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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.” -
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 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.