Events Calendar

Texas Law Fellowships' biggest fundraiser!

Make a donation to TLF online or in the atrium from March 30-April 3 to support Texas Law students doing unpaid legal work in the public interest this summer.

Stop by the atrium to see the impressive summer work Texas Law students have committed to and to see the swag your donation can get you!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/30/20278/

TIPLJ is currently seeking applicants for the 2015 Summer Staff positions. This is a great opportunity for students to get involved with the journal early and to gain editing experience before Fall OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/30/20344/

On Monday, January 26th, Jones Day and the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2015 Townes Hall Morning Coffee for all students every Monday morning. Please bring your favorite travel mug from home (we are “going green,” so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start off your week on behalf of Jones Day and the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large station located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.139, etc.) beginning at 8:45 am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/30/20072/

Come learn about Equal Justice Works’ public interest programs and initiatives. Equal Justice Works' Director, Isaac Bowers, will discuss both summer and postgraduate opportunities with Equal Justice Works and options for relieving educational debt after you graduate.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Friday, March 27, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Topics to be discussed include: Equal Justice Works’ postgraduate fellowship programs (AmeriCorps Fellowships and Equal Justice Works fellowships): how they work; why, how and when to apply; what works; and more. The expansion of the SummerCorps program - AmeriCorps JD. Students can work either over the summer or during the semester and earn an educational award while getting valuable public interest experience and do direct legal services. The annual EJW Conference and Career Fair, which provides a great opportunity to network with fellow students and employers from across the country, as well as obtain a job. The new Student Engagement program and how it is connecting public interest law students across the country. The possibility that Congress may cap Public Service Loan Forgiveness and what is being done to oppose it. How you may become a member of the EJW National Advisory Committee.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/30/20045/

Supreme Ct. Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/30/20130/

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

Globalization Seminar Mondays refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/30/20094/

Texas Law Fellowships' biggest fundraiser!

Make a donation to TLF online or in the atrium from March 30-April 3 to support Texas Law students doing unpaid legal work in the public interest this summer.

Stop by the atrium to see the impressive summer work Texas Law students have committed to and to see the swag your donation can get you!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/31/20328/

TIPLJ is currently seeking applicants for the 2015 Summer Staff positions. This is a great opportunity for students to get involved with the journal early and to gain editing experience before Fall OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/31/20348/

Focus groups conducted by the College of Communications.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/31/20308/

Come out and purchase your tickets for the event Thursday. Save $1 dollar by buying in advance!

$5 cash for a ticket, on sale in Atrium

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/31/20357/

Pizza and drinks will be available to students who log their pro bono hours at the table, or who have already logged their hours.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/31/20222/

Upperclass students will discuss their summer clerkship experiences, answer questions, and give advice on how to succeed. Panelist include Cameron Byrd, 3L, AZA Law (Houston); Shelisa Brock, 3L, Jackson Walker L.L.P. (Dallas); Silvia Piñón, 3L, Jones Day (Dallas); and Stephen Ort, 3L, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (New York). Moderated by Amanda Moon, 2L and president of the Action Committee for Career Services. Lunch will be sponsored by King and Spalding.

Please RSVP by Monday, March 30, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/31/20279/

The Christian Legal Society is hosting a talk with Justice Jeff Boyd of the Texas Supreme Court. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/31/20332/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays at noon in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday at noon in TNH 2.124. This is a four week series, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/31/20246/

The Access to Justice Internship Program is now accepting applications funding internships during summer 2015 for students working in nonprofit civil legal aid organizations. The deadline for submission is March 31, 2015. This year, we have expanded the guidelines to include applications for interns working in both rural AND urban offices.

Information about the program, guidelines and the application can be found on the Texas Access to Justice Commission website.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/03/31/20320/

Texas Law Fellowships' biggest fundraiser!

Make a donation to TLF online or in the atrium from March 30-April 3 to support Texas Law students doing unpaid legal work in the public interest this summer.

Stop by the atrium to see the impressive summer work Texas Law students have committed to and to see the swag your donation can get you!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/01/20329/

TIPLJ is currently seeking applicants for the 2015 Summer Staff positions. This is a great opportunity for students to get involved with the journal early and to gain editing experience before Fall OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/01/20349/

Come out and purchase your tickets for the event Thursday. Save $1 dollar by buying in advance!

$5 cash for a ticket, on sale in Atrium

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/01/20358/

Weekly luncheon for TexasLaw faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/01/19633/

Pizza and drinks will be available to students who log their pro bono hours at the table, or who have already logged their hours.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/01/20223/

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

Globalization Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/01/20115/

Texas Law Fellowships' biggest fundraiser!

Make a donation to TLF online or in the atrium from March 30-April 3 to support Texas Law students doing unpaid legal work in the public interest this summer.

