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.

1Ls: Stop by to meet recruiters from Pirkey Barber to learn more about their firm and grab breakfast.

This virtual panel will feature organizers and members of a transnational research collective that convenes graduate researchers based in South Africa and the United States whose research critically examines the distributional consequences of the laws, policies, development programs, and technological innovations that entail the “green” transition. The collective is organized by the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin. Members meet monthly to discuss cutting edge research, hear from leading scholars in the field, and workshop each other’s scholarship. Panelists from both institutions, including some of the participating researchers, will reflect on the substantive questions examined through this collective, while considering the lessons learned from convening graduate researchers across borders and scholarly disciplines. RSVP here: https://forms.office.com/r/qwiYYWiMaA

Bi-monthly lunch for Texas Law students who participated in the Pipeline Cohort Program. The lunch is an opportunity to share updates and meet with Pipeline sponsors.

Grab lunch and learn from Quinn Emanuel regarding how AI is transforming the practice of law more profoundly than any other technology since the advent of email.

GRITS is a student-run, public interest law conference that focuses on the difficulties and constraints inherent to social justice work in the South, and the unique strategies that legal practitioners and other public interest workers have developed to meet those needs. The conference emphasizes innovative, progressive, and even radical approaches to building community among students, practitioners, and community activists in the South to bring about social change. The conference is an opportunity for law students, lawyers, and activists to build coalitions, share strategies for progressive lawyering, and develop new approaches for the future. Please join us for a brainstorming and planning session! Come with ideas or just to hear others—all that's required is a desire to move the law forward in a progressive manner. This meeting will take place in TNH 3.126 from 11:50 to 12:50. Lunch will be provided.

Join LS4BL and Professors Raoul Schonemann and Thea Posel for a lunchtime event discussing the intersection between Capital Punishment and Race.

Lunch will be served!

Join Professor Michel and Professor Rider's Texas Property Taxation class to head from Austin Mayor Kirk Watson.

What Is Use and What Is Abuse of an Insolvency Proceeding? An Inquiry from Europe.

Christoph Paulus is Professor Emeritus of Law at Humboldt University in Berlin, where he taught from 1994 to 2019, serving as Dean of the Law Faculty from 2008 to 2010. A graduate of the University of Munich (Dr. iur., Habilitation) and UC Berkeley (LL.M.), he has served as consultant to the IMF, World Bank, and the European Commission, and advised Germany’s delegation to UNCITRAL. He is Associate Member of South Square (London) and Of Counsel at White & Case (Berlin). Widely recognized in the field of insolvency law, he is a member of numerous international legal institutes, has held guest professorships on five continents, and received an honorary doctorate from Aristotle University in Thessaloniki.

In his lecture, Professor Paulus explores the boundaries of insolvency law by examining high-profile cases such as Johnson & Johnson and Purdue Pharma. Using these as a springboard, he reflects on the fundamental purpose of insolvency law and considers how it should be applied in practice. Along the way, he revisits the age-old debate captured by the Roman jurists in the concept of in fraudem legis - a framework that resonates strongly with today’s pressing question of where legitimate use ends and abuse begins.

The Lecture is free to attend, please RSVP online at https://bit.ly/AKARD25!

Texas Law students and faculty may also attend the the 44th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference for free as well. To register for the conference please contact UT Law CLE by email at service@utcle.org or 512-475-6700 to register.