August 2024 Law Faculty Publications & News

Throughout the month of August, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for August 1st to August 31st, 2024.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Purpose Trusts, Est. Plan. Dev. for Tex. Prof., June 2024, at 1.
2. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., July/Aug. 2024, at 22.
3. Catherine M. Christopher, Assessing Experiential Education in Law Schools: Toward A Modern Diploma Privilege, 93 Miss. L.J. 1137 (2024).
4. Richard W. Murphy, 32 Fed. Prac. & Proc. Judicial Review § 8121, 8201, 8233, 8421 (August 2024 Update).

Op-Eds

1. Victoria Sutton, Pink Dolphins, Pink Elephants, and Pink Unicorns, Unintended Consequences (August 4^th, 2024), available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/p/pink-dolphins-pink-elephants-and.

Quotations

1. Prof. Beyer is quoted in the following article: Ashlea Ebeling, Putting Pets in Your Will Is No Longer Just for Eccentric Billionaires, The Wall Street Journal (Aug. 10, 2024; 9:00pm), available at: https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/you-love-your-dog-should-she-be-in-your-will-a2af9b04?st=6altpov8go79i62&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Citations

1. Prof. Watts’ article Tyranny by Proxy: State Action and the Private Use of Deadly Force is cited in the following article: Jacob D. Charles & Darrell A.H. Miller, The New Outlawry, 124 Colum. L. Rev. 1195 (2024).
2. Prof. Camp’s article Taxation of Electronic Gaming is cited in the following article: Young Ran (Christine) Kim, Taxing the Metaverse, 112 Geo. L.J. 787 (2024).
3. Prof. Rosen’s article Funding “Non-Traditional” Military Operations: The Alluring Myth of a Presidential Power of the Purse is cited in the following article: Nadia B. Ahmad, Military Climate Emissions, 24 Nev. L.J. 845 (2024).
4. Prof. Black’s article Where Does Data Live? is cited in the following article: New Sources of Information About the UCC, 58 No. 8 U.C.C. Law Letter NL 5 (August 2024 Update).
5. Prof. Sutton’s article Asynchronous, E-Learning in Legal Education: A Comparative Study is cited in the following article: Edieth Y. Wu, The NextGen Bar: Pressing the ABA Standards for Legal Education and Beyond, 57 Creighton L. Rev. 645 (2024).
6. Prof. Casto’s article The Tort Liability of Insane Persons for Negligence: A Critique is cited in §9 and §11 of Restatement 3^rd of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm (June 2024 Update).
7. Prof. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” is cited in the following article: Andrew Hammond, The D.C. Circuit as a Conseil d’État, 61 Harv. J. on Legis. 81 (2024).
8. Prof. Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society is cited in the following article: Jennifer J. Cook & Denista R. Mavrona Heinrich, AI-Ready Attorneys: Ethical Obligations and Privacy Considerations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, 72 U. Kan. L. Rev. 313 (2024).
9. Prof. Brie Sherwin’s article After the Storm: The Importance of Acknowledging Environmental Justice in Sustainable Development and Disaster Preparedness is cited in the following article: Danielle Stokes, From Redlining to Greenlining, 71 UCLA L. Rev. 628 (2024).
10. Prof. Beyer’s publication West’s Legal Forms: Real Estate Transactions 3d is cited in §9 of the Indiana Practice Series, 5 Ind. Prac., Essential Forms § 9:1, 9.4, 9.6 (August 2024 Update).

News

1. On August 2, 2024, Prof. Beyer was a virtual speaker for the Texas Bar CLE’s program, “Tax Law: Before the Sunset.” The focus of his presentation was artificial intelligence and how to use it in a professional and ethical manner.
2. On August 7, 2024, Prof. Beck gave a CLE presentation to the Lubbock Area Bar Association titled “United States v. Rahimi and the Modern Second Amendment” (30 min.)
3. On July 30, 2024, Prof. Beck was interviewed on the “Second Amendment” episode of the Defend(her) Podcast, available at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-5-second-amendment-with-prof-brandon-beck/id1746438094?i=1000663844119
4. On August 9, 2024, Prof. Beyer was a featured speaker at the 12^th Annual Hawaii ACTEC Fellows Planning Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. Prof. Beyer’s presentations and accompanying articles were entitled Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner and Estate Planning for Cyber Property.
5. On August 15, 2024, Prof. Humphrey co-presented at the AALS Faculty Candidates Workshop, which was held virtually.
6. On August 23, 2024, Prof. Beck gave a CLE presentation to the Lea County Bar Association in Hobbs, New Mexico, titled “Appellate Ethics: Ethical Considerations for Appointed Counsel in Criminal Cases” (1 hour).
7. On August 30, 2024, Prof. Beyer was honored to make two presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Texas College of Probate Judges in San Antonio, Texas to an audience of approximately 200 probate judges and their clerks. His presentations were entitled Artificial Intelligence: What Probate Judges and Clerks Need to Know and Recent Cases: Intestacy, Wills, Probate, and Trusts.
8. Prof. Humphrey was appointed to numerous committee chair positions, including Co-chair of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) Scholarship Grants Committee, Advisory Member of the State Bar of Texas Local Bar Services Committee, and Co-chair of the District 16 New Fellows Nominating Committee for the Texas Bar Foundation.