Events Calendar

1Ls: Stop by to meet with attorneys and recruiting coordinators from Hunton Andrews Kurth to learn more about their firm and grab a breakfast treat. In line with our Recruiting Policies for Private-Sector Employers, employers may not discuss summer employment nor request resumes from 1L students until November 1.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/24/70687/

Please RSVP by Monday, October 24, on Symplicity.

The Peggy Browning Fund, whose mission is to educate and inspire the next generation of law students to become advocates for workplace justice, is conducting a regional workshop about labor law and the career paths available. Panelists may include union lawyers, labor law firm attorneys, labor law professors, and Peggy Browning Fellowship Alumni.

Food will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/25/70988/

Please RSVP by Monday, October 24, on Symplicity. Zoom link will then be sent before the event.

Learn about postgraduate opportunities with Legal Innovators during this virtual information session. Legal Innovators is an alternative legal service provider that hires 3Ls and recent graduates for full-time attorney positions in various locations and creates new pathways into the law firms and corporate legal departments. Legal Innovators works with a range of clients including BigLaw, mid-size firms and corporate legal departments to provide placement, training, mentoring with the objective to launch new attorneys into their careers in law firms or in-house.

In the first year, you will be matched one of our law firms (i.e., American Law 200) or corporate legal department (i.e., Fortune 500) partners based on practice group and geographic preferences and client needs. Our clients have various practice group needs including, but not limited to, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Private Equity, Structured Finance, Litigation, International Arbitration, Insurance, Bankruptcy, and more. You will be integrated into the firm or legal department and will be expected to perform assignments commensurate with a first-year associate at those places. Our partners are fully dedicated to incorporating LI attorneys into their firm and company culture, including access to training, events and mentorship. Prior to starting with a firm or legal department, you will go through an intensive “orientation,” organized by us, and designed to get you ready for the rigors of your first-year practicing law. Once you are placed with the firm or legal department, you will receive ongoing formal and informal training, mentorship and professional coaching. The objective is to launch you into your career in Big Law or in-house and set you up for a success in the industry.

Some of their clients include Locke Lord LLP; Latham & Watkins LLP; Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Shearman & Sterling LLP; Gilbert LLP; Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.; Bechtel Corporation; Mintz, P.C.; Morrison Foerster LLP; Davis Wright Tremaine LLP; and Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; and more.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/25/70619/

Please RSVP by Monday, October 24, on Symplicity.

Meet with the Immigrant Justice Corps to learn about their postgraduate Justice Fellowship. The first and only fellowship of its kind, IJC’s Justice Fellowship identifies promising lawyers who are passionate about immigrants’ rights, places them with organizations where they can make the greatest difference and supports them with training and expert insights as they directly assist immigrants in need.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/10/25/70989/

Each year, the CSO hosts the private sector Mock Interview Program. This program aims to introduce our students to the legal interviewing process and affords attorneys an opportunity to meet our exceptional students. Practice interviews and attorney feedback are invaluable to our students, preparing them technically and instilling confidence as they embark on their 1L interview season. Depending on availability, 2L and 3Ls may also participate in this program.

Each mock interview will be 20-minutes in length followed by a 10-minute review.

The initial sign up period for 1Ls opens at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 24, and closes at noon on Wednesday, October 26. If spots are still available you will be able to sign up for third mock interview from 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 26, until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, October 27.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/11/02/70565/

Texas Talks serves as a chance for 1Ls to connect with a variety of law firms to learn more about their organization and the practice of law. All Texas Law 1Ls are encouraged to stop by the Law School Atrium from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (November 2-4, 2022) to connect with attorneys and recruiting coordinators.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/11/02/70549/

Each year, the CSO hosts the private sector Mock Interview Program. This program aims to introduce our students to the legal interviewing process and affords attorneys an opportunity to meet our exceptional students. Practice interviews and attorney feedback are invaluable to our students, preparing them technically and instilling confidence as they embark on their 1L interview season. Depending on availability, 2L and 3Ls may also participate in this program.

Each mock interview will be 20-minutes in length followed by a 10-minute review.

The initial sign up period for 1Ls opens at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 24, and closes at noon on Wednesday, October 26. If spots are still available you will be able to sign up for third mock interview from 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 26, until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, October 27.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/11/03/70566/

Texas Talks serves as a chance for 1Ls to connect with a variety of law firms to learn more about their organization and the practice of law. All Texas Law 1Ls are encouraged to stop by the Law School Atrium from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (November 2-4, 2022) to connect with attorneys and recruiting coordinators.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/11/03/70550/

Each year, the CSO hosts the private sector Mock Interview Program. This program aims to introduce our students to the legal interviewing process and affords attorneys an opportunity to meet our exceptional students. Practice interviews and attorney feedback are invaluable to our students, preparing them technically and instilling confidence as they embark on their 1L interview season. Depending on availability, 2L and 3Ls may also participate in this program.

Each mock interview will be 20-minutes in length followed by a 10-minute review.

The initial sign up period for 1Ls opens at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 24, and closes at noon on Wednesday, October 26. If spots are still available you will be able to sign up for third mock interview from 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 26, until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, October 27.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/11/04/70567/

Texas Talks serves as a chance for 1Ls to connect with a variety of law firms to learn more about their organization and the practice of law. All Texas Law 1Ls are encouraged to stop by the Law School Atrium from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (November 2-4, 2022) to connect with attorneys and recruiting coordinators.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2022/11/04/70551/