Events Calendar

Join Texas Law’s chapter of the American Constitution Society for a Know Your Rights discussion and Q&A featuring Kate Gibson Kumar from Texas Civil Rights Project. Ms. Kumar will provide practical insights on immigration rights protections, how individuals can assert their rights in everyday situations, and the role of advocacy in advancing justice. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from an experienced civil rights attorney and ask your questions directly.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/20/84596/

Free Speech Week Event!

Join us for a live recording of the Advisory Opinions Podcast. Hosts Sarah Isgur (editor of SCOTUSblog) and David French (Columnist for the New York Times) will talk about recent developments in the law, the courts, their collision with politics, and why it all matters.

RSVPs are highly encouraged. Please visit the link. We hope you join us!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/20/82655/

Texas Federalist Society is hosting a presentation on Unitary Executive Theory in the second Trump Administration. We will host Jack Goldsmith from Harvard Law School to discuss this topic, and Professor Ward Farnsworth from the University of Texas School of Law will provide commentary and ask some questions. Chick-fil-a will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/21/84616/

On Tuesday, October 21st, please join the University of Texas’s Strauss Center for International Security and Law, Clements Center for National Security, School of Civic Leadership, and Civitas Institute, in collaboration with the Claremont Institute, in hosting Christopher Caldwell, New York Times columnist and Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, as he discusses populism and censorship in Europe.

Across Europe, populist movements have gained widespread support, yet face growing restrictions on their political participation and exercise of speech. From the shores of Ireland to the gates of Moscow, debates over immigration, nationalism, and cultural identity have become flashpoints for decisions on who gets to speak in the public square—and who decides what counts as acceptable opinion. Mr. Caldwell will examine how European governments and institutions are responding to the success of populist movements in Europe and what these responses reveal about the state of democracy in the West.

The talk will be moderated by Strauss Center Director Adam Klein. Registration is required and does not guarantee you a seat.

Christopher Caldwell is a Senior Fellow at The Claremont Institute and one of America’s most incisive cultural and political commentators. A contributing editor at The Claremont Review of Books and a contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times, Caldwell is the author of Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West and the bestselling The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties, both widely praised for their bold, clarifying insight into the social and constitutional upheavals of the modern West. He is the recipient of the 2025 Henry Salvatori Prize in the American Founding.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/21/84662/

The Sissy Farenthold Reproductive Justice Defense Project hosts a conversation between Prof.  Rachel Rebouché  and Blake Rocap, who will discuss and analyze new laws passed by the Texas Legislature, changes to shield laws in other states, and ongoing litigation related to reproductive healthcare.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/22/84505/

Join us at The Long Goodbye for drinks, networking, and all things IP!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/22/84195/

Texas Federalist Society is hosting a presentation on Justice Alito. This will be a review and critique of Justice Alito's jurisprudence and legacy. We will host Adam White from the American Enterprise Institute to discuss this topic, and Professor Aaron Nielson from the University of Texas School of Law will provide commentary and ask some questions. Chick-fil-a will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/23/84720/

In person at Texas Law and streaming virtually

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/23/84658/

Students will have the opportunity to hear from and ask questions to LGBTQ+ attorneys from big law firms. Panelists will share how their LGBTQ+ identity intersects with working in big law, advice they have for soon-to-be LGBTQ+ attorneys, and what their practice areas entail. Following the panel, guests are welcome to mingle and continue the conversation at the happy hour in the Jamail Pavilion, where drinks and light bites will be served.

RSVP link to be provided soon.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/23/84119/

The Scholarship Celebration is an opportunity to gather scholarship supporters and student recipients of this year's scholarships. By invitation only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/24/82938/

Join us for Casino Night! There will be free drinks, a variety of casino games--blackjack, poker, roulette-- and lots of special prizes up for grabs. Your ticket gets you $1,000 of funny money to gamble and win chips that will convert to raffle tickets at the end of the night, so win big to better your odds. Cocktail attire is preferred. All proceeds support needs-based stipends for public interest students during the summer. Tickets are $25 for public interest students and $40 for all other students.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/24/84236/

Ben Barnes of C3 Presents and Sameer Bhuchar of the San Antonio Spurs will be speaking on a panel moderated by Heather VanDyke on current issues C3 and the Spurs faced when preparing for this year's festival and preseason. Food will be served. Thank you SAO!!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/27/84796/

Delta Futures: Time, Territory, and Capture on a Climate Frontier — with Jason Cons

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/27/83123/

Join the Justice Center's Student Advisory Board as we begin 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.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/27/84736/

On Monday, October 27th, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Clements Center for National Security will host Dr. Joshua Geltzer for a conversation on how our government works to free Americans who are wrongfully detained overseas. Dr. Geltzer has served in various senior White House roles, including Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, where he advised directly on U.S. efforts to secure the release of hostages and wrongful detainees abroad. In 2025, he received the James W. Foley American Hostage Freedom Award for his work to create a new federal structure for recovering Americans held abroad.

Join us for an inside look at how the U.S. government confronts one of the most urgent and sensitive challenges in national security. Registration is required.

Joshua Geltzer is a partner at WilmerHale, focusing on a wide array of cutting-edge national security issues, including artificial intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), crisis management, cybersecurity and national security-related litigation. As the former top national security lawyer for the White House, Dr. Geltzer offers both strategic counsel and practical legal advice to clients navigating the statutory and regulatory issues associated with emerging technologies across all sectors.

Dr. Geltzer joined the firm after serving as Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy White House Counsel, and Legal Advisor to the National Security Council (NSC), providing legal counsel to the President and White House leadership on matters of national defense, intelligence and foreign relations. Before that, he was Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, where he advised on counterterrorism, election security, migration management, and the release of US hostages and wrongful detainees. Dr. Geltzer also served as Special Assistant to the President and Special Advisor on Countering Domestic Violent Extremism, overseeing the development and implementation of the country’s first-ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/27/84501/

Join the Justice Center for the first EmPOWERed for Public Interest (EPI) lunch of the semester! This event is part of the Justice Center initiative designed to support students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they aspire to challenge in their careers. For instance, students who have themselves or had family members become entangled in the criminal legal system and 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; and low-income students seeking to challenge intersecting laws and policies that further marginalize poor people, such as predatory lending, cash bail, etc. EPI gatherings are a safe space for dialogue, mentorship, and resource-sharing tailored to the needs and strengths of students whose work as public interest law students and future attorneys may directly relate to their own lived experiences or those of their loved ones.

Please RSVP by noon on Monday, October 27.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/29/84676/

Dean Bobby Chesney is back on the road — and headed to his hometown!

Join fellow alumni for an evening of conversation, community, and an inside look at what’s happening in, and around, Townes Hall.

Hear the inside scoop on the residence hall project, Texas Law’s newest faculty, and the future of your alma mater — plus reconnect with alumni in your city.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/29/84636/

Texas Federalist Society is hosting a debate on the Supreme Court's recent 2nd Amendment jurisprudence. We will host Professor Tara Grove and Professor John Greil, both of whom are from 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/2025/10/30/84916/

Join your fellow Texas Law alumni in Washington, D.C. to watch the Longhorns take on Vanderbilt!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/11/01/84448/