Events Calendar

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/