Events Calendar

Spring break; no classes held.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/16/86217/

Spring break; no classes held.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/17/86218/

Spring break; no classes held.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/18/86219/

Join The Law Veterans Association for coffee and conversation every Wednesday from January 14 to April 22 in the Tom Clark Lounge. A great way to connect with fellow veterans, build community, and start your day with good company and caffeine. All Texas Law veteran students, alumni, and friends welcome.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/18/85266/

Come join CLS for fellowship, food, and faith each week as we read through an independent Bible study.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/18/86963/

Weekly meeting for the Catholic Law Student Society (CLSS). Events include prayer, discussions, Bible studies, and social gatherings.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/18/86127/

Spring break; no classes held.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/19/86220/

Spring break; no classes held.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/20/86221/

Spring break; no classes held.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/21/86222/

1Ls: Stop by to meet recruiters from the Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry to learn more about their firm and grab breakfast.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/87837/

Come chat with SAO and ask your Early Registration question!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/85582/

Stop by the Atrium to celebrate National Chips and Dip Day with SAO!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/86716/

Debbie Juhlke, founder of the Embrace Life Initiative, will discuss life-affirming responses to unexpected pregnancy and the importance of community-based support for women and families. The conversation will examine the historical role of abortion providers in underserved communities, including the racial targeting and disproportionate impact abortion has had on Black families, and will highlight practical alternatives such as adoption and material support that empower parents to choose life. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/86356/

Ask 2Ls and 3Ls about which classes to sign up for, especially classes geared towards public interest students. Small group style! Lunch is first come first served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/87137/

Please join members of the Texas Law Review to learn more about Bluebook rules in preparation for the Write-On Competition's Bluebook Exam. Lunch will be provided.

Feel free to email any questions to writeonquestions@texaslrev.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/87377/

Please join the judicial clerkship program in welcoming alumni for a panel discussion on clerkship interviews. We will look at what the interviews look like and how to be a successful candidate.

Lunch will be served to registered participants. Registration is on TEX.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/85437/

This accountability session will provide you a quiet space to help you stay focused, engaged, and motivated to achieve your studying goals. This is a 120-minute structured session with limited seats available. Snacks will be provided. RSVP using the link.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/87001/

Shyam Balganesh - Sol Goldman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. This colloquium begins at 3:55pm.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/85656/

Law & Economics Workshop: Ben Pyle, Boston University School of Law

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/23/85858/

This accountability session will provide you a quiet space to help you stay focused, engaged, and motivated to achieve your studying goals. This is a 120-minute structured session with limited seats available. Snacks will be provided. RSVP using the link.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/24/87002/

Come chat with SAO and ask your Early Registration question!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/24/85583/

Please RSVP by Monday, March 23, on TEX.

Join this program to learn strategies and tips for succeeding in your summer public service position. This program will include information concerning ethical considerations for summer interns and a panel of public service employers to provide insight on how to stand out as an intern in your summer public service position. Pizza will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/24/87437/

Informational session for rising 2L & 3L students who are interested in becoming Teaching Quizmasters (academic assistants) for the JD legal-writing program and the LLM legal-writing course.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/24/87157/

Are you interested in studying abroad your 3L year? Studying abroad is a great opportunity to learn about law in a comparative legal culture, explore the world, and buff up your language skills!

Please join us for a study abroad info session via Zoom on Tuesday, March 24th at 12pm-1:00pm to learn more!

https://utexas.zoom.us/j/88451896915

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/24/87619/

All 1Ls should join us for an evening of great food and networking at the NRF Carnival, hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright. This fun event brings together students, faculty, and NRF attorneys for a fun, casual celebration.

Enjoy delicious homemade corndogs with all the classic fried carnival treats, mingle with attorneys to learn more about life at NRF, and relax with your classmates. This is an event you won’t want to miss!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/24/86616/

Join The Law Veterans Association for coffee and conversation every Wednesday from January 14 to April 22 in the Tom Clark Lounge. A great way to connect with fellow veterans, build community, and start your day with good company and caffeine. All Texas Law veteran students, alumni, and friends welcome.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/25/85267/

Come chat with SAO and ask your Early Registration question!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/25/85584/

Join If/When/How, OUTlaw, and The Health Law Society to hear from Professors Sepper and Rebouche about their work at the intersection of health law and reproductive rights. Open to all Texas Law students. Lunch will be provided!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/25/85936/

Come join CLS for fellowship, food, and faith each week as we read through an independent Bible study.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/25/86964/

Join WLC for a lunch panel with attorneys from Gray Reed to learn more about building a successful career in mid-law. Panelists will share insights on firm culture, professional development, work-life balance, and the types of matters mid-sized firms handle. This is a great opportunity to ask candid questions, gain practical advice, and connect with attorneys in a conversational setting. Lunch served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/25/87197/

Inaugural Harvey Ambassadors Exam Prep Office Hours — Wed, Mar 25 | 11:50 AM–12:50 PM | Townes Hall (TNH 2.140). Join us to learn practical Harvey AI workflows for building attack outlines, generating hypos, creating practice questions with model answers, developing issue checklists, and using effective prompt templates. Lunch will be provided, along with Harvey swag — and we’ll raffle a prize for whoever brings the best questions/prompts. A Harvey team member will be onsite to demo new features and help troubleshoot.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/25/87457/

Please join us on 3rd floor CCJ (Connally Center for Justice) to learn about Advocacy Program courses, workshops, interscholastic trial and appellate programs, and more. Meet with the Director of Advocacy, Professor Mike Golden, along with other Advocacy Program faculty and coaches. Come and go event between 11:50-12:50pm. Snacks provided!

