June 2007
Welcome to UT Law News, our monthly electronic newsletter. The News is sent to help keep you informed about current events at the University of Texas School of Law.
Upcoming Events
- Meet the Dean
El Paso Alumni Reception
June 7, 2007El Paso area alumni and friends are invited to join Dean Larry Sager and members of the faculty for the Law School’s annual El Paso alumni reception. The reception will be held from 5:30 until 7:00 p.m. at the Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Centre in the Alcantar Sky Garden, 125 Pioneer Plaza.
San Antonio Alumni Reception at the State Bar Annual Meeting
June 21, 2007The Law School will honor Gib Walton, ’75, as the incoming president of the State Bar of Texas at its San Antonio alumni reception. All alumni and friends from the San Antonio area, as well as those attending the State Bar’s annual meeting, are invited to join Dean Sager and members of the faculty for this event. The reception will be held from 5:30 until 7:00 p.m. at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, Salon A. The Marriott—site of the annual meeting—is located at 101 Bowie Street.
For more information and to RSVP for these events, please contact Shanan Storm at 512-471-6314 or sstorm@law.utexas.edu.
- Networking Reception in Washington DC
June 12, 2007The Career Services Office and the Law Alumni Association are hosting a reception for all UT Law students interning/clerking in DC this summer, and for all alumni in the greater DC area. The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. in the offices of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. To RSVP, please send an email by Monday, June 4, to texaslawalumnidc@gmail.com and include your name, email address, and graduation year (or 1L, 2L, or 3L, as applicable).
Law School News
- Ron Kirk, ’79, Keynoted 2007 Sunflower Ceremony
On Saturday, May 19, the Law School bid farewell to the Class of 2007. Ron Kirk, former mayor of Dallas, delivered the commencement address.
To hear his charge to our graduates:
http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2007/052107_kirk.html. - Student Honors
- Selina Llaguno, ’07, and Elizabeth Wagoner, ’07, receive
UT Law Faculty Fellowships
Full story:
http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2007/050807_fellowship.html - Parisa Fatehi, ’07, named Outstanding Graduate by UT-Austin
Read more:
http://www.utexas.edu/opa/ic/oncampus/2007/commencement/law.html
- Selina Llaguno, ’07, and Elizabeth Wagoner, ’07, receive
UT Law Faculty Fellowships
- Faculty Honors
- Professor Brian Leiter’s jurisprudential papers have been published
by Oxford
Full story:
http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2007/051707_brianleiter.html - Professors Bernie Black and Henry Hu honored for best corporate and
securities articles in 2006
Read more:
http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2007/051107_Hu.html - Professors Mechele Dickerson, Ronald Mann, and Jay Westbrook participate
in Texas-Harvard joint conference on commercial realities
Full story:
http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2007/052207_comlaw.html
- Professor Brian Leiter’s jurisprudential papers have been published
by Oxford
- Hire UT Law Students
Each summer, the Career Services Office organizes opportunities for our students to interview with employers around the country. If your firm or business is located in the Boston or New York areas and would like to interview law students from UT, there’s still time to register for these two off-campus recruitment programs. For more information, please contact Sandra Valencia in the CSO at svalencia@law.utexas.edu by Friday, June 8.
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