Events Calendar

The 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.

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), which is presented each Spring, will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Online registration will be announced in October and will be awarded on a first-come basis. Please note that 2Ls and 3Ls who attended last year may sign up for this year’s Institute.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/05/41508/

Learn about summer and term-time intern opportunities at the Texas Legal Services Center.The Center provides free attorney representation and legal advice to low-income Texans, as well as assistance and training to poverty law advocates and their clients in the areas of litigation support, education, and communication. Additionally, learn about their online project, TexasLawHelp, which is a website dedicated to providing free and reliable legal information.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, February 5 on Symplicity under the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/06/43465/

If you are a student with an undergrad degree (or at least two years of coursework) in engineering, computer sciences or the hard sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, or related fields), and are interested in becoming a Patent Agent or Attorney, Practising Law Institute (PLI) invites you to a presentation by Mark Dighton, Director of Law School Relations and Administrative DIrector of the Patent Bar Review. Topics for discussion include:

· The latest info on the Patent Office Exam, · Who can take it, · How it works, now that it's on computer and “on demand,” · When you should take it (you don't need to…and probably shouldn't…wait until you graduate), · How the America Invents Act and recent U.S. Supreme Court cases have impacted the Exams, and · Recommendations on when and how to study for this very difficult Exam.

Scholarships to PLI's other IP programs will also be discussed.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, February 6, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events".

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/07/44325/

Want to apply for clerkships and don't know how? Join Professor Vladeck, 3L Camille Fenton, and Kathleen Overly as we tackle how to figure out who you want to work for and how to apply! This event is for 2Ls and 3Ls.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, February 5, on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

For more information: Contact the Judicial Clerkship Program Coordinator at clerk-admin@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/07/42649/

The 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.

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), which is presented each Spring, will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Online registration will be announced in October and will be awarded on a first-come basis. Please note that 2Ls and 3Ls who attended last year may sign up for this year’s Institute.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/12/41509/

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 Marshall, Haynes and Boone, LLP; Carol Mattick, Carol Bavousett Mattick, PC; Justin Long, Norton Rose Fulbright

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, February 13, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/14/43045/