Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Sponsored by: Communications

Spring break; no classes held.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Where: Avaya Auditorium—Peter O'Donnell Jr Building Room 2.302, University of Texas at Austin, 201 E 24th St, Austin, TX 78712

Sponsored by: Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights | Presented in partnership with the Rothko Chapel

Please join us for the tenth annual Sissy Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights, which will be presented by Pulitizer Prize–winning author Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen. Nguyen is University Professor and the Aerol Arnold Chair of English at the University of Southern California. His celebrated work includes To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other (Harvard University Press, 2025), A Man of Two Faces (Grove Press, 2023), The Refugees (Grove Press, 2017), and The Sympathizer (Grove Press, 2015), which received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

The lecture will take place at the Avaya Auditorium (Peter O’Donnell Jr. Building Room 2.302, University of Texas at Austin, 201 E 24th St, Austin, TX 78712) at 6:00 pm on March 26, 2026. The event is co-sponsored by the Joynes Reading Room (Plan II Honors Program), the Michener Center for Writers, and the New Writers Project.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/save-the-date-viet-thanh-nguyen-10th-annual-farenthold-endowed-lecture/

Where: TNH 2.139 (Wilson Classroom)

Sponsored by: Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights

You are invited to join the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights (TJCLCR) for its twentieth annual symposium on “Criminalizing Dissent.” Hear from leading scholars, practitioners, and advocates from across the country on topics like DEI in higher education, campus protests, ICE and immigration law, Big Law, movement lawyering, and more! Registration (https://tjclcr.eventbrite.com) is free and includes lunch for in-person attendees, but space is limited. Free legal observer training to follow. All are welcome!

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://tjclcr.eventbrite.com

Sponsored by: OUTLaw (LGBTQ+ Alliance)

Movie screening of Sam Fader’s documentary Heightened Scrutiny, centering around Chase Strangio, the first trans person to argue before the Supreme Court. Snacks will be provided!

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Where: TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)

Sponsored by: Law Students for Life

Join Law Students for Life for a conversation with Dr. Joe Pojman, President of Texans for Life Coalition and one of the most influential advocates in the development of pro-life legislation in Texas.

Dr. Pojman has spent more than three decades working in public policy and advocacy to protect human life, helping craft many of the laws that shape Texas’s current pro-life legal framework. A former aerospace engineer who worked at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, he later earned a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin before dedicating his career to the pro-life movement.

The discussion will examine the legal landscape following the passage of major Texas pro-life laws and ask a key question: are these policies achieving their intended goals? Dr. Pojman will share insights from his experience working at the Texas Capitol, helping draft legislation, and evaluating how the laws operate in practice.

Lunch will be provided.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Where: TNH 2.140 (Wright Classroom)

Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

More details TBA.

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Where: TNH 2.100 (Susman Godfrey Atrium)

Sponsored by: William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

End-of-year lunch recognizing excellence in pro bono and celebrating the law school’s culture of using the law to serve others, with pizza and Amy’s Ice Cream for all.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/publicinterest/events/celebration-of-service-26/

Where: TNH 2.138 (Blanton Classroom)

Sponsored by: Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

Professor Allen D. Hertzke joins us to discuss his new book - Why Religious Freedom Matters: Human Rights and Human Flourishing.

Breakfast will be served. Details and RSVP form coming soon.

Co-sponsored with the UT School of Civic Leadership.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Where: Gregory Gym

Sponsored by: Student Affairs Office

Join us at the Sunflower Ceremony to celebrate the Class of 2026.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://law.utexas.edu/students/sunflower-ceremony/

The University will be closed.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

The University will be closed.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

The University will be closed.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.