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March 15, 2011
The University of Texas School of Law’s Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law (TRESL) will sponsor its second annual symposium, “The Role of Agents in Entertainment & Sports," on Thursday, March 24, 2011. -
March 11, 2011
The University of Texas School of Law claimed a regional championship for the third consecutive year at the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition—the nation’s largest moot court competition—in Seattle on March 3–5, 2011. -
March 10, 2011
Law and Philosophy Program sponsors annual Leon Green, ’15, Lecture in Jurisprudence, March 25, 2011
The Law and Philosophy Program's annual Leon Green, ’15, Lecture in Jurisprudence will take place on Friday, March 25, 2011. This year’s lecture will be given by Professor Brian Leiter of the University of Chicago Law School. -
March 10, 2011
A documentary, Incendiary: The Willingham Case, which explores the intricate arson forensics surrounding the Cameron Todd Willingham case and the polarized public responses to his execution, will premiere at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin. The film was codirected by Law School alumnus Joe Bailey Jr., ’08. -
March 7, 2011
Human Rights Happy Hour: Nostalgia de la Luz to screen with discussion following, March 7, 2011
On Monday, March 7, 2011, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will host the second Human Rights Happy Hour of the spring semester: a screening of the film Nostalgia de la Luz (Memory of the Light). The screening, which is free and open to the public, will take place this afternoon at the University of Texas School of Law, TNH 2.140 from 3:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. -
March 7, 2011
Supreme Court decides Switzer v. Skinner in favor of Capital Punishment Clinic client
The Supreme Court has issued its decision in Skinner v. Switzer in favor of Hank Skinner, who is represented by the Law School’s Capital Punishment Clinic. -
March 7, 2011
The University of Texas School of Law and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City have announced a new dual-degree program that will allow students to earn both a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law and a Licenciatura en Derecho (Mexican professional degree in law) from ITAM. Lawrence Sager, dean of the UT Law School, and Jorge Cerdio, dean of the Department of Law at ITAM, signed the agreement at a ceremony in UT Law’s Susman Academic Center on March 5, 2011. -
March 3, 2011
This year, Assault & Flattery presents Motion's 11, a new satirical musical written, directed, and performed entirely by UT Law students. -
February 28, 2011
Law School hosts events for children and teens as part of Explore UT, Saturday, March 5, 2011
On Saturday, March 5, 2011, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the University of Texas at Austin will host “the biggest open house in Texas”—Explore UT. This annual event is a hands-on introduction to the University to schoolchildren from kindergarten through high school through a variety of events, performances, lectures, exhibits, and other activities. -
February 28, 2011
Renowned attorney, author, and professor Lawrence Lessig will give the keynote address, “The ‘Corruption’ of our System of Money and Politics,” at an event hosted at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday, February 28, 2011. -
February 24, 2011
The University of Texas School of Law’s Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and the Immigration and Nationality Section of the State Bar of Texas will cosponsor a symposium about the controversial immigration issues on the United States-Mexico border on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. -
February 24, 2011
Third-year law student awarded Julius Glickman Fellowship to pursue worker rights project
The University of Texas School of Law’s Justice Corps program recently awarded the Julius Glickman Fellowship in Public Interest Law to third-year student Claire Rodriguez. The two-year fellowship provides $45,000 per year for full-time legal work on a project sponsored by an existing public-interest legal organization and supervised by a licensed attorney.
