Events Calendar

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the Spring 2014 semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check registration schedule for access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/03/16206/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the Spring 2014 semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check registration schedule for access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/04/16207/

Breakfast for faculty to honor their colleagues Smith and Johanson who are featured in the Fall 2013 UT Law magazine.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/04/17764/

Join ACS for a discussion of the indigent defense crisis.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/04/17592/

Prof. Sager's Fall 2013 #29477 class

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/04/17562/

UT Law will celebrate the life of Michael Sharlot, our dean from 1995-2000 and a long time colleague. The reception will include remarks from Professors Bobbitt, Gergen, Goode, Sheppard, and others. Friends and colleagues are welcome to join the UT family in this event.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/04/17480/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the Spring 2014 semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check registration schedule for access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/05/16208/

UT Law students will discuss their summer judicial internship experiences and how they secured their positions. Summer judicial internships are open to all students, including 1Ls. There are hundreds of summer judicial internship opportunities available throughout the nation and early December is a good time to begin sending out your applications. Three 3 hours of academic credit is available through the UT Law Judicial Internship Program for internships with federal district, federal appellate, or state appellate judges who agree to participate in the UT program.

panelists include Amanda Addison, 2L, interned for Judge Patrick Higginbotham, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Robert Goodin, 2L, interned for Justice Don Willett, Supreme Court of Texas; Max Africk, 2L, interned for Judge Eldon Fallon, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; and Sandra Andersson, 2L, interned for Justice Laura Higley, Texas First Court of Appeals. Moderated by Professor Mary Crouter, who directs the UT Law Judicial Internship Program.

RSVP by Monday, November 4, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/05/16865/

Jim Marston (Environmental Defense Fund) and Tom Linney (Animal Legal Defense Fund): Jim Marston runs the National Energy Program at the Environmental Defense Fund, a leading environmental nonprofit, and founded its Texas office. Tom Linney is the pro bono coordinator for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, a California-based nonprofit aimed at promoting animal rights. Jim and Tom will discuss what it is like to practice energy and environmental law in a nonprofit setting.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/05/17158/

Thinking about staying in Austin after law school?

Then you won't want to miss this opportunity to learn more about the Austin Young Lawyers Association Student Chapter! We are a brand new student organization, and we want to help YOU connect with practicing attorneys (under 40)who can give you career and job search advice specific to the Austin market. The networking opportunities are unbeatable, but only members can participate.

Please stop by the meeting to sign-up, learn more, and hear from our members on the AYLA board. Lunch will be provided, and we will hold a drawing for an Amazon Gift Card.

We hope to see you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/05/17598/

Prof. Sager would like to add refreshments for his Const. Law II: Religious Liberty class to be on Tuesdays (not just Wednesdays).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/05/17403/

Monthly meeting for all Youth Court members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/05/17811/

Moot Court competition round 2, room will be used for pre-judging activities

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/05/17745/

Join the Public Interest Law Association Tuesday, November 5th at 7:00PM for our monthly Potluck. PILA potlucks offer an opportunity to hear from professors and practitioners about their public interest career paths as well as from representatives from other public interest student organizations. Speakers for this potluck are Amelia Ruiz-Fischer with Texas Civil Rights Project to talk about her work battling Secure Communities and Dal Ruggles to talk about the realities of handling criminal court appointments (adult, juvenile, and appellate) as part of a private practice.

There is no better way to get plugged in to the public interest community than to attend PILA Potlucks!

PILA will provide the main meal and drinks, but bring an additional side dish, drinks, or dessert.

Need a ride? We are setting up a carpool for those of you who don’t have transportation from and back to campus. Contact sarahpbryant@gmail.com to get your name on the carpool list.

Location: 1175 Graham, Austin, Texas 78702.

Note on parking: My neighbors will thank you if you can park your car on Walnut Avenue (beside the Baptist church or behind the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex). My house is the fourth one on the right on Graham Street.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/05/17510/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the Spring 2014 semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check registration schedule for access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/06/16209/

Prof. Klein is having a pizza party for her criminal law student class of 90 students

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/06/17865/

Prof. Sager's Fall 2013 class Constitutional Law II: Religious Liberty (#29477)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/06/17283/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the Spring 2014 semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check registration schedule for access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/07/16210/

Thinking about a nonpracticing career in the corporate world? Karen Landolt, J.D., will show you how to conduct a job search in the corporate sector. RSVP by Wednesday, November 6, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

You may view the presentation live online.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/07/17380/

Hodges Society small group lunch with Faculty Advisor Patrick Woolley (by invitation and sign-up only).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/07/17726/

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in the Eidman Courtroom and 12:45-1:45 p.m. in the Goodwin Conference Room

Students may attend one or both sessions. East Texas civil rights attorneys, David Guillory and Tim Garrigan, will speak from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. about their class action against the abusive civil forfeiture practices of the City of Tenaha and Shelby County, Texas, a case that was featured in the recent article “Taken” in The New Yorker. From 12:45-1:45 p.m., they will speak in the Goodwin Conference Room about their lives in the law.

Lunch will be served at 12:45 p.m. outside the courtroom and in the Goodwin Conference Room. RSVP by Wednesday, November 6, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Sponsored by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Career Services Office.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/07/17567/

For 2Ls participating in the Judicial Clerkship Program or interested in 2015-term judicial clerkships. Come meet with the UT Law Judicial Clerkship Advisors to learn what the changes to the OSCAR release date and the hiring plan mean for you.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/07/17864/

This is TJOGEL’s biggest event of the semester and represents a valuable opportunity to learn about the oil and gas industry from panelists with diverse backgrounds. Panelists include John B. Connally IV, ’97, Partner, Vinson & Elkins, Energy Transactions Projects; Brandon Seale, ’08, CEO, Zaragoza Resources; Nathan Vassar, ’11, Associate, Lloyd Gosselink; Caleb Troxclair, ’12, Chief of Staff and Legal Counsel, Railroad Commission of Texas; and Liz Devaney, ’06, Associate, Vinson & Elkins, Complex Commercial Litigation. Together, these five panelists run the industry gamut and will be able to answer specific questions students might have as they consider a career in energy law. Meet & Greet to follow in the Jamail Pavilion.

