Events Calendar
TNH 2.140 (Wright Classroom)
Dr. Paul E. Kerry (BYU) examines the opposition of the Religious Society of Friends to Texas annexation, the Mexican-American War, and the Fugitive Slave Act as a form of legal resistance to the federalization of slavery. His talk places the First Amendment right of petition at the heart of the story, showing how Quakers used memorials, petitions, antislavery newspapers, religious meetings, and public advocacy to challenge congressional suppression under the gag rule and resist federal complicity in slavery’s expansion and enforcement. The paper recovers a neglected chapter in the history of antislavery constitutionalism.
Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP. We hope you join us!
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/08/31/88798/TNH 2.138 (Blanton Classroom)
1Ls in Sections 1 and 4, please join SAO for a Law School 101 session on notetaking, preparing for class, and reading strategies, which is sponsored by Troutman Pepper Locke. Please RSVP by Friday 8/28 at noon CST to secure a lunch.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/08/31/88839/