Events Calendar

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Panelists will discuss strategies for negotiating job offers with small or midsize firms and what questions to ask before accepting. Topics will include salary negotiations and resources for researching salaries and benefits. Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, February 29, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Co-Sponsored by Women's Law Caucus

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/01/21845/

Interested in a career in criminal prosecution? Come learn about life as a prosecutor, the job search, and strategies for making yourself an attractive candidate for criminal prosecution positions. The panel will be moderated by Rob Kepple, Director of Texas District and County Attorney Association and Adjunct Professor for the Prosecution Internship Program at Texas Law. Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, February 29, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/01/21766/

1Ls: Come learn about judicial clerkships - what they are, why you should clerk, and what you need to be doing now to best position yourself to apply during your 2L year. If you are at all interested in a judicial clerkship, you should definitely come to this program. Panelists will include U.S. District Judge Philip Martinez, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Bohm and Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Supreme Court of Texas. Lunch will be provided so RSVP on Symplicity by Tuesday, 3/1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/03/21484/

Learn about judicial internships during the fall or spring semester. Even if you attended the previous panel on summer judicial internships, we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to visit directly with judges and judicial staff over lunch about why judicial internships are valuable and the opportunities available both for the coming summer and school year.

RSVP by Monday, March 7, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21605/

Space is limited to the first 75 1Ls! 1L sign-up is on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9:00 p.m. on TUESDAY, MARCH 8, on Symplicity.

Learn the finer points of business dining and protocol over a three-course seated dinner presented by Mary Crane (www.marycrane.com). The dinner is generously sponsored by Locke Lord LLP, who will be hosting a cocktail reception for registered attendees prior to dinner from 6:15-7:00 p.m. All guests should be seated for dinner by 7:00 p.m. Dress is business casual.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/08/21967/

For 3Ls seeking permanent employment, come learn about Texas Law's three-month postgraduate internship program, the Long Career Launch Program (LCLP). Strategies will be discussed on how to maximize the benefit of LCLP and similar postgraduate programs. You will also obtain practical advice on how to make your job search more efficient and productive. Coffee and pastries will be served.

RSVP by Wednesday, March 23 on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/24/21659/

Come learn about practicing labor and employment law from attorneys who represent both employees and employers. Panelists include Jessica Anderson, Associate, Littler Mendelson; Jonathan Rector, Associate, Littler Mendelson; Jay Forester, Attorney, Lee & Braziel, LLP; and Michael Cowles, Attorney, Equal Justice Center.Lunch will be provided. RSVP by Wednesday, March 23 on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/24/21899/

For 3Ls seeking permanent employment, come learn about Texas Law's three-month postgraduate internship program, the Long Career Launch Program (LCLP). Strategies will be discussed on how to maximize the benefit of LCLP and similar postgraduate programs. You will also obtain practical advice on how to make your job search more efficient and productive. Lunch will be served.

RSVP by Wednesday, March 23 on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/24/21660/

Immigration attorney Rachel Tiven will speak from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. on “Personal Pride and Overcoming Prejudice: What Can the LGBT and Immigrant Rights Movements Teach Each Other?” From 12:45-1:45 p.m., she’ll meet more informally with students to discuss about her life in the law. Attend one or both sessions. Lunch served at 12:45.

Rachel B. Tiven is the Executive Director of Immigrant Justice Corps, the nation’s first fellowship program dedicated to meeting the need for high-quality legal assistance for immigrants seeking citizenship and fighting deportation. From 2005-2013, Ms. Tiven led Immigration Equality, a national non-profit organization fighting for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive immigrants and asylum seekers. Under her leadership, Immigration Equality built a $17 million pro bono program, quintupled client services to aid more than 5,000 people annually, and succeeded in changing the U.S. immigration system for LGBT and HIV-positive people. Ms. Tiven is a graduate of Harvard-Radcliffe College and Columbia Law School. Before becoming a lawyer she worked at Bloomberg Business News and Lambda Legal. As a lawyer, she represented immigrant clients at the Legal Aid Society of New York and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Barbara S. Jones in the Southern District of New York. She is a recipient of Columbia’s Public Interest Law Foundation award, and was named one of the Advocate magazine’s 40 under 40.

For more information about Ms. Tiven, see http://justicecorps.org/our-team/

RSVP by Monday, March 28, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Hosted by the Career Services Office and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/29/21654/

Are you interested in corporate law and mergers & acquisitions? Join us for a breakfast taco and learn how you can use Bloomberg Law to be prepared to practice this summer. Bring your laptops!

Michael Calder of Bloomberg Law will be demonstrating how to prepare for your summer as a Tax Law Associate.

Breakfast will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22009/

The State Bar of Texas Tax Section will present a discussion about various career opportunities in the area of tax law. Panelists include Polly Bone, Attorney, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid; Cindy Grossman, '04, Partner, Giordani, Swanger, Ripp, Phillips, LLP; Patrick O'Daniel, '92, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright; Daniel Price, '02, Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel; Nancy Prosser, '93, Texas Comptroller's Office; and John Strohmeyer, Associate, Crady, Jewett & McCulley, LLP. Moderated by Christi Mondrik, '01, Mondrik & Associates.

Lunch will be provided. RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21924/

Are you interested in tax law? Join us for an ice cream and learn how you can use Bloomberg Law to be prepared to practice this summer. Bring your laptops!

Michael Calder of Bloomberg Law will be demonstrating how to prepare for your Summer as a Tax Law Associate.

Amy's Ice Cream will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22008/