Please RSVP to Jaclyn Joseph at jaclyn.joseph@utexas.edu to ensure we have adequate seating.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/07/17596/

Room will be used for pre-judging activities for Moot Court round

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/07/17746/

Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the Spring 2014 semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check registration schedule for access times.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/08/16211/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/08/16722/

On behalf of the Board of Advocates and the Gibbs & Bruns Moot Court Tournament, we'd like to invite you to attend the final round to be held at 1:30 on Friday, November 8th, in the Eidman Courtroom. Gibbs & Bruns has kindly provided experienced attorneys to judge the round, and we plan to have a small reception afterwards to allow students the opportunity to chat with them and enjoy some treats. We will also be announcing the winners of the best oral advocate and best memorandum prizes.

Finals will be David Lindsay vs. Richard Smith.

This year's tournament has been based on an actual Texas Supreme Court case, Hamrick v. Ward, which centers on the the issue of whether there is a continuing necessity requirement for easements implied by prior use.

We hope you will be able to join us and support the competitors!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/08/17887/

Convening of Texas student chapters of the American Constitution Society

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/09/17555/

A lunch honoring all of UT Law's veterans. All veterans should please RSVP to Brandi Welch at bwelch@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/11/17763/

Prof. Sager's Fall 2013 #29477 class

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/11/17563/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/11/17601/

Tuition bills for the spring semester distributed to students electronically. Notice is sent to the e-mail address on the student's record.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/12/16773/

Professor Ganor is meeting with small groups of students in her Business Associations class for lunchtime conversations.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/12/17886/

Prof. Sager would like to add refreshments for his Const. Law II: Religious Liberty class to be on Tuesdays (not just Wednesdays).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/12/17404/

UT Law Thanks Day -Wednesday Nov 13th. 11:30-1:30pm Stop by the Thanks Day table in the Susman Godfrey Atrium -sign a postcard thanking our donors for their help in funding your education through scholarships, professorships, and Annual Fund!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/13/17882/

Prof. Sager's Fall 2013 class Constitutional Law II: Religious Liberty (#29477)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/13/17284/

Come listen to Michael Reeder, an attorney from Akin Gump's Houston office, give advice on finding a 1L summer job in IP.

Dinner will be served as well.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/13/17943/

Hodges Society small group lunch with Faculty Advisor Patrick Woolley (by invitation and sign-up only).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/14/17727/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/14/17814/

Interested in getting a public interest summer internship? Come hear from students who have done public interest work talk about their experiences! Students who have worked at public interest jobs this summer will be sitting on a panel to discuss their experiences and answer any questions you may have about public interest jobs and the public interest community in general. All class levels welcome, and pizza will be served! Hosted by the Public Interest Law Association.

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Fleming Room (under the stairwell in George's)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/14/17902/

TJCLCR's Fall Edition authors join us for a discussion of this fall's edition

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/14/17665/

Please join us for a talk by and discussion with Professor Magid Shihade (Birzeit University) entitled "The Place of Israel in Asia: Settler Colonialism, Mobility, and Memory among '48 Palestinians." The event is co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the South Asia Institute, and Students for Islamic Awareness. Light refreshments will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/14/17809/

Graduate Portfolio Program in Dispute Resolution Brown Bag Series Presents

Communication Studies Doctoral Students, Allison Alford & Emily Richardson, "Managing Conflict in Family Relationships: From Conversations to Protective Orders"

ALL ARE WELCOME!

The Graduate Portfolio Program In Dispute Resolution offers an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching and study of dispute resolution. For more information, visit the website at www.utexas.edu/law/centers/cppdr/portfolio or contact the Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution at 512-471-3507 or cppdr@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/15/17878/

The Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association will discuss careers in antitrust. Panelists include Rob Walters ‘83, Partner, Gibson Dunn (Dallas); Alison Smith ’77, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery (Houston); and Mark Levy, '01, Office of the Texas Attorney General – Antitrust Section. Moderated by UT Law Professor Abe Wickelgren.Special thanks to the ABA Section of Antitrust for providing lunch. Please RSVP by Thursday, November 14, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/15/17591/

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

Please join a panel of practitioners and students as they discuss social change work in underserved areas, including the benefits and challenges of venturing beyond major urban centers for summer internships and to start a career. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by noon on Wednesday, November 13th to Rachel Sidopulos, RSidopulos@law.utexas.edu.

Sponsored by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/15/17808/

1Ls will have the opportunity to use the exam software, Extegrity's Exam4, under testing circumstances. Practice exams are not graded; students may pick up copies of their answers in the SAO beginning at 9am on Monday, Nov. 18.

Make sure you download Exam4 at http://www.utexas.edu/law/sao/exams/exam4optin.html before you come to the exam room. Also, look up your exam number by clicking "My Exam Number" at http://www.utexas.edu/law/students/.

Section 1: Contracts (Bracha) - TNH 2.137

Section 2: Property (Kull)- TNH 2.138

Section 3: Constitutional Law (Chesney) - TNH 2.139

Section 4: Torts (Robertson) - TNH 2.140

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/11/15/17100/