Events Calendar

Andrews Kurth invites all 1L students to join them for breakfast tacos and coffee in the Law School Atrium. Attorney and recruiting personnel will be in attendance to answer questions about the firm on Monday, January 30, 2017. Please be sure to stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/01/30/27826/

Instructions and tips on how to be a successful interviewer for judicial clerkship positions. 2Ls and 3Ls welcome. Lunch will be provided, RSVP on Symplicity by Friday, 1/27.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/01/31/26265/

****The location for this event has changed from Jeffers to TNH 2.138******

Bruce Broillet, ’74, a partner in Greene Broillet & Wheeler, L.L.P. (Santa Monica, CA) and former president of the Texas Law Alumni Association, will discuss his career path and offer practical advice for students interested in the types of litigation not practiced in large firms. Mr. Broillet is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who represents plaintiffs in complex business, products liability, personal injury, and wrongful death litigation. He successfully represented Erin Andrews in her case against Nashville Marriott, winning a verdict of $55 million.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by MONDAY, January 30, on Symplicity by selecting the “Events” tab.

Presented by The Review of Litigation and co-sponsored by the Career Services Office.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/01/31/27945/

The Sixth Annual Texas Law Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice is taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of the program.

Online registration is now open through 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2017.

Whether you’re a 1L preparing for your first summer clerkship or the fall recruiting season, a 2L working to turn your summer clerkship or fellowship into an offer, or a graduating 3L getting a head start on your legal career, the Texas Law Professional Development Institute (PDI) will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/02/24525/

The Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas is sponsoring a panel discussion regarding the life of a transactional lawyer. Practicing lawyers will describe the rewards, challenges and opportunities of a career as a business lawyer - these are lawyers who never go to court but work for law firms and companies in many exciting fields such as mergers and acquisitions, real estate, intellectual property, oil and gas, technology, etc. This moderated discussion is an open forum and the participants are encouraged to ask as many questions as they would like of the panelists.

Panelists include Christina W. Marshall, General Counsel, Chalak Mitra Group of Companies (Dallas); Carol Bavousett Mattick, Carol Bavousett Mattick PLLC - Corporate and Securities Law For Growing Companies (Austin and San Antonio); and Adriana Lopez-Ortiz, Partner, Richards Rodriguez & Skeith LLP (Austin).

Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Monday, February 6, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/07/28665/

The ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employee Benefits Committee, will explore careers in the broad field of Employee Benefits Law. Panelists will discuss their legal careers and practices navigating the intersection between Labor Law, Employment Law, Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Counseling, Tax Law, Executive Compensation, and Administrative Law. They will explain why Employee Benefits Law has become one of the fastest growing areas of practice in the country.

Panelists include Phyllis Borzi, former Assistant Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.; Claude Cazzulino, Schwartz Steinsapir Dohrmann & Sommers, Los Angeles CA; Marcelle J. Henry, Cohen Weiss & Simon, New York, NY; M’Alyssa Mecenas, Paul Hastings, Los Angeles, CA; and Michelle L. Roberts Bartolic, Roberts Bartolic LLP, Alameda, CA.

Lunch will be served. There will also be a free drawing for ABA swag and door prizes and a network session following the presentation.

RSVP by Tuesday, February 7, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/08/26988/

The Sixth Annual Texas Law Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice is taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of the program.

Online registration is now open through 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2017.

Whether you’re a 1L preparing for your first summer clerkship or the fall recruiting season, a 2L working to turn your summer clerkship or fellowship into an offer, or a graduating 3L getting a head start on your legal career, the Texas Law Professional Development Institute (PDI) will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2017/02/09/24526/