Institute for Transnational Law

04/15/2024

Over the weekend, wind expert, Professor Roderick E. Wetsel, led one of our LL.M. students, Kensuke Oki, on a tour of the Sweetwater Wind Farm, one of the largest wind farms in the world. We are so happy to see our students enjoy what Texas has to offer in the field of energy law and beyond 🤘!

02/14/2024

It was wonderful hosting Professor Dana Brakman Reiser at the law school to speak about her book ‘For-Profit Philanthropy: Elite Power and the Threat of Limited Liability Companies, Donor-Advised Funds, and Strategic Corporate Giving’.

02/13/2024

We were happy to be part of the event and have Prof. Lauren Fielder speak at the event. ITL is looking forward to future endeavors and collaboration with The Promise Armenian Institute.

Newly updated listing National Association for Armenian Studies & Research Համազգային Հայագիտական Միութիւն Upcoming Events Winter 2024 Dear NAASR Members and Friends, We thank you for your continuing

02/02/2024

The RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service and the Institute for Transnational Law invites you to join us on Monday, February 12th at 12pm, for a conversation with Professor Dana Brakman Reiser, author of “For-Profit Philanthropy: Elite Power and the Threat of Limited Liability Companies, Donor-Advised Funds, and Strategic Corporate Giving.”

Register at: bit.ly/shattering-barriers

01/31/2024

Our international students (LLM, JD & exchange) bring a wealth of experience, transnational work and perspectives to our campus. Many of our students are also Fulbright scholars. We are so proud of our International Longhorns!

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01/30/2024

Join us at the Fowler Museum at UCLA on Saturday, February 10 2024 where the Armenian Genocide Art Research Project will be discussed at a conference.

This event is being co-sponsored by the Institute for Transnational Law and will be held in-person and virtually. For event details and to register please visit: bit.ly/AGLA2024

05/12/2023

The GIP Team is ecstatic to welcome Natalie Shields, LLM ‘19 to the team. Natalie will be overseeing recruitment and admissions for the and exchange programs as well as directing programming for . ! back on campus!

03/19/2023

Interested in an degree in the US? Join and 14 other law schools to learn about the application process, the student experience, the bar exam, and more! Registration is free and there are 2 days you can join us depending on your schedule https://www.usllmconference.org/ Institute for Transnational Law The University of Texas School of Law

03/18/2023

The Institute for Transnational Law and the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Business, Law & Policy hosted a distinguished lecture on OPEC within the global energy transition by OPEC General Counsel and The University of Texas School of Law alum Leonardo Sempertegui (Texas Law LL.M. ‘09).

As General Legal Counsel of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) since 2018, Leonardo Sempertegui leads the efforts of the Organization to support their member countries in energy-related policy and legal areas. Given the importance of the energy transition for resource-rich countries, the OPEC Legal Office has focused its work on sharing information, generating knowledge, and providing professional support on this topic to member countries, other countries in the OPEC+ group, and oil-producing countries in general.

03/18/2023

Rhea Dittmann is a PhD student at the University of Konstanz (Germany), who joins the University of Texas Law School as a visiting scholar in 2023. After completing her first state exam in 2020, she became an academic staff member at the chair of Prof. Dr. Astrid Stadler for civil law, civil procedure law, private international law and comparative law, where she also worked as a student assistant during her studies. At the university, her work includes not only research, but also teaching case study courses in civil law. Her research project, which is funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation), focuses on the question of whether the German law of damages and evidence has to be modified for cases of complex mass damages.

03/18/2023

Wind energy expert Roderick E. Wetsel led The University of Texas School of Law students on a tour of the Sweetwater Wind Farm, one of the largest wind farms in the world. As part of the tour, the group visited a local landowner, who showed them the turbines on his ranch. The group also stopped to tour a new solar ranch. They also got to hear from the Economic Director of Sweetwater on the economic impacts of wind development.

03/18/2023

Alumnus Rafael Jerez Moreno (LL.M. ’22, Latin American and international law) was a 2021-2022 MD Anderson Research Fellow and Fulbright scholar from Honduras who specializes in electoral justice, anti-corruption and citizen outreach efforts. In this July 2022 interview with Carly Toepke, assistant director of graduate and international programs at The University of Texas School of Law. Moreno discussed the path he’s forging toward his goal of one day becoming the president of Honduras. Read more: http://links.utexas.edu/cesrfwe