Events Calendar

Now viewing: October 19–25, 2025

Monday, October 20

11:50am12:50pm
1:00pm
Free Speech Week Event: Advisory Opinions Podcast LIVE

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)

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. We hope you join us!

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/20/82655/

Tuesday, October 21

11:50am12:50pm
The Unitary Executive in Trump 2.0

TNH 2.138 (Blanton Classroom)

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!

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/21/84616/
5:30pm7:00pm
Is Europe Done with Free Speech? Populism and Its Censors

Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School

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.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/21/84662/

Wednesday, October 22

7:00pm10:00pm
Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal Fall Happy Hour

The Long Goodbye, 2808 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722

Thursday, October 23

11:50am12:50pm
Practical Originalism: the Tenure and Legacy of Justice Alito

TNH 2.138 (Blanton Classroom)

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!

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/23/84720/
12:00pm12:50pm
Power Lunch with Arleas Upton Kea

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
4:00pm6:00pm
OUTLaw: Out in Law Panel & Happy Hour

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)

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.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/10/23/84119/

Friday, October 24

5:30pm7:00pm
Scholarship Celebration 2025

PATMAN (Patman Family Plaza)