Upcoming Events
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Law-School Admissions Workshop
Ricky Kaplan leading the LEAP Center's first Law-School Workshop. -
Touring Dallas on a Segway
LEAP Center Students Explore the Hisotry of Dallas on a Segway -
Deep South Tour
SHSU Students LEAP Across Five States in a Single Day -
The Play's the Thing
LEAP Center Students are exposed not only to law and politics, but also the fine arts. In summers past, they've visited the Alley, and will do so again for "The Foreigner."
LEAP Center's Upcoming Events - Spring 2021
January 11-21: Civil Rights Tour of the American South
February 3: Jane Harper discusses "The Survivors"
February 13: Sarah Pearce discusses "The Sanatorium"
February 16: (5:00pm) Judge Jed Rakoff, "Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free"
February 23: (6:00-7:00pm) "Biden and the Mexico-US Border," with Alan Bersin (Former Asst Sec of Homeland Security)
February 24: (6:00-7:45pm) Pre-Law Society Meeting (Deadline for dues)
February 25: (5:00-6:00pm) Author Ioan Grillo discusses his new book, "Blood Gun Money"
March 2 (2:00-2:50pm): LEAP LIVE with Veronica Lockett (https://www.facebook.com/SHSULEAP).
March 3 (3:00-5:00pm): Mock Law Class (Professor Val Ricks--preference given to PLS members)
March 4 (5:00-6:00pm): The Rise of AntiSemitism Around the World--ADL's Sharon Nazarian (WAC Event)
March 11: Rothko in Jazz, by the Maris Briezhalns Quintet (6:00-7:00pm, WAC)
March 16: (7:00-8:00pm) Melissa Ginsburg and Ace Atkins (Murder by the Book)
March 18: Portugal's President of the Council of the European Union--Ambassador Domingos Fezas Vital (5:00-6:00pm, WAC)
March 18: Harlan Coben with Michael J. Fox (7:00pm, Murder by the Book)
March 24: Pre-Law Society Meeting
March 24: Walter Isaacson discusses, "The Code Breaker" (WAC)
March 27 (3pm): Heather Ellett discusses "Ain't Nobody Nobody" with Mike Yawn, as part of the "Dallas Literary Festival"
March 31: Dennis Lehane discusses the 20th Anniversary of "Mystic River" with Gillian Flynn
April 1: Applications for LSAT Prep Course due for PLS Members
April 1: Authors Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis discuss their thriller, "2034: A Novel of the Next World War"
April 6: LEAP Live with Dr. Christine Blackburn (4:00pm)
April 6: Author Catharine Arnold discusses her book, "Ship of Death," a non-fiction accounting of the 1918 Flu Pandemic
April 9: Judge Alberto Gonzales
April 10: Mock LSAT (preference given to PLS members)
April 13: Immigration Attorney Ginger Jacobs discusses "Myth Busting Around Immigration and Asylum"
April 13: Author John Sandford discusses his new book "Ocean Prey"
April 16: FB Live: Author Jeff Guinn discusses his career and new book, "The War on the Border"
April 16-18: Austin Intern Trip
April 20: 10th Court of Appeals
April 20: Author (and lawyer) Robert Dugoni discusses his new book, "In her Tracks"
April 21: 10th Court of Appeals Q & A
April 21: Pre-Law Society Meeting (Mock Trial)
April 22: John Boehner (Zoom Presentation via WAC)
April 28: Voir Dire Simulation
May 28-30: Campaign Bootcamp