March 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

Meet Professor Lucas A. “Scot” Powe, renowned constitutional scholar and U.S. Supreme Court historian at http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2008/022908_faculty_focus_scot_powe.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. Find details for these events at http://utdirect.utexas.edu/localn/cal.WBX?search_audience=A, or contact Teri Raeke at traeke@law.utexas.edu.

March 5th	Orange County Alumni Luncheon LA Alumni Reception
March 6th	San Francisco Alumni Reception
April 3rd	Dallas Alumni Reception

Come Home!

April 12th

Reunion 2008 at the Law School Visit the Reunion 2008 website at: http://www.utexas.edu/law/depts/alumni/reunion/ 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.

Progressive Week at UT Law

March 2-5

Student groups at the Law School have joined together to present a series of progressive law-related events.  Learn more: http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2008/022908_progressive_week.html

Student Journal Symposia

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.

March 3	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" Symposium website:  http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/tjclcr/symposia/2008.html
March 27-28	Texas International Law Journal & the United States Department of State "Transport Law for the 21st Century: The New UNCITRAL Convention"  Symposium website: http://tilj.org/symposium
March 27-28	The Review of Litigation “Terror on Trial: Civil Litigation in the War on Terror” Symposium website: http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/trol/sym/events.html

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