Events Calendar

In the first hour, learn the tips and tools you’ll need to succeed as a summer associate at a small or large firm. Panelists include Jennifer Poppe '98, Hiring Partner at Vinson & Elkins (Dallas); Gretchen Rollins, Global Hiring Manager, Entry Level, at Vinson & Elkins (Dallas); Amber MacIver '06, Associate at Baker Botts L.L.P. (Austin); and John Broussard '04, Associate at Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. (Houston). Moderated by Tracy McCormack, Director of Advocacy Programs at UT Law.

At 4:30 p.m., speak with Tarlton Law Librarians about legal research strategies for summer clerkship assignments. They’ll discuss how to familiarize yourself with your firm's research environment, what questions to ask when you receive an assignment, and best practices for deciding where to start your research. Examples of actual summer assignments from law firms will be presented.

Refreshments will be served. RSVP on UT Law Symplicity by Monday, April 9, by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/10/13525/

Nicole Simmons, Public Interest Career Counselor with the CSO, along with 3Ls who have secured postgraduate fellowships, will discuss some of the more popular project-based fellowships obtained by UT Law graduates. Panelists will discuss the application process and provide strategies for putting together a competitive fellowship application. Panelists include Meredith Shytles ’11, Skadden Foundation Fellowship with Disability Rights Texas (Austin); Christine Nishimura ’12, Equal Justice Works Postgraduate Fellowship with Disability Rights Texas (Austin) sponsored by Texas Access to Justice Foundation & Greenberg Traurig LLP; Amelia Ruiz Fischer ’12, Equal Justice Works Postgraduate Fellowship with Texas Civil Rights Project (Austin) sponsored by Akin Gump; Keegan Warren-Clem ’12, Equal Justice Works Postgraduate Fellowship with Texas Legal Services Center (Austin) sponsored by the Texas Access to Justice Foundation; and Michael Cowles '12, Glickman Fellowship.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, April 10, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the “Events” tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/11/14135/

Stop by and meet the CSO staff to learn more about what the CSO has to offer including how to find a summer job and prepare for Fall OCI and summer job fairs. The student-run Action Committee for Career Services (ACCS) will be taking confidential feedback, providing one-on-one peer advice about OCI and job fairs, and conducting tours of the Interview Suite so you know what to expect during Fall OCI.

The ACCS will also be accepting applications for the 2012-13 academic year and selling student business cards at a 10% discount. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Action Committee for Career Services.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/11/14246/

This is the second of two mandatory meetings for 2Ls and 3Ls who will be applying for judicial clerkships. UT Law Judicial Clerkship Advisors will discuss the clerkship application process in detail including summer deadlines and the two online systems students will be using to apply for clerkships.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/12/13526/

A panel of Texas federal judges will discuss judicial clerkships at their courts and what students can do to make themselves competitive clerkship candidates. Panelists include Judge Catharina Haynes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Judge Rodney Gilstrap, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; Judge Craig Gargotta, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas; and Magistrate Judge David Counts, U.S. Magistrate Court for the Northern District of Texas. Moderated by Dean Stefanie Lindquist. The Clerkship Advisors encourage 2Ls and 3Ls applying for judicial clerkships this year and 1Ls hoping to apply next summer to attend this panel.

RSVP on UT Law Symplicity by Thursday, April 12, by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/13/11918/

Need to take a break from studying for exams? Stop by the Atrium, visit with the CSO staff, have a snack, and find out about summer and fall interviewing opportunities. The Study Break is sponsored by Andrews Kurth LLP; Bracewell & Giuliani; Locke Lord LLP; McKool Smith; Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP; Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP; U.S. Marine Corps; Weil Gotschal & Manges LLP; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Baker Botts L.L.P.; Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft LLP; Cox | Smith; Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.; Latham & Watkins LLP; Winston & Strawn LLP; Anadarko; Beck, Redden & Secrest L.L.P.; Husch Blackwell LLP; Jackson Walker L.L.P.; Jones Day; King & Spalding; Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.; Mayer Brown; Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.; Nathan Sommers Jacob; and Thompson Knight LLP.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/17/13528/

In the first hour, learn the tips and tools you’ll need to succeed in your summer internship whether you’re working in a government agency or public interest organization. Panelists include Bill Beardall, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Center and Director of the Transnational Workers Rights Clinic at UT Law; Mark Levy, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Texas Attorney General-Antitrust Division; and Tina Fernandez, Director of Pro Bono Programs at UT Law.

At 4:30 p.m., speak with Tarlton Law Librarians about legal research strategies for summer assignments. They’ll discuss options for places to research, what questions to ask when you receive an assignment, and best practices for deciding where to start your research. Examples of actual summer assignments from students who worked in public interest jobs will be presented.

RSVP on UT Law Symplicity by Monday, April 16, by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/17/13527/

Practising Law Institute (PLI) invites you to a presentation by Mark Dighton, PLI's Director of Law School Relations and a Director of their Patent Bar Review Course. Topics for discussion include the latest info on the Patent Bar Exam and who can take it; how it works, now that it's on computer; when you should take it (you only need an undergraduate degree to sit for it); how and when the America Invents Act will impact the Exam, and; recommendations on when and how to study for the Patent Exam. Scholarships to PLI's other IP programs will also be discussed.

UT Law students with an undergraduate degree (or at least about two years of coursework) in engineering, computer sciences or the hard sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, some related fields), who are interested in becoming a Patent Agent or Attorney, are invited to attend.

RSVP by Monday, April 16, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/17/14041/

Before the semester comes to an end, the Action Committee for Career Services (ACCS) are gearing up to have a successful 2012-13 academic year. We will be holding elections and talking about what we want to accomplish next year.

The positions that will be up for grabs are President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and 2L Representative. If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please send your name, the position you are running for, and a few sentences about why you would be good for the job to Nick Stepp, ACCS President at nicholas.stepp@gmail.com and Lynn Abell, ACCS Vice President at lynn.abell@mail.utexas.edu by Friday, April 13.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/17/14248/

Don’t miss this opportunity to ask successful judicial clerkship candidates everything you’d like to know about the clerkship application process. This meeting is for 2Ls and 3Ls only. No faculty or CSO staff members will be present.

Pizza will be served. RSVP on UT Law Symplicity by Wednesday, April 18, by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2012/04/19/13599/