Events Calendar

The Federalist Society will host a discussion on gun control led by guest speaker Mr. Clark Neily, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/08/15933/

The Texas Legislature is considering school vouchers, which if permitted could have state funding going to religious schools. The Texas State Board of Education continues to dictate that intelligent design appear in the nation's textbooks. Professor Larry Sager will discuss these hot button policy issues as well as the important question raised by former UT Law Professor Brian Leiter: Why tolerate religion?

Lunch provided.

Date: Monday, April 8, 2013 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00 pm Where: 3.127 Who: Prof. Larry Sager

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/08/16469/

Please join us for a special event featuring Charles Moyer from the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, who will present a talk entitled “The Inter-American System of Human Rights: From an auspicious beginning to an uncertain future.” Professor Ariel Dulitzky will serve as respondent. Light refreshments will be served.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the keystone of the Inter-American System, has gone from being a staunch defender of human rights, especially during the darkest periods in the hemisphere, to having to defend itself from attacks by the governments that created it and established its norms. In addition, the more recently established Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been a spill-over victim of these attacks. The Organization of American States, which exists to promote and protect human rights, is now the battleground where the war on the system is being played out.

Charles Moyer has devoted his professional career to the international protection of human rights. He was a Specialist of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights from 1970-79 and was elected to be the first Secretary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, where he served during the 1980s. Prior to joining the Inter-American Commission, Moyer served as an Army Artillery officer and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela. After his retirement from the Organization of American States in 1989, Moyer served as an adjunct professor at American University’s Washington School of Law. He currently works with the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights in San José, Costa Rica. Moyer received a B.A. from Gettysburg College and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/08/16214/

Celebrate the end of the year with free drinks among progressive law students and practitioners!

Co-hosted by: American Constitution Society -- UT Law Chapter, American Constitution Society -- Austin Lawyer's Chapter, Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association (CHLSA), Human Rights Law Society, Public Interest Law Association (PILA), and Thurgood Marshall Law Society (TMLS)

WHEN: Tuesday, April 9 @ 5:00p - 7:00p WHERE: Dog & Duck Pub (406 W. 17th Street) Drinks sponsored by ACS -- UT Law Chapter

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/09/16553/

Don’t miss UT Law’s 2013 Corporate Counsel Institute, presented with the Corporate Counsel Section of the State Bar of Texas. 2013 Institute highlights include:

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Attorneys

• Boilerplate Clauses that Can Get You into Trouble

• Nuts and Bolts of Licensing Technology and Intellectual Property

• Internal Investigations: Workplace Investigation of Current Employees

• When Civil and Criminal Law Collide: Recognizing When to Call a Criminal Lawyer

• Expectations of Privacy? Latest Developments in Data Security and Privacy

• Managing Your International Business: What Every General Counsel Should Know

• Risk Based Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs

• 15 credit hours including 4 hours of ethics

Register at www.utcle.org/conferences/CC13

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/11/16240/

UT Law's Reunion Weekend is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 12-13, honoring class years that end in "3" or "8" beginning with the class of 1963. Events will take place at the AT&T Center and at the Law School.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/12/14555/

The Thad T. Hutcheson Moot Court Competition is a 64-person, single-elimination tournament. Tryouts are open to all first-year students. Advancement in the competition is based on a written brief and oral arguments before a moot court.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/12/15225/

Don’t miss UT Law’s 2013 Corporate Counsel Institute, presented with the Corporate Counsel Section of the State Bar of Texas. 2013 Institute highlights include:

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Attorneys

• Boilerplate Clauses that Can Get You into Trouble

• Nuts and Bolts of Licensing Technology and Intellectual Property

• Internal Investigations: Workplace Investigation of Current Employees

• When Civil and Criminal Law Collide: Recognizing When to Call a Criminal Lawyer

• Expectations of Privacy? Latest Developments in Data Security and Privacy

• Managing Your International Business: What Every General Counsel Should Know

• Risk Based Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs

• 15 credit hours including 4 hours of ethics

Register at www.utcle.org/conferences/CC13

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/12/16241/

The Alumni Association will honor its 2013 distinguished alumni on Friday, April 12 at 12:00 noon at The Four Seasons Hotel

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/12/14698/

The Law Alumni Association Executive Committee is meeting Friday, April 12 at 2:00 p.m. at The Four Seasons Hotel

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/12/14697/

UT Law's Reunion Weekend is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 12-13, honoring class years that end in "3" or "8" beginning with the class of 1963. Events will take place at the AT&T Center and at the Law School.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/13/14556/

The Thad T. Hutcheson Moot Court Competition is a 64-person, single-elimination tournament. Tryouts are open to all first-year students. Advancement in the competition is based on a written brief and oral arguments before a moot court.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/13/15226/

The Thad T. Hutcheson Moot Court Competition is a 64-person, single-elimination tournament. Tryouts are open to all first-year students. Advancement in the competition is based on a written brief and oral arguments before a moot court.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/14/15227/

The Thad T. Hutcheson Moot Court Competition is a 64-person, single-elimination tournament. Tryouts are open to all first-year students. Advancement in the competition is based on a written brief and oral arguments before a moot court.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/15/15228/

Our general body meeting to organize events, give announcements, and fellowship with friends. Meetings are every other week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/18/15963/

The UT Opportunity Forum is pleased to announce an upcoming discussion with education experts on the unresolved issue of school finance in Texas. The event is presented by UT Opportunity Forum, The Texas Tribune, and the Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Panelists include:

Florence Shapiro, a former public school teacher, Plano city councilwoman and mayor first elected to represent Senate District 8 in 1993. In the Senate, she served as chairwoman of the Public Education Committee for 10 years. She passed legislation affecting the state's school finance system in the areas of property taxes, funding and teacher pay and established the incentive-pay program. She has also focused her efforts on educational reform at the high school level that promotes college readiness and supports better accountability standards for schools.

Scott Hochberg, a former state representative and current lecturer at Rice University. He was first elected to represent southwest Houston in 1993 and served in the Texas House for 20 years. He currently teaches a course at Rice University on education policy, drawing from his experience serving 10 terms on the House Public Education Committee and three terms as chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education.

David Thompson, a partner at Thompson & Horton, LLC. He represents public school districts, junior colleges and other educational entities in the Gulf Coast area and across Texas. Thompson serves as legislative counsel for the Texas Association of School Administrators, the Fast Growth School Coalition, the Houston Independent School District, other school districts and education organizations, and has been actively involved in most legislative activities affecting public education in the past 20 years.

Kent Grusendorf, executive director of Texans for Real Efficiency and Equity in Education. He is a former member of the State Board of Education and served in the Texas House from 1987 to 2007. While in the House, he served as chairman of the House Education Committee during the last public school finance debate.

DETAILS:

Friday, April 19, 2013

12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Complimentary lunch will be served at noon. Conversation begins at 12:15 p.m.

Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School of Public Affairs (map)

Space is limited and an RSVP is required. Please RSVP not later than Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 5pm.

Questions?? Contact rsvp@texastribune.org or 512-716-8641.

This event is generously supported by Thompson & Horton, LLC and AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/19/16523/