Events Calendar

Get your week started with Bloomberg Law! Food will be at the table.

Join IP attorneys from Sidley Austin's Dallas office to learn about their practice and enjoy Creature Coffee!

Stop by the Atrium for a slice of pie and to write a thank you note (or two!) to a law school community member who has made a difference in your life this year! We will deliver the thank you notes for you.

Drawing Board Luncheon: Melinda Taylor

Weekly meeting for the Catholic Law Student Society (CLSS). Topic to vary.

On Monday, November 17, the Strauss Center, Center for European Studies, and Strauss-Clements’ Intelligence Studies Project will host “Between Stars and Shadows: Intelligence Oversight in the Low Countries.” We will be joined by Hugo Hillenaar, the Chairman of the Dutch Review Committee on the Intelligence and Security Services (CTIVD), Philippe Meert, a member of the Investigation Department of the Belgian Intelligence Oversight Committee, and Martin Dethier, legal adviser for the Belgian Intelligence Oversight Committee. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Michael Mosser, Director of the Center for European Studies.

While national security remains the sole responsibility of the Member States of the European Union (EU), intelligence activities increasingly intersect with EU law and institutions. Legal frameworks from both the EU and the Council of Europe influence how intelligence agencies operate, particularly in the field of data protection and privacy. This presentation provides an overview of the state of intelligence and its oversight in the EU. The specific situations of Belgium and the Netherlands are then examined from both a legal and practical perspective.

Lunch will be served. Please email rscadmin@austin.utexas.edu with any questions.