attorneys from Bracewell for breakfast and coffee in the Patman Family Plaza!

Presented each fall by the CSO, the Public Service Expo offers Texas Law students an opportunity to informally meet with government agencies and public interest organizations to learn about the employers and available internship and job opportunities.

This year's Expo will be held over two days in the Susman Godfrey Atrium from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 and Wednesday, October 15, 2025. There will be different employers attending each day.

Texas Business Law Society's Business Law 101 with DLA Piper. DLA Piper attorneys will give a presentation on a transactional law topic to 1L students with lunch provided by TBLS.

Join the Christian Legal Society for Bible study, lunch, and fellowship. This semester, we are studying the book of James each Wednesday. Lunch is provided, and all are welcome.

Jennifer Banda, Director of the Center for Women in Law, will host a conversation with Ambassador Carrin F. Patman, former ambassador to Iceland, respected litigator, public service leader and CWIL Founder.

For three decades, Ambassador Patman was a litigator at Bracewell, concentrating on high-stakes litigation, and served on the firm’s management committee. In 2022, President Biden nominated Patman to be the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, and she was confirmed the same year. Ambassador Patman graduated from Duke University and The University of Texas School of Law, where she was a member of the Texas Law Review.

During this one-hour conversation, she will discuss her 30-year litigation career and the criticality of strategic thinking, zealous client representation, ethical integrity, and negotiation and communication skills.

The conversation will also focus on her just completed ambassadorship, with a discussion about the diplomatic role of an ambassador, the path to public service, her specific work fostering the U.S. and Iceland partnership, engagement through NATO and advocacy for U.S. policies on a range of international issues.

Ambassador Patman will also discuss her commitment to public service and leadership and the importance of cultivating future leaders, including discussion of her own community service roles. She has been very active in her local community in Houston, chairing of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County. At the University of Texas, she has served as president of the Law School Alumni Association, president of the Texas Law Review Association, Trustee and Senior Trustee of the Law School Foundation and founding board member of the Center for Women in Law. She and her husband founded The Patman Center for Civil and Political Engagement at the LBJ School.

Join WLC for a snack hour with Pillsbury, where you can meeting two of their attorneys, Gabby Regard and Gabby Torres, and grab a post-class bite!

Join Professor Michel and Professor Rider's Texas Property Taxation class to hear from the most influential voice on tax policy in the Texas Senate, Senator Paul Bettencourt.