January 2008

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.

Faculty Focus

Professor Ernest Smith, renowned energy law scholar, will teach the nation’s first-ever Wind Law course this spring. Learn more: http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2007/12212007_smith.html

Save the Dates: Upcoming Events in Spring 2008

UT Law on the Road

Join Dean Larry Sager and members of the law faculty at alumni receptions around the country. Formal invitations will be mailed to alumni in these areas, and RSVP’s are requested. You can check online for details as the dates draw closer at http://utdirect.utexas.edu/localn/cal.WBX?search_audience=A, or contact Maria Allen at mallen@law.utexas.edu.

January 17th	McAllen Alumni Luncheon at Casa de Palmas Brownsville Alumni Reception at Rodriguez, Colvin, Chaney & Saenz
March 5th	Orange County Alumni Luncheon LA Alumni Reception
March 6th	San Francisco Alumni Reception
March 20th	Tex Lezar Memorial Lecture in Dallas
March 25th	New York Prospective Student Reception
March 26th	Washington DC Prospective Student Reception
April 3rd	Dallas Alumni Reception
April 12th	Reunion 2008 at the Law School NOTE: Special Reunion Alumni Panel Discussion: *My Life Outside the Law* Join us for a panel discussion of UT law grads happily living outside the law. Our panelists, John Massey, ’66, Chairman of the Lehman Private Equity Funds Group in Dallas, Regina Rogoff, ’73, Executive Director of People’s Community Clinic in Austin, Kathryn Holt Richardson, ’95, owner of HR Legal Search in Austin, and Lowell Feldman, ’96, a successful entrepreneur and an adjunct professor at the Law School, will discuss the importance and value of their law degrees in their professions outside the practice of law.
April 16th	Houston Alumni Reception
May 15th	Austin Alumni Reception

Student Journal Symposia

This listing is current as of January 1, 2008. Go online for registration and other information, as well as updates on other student-organized symposia at http://www.utexas.edu/law/publications/symposia/index.html.

January 24-25, 2008

Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law & The Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section of the Texas State Bar

The Law School’s newest journal will continue its successful run of annual discussion topics with the following: “Investment in Domestic Projects” and “International Issues”
February 1-2, 2008

Texas Law Review

“Harnessing the Power of Information for the Next Generation of Environmental Law”
February 8, 2008

Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal & The Intellectual Property Law Section of the Texas State Bar

“The Ninth Annual IP Law Symposium: Bridging the Gap to Future Innovations”
March 3-7, 2008

Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights & The Individual Rights & Responsibilities Section of the Texas State Bar

“The Roberts Court and the Future of the Fourth Amendment”
March 27-28, 2008

Texas International Law Journal & The United States Department of State

“Transport Law for the 21st Century: The New UNCITRAL Convention”

We wish you a happy and prosperous new year!

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