This is a great opportunity to ask questions about the Program courses and extracurricular activities. Hope to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/25/87717/

Weekly meeting for the Catholic Law Student Society (CLSS). Events include prayer, discussions, Bible studies, and social gatherings.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/25/86128/

Robert Thompson presenting an original paper in the Business Law Seminar.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/25/85320/

The conference features a full day of panels examining emerging legal and policy issues in energy and offshore industries. Sessions bring together international scholars, industry experts, and policymakers to discuss maritime law, carbon management, developments in the hydrocarbon sector, and offshore wind regulation.

The morning begins with a maritime law session addressing safety and liability issues associated with new marine fuels and the offshore industry. A second session then focuses on carbon sequestration, exploring how CO₂ can be transported by sea and the potential for offshore carbon storage.

After lunch, the afternoon sessions shift to recent developments in the hydrocarbon sector, including regulatory changes in Mexico and geopolitical tensions affecting the natural gas market. The day concludes with a panel on offshore wind, discussing recent U.S. policy developments, lease cancellations and litigation, and the challenges private companies face when developing offshore wind projects.

Overall, the day highlights how evolving energy technologies and global politics are reshaping maritime law, carbon management strategies, and offshore energy development.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87620/

Come chat with SAO and ask your Early Registration question!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/85585/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/85617/

Join Tamara Serwer Caldas ’97 for a career conversation about her path to Pro Bono Partner with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, where she oversees the firm’s national pro bono practice. After graduating from Texas Law and the LBJ School, Caldas clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, litigated civil rights cases at the Southern Center for Human Rights, worked in a small firm focused on adoption and reproductive technology, served as Deputy Director of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation all before transitioning into her role at Kilpatrick.

She will share insights on building a public interest career and navigating transitions across sectors.

Space is limited, please RSVP by 12 pm, Mar. 23.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/86256/

Texas Federalist Society is hosting a debate on the recently enacted Texas law that requires the Ten Commandments to be posted in public school classrooms. We will host Hiram Sasser, Executive General Counsel at First Liberty (and Texas Law Adjunct Professor), and Professor Steven Collis from the University of Texas School of Law to discuss this issue. Chick-fil-a will be provided to attendees!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87858/

Join the Law and Business program for a moderated conversation with Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Yeti (and UT undergraduate alumnus!), Bryan Barksdale. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87618/

This accountability session will provide you a quiet space to help you stay focused, engaged, and motivated to achieve your studying goals. This is a 120-minute structured session with limited seats available. Snacks will be provided. RSVP using the link.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87003/

Interested in joining the Society Program? Attend this mandatory info session for all applicants that are interested in applying. Interviews will begin on 3/30.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/86816/

Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights | Presented in partnership with the Rothko Chapel

Please join us for the tenth annual Sissy Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights, which will be presented by Pulitizer Prize–winning author Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen. Nguyen is University Professor and the Aerol Arnold Chair of English at the University of Southern California. His celebrated work includes To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other (Harvard University Press, 2025), A Man of Two Faces (Grove Press, 2023), The Refugees (Grove Press, 2017), and The Sympathizer (Grove Press, 2015), which received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

The lecture will take place at the Avaya Auditorium (Peter O’Donnell Jr. Building Room 2.302, University of Texas at Austin, 201 E 24th St, Austin, TX 78712) at 6:00 pm on March 26, 2026. The event is co-sponsored by the Joynes Reading Room (Plan II Honors Program), the Michener Center for Writers, and the New Writers Project.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/86197/

Please come hang out, meet Texas Law Review Vol. 105 members, and enjoy some free food and drinks!

Hold Out Brewing 1208 W 4th St Austin, TX 78703

Feel free to email any questions about the Write-On Competition to writeonquestions@texaslrev.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87617/

You are invited to join the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights (TJCLCR) for its twentieth annual symposium on “Criminalizing Dissent.” Hear from leading scholars, practitioners, and advocates from across the country on topics like DEI in higher education, campus protests, ICE and immigration law, Big Law, movement lawyering, and more! Registration (https://tjclcr.eventbrite.com) is free and includes lunch for in-person attendees, but space is limited. Free legal observer training to follow. All are welcome!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/27/87317/

Come chat with SAO and ask your Early Registration question!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/27/85586/

Join the Women’s Law Caucus and the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal for the Women in STEM: Brilliant Minds Brunch, sponsored by the Strauss Center.

Enjoy brunch, thoughtful discussion, and networking as we celebrate women working at the intersection of law, science, and innovation. 🥐⚖️

RSVP available in the WLC newsletter and TIPLJ weekly memo.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/27/87697/

We are excited to invite you to Texas Law’s annual Barrister’s Ball (aka Law Prom), which will be held at Fareground Austin on Friday, March 27!

Tickets are available now! Check your email or the SBA Canvas Announcement page for the link to buy tickets. Tickets include 2 drink tickets. Tickets are limited to 2 per person. If price is a concern, please see Dean Bangs in SAO!

Date: Friday, March 27

Time: 8 PM - 12 AM

Location: Fareground Austin 111 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701

Theme: Enchanted Forest

Colors: Forest Green, Ancient Oak, Moonlit Navy, Mulberry Plum (this is the vibe, but you are not required to wear these colors!!)

Dress Code: Formal (Floor-length dresses or suits)

Price: $65 (taxes and fees included)

We are grateful to our sponsors Vinson & Elkins, Haynes Boone, Sidley Austin, Baker Botts, Winston & Strawn, Akin Gump, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett!

We are so excited to see y’all there! 🧚‍♀️✨

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/27/87637/