April 14, 2026

11:50 am - 12:50 pm, Central Time

ACS Central Texas: A Conversation with Phil Brest on Progressive Lawyering

The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX

Join the University of Texas ACS Student Chapter and the Central Texas Lawyer Chapter for a Conversation with Phil Brest, the current President of ACS. Phil has served as White House Senior Counsel and Chief Counsel for Nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he led the Senate's confirmation of Justice Jackson to SCOTUS. He will join us to discuss his career path across the legislative and executive branches, as well as in private practice, where he spent several years specializing in white collar criminal investigations.