Events Calendar

Attorney Julia Gordon is the Director of Housing Finance and Policy at the Center for American Progress, an independent nonpartisan educational institute. She has also worked at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, focusing on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac policies on mortgage servicing, and as senior policy counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending. Previously she worked on legal aid policy at the Center for Law and Social Policy and as a litigator at WilmerHale.

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

Gordon will speak from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. about the her work at CAP on stabilizing the housing market and shaping the future of housing finance, with a special focus on Texas. From 12:45-1:45 p.m., she’ll speak more informally with students in the Jury Room about her life in the law. Attend one or both sessions. Lunch served at 12:45.

RSVP by Monday, Nov. 3, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

For more information, see http://www.americanprogress.org/about/staff/gordon-julia/bio/

Energy Center Distinguished Lecture by Ariel Ramos from 12-1 PM on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 in TNH 2.124.

Clinical Professor Bill Allison and Patricia Cummings will present An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story.

In 1986, Christine Morton was brutally murdered in her own home by Mark Allen Norwood who apparently came through the wooded area behind her and her husband Michael’s home in a part of North Austin which lies in Williamson County. Her 3 year old was in the house at the time but was not injured. Williamson County Sheriff Jim Boutwell arrived in the early afternoon of August 12, 1986 and immediately focused his attention on Christine’s husband, Michael Morton.

This is the story of that murder and its terrible outcome for Michael Morton who spend the next twenty-five years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In this true story, Michael Morton was exonerated on October 3, 2011. His post-conviction lawyers then began an unprecedented examination of the people involved in the case and particularly the district attorney who prosecuted him in 1987. That examination of the key players using every bit of evidence including exculpatory evidence withheld from the original trial team (Bill Allison and Bill White) and new DNA evidence identifying Mark Allen Norwood as the real killer. The final chapter in this saga was the indictment of Judge Ken Anderson for, among others, felony contempt of court, his resignation from the bench and his finally pleading to the felony charge and losing his license to practice law as a consequence of his conviction. No sitting Texas judge or former prosecutor has been removed from office and dis-barred for his behavior inside a criminal case.

Documentary will start at 2:00 pm and Q&A will follow at 3:30 pm. Tiff's Treats will be served!

The course provides a very basic introduction to meditation and yoga practices that can be performed at one’s desk (no equipment, getting on floor, etc. required). Students should commit to attending all four sessions.