Events Calendar

CSO career counselors will be available in the Atrium to answer general career-related questions. Stop by with your questions or just to say “hi”!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/10/54172/

Want to apply for clerkships and don't know how? Join the Judicial Clerkship Program 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 Monday, September 17, on Symplicity

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

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/11/50625/

ABA Section of Antitrust Law will discuss careers in antitrust.

It is open to all law students who would like to hear from seasoned Texas practitioners about careers in Antitrust. This is a great opportunity to meet and learn from lawyers with various perspectives about what it’s like to practice in these areas.

Panelists TBD.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, February 10, on Symplicity.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/11/51785/

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. Now in its ninth year, the five-week Institute is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to its content. This must-attend program will help you prepare for your summer clerkship or postgraduate job. The program takes place on Thursdays (January 23-February 20, 2020) from 11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m. Lunch will be served.

Online registration is open until noon on Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

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.

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/2020/02/13/51648/

Interested in a career in indigent criminal defense? Come learn strategies to set yourself on the right path to become a public defender. We will have a great panel of public defenders to share their experience and wisdom.

Panelists TBD

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, February 12, on Symplicity.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/13/53065/

RSVP Online by Wednesday, February 12. Co-hosted by the Student Bar Association.

Members of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Solo, Small Firm, and General Practice Division (GPSolo)will be on campus to share some tips for establishing a career in a solo or small firm setting. Come learn more about the ABA and GPSolo and what benefits are available to all law students, as well as some career development insights from experienced attorneys in the field.

Lunch will be provided.

Directions: Take the elevators in the Susman Godfrey Atrium (the elevators are located right outside of the Tarlton Library in the Atrium) up to the 5th floor of Jones Hall. Once on the fifth floor, you can locate the room number.

Find out more about the ABA Solo, Small Firm, and General Practice Division (GPSolo): https://www.americanbar.org/groups/gpsolo/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/13/54285/

What is a judicial clerkship you might be wondering? Or perhaps you know what a clerkship is, but are pretty sure that it’s not for you? Or, you’ve known you wanted to clerk since first grade, and want to figure out how to make yourself as competitive as possible? Or, maybe you’re thinking, “SCOTUS or Bust!”? The Clerkship Program will be hosting an introductory program on judicial clerkships on Thursday, February 13th at 3:30pm in both TNH 2.138 and 2.139. Both rooms will be joined by a group of federal judges to talk about why clerkships are particularly valuable, what they look for in clerks, and how the role of a clerk varies in different chambers and types of federal courts. Please RSVP on Symplicity to attend. The following judges will be joining us:

Hon. Leo Brisbois, United States Magistrate Judge, Minnesota (Chair, NCFTJ, 2019 – 2020)

Hon. Richard Boulware, United States District Judge, Nevada

Hon. Nannette Brown, United States District Judge, Louisiana

Hon. Diana Song-Quiroga, United States Magistrate Judge, Texas

Hon. Willie Epps, United States Magistrate Judge, Missouri

Hon. Juan Vasquez, United States Tax Court

At this meeting we will discuss the timing of your own clerkship search, things to be thinking about now if you want to clerk, and how to best position yourself to be a competitive clerkship applicant.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/13/53805/

Following our Introduction to Federal Clerkships at 3:30pm, attendees are invited to mingle with the visiting judges.

For more information, please email the Judicial Clerkships Program Coordinator at clerk-admin@law.utexas.edu.

RSVP by Wednesday, February 12th, on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/13/54490/

CSO career counselors will be available in the Atrium to answer general career-related questions. Stop by with your questions or just to say “hi”!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/14/54173/

Interested students can meet directly with Mark Greenberg, Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, after his lunch-time discussion [Title TBD by WWJC].

From 2009-17, Mr. Greenberg worked at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ACF includes the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which has responsibility for the refugee resettlement and unaccompanied children program, and has a strong research agenda relating to the programs under its jurisdiction. Among these are a wide range of human services programs, including Head Start, child care, child support, child welfare, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

RSVP by Thursday, February 13, on Symplicity.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/14/53825/

CSO career counselors will be available in the Atrium to answer general career-related questions. Stop by with your questions or just to say “hi”!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/17/54174/

Signup online on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 9:00 p.m. via Eventbrite. Limited to 75 1Ls. 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 Kirkland & Ellis, who will be hosting a cocktail reception for registered attendees prior to dinner from 6:00-7:00 p.m. All guests should be seated for dinner by 7:00 p.m. Dress is business casual.

If you RSVP, you must attend the entire dinner. Cancellations will only be accepted for personal emergencies.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/18/53305/

CSO career counselors will be available in the Atrium to answer general career-related questions. Stop by with your questions or just to say “hi”!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2020/02/19/54150/

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. Now in its ninth year, the five-week Institute is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to its content. This must-attend program will help you prepare for your summer clerkship or postgraduate job. The program takes place on Thursdays (January 23-February 20, 2020) from 11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m. Lunch will be served.

Online registration is open until noon on Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

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.

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/2020/02/20/51649/