October 2024 Law Faculty Publications & News

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

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer & James M. Kosakow, Revocable Trusts (5^th ed. 2024-2025 update).

Quotations

1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Marc Levy, Pennsylvania Republican in key swing-state Senate race backs using military to fight fentanyl, Associated Press (Oct. 2, 2024; 9:00pm), available at: https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-senate-mccormick-casey-fentanyl-military-trump-mexico-cartel-5bb7129c955756010eecc81cfcf1c8fd.
2. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Marina Zhang, The Debate Around Fluoride is Changing: What it Means for Your Drinking Water, Epoch Health (Oct. 4, 2024), available at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/the-debate-around-fluoride-is-changing-what-it-means-for-your-drinking-water-5735673?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&src_src=partner&src_cmp=ZeroHedge.
3. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Lindsey Carnett, Meteorologists say severe drought is over in San Antonio. Local experts beg to differ., San Antonio Report (Oct. 9, 2024), available at: https://sanantonioreport.org/meteorologists-say-severe-drought-is-over-in-san-antonio-local-experts-beg-to-differ/.
4. Prof. Williams is quoted in the following article: Terri Langford, As Robert Roberson’s execution neared, Gov. Greg Abbott stuck to silence, The Texas Tribune, (Oct. 19, 2024; 3:00p,), available at: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/19/greg-abbott-robert-roberson-death-penalty/.
5. Prof Hardberger is interviewed in the following article: Lucy Greenberg, Texas Tech Law Professor Advocates for a Different Approach to Water, Texas Tech Now, (Oct. 24, 2024), available at: https://www.ttu.edu/now/posts/2024/10/texas-tech-law-professor-advocates-for-a-different-approach-to-water.php.

Citations

1. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Mila Sohoni, The Past and Future of Universal Vacatur, 133 Yale L.J. 2304 (2024).
2. 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 (October 2024 Update).
3. Prof. Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion is cited in the following article: Joshua J. Schroeder,“Improve your Privileges While They Stay”: A Guide to Improve the Privileges of U.S. Citizenship for Everybody, 39 Touro L. Rev. 657 (2024).
4. Prof. Soonpaa’s article Using Composition Theory and Scholarship to Teach Legal Writing More Effectively is cited in the following article: Carolyn V. Williams, Bracing for Impact: Revising Legal Writing Assessments Ahead of the Collision of Generative AI and the NextGen Bar Exam, 28 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 1 (2024).
5. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Erin Lee, Surviving the Rule of Reason: An Antitrust Analysis of Employment Noncompetes, 93 Fordham L. Rev. 225 (2024).
6. Prof. Corn’s article Imputed Liability for Supervising Prosecutors: Applying Military Doctrine of Command Responsibility to Reduce Prosecutorial Misconduct is cited in the following article: Caitlin Glass, Kat M. Albrecht, & Perry Moriearty, Prosecutorial Data Transparency and Data Justice, 119 Nw. U. L. Rev. 193 (2024).
7. Prof. Pawlowic’s article Letters of Credit: A Framework for Analysis of Transfer, Assignment, Negotiation and Transfer by Operation of Law is cited in the annotations of §5-102, 5-106, 5-111, and 5-116 of Uniform Laws Annotated Uniform Commercial Code (October 2024 Update).
8. Prof. Beyer’s article Enhancing Self-determination Through Guardian Self-Declaration is cited in the annotations of §2-205116 of Uniform Probate Code (October 2024 Update).
9. Prof. Baker’s article 2018: A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor is cited in the following article: Jennifer Elisa Chapman, Teaching Critical Use of Legal Research Technology, 28 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 123 (2024).
10. Prof. Baker’s article 2018: A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor is cited in the following article: Dr. Alvin Hoi-Chung Hung, Analyzing the Primary and Attendant Risks of Gai-Based Natural Language Processing Models in Legal Research, 39 Syracuse J. Sci. & Tech. L. 15 (2024).
11. Prof. Christipher’s article The Bridging Model: Exploring the Roles of Trust and Enforcement in Banking, Bitcoin, and the Blockchain is cited in the following article: Ellion Malin, Toke(n)s: The Juncture of Cryptocurrency and Cannabis In A Blooming Ecosystem–Their Joint Utilization As Best Buds To Blunt Legal And Societal Stresses, 39 Syracuse J. Sci. & Tech. L. 73 (2024).
12. Prof. Christopher’s article Eye of the Beholder: How Perception Management Can Counter Stereotype Threat Among Struggling Law Students is cited in the following article: Chelsea M. Baldwin, Bad Therapy: Conceptualizing the Teaching Of “Thinking Like A Lawyer” As Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 55 St. Mary’s L.J. 917 (2024).
13. Prof. Christopher’s article Mobile Banking: The Answer for the Unbanked in America? is cited in the following article: Tiffany Penner, Consumer Financial Inaccessibility, 2024 U. Ill L. Rev. 1227 (2024).

News

1. Prof. Shannon was appointed by the Dean of the Texas Tech School of Medicine as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.
2. Prof. Shannon’s most recent publication, the 7th edition of his guidebook, Texas Criminal Procedure and the Offender with Mental Illness: An Analysis and Guide, is being published in October. The book was supported by a grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to NAMI-Texas. An online version was released in late September, and links are available at: https://namitexas.org/resources/family-member-arrested/texas-criminal-procedure-and-the-offender-with-mental-illness/.
3. The 1A FAR Board of Directors named Prof. Shannon to fill a vacancy on the NCAA Division I governing Council. The slot is designated for a faculty athletics representative. Shannon previously served on the NCAA DI Council from 2015-19.
4. In his role as Chair of the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health (JCMH) Legislative Drafting Committee, Prof. Shannon presented the JCMH’s 2025 legislative proposals to the Texas Judicial Council; all were approved for submission to the legislature for consideration in the upcoming session.
5. On September 18, 2024, Prof. Stephens was a speaker at the Far West Texas County Judges & Commissioners Association Annual Conference in Terlingua, TX. The focus of his presentation were the recently refined rules around magistration (in light of S.B. 6), writs of habeas corpus, and how to handle discovery disputes.
6. On October 16, 2024, Prof. Beyer was the invited speaker for the October meeting of the South Plains Trust & Estate Council in Lubbock. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Confidentiality Breach or Note: Revealing Information About a Client’s Testamentary Documents Post-Mortem.
7. On October 19, 2024, Prof. Beyer was an invited speaker at the 72^nd Annual Montana Tax Institute in Missoula, Montana. The topic of both his presentation and accompany article was Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner. Approximately 150 attorneys and other estate planning professionals attended in-person and about another 100 via Zoom.