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November 10, 2010
The Law School is pleased to announce members of the Class of 2011 who have been admitted to Chancellors, the Law School’s most prestigious honor society. -
November 8, 2010
The American Bar Association is in the process of revising its Prosecution Functions Standards and Defense Functions Standards, two influential documents that established a set of goals for criminal defense practice nationwide. On Friday, November 19, 2010, the University of Texas School of Law will host a conference to discuss the ABA’s proposed revisions to these documents. -
November 8, 2010
Professor Linda Mullenix of the University of Texas School of Law will speak at an international conference on consumer law sponsored by Centro de Estudos de Direito Economico e Social, (CEDES) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 16–17, 2010. -
November 5, 2010
On Monday, November 8, 2010, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will host Professor Samera Esmeir, associate professor of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, who will present a lecture entitled “Temporalities of Struggle: National Liberation Movements and International Strategies of Rule.” -
November 2, 2010
Professor Julius Getman to Discuss Restoring the Power of Unions at ACS event, November 4, 2010
University of Texas Law Professor Julius Getman, a preeminent scholar in the field of labor law, will speak about his new book on unions in America from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Law School’s Eidman Jury Room (CCJ 2.310) on Thursday, November 4, 2010. -
November 2, 2010
The Law School’s William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and UT-Austin’s Institute for Historical Studies will co-present a book talk by Robert Perkinson, author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, on Monday, November 22, 2010, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Sheffield Room at the Law School. -
November 1, 2010
The University of Texas School of Law will host the Information Technology Law and Energy Law module for the University of St. Gallen’s Executive Master of European and International Business Law M.B.L.-HSG program in Austin from October 31 to November 6, 2010. -
November 1, 2010
On Wednesday, November 3, 2010, the American Constitution Society will host Dan Rodriguez, the Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law, who will discuss the gay marriage litigation of the last decade, touching on both the constitutional issues it raises and the strategic choices the gay rights movement has made in its litigation efforts. It will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Eidman Courtroom at the School of Law. -
October 28, 2010
Oral arguments in USA v. State of Arizona will be heard by a panel of three judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday, November 1, 2010, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time, 11:00 a.m. Central. The panel has given consent for live broadcast of the proceeding and the School of Law will make this broadcast available in the Francis Auditorium. -
October 26, 2010
Human Rights Clinic Releases Report on Impact of Dam Construction on Indigenous Group
A report researched and written by faculty and students in the Law School’s Human Rights Clinic details the struggles of Costa Rica’s indigenous Teribe tribe in the face of a proposed dam on the Terraba River, which threatens to flood their lands. -
October 22, 2010
On Monday, October 25, 2010, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will host Professor Lora Wildenthal, associate professor of history at Rice University, who will present a lecture entitled “Asylum Rights between Left and Right: The German Case.” -
October 22, 2010
Texas Environmental Law Journal Hosts First Annual Symposium, October 29, 2010
Texas Environmental Law Journal’s 2010 Symposium, "Legal and Environmental Impacts of Extracting Gas from Shale," will take place Friday, October 29, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Law School's Eidman Courtroom.
