Events Calendar

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9:30am5:00pm
The Winds of Change: How Shifting Laws and Policies are Affecting the Offshore Energy and Maritime Sectors in the U.S. and Europe

CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)

The day features expert panels on emerging legal and policy issues in offshore energy. Topics include maritime law and liability related to new marine fuels, offshore carbon sequestration and CO₂ transport, recent regulatory and geopolitical developments affecting the hydrocarbon sector, and current U.S. policy and industry challenges surrounding offshore wind development.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87620/
10:30am1:30pm
Early Registration Advising Table

TNH 2.100 (Susman Godfrey Atrium)

Come chat with SAO and ask your Early Registration question!

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/85585/
11:30am12:50pm
Faculty Colloquium: Marin Levy, Duke Law
(This event’s full information is restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff only.) For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/85617/
11:45am12:30pm
Career Conversation with Tamara Serwer Caldas

CCJ 2.310 (Jury Room)

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.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/86256/
11:50am12:50pm
Thou Shall Not Display: A Debate on the Ten Commandments in Classrooms

TNH 2.138 (Blanton Classroom)

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!

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87858/
12:00pm1:15pm
Lunch & Learn with Bryan Barksdale, SVP and CLO of Yeti

TNH 2.137 (Gayle Classroom)

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.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87618/
2:30pm4:30pm
Body Doubling Study Session

TNH 2.123 (Beck Classroom)

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.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87003/
3:45pm4:15pm
Society Program Info Session # 2

TNH 2.137 (Gayle Classroom)

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.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/86816/
6:00pm
The Rapoport Center Presents Viet Thanh Nguyen: “On Undefeated Despair: Writing Inside Empire” — The 10th Annual Farenthold Endowed Lecture

Avaya Auditorium—Peter O'Donnell Jr Building Room 2.302, University of Texas at Austin, 201 E 24th St, Austin, TX 78712

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.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/86197/
6:30pm8:30pm
TLR Write-On Happy Hour

Hold Out Brewing

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.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/03/26/87617/