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January 31, 2011
The Law School’s Actual Innocence Clinic and William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law will co-present a book talk with Dorothy Budd, author of Tested: How Twelve Wrongly Imprisoned Men Held onto Hope, on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Sheffield Room at the Law School. Christopher Scott, one of the men profiled in the book, will join her. -
January 31, 2011
On Monday, January 31, 2011, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will host the first Human Rights Happy Hour of the spring semester. Dr. Claudia Briones from the National University of Río Negro in Argentina will present a lecture entitled “Bringing Anthropology to Court: The Promotion of Trialogues for the Enforcement of Indigenous Rights.” -
December 1, 2010
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to a talk, “Transatlantic Relations in the New Decade,” presented by Dr. Klaus Scharioth, German ambassador to the United States, on Thursday, December 2, 2010, at 1:15 p.m. in the LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor. -
November 30, 2010
Oral arguments in Kristin M. Perry, et al. v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, et al. will be heard by a panel of three judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday, December 6, 2010, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time, noon Central. The panel has given consent for live broadcast of the proceeding and the Law School will make this broadcast available in room 5.206 of the Susman Academic Center in Jones Hall. Refreshments will be available. -
November 22, 2010
On Monday, November 22, 2010, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will host the final Human Rights Happy Hour of the fall semester. Professor Paola Bergallo, from the Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will present a lecture entitled “Cycles of Right to Health Litigation: The Elusive Argentine Experience.” -
November 17, 2010
Sean Hagan, the general counsel of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C., will deliver the University of Texas School of Law’s Akard Lecture at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin on Thursday, November 18, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. Hagan, who is also the director of the IMF’s Legal Department, will speak on “Restructuring Corporate Debt in the Course of a Systemic Crisis.” -
November 16, 2010
Yale University Professor of Philosophy Thomas Pogge will lead a workshop discussion on his paper, “TRIPS, Human Rights, and the Health Impact Fund,” on Thursday, November 18, 2010, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in TNH 3.124 at the University of Texas School of Law. -
November 15, 2010
University of Texas School of Law Dean Larry Sager and the Student Bar Association will sponsor a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. -
November 13, 2010
A bronze bust of the late Honorable James DeAnda, ’50, was unveiled Friday, November 12, 2010, at the University of Texas School of Law during a celebration to honor his legacy as an advocate for social justice, particularly for the civil rights of Mexican-American school children in Texas. -
November 11, 2010
A panel on sports, media, and race moderated by the renowned legal scholar and commentator Arthur Miller will take place at the LBJ Library Auditorium on Thursday, November 11, 2010, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The panel is dedicated to the late Charles Alan Wright (1927–2000), a longtime faculty member at the University of Texas School of Law. The panel is free and open to the public. -
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 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.”
