MCLE Credit:
*Note: CLE credits are still pending approval by MCLE committee of the State Bar of Texas.
The CLE hours for this conference are SELF-REPORTED to the State Bar.
All times shown are Central Daylight Saving Time.
Thursday, September 11, 2025
| 8:00 - 8:45 am | Breakfast |
8:50 - 9:00 am | Session 1 - Welcome (Capital Ballroom) Daniel H. Sharphorn, Vice Chancellor & General Counsel, UT System |
| 9:00 - 9:45 am (.75 CLE credit*) | Session 2 - Texas Legislative Update (Capital Ballroom) Julia Rathgeber, J.D., Vice Chancellor, Office of Governmental Relations, UT System |
9:45 -10:45 am (1.00 CLE credit*) | Session 3 - An Inside Perspective on the Fifth Circuit(Capital Ballroom) The Honorable Gregg J. Costa, Former Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Partner, Gibson Dunn, Houston TX |
| 10:45 -11:00 am | Break |
11:00 -11:45 am (0.75 CLE credit*) | Session 4 - Is The U.S. Constitution Broken? (Capital Ballroom) Richard Albert, Professor, Hines H. Baker and Thelma Kelley Baker Chair in Law, UT School of Law |
| 11:45am-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm (1.00 CLE credit*) | Session 5 - Truth, Trust, and the Public Eye: Navigating Credibility and Reputation in High Stakes Matters (Capital Ballroom) Camille M. Vasquez, Partner, Business Trial Practice Group, Sheppard, Mullin, L.L.P., Orange County CA |
| 2:00 - 2:45 pm (.75 CLE credit*) | Session 6 - Campus Law Enforcement: What the Police Want Lawyers to Know (Capital Ballroom) Lars Hagen, Assistant General Counsel, OGC General Law, UT System Mike Parks, Executive Director, Office of the Director of Police, UT System Kim Lemaux, Chief University Police, UT Arlington; Presiding Officer & Commissioner, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Charles Dunn, Senior Inspector & Police Legal Liaison, The University of Texas Police at Houston |
| 2:45 - 3:15 pm | Networking Break |
| 3:15 - 4:15 pm (1.00 CLE credit*) | Session 7A - Finding or No Finding? Title IX Scenarios and Best Practices (Capital Ballroom) Sean Flammer, Associate General Counsel, OGC General Law, UT System Krista Anderson, Systemwide Title IX Coordinator, UT System |
| 3:15 - 4:15 pm (1.00 CLE credit*) | Session 7B - Navigating the Updated Medicare 60-Day Replacement Rule (Assembly Room) Adam Robison, Partner, King & Spalding, Houston TX Michelle Huntsman, Senior Associate, King & Spalding, Houston TX |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm (.50 CLE credit*) | Session 8 - The UT System Pyramid: OGC v. Health v. Academic (Capital Ballroom) Host: Lee Roy Calderon, Assistant General Counsel, OGC General Law, UT System Health Institutions Contestants: Academic Institutions Contestants: |
| 5:15pm | Happy Hour & Dinner at BOA Steakhouse Have a wonderful evening. |
Friday, September 12, 2025
| 8:00 - 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:45 am (0.75 CLE credit*) | Session 9 - The New State of Higher Education in Texas (Capital Ballroom) Moderator: David Lein, Associate Vice Chancellor & Deputy General Counsel, UT System John M. Zerwas, M.D., Chancellor, The University of Texas System Glenn Hegar, Chancellor, Texas A&M University System |
| 9:45 -10:30 am (.75 CLE credit, .25 ethics credit*) | Session 10 - Practice Points: Proactively Protecting Privilege (Capital Ballroom) Jennifer Burnett, Associate General Counsel, OGC General Law, UT System Christina Alvarado, Senior Counsel, UT Southwestern Kristi Godden, Associate General Counsel, UT System Bob Bonner-Davis, Chief Public Information Coordinator, UT Austin |
| 10:30 -10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 -11:45 am (1.00 CLE credit, .25 ethics credit*) | Session 11 - A Day in the Life of a Ransomware Attack (Capital Ballroom) Lynn Sessions, Partner, BakerHostetler, Houston TX |
| 11:45am-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:45 pm (0.75 ethics credit*) | Session 12 - Why Good Lawyers Do Bad Things (Capital Ballroom) Jonathan E. Smaby, Former Executive Director, Texas Center for Legal Ethics, current Faculty, Austin TX Robert Prentice, J.D., Ed and Molly Smith Centennial Professorship in Business Law, UT McCombs School of Business, Austin TX |
| 1:45 - 2:30 pm (.75 CLE credit, .25 ethics credit*) | Session 13 - Two Jennies on Data Privacy (Capital Ballroom) Jennie Kennedy, Associate Systemwide Compliance Officer and Privacy and Data Protection Officer, UT System Jennie Hoelscher, Privacy Officer and Assistant General Counsel, Texas Department of Information Resources |
| 2:30 - 2:40pm | Break |
| 2:40 - 3:15pm (0.50 CLE credit*) | Session 14 - From Suite to Moots: Gatehouse (FERPA) and Taking Your Case to the Texas Supreme Court (Capital Ballroom) Cynthia Tynan, Associate General Counsel, OGC General Law, UT System Kyle Highful, Former Assistant Solicitor General, current Staff Attorney, Texas Supreme Court Lisa Bennett, Associate Vice President for Legal Affairs, UT Austin |
| 3:15 - 4:00pm (.75 CLE credit*) | Session 15 - Immigration Under Trump 2.0 (Capital Ballroom) Jessica Witte, Associate General Counsel, OGC General Law, UT System David A.M. Ware, Of Counsel, Ware | Immigration, Metairie LA |
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