Events Calendar

The Pro Bono Program will be tabling from 11-1 in celebration of National Pro Bono Week. Stop by to report your hours and get information on pro bono projects. Pizza and drinks will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/20/19682/

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

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/20/18960/

The Health Law and Bioethics Society and LBJ's Social, Health, and Economic Policymakers are meeting at Scholz Garten on Monday from 6-8pm to talk about Medicaid with Law School and LBJ alumni now working in public health. Look for the blue Health Law t-shirts to find us.

Scholz Garten is at 1607 San Jacinto Blvd.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/20/19707/

The Pro Bono Program will be tabling from 11-1 in celebration of National Pro Bono Week. Stop by to report your hours and get information on pro bono projects. Pizza and drinks will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/21/19684/

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

Human Rights Speaker Series

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/21/19253/

Health & Human Rights Colloquium

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/22/19271/

Join leading litigators, judges and law professors at the 38th Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Austin.

The program provides updates and analysis of important developments in civil litigation practice, with substantive coverage of practice tips, advocacy strategies and important trends. Earn 3.00 hours of ethics credit.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/23/19008/

Big Firm Pro Bono: Helping Clients, Increasing Nonprofit Capacity, and Enriching Law Firm Practice

Pro bono service is an important way to connect poor people and underresourced nonprofits to needed legal services, but can it also help the law firm lawyers who represent pro bono clients? In a very competitive legal market and in the face of demanding billable hours requirements, what motivates lawyers at major law firms to contribute over 1.5 million hours of pro bono time per year? How can the skills students gain through pro bono projects make them more marketable to potential law firm employers? What do future public interest lawyers need to know about law firm pro bono programs in order to effectively increase nonprofit capacity and connect their client communities to pro bono lawyers?

Please join the Texas Law Pro Bono Program at a lunch presentation during national Celebrate Pro Bono Week that will address these questions and more. A panel of attorneys from Vinson & Elkins will discuss V&E’s national pro bono program and how pro bono service contributes to law firms’ business development, professional development, and recruiting efforts.

A Mediterranean luncheon will be served. Please RSVP to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu no later than noon on Monday, October 20.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/23/19332/

Join leading litigators, judges and law professors at the 38th Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Austin.

The program provides updates and analysis of important developments in civil litigation practice, with substantive coverage of practice tips, advocacy strategies and important trends. Earn 3.00 hours of ethics credit.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/24/19009/

Heather Busby from NARAL Pro-Choice Texas will join ACS on Monday, October 27, from 3:30-4:30pm. Join us for coffee and conversation about reproductive rights, particularly in light of the Supreme Court recently reinstating U.S. District Court Judge Yeakel's injunction as to a portion of HB2.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/27/19726/

This Thursday, UT Law Alum Clark Neily from the Institute for Justice will discuss the Second Amendment and gun regulation with Professor Sanford Levinson. Clark Neily represented the plaintiffs in District of Columbia v. Heller, where the Supreme Court announced that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own a gun for self-defense. As a senior attorney for the Institute for Justice, his practice focuses on occupational regulation and economic liberty. He has recently published a new book: Terms of Engagement: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution’s Promise of Limited Government. Professor Levinson, who holds the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law, joined The University of Texas Law School in 1980. His article, "The Embarrassing Second Amendment," has been cited by the Supreme Court.

Join ACS for lunch on October 30 from 11:45-1pm in TNH 2.137.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/30/19723/

Sign-up is at 9:00 p.m. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab and is on a first-come, first-served basis as space is limited.

Back by popular demand! Participating Texas Law J.D. students will have the opportunity to network one-on-one with legal professionals from a variety of practice areas during several short (8-10 minutes) speed networking rounds prior to Cocktails & Conversation at 6:00 p.m. We request that students commit to attend the entire speed networking portion of the event. Please arrive no later than 5:00 p.m. Free parking available in the hotel garage. Dress is business casual.

Alumni: for more information, contact Deb Freeman at dfreeman@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/30/19681/

All Texas Law students are invited to attend the 17th Annual Cocktails & Conversation networking reception, which provides the perfect opportunity to meet and network in a casual setting with UT Law alumni and friends. This is a great way to expand your network, so don’t miss out! Dress is business casual. RSVP by Wednesday, October 29, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Alumni: Please RSVP to Alisha Camacho at acamacho@law.utexas.edu.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/30/19043/