Stop by the atrium to see the impressive summer work Texas Law students have committed to and to see the swag your donation can get you!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20330/

TIPLJ is currently seeking applicants for the 2015 Summer Staff positions. This is a great opportunity for students to get involved with the journal early and to gain editing experience before Fall OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20350/

For 3Ls seeking permanent employment, come learn about Texas Law's three-month postgraduate internship and 12-month postgraduate fellowship programs, the Long Career Launch Program (LCLP) and Texas Law Public Service Fellowship Program (PSFP) respectively. Strategies will be discussed on how to maximize the benefit of these postgraduate programs. You will also obtain practical advice on how to make your job search more efficient and productive. Coffee and pastries will be served.

RSVP by Wednesday, April 1, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/19904/

The Texas Journal of Women, Gender, and the Law is proud to present its 2015 Symposium, "In the Limelight: Changing Legal and Ethical Implications of Publicizing Domestic Violence". This Symposium will examine the increasing public backlash and subsequent legal and non-legal consequences of publicizing accusations, charges, and convictions of domestic violence, focusing on several recent high-profile situations. The Symposium will consist of our first speaker at 10.30am, our Keynote Speaker, Rita Smith, at 11.45am, and our afternoon panel at 1pm. Lunch will be provided during the Keynote. Registration and coffee will start at 9.45am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20336/

Focus groups conducted by the College of Communications.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20309/

Come out and purchase your tickets for the event Thursday. Save $1 dollar by buying in advance!

$5 cash for a ticket, on sale in Atrium

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20359/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/19921/

Pizza and drinks will be available to students who log their pro bono hours at the table, or who have already logged their hours.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20224/

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

Join ACS for a lunch talk in honor of the 110th anniversary of Lochner v. New York. Speaker TBA.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20337/

Are you a 1L interested in federal government work? Are you a 2L thinking of applying for Federal Honors Programs? Are you a 3L planning to apply for Federal Honors Programs after your judicial clerkship? Come meet our panel of 3Ls and recent grads who will tell you about their experiences with these prestigious postgraduate programs.

Panelists include Della Sentilles, '12, U.S. Department of Justice Honors Attorney; Kayna Stavast-Piper, former U.S. Department of Justice Honors Attorney and current Assistant Attorney General, Texas Office of the Attorney General; Daniel Bradley, 3L, 2015 Federal Trade Commission Honors Attorney; and CC Huang, 3L, 2015 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Honors Attorney.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, April 1, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/19900/

For 3Ls seeking permanent employment, come learn about Texas Law's three-month postgraduate internship and 12-month postgraduate fellowship programs, the Long Career Launch Program (LCLP) and Texas Law Public Service Fellowship Program (PSFP) respectively. Strategies will be discussed on how to maximize the benefit of these postgraduate programs. You will also obtain practical advice on how to make your job search more efficient and productive. Lunch will be served.

RSVP by Wednesday, April 1, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/19906/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays at noon in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday at noon in TNH 2.124. This is a four week series, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20250/

Judge Pitman will discuss his recent appointment as Federal District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20338/

1L sign-up is on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9:00 p.m. on TUESDAY, MARCH 10, on Symplicity. Space is limited to the first 75 1Ls! Learn the finer points of business dining and protocol over a three-course seated dinner presented by Mary Crane (www.marycrane.com). Guests will receive a copy of her latest book, 100 Things You Need to Know: Business Etiquette: For Students and New Professionals. The dinner and book giveaway are generously sponsored by Locke Lord LLP, who will be hosting a cocktail reception for registered attendees prior to dinner from 6:15-7:00 p.m. All guests should be seated for dinner by 7:00 p.m. Dress is business casual.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20257/

Please join us to learn more about BCG at our Connection Event. Representatives from The Boston Consulting Group will be on campus to meet with Advanced Degree Candidates (PhDs, JDs, MDs, and Post Docs) to discuss full-time opportunities as well as our summer workshop opportunity called Bridge to BCG. Advanced Degree Candidates who are interested in full-time employment with BCG starting in 2015 or 2016 are encouraged to attend. We hope to see you there!

Please register for this event by visiting: https://talent.bcg.com/Events?folderId=10003621&source=Event

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20325/

This Thursday, April 2nd, come to Youth Court's Trivia Night at the Gibson Room inside of Maggie Mae's! Professor Bob Bone is the emcee, and there will be plenty of prizes and fun questions to answer. Bring a group to help support Youth Court's continuing efforts to keep kids engaged in the classroom and out of the school-to-prison pipeline. Tickets are $5 and will be sold in the Susman Godfrey Atrium from 9am-2pm on Monday through Thursday. The event is from 8-10pm. Come on out with us, have fun, show off your knowledge or lack of, and support a good cause!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/02/20347/

Texas Law Fellowships' biggest fundraiser!

Make a donation to TLF online or in the atrium from March 30-April 3 to support Texas Law students doing unpaid legal work in the public interest this summer.

