2024 UT System Legal Conference Agenda

UT System 24th Annual Legal Conference

MCLE Credit:
*NOTE: 11.25 (including 3.25 of ethics) CLE Credits approved by MCLE committee of the State Bar of Texas.

Note: The MCLE Course No. has been distributed to all attendees.
The CLE hours for this conference are SELF-REPORTED to the State Bar.

All times shown are Central Daylight Saving Time.

 

Thursday, September 26, 2024

8:00 - 8:45 am  Breakfast 
8:50 - 9:00 am 

Session 1 - Welcome 
Daniel H. Sharphorn, Vice Chancellor & General Counsel, UT System   (Glass Oaks)

9:00 - 9:45 am 
(0.75 CLE credit*)

Session 2 - Governance in Higher Education: The Role of The University of Texas System Board of Regents  (Glass Oaks)
9:45 -10:45 am 
(1.00 CLE credit*)
Session 3 - Texas Supreme Court Update  (Glass Oaks)
10:45 -11:00 am Break
11:00 -11:45 am 
(0.75 CLE credit*)

Session 4 - Rules Update: An Overview of Proposed and Recently Amended Rules for Texas State Courts   (Glass Oaks)
Kennon L. Wooten, Partner, Scott Douglas McConnico, L.L.P., Austin TX

11:45 am -1:00 pm Lunch 
1:00 - 2:00 pm 
(1.00 ethics CLE credit*)

Session 5 - Balancing the Scales: Preventing Attorney Fatigue by Optimizing Wellness   (Glass Oaks)
Christopher Mugica, Partner, Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Austin TX

2:00 - 3:00 pm
(1.0 ethics CLE
credit*
)
Session 6 - De-Escalation for Lawyers: Ethical Responses to Stressful Situations   (Glass Oaks)
Laura Barbour, Associate General Counsel, OGC General Law, UT System
Kenneth Baptiste, Senior Police Inspector, ODOP, UT System

3:00 - 3:15 pm 

Break
3:00 - 4:15 pm 
(1.00 CLE credit*)
Session 7A - College Athletics' Uncharted Waters in 2024: Advising University Athletic Departments When the Guidance is Sparse and the Stakes are High   (Glass Oaks)

3:00 - 4:15 pm 
(1.00 CLE credit*)

Session 7B - The Healthcare Digital Transformation is Accelerating: Adapting Your Gameplan for Readiness   (Nueces)

4:30 - 5:00 pm 
(.50 CLE credit*)


 

Session 8 - UT System Legal Feud Era: Academic v. Medical Institutions (Employment Law, Immunity, and More)  (Glass Oaks)
5:15pm

Happy Hour & Dinner at Eddie V's Prime Seafood
9400 B Arboretum Boulevard, Austin 78759.

Have a wonderful evening.

8:00 -  8:45 am 

Breakfast 
9:00 - 9:45 am 
(0.75 ethics CLE
credit*
)

Session 9 - "Lawyers Behaving Badly" True but Outrageous Stories from the Podcast   (Glass Oaks)
Jennifer Judge, Podcast Co-Host, Chief Legal Officer, Destination Pet, LLC, Dallas TX
Karen Delaney, Podcast Co-Host, Delaney Legal PLLC, Minneapolis MN

9:45 -10:45 am 
(1.00 CLE credit*)
Session 10 - A New Era of Employment Risk: University Athletes as Employees and Expanded Adverse Employment Actions under Muldrow v. City of St. Louis(U.S. Supreme Court 2024)   (Glass Oaks)
10:45 -11:00 am

Break

11:00 -11:45 am 
(0.75 CLE credit*)

Session 11 - What to Expect When You Are Expecting . . . A Faculty Termination? (Glass Oaks) 
Ana Vieira Ayala, Associate General Counsel, OGC General Law, UT System
Sean Flammer, Associate General Counsel, OGC General Law, UT System
Karen E. Adams, Chief Legal Officer, UTRGV
Shelby Boseman, Chief Legal Officer, UTA

11:45am-1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 1:45 pm
(0.75 CLE credit*)

Session 12 - Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right   (Glass Oaks)
David Rabban, Professor, Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law, UT Law

1:45 - 2:45 pm
(1.00 CLE credit*)

Session 13 - More Effectively Protecting the University Research Environment (Glass Oaks)
Trey Atchley, J.D., Chief Inquiry Officer and Chief Research Security Officer, UT System
Tobin R. Boenig, J.D., Associate Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, UTMB
Paul Moore, Senior Fellow, Prague Security Studies Institute on Economic and Financial Statecraft Program & Former Chief Investigative Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education

2:45 - 3:00pm

Break

3:00 - 4:00pm

(0.50 CLE credit;
0.50 ethics CLE
credit*)
Session 14 - Employee Representation and Liability: Troubleshooting Conflicts and Understanding Who Pays, How Much, and Who Decides   (Glass Oaks)
Kimberly Gdula, Chief, General Litigation Division, Texas Attorney General's Office
Chelsea Fullwood, Assistant Attorney General, Tort Litigation Division, Texas Attorney General's Office