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February 1, 2012
The Thurgood Marshall Legal Society will present their 2012 Spring Symposium, which will feature oral arguments to the Supreme Court of Texas, on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at the University of Texas School of Law. -
January 24, 2012
The Law School’s William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and Career Services Office will present speaker Charles E. Di Leva, chief counsel at the World Bank, on Monday, February 6, 2012, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Sheffield Room at the Law School. -
January 18, 2012
“Barriers and Innovations in Civil Rights Litigation Since 9/11: Practical and Theoretical Perspectives” will be held at the University of Texas School of Law on Friday, February 3, 2012. The conference will bring together leading scholars and advocates in civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, immigration, and national security to discuss legal barriers to constitutional litigation in these arenas. -
January 6, 2012
National Student Loan Expert Heather Jarvis to speak at Public Service Career Fair, January 27, 2012
National student loan expert Heather Jarvis will address public service professionals and students from UT Law and other Texas law schools in the Francis Auditorium on January 27, 2012. She will be presenting “Public Service Loan Forgiveness in Five Easy Steps” during the annual Public Service Career Fair, the largest public service legal job fair in Texas. -
December 16, 2011
University of Texas and Guatemalan Police Archive celebrate collaboration in Guatemala
On December 9, 2011, the University of Texas and the Historical Archive of the National Police of Guatemala (AHPN, for its Spanish title, Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional) announced in Guatemala City, Guatemala, the joint collaboration that has made the Archive globally accessible via the Internet. -
November 30, 2011
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, an award-winning documentary film that chronicles Guatemala’s internal armed conflict, and subsequent efforts to bring the perpetrators of massive human rights violations during that period to justice, will screen at the School of Law at 5:00 p.m. on December 1, 2011. -
November 22, 2011
The University of Texas at Austin will launch a digital archive that consists of some twelve million pages of records from the Guatemalan Historical National Police Archive (known as Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional or AHPN), making online resources publicly accessible to researchers, human rights activists, prosecutors, and ordinary citizens. -
November 9, 2011
On Monday, November 14, 2011, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will host a Human Rights Happy Hour featuring Professor Henry Steiner of Harvard University. Steiner will present a talk entitled “Muslims in Europe: Multiculturalism, Cultural Clash, Human Rights.” The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Sheffield Room (TNH 2.111) at the University of Texas School of Law. -
November 7, 2011
UT Law examines capital markets, regulation, and the economy, November 11, 2011
The Massey Prize Symposium will bring nationally renowned experts on capital markets, securities markets, and economics to the University of Texas School of Law. The event is free and open to the public. -
November 1, 2011
The University of Texas School of Law’s William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and Career Services Office will present speaker Karen A. Lash, senior counsel for access to justice at the U.S. Department of Justice, on Monday, November 7, 2011, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Sheffield Room (TNH 2.111) at the Law School. -
October 28, 2011
On Monday, October 31, 2011, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will host a Human Rights Happy Hour. Professor John Ciorciari of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will present a talk entitled “Archiving Memory after Mass Atrocities.” The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 3:30 p.m.–5:30pm, in the Sheffield Room (TNH 2.111) at the University of Texas School of Law. -
October 21, 2011
In recognition of National Pro Bono Week (October 23–29) and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the UT Law Pro Bono Program has organized a special screening for the Law School community of the award-winning documentary film Crime After Crime.