Events Calendar

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/2026/11/04/89691/

Do laws requiring the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms violate the Establishment Clause? Professor Nathan Chapman (University of Georgia Law) joins us to analyze the constitutionality of state laws that require the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, arguing that many of them are best seen as prescribing particular religious beliefs and conduct, in violation of the Establishment Clause. Applying a historical understanding of an “Establishment of Religion” and considering the contexts of each mandated display, his paper concludes that several of these statutes are unconstitutional.

Lunch will be provided. Please register at the link.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/11/10/88801/

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/2026/11/11/89692/

Pastor Ezra Jin, founding pastor of Zion Church, joins us for a discussion on how religious communities in China are navigating severe pressure from the Chinese Communist Party, and its meaning for the United States. Under Jin’s leadership, Zion Church grew into one of the largest and most influential unregistered Protestant congregations in China. In October 2025, Chinese authorities detained Jin and nearly 30 leaders of his church in a series of coordinated nationwide raids. He was held for 266 days and released in July 2026 after President Donald Trump raised his case directly with President Xi Jinping. His story has been covered widely across the Wall Street Journal, Free Press, Washington Post, and New York Times, as well as PBS NewsHour, Fox News, CNN, and beyond.

Lunch will be served. Please register at the link. Garage parking is available for a fee at the Manor Garage, the Brazos Garage, and the San Jacinto Garage. Parking will not be validated.

Cosponsors: the Asia Policy Program, the Clements Center for National Security, and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/11/11/91618/

Join us for a report-back event featuring graduate student researchers presenting their findings from summer fieldwork supported by Rapoport Center funding. Hear from Laura Botero, Jazmin Muñoz, Andrea Richardson, and Kirill Veselkin about their research, and learn how you can apply for these fieldwork grants.

Laura Botero: “(En)gendering Extraction: Bodies, Territories, and Dispossession in Indigenous Amazonia” Jazmin Muñoz: “Mutant Ecologies: Nuclear Contamination as an Ecological Process in Durango, Colorado, 1912–1980” Andrea Richardson: “Community Solutions for Reproductive Justice: Strengthening Infrastructures to Promote Maternal Health” Kirill Veselkin: “The Radioactive Toxicity of Nuclear Memory: Slow Violence and the Cultural Afterlife of Hiroshima”

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/11/12/91738/