Events Calendar

Winston Taylor hosts TMLS 1Ls for a professional development event focused on career insights, networking, and building connections with attorneys at the firm.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/09/28/90718/

BOA's first intramural tournament of the year is a novice moot court competition. Any BOA member who has not competed in either an intramural or interscholastic moot court competition is eligible to compete. There will be two preliminary rounds after which the top 4 teams will advance to the semifinals the following week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/09/29/89658/

Join the Texas Law Veterans Association for coffee and conversation every Wednesday morning from 8 am to 9 am in the Tom Clark Lounge (next to the Docket). It's a great way to connect with fellow veterans, build community, and start your day with good company and caffeine. All law veteran students, alumni, and supporters of the org are welcome.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/09/30/89686/

The Center will host a conversation with Cisselon Nichols Hurd, Senior Legal Counsel for Shell USA, Inc (ret.). Join us to hear career insights and leadership lessons from a nationally respected environmental litigator whose career includes two Fortune 500 companies, is a former federal prosecutor and a legal leader in mentorship and community service. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/09/30/89886/

Join the Texas Law Veterans Association (TLVA) and First Generation Law Students (FGLS) for a Q&A with Gregg Costa about life on the federal bench. Costa is a former federal judge with the Southern District of Texas as well as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is currently the Global Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn's Trials Practice Group.

Everyone at the law school is welcome to attend. 1Ls are encouraged to ask about Gibson Dunn. Following the event, TLVA and FGLS members are invited to a private happy hour at Posse East hosted by Gibson Dunn.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/09/30/90777/

Jackson Walker hosts TMLS 1Ls for a professional development event focused on career insights, networking, and building connections with attorneys at the firm.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/01/90477/

BOA's first intramural tournament of the year is a novice moot court competition. Any BOA member who has not competed in either an intramural or interscholastic moot court competition is eligible to compete. There will be two preliminary rounds after which the top 4 teams will advance to the semifinals the following week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/01/89659/

Please join the Rapoport Center and the Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice in celebrating what would have been Sissy Farenthold’s 100th birthday.

The two-day celebration will honor Farenthold’s remarkable legacy of leadership and advocacy for reproductive justice, peace, and environmental justice. The program will feature a film screening, conversations with leading voices in these areas, and a keynote address by Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward.

The celebration will take place at the University of Texas School of Law, in CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom).

Thursday, October 1 5:30 p.m. – Film Screening & Talkback Screening of Films about Sissy Farenthold (directed by Joe Bailey, Jr. and produced by the Rapoport Center) and Talkback

Participants

Alice Bailey (’08) Cooper Christiancy Karen Engle George E. Farenthold II Athena Hawkins Bennett Torres 7:00 p.m. – Birthday Cake Cutting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/01/90957/

Join the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice and the Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice to celebrate what would have been Sissy Farenthold’s 100th birthday.

This two-day celebration is the culmination of a year-long series of programs honoring Sissy’s life, leadership, and legacy. The celebration will feature documentary film screenings, dialogues on reproductive justice, peace and disarmament, and environmental justice, as well as a keynote address by Skye Perryman, President & CEO of Democracy Forward.

Friday, October 2 9:00 a.m. — Pastries & Coffee

9:30 a.m. — Keynote Address Skye Perryman President & CEO, Democracy Forward

Introduced by Neville Hoad

11:00 a.m. — Dialogue on Peace & Disarmament Genevieve Vaughan Peace and Justice Activist and Writer; Founder, Foundation for a Compassionate Society; Maternal Gift Economy Movement

Maylene Hughes Nuclear Threats Program Senior Coordinator, Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles

Moderated by Roxanne Elder Former Staff, American Friends Service Committee, Nuclear Freeze Campaign, and the Office of Governor Ann Richards

1:30 p.m. — Dialogue on Reproductive Justice Representative Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores (’80) Member, Texas House of Representatives; Partner, Hendler Flores Law

Zoraima Pelaez (’22) Staff Attorney, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

Moderated by Karen Engle Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law and Co-director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas

3:00 p.m. — Dialogue on Environmental Justice Terry O’Rourke (’71) Environmental Lawyer; Legal Adviser to Sissy Farenthold

Bekah Hinojosa Co-founder, South Texas Environmental Justice Network

Moderated by Gerald Torres Dolores Huerta and Wilma Mankiller Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment

4:30–5:00 p.m. — Closing

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/02/90958/

The Scholarship Celebration is an opportunity to gather scholarship supporters and student recipients of this year's scholarships.

By invitation only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/02/86719/

Join the Texas Law Veterans Association and First Generation Law Students for a Q&A with (Retired) Chief Justice Nathan Hecht. Chief Justice Hecht served on the Supreme Court of Texas for 36 years before retiring in 2024. Before his time as a Judge, he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

Chief Justice Hecht is currently a partner at Jackson Walker in the litigation practice group in Austin. Everyone at the law school is welcome to attend the Q&A. 1Ls are encouraged to ask about Jackson Walker.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/05/90778/

Alumni are invited to join us for the series premiere of Texas Law Talks! Listen in live as three faculty experts discuss First Monday: A Preview of the Upcoming SCOTUS Term. Registrants will receive the link by email ahead of the event.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/05/90717/

BOA's first intramural tournament of the year is a novice moot court competition. Any BOA member who has not competed in either an intramural or interscholastic moot court competition is eligible to compete. There will be two preliminary rounds after which the top 4 teams will advance to the semifinals the following week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/06/89660/

Join the Texas Law Veterans Association for coffee and conversation every Wednesday morning from 8 am to 9 am in the Tom Clark Lounge (next to the Docket). It's a great way to connect with fellow veterans, build community, and start your day with good company and caffeine. All law veteran students, alumni, and supporters of the org are welcome.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/07/89687/

This is a lunch-and-learn speaker event featuring Jim Walsh, focused on the Trump Administration's push to dismantle the DOE. We will discuss the Administration's legal authority (or lack thereof), what an interagency agreement actually does, and what the transfer of things like special education to HHS will mean for the families attorneys serve. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/07/89637/

Thinking about public interest work after graduation? Join us to learn more about Texas Law’s 2027 Postgraduate Fellowships. We’ll cover the application process, deadlines, and tips for preparing a strong application for the following fellowships:

• Environmental Justice Fellowship • G. Rollie White Trust Fellowship in Public Interest Law • Manne Family Fellowships • Mike A. Myers Fellowship in Public Interest Law • Texas Law Public Service Endowment Fellowship • Texas Law Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowships

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/07/89300/

BOA's first intramural tournament of the year is a novice moot court competition. Any BOA member who has not competed in either an intramural or interscholastic moot court competition is eligible to compete. There will be two preliminary rounds after which the top 4 teams will advance to the semifinals the following week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/08/89661/

Breaking Bread with Black Men is a Thurgood Marshall Legal Society (TMLS) flagship event that brings together Black men in the law school community, including students, faculty, and alumni, for an evening of shared food and conversation. The event fosters mentorship, connection, and a sense of belonging across generations of the legal profession.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/10/89158/