Stop by the atrium to see the impressive summer work Texas Law students have committed to and to see the swag your donation can get you!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/03/20331/

TIPLJ is currently seeking applicants for the 2015 Summer Staff positions. This is a great opportunity for students to get involved with the journal early and to gain editing experience before Fall OCI.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/03/20351/

On Monday, January 26th, Jones Day and the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2015 Townes Hall Morning Coffee for all students every Monday morning. Please bring your favorite travel mug from home (we are “going green,” so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start off your week on behalf of Jones Day and the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large station located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.139, etc.) beginning at 8:45 am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/06/20073/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/06/19995/

Supreme Ct. Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/06/20131/

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

Globalization Seminar Mondays refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/06/20095/

Focus groups conducted by the College of Communications.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20310/

Texas Law Review hosts the Spring 2015 Write-On Information Meeting.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20366/

Learn about some of the more popular project-based fellowships obtained by Texas Law graduates. You’ll learn about the application process and strategies for putting together a competitive fellowship application. Panelists include Meredith Parekh ‘11, Staff Attorney with Disability Rights Texas and former Skadden Foundation fellow; Tovah Pentelovitch, 3L and 2015 Equal Justice Works Fellow with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid; and Sofia Meissner, 3L and 2015 UT Law Justice Corps Fellow with Human Rights First. Moderated by Nicole Simmons, Director of Public Service Programs, Career Services Office.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, April 6, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/19899/

Joseph B. C. Fitzsimmons, partner, Uhl, Fitzsimons, Jewett & Burton, PLLC, will give a KBH Energy Center Distinguished Lecture from 12-1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Mr. Fitzsimons a natural resources, oil and gas and water law attorney and third-generation South Texas rancher. From 2001-2007, Mr. Fitzsimons was on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. For his KBH Energy Center Distinguished Lecture, Mr. Fitzsimons will give an overview of some of the key issues that landowners and oil and gas companies deal with in Texas and the challenges that accompany the presence of endangered species on the land, as well as other environmental concerns. He will also speak about his practice and his experience as chair of TPWD.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20005/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays at noon in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday at noon in TNH 2.124. This is a four week series, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20247/

ALSA General Meeting

Contact number (281)777-9488

Account number 1960008451 (for cleaning)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20101/

ALSA General Meeting

Contact number (281)777-9488

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20103/

ALSA General Meeting

Contact number (281)777-9488

Account number 1960008451 (for cleaning)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/07/20106/

Planning meeting for IN15

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/20377/

Weekly luncheon for TexasLaw faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/19634/

Interested in a career with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)? Come learn from CIA recruiters about the CIA hiring initiatives as they relate to law students.

Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Tuesday, April 7, on Symplicity by selecting the 'Events' tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/20370/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/20167/

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

Globalization Seminar refreshments

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/08/20116/

Are you considering opportunities in government service or public interest law? The UT Law Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), administered by the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, provides financial assistance to graduates with educational debt who enter qualifying public service. The UT Law LRAP, coupled with the new federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Income Based Repayment programs, will significantly help graduates in public service repay their educational debt.

Eden Harrington, Director of the Justice Center, will present basic information about Texas Law LRAP and answer questions about it. Thursday, April 9, 2015, 8:39-9:30 am, Sheffield-Massey Room, breakfast provided

For more information about the event, contact Rachel Sidopulos, Justice Center Administrator, rsidopulos@law.utexas.edu

For more information about UT LRAP, see http://www.utexas.edu/law/centers/publicinterest/lrap/

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/19981/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/19922/

Learn what steps to take with money when you graduate. The session will cover how to get out of debt, start investing, prepare for financial emergencies, and make big purchases like buying a car or home. You’ll get an overview of how retirement plans, mortgages, and student loan repayment works.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20262/

Lunch with students in my corporate governance class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20384/

1Ls: Come learn about judicial clerkships - what they are, why you should clerk, and what you need to be doing now to best position yourself to apply during your 2L year. If you are at all interested in a judicial clerkship, you should definitely come to this program. Panelists include Justice Jane Bland, Texas First Court of Appeals; Judge Robert Pitman, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; and Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Moderated by Lisa Hobbs, ’00, former General Counsel, Supreme Court of Texas.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/19035/

3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays at noon in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday at noon in TNH 2.124. This is a four week series, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20251/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20379/

Professor Jinks will be holding a make up session for his International Criminal Law class (12 students). Pizza and drinks will be served.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20346/

The role of money in the American political process has grown dramatically in recent years. Its pernicious effects can be felt in the issues raised and policies passed at the local, state and federal levels. Join us in welcoming Demos Counsel and Senior Advisor Adam Lioz to Austin for a discussion during happy hour on issues relating to money and politics.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/09/20355/

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

Since 2010, the Texas Environmental Law Journal has provided a forum and speakers for current issues in environmental law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/18955/

Capital Punishment Center Conference

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/19119/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/20371/

The Texas Business Law Society and Norton Rose Fulbright are pleased to present the Second Annual Mergers & Acquisitions School for UT Law students. This two day program will provide participants with a thorough understanding and analysis of the M&A process and agreements.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/19028/

2L interscholastic mock trial team workshop

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/10/20198/

Capital Punishment Center Conference

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/11/19120/

The Texas Business Law Society and Norton Rose Fulbright are pleased to present the Second Annual Mergers & Acquisitions School for UT Law students. This two day program will provide participants with a thorough understanding and analysis of the M&A process and agreements.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2015/04/11/19029/