Events Calendar

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/

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

David Cole, former director of litigation at ACLU and current professor at Georgetown University Law Center, presents a talk on progressive litigation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/11/03/82776/

Texas Federalist Society is hosting a debate on the legality and prudence of the recent (and ongoing) bombings by the Trump Administration of boats that it claims are carrying drugs and heading for the United States. We will host Doug Bandow from the CATO Institute and Professor Adam Klein 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/2025/11/03/84996/

Join us to celebrate the launch of Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today (3rd ed.), co-authored by Cynthia and Sandy Levinson. There will be two panels and opportunities for Q&A and discussion. Speakers include the authors, Justin Dyer (Texas), Pamela Karlan (Stanford), Meira Levinson (Harvard), and more.

From the publisher: “Many of the political issues we struggle with today have their roots in the US Constitution. This book explores 21 of the fault lines that were created in 1787 and are still causing problems today.”

Details on the book are available at the above URL.

Sponsored by the Constitutional Studies Program and the Dean’s Office.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2025/11/07/83101/