September 2025 Law Faculty Publications & News

Throughout the month of September, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for September 1st to September 30th, 2025.

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 4 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as Nuclear Reactors, We Want You Back, The University and Free Speech, Uranium, and Free Speech and its Prior Restraint. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
2. Prof. Camp published his 360^th and final article on TaxProf Blog, which shut down at the end of September. His last post, Lesson from the Tax Court: Grab That Apple! was published on Sept. 2, 2025.
3. Prof. Corn published 1 article on The Cipher Brief, titled A Dangerous Precedent: What Happens if Military Lawyers Go Silent. Available at https://www.thecipherbrief.com/a-dangerous-precedent-what-happens-when-military-lawyers-go-silent.
4. Prof. Lux published 3 articles on Law School Academic Support Blog on topics including neurodivergence and professional development, and is now a weekly contributing editor for the blog. Available here: https://lawschoolaspblog.com/.

Quotations

1. Prof. Camp was quoted in the following article: Christine Charnosky, Eulogy to a Blog: Paul Caron Ends TaxProf Blog, Law.com (Sept. 8, 2025; 11:49am), available at: https://www.law.com/2025/09/08/eulogy-to-a-blog-paul-caron-ends-taxprof-blog-/?slreturn=20251001120358.
2. Prof. Corn was quoted in the following article: Vera Bergengruen, Michael R. Gordon, & Jose de Cordoba, Did a Boat Strike in Caribbean Exceed Trump’s Authority to Use Military Force?, Wall Street Journal (Sept. 4, 2025; 10:44pm), available at: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/did-a-boat-strike-in-caribbean-exceed-trumps-authority-to-use-military-force-828db8c6?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAgmJ3R7Vyhu4_lnQzV0DA7B4KzW7XxA8uVzPvDm7tMiPSSYp3bzHmx25f6CwUo%3D&gaa_ts=68dd84db&gaa_sig=V4g6jyB61d9BnuPbT3Fv410rU9aW-mIjzbu357R3B3x0o6Za0XP4_iNtcviYqXfNxtJvDuhDtBCV5BZj8bk1Bg%3D%3D.

Citations

1. Prof. Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion is cited in the following article: Joshua J. Shroeder, Courting Oblivion Part III: Enacting a Chelsea Manning Act of Oblivion and Amnesty, 73 Clev. St. L. Rev. 857 (2025).
2. Prof. Beyer’s articles Statutory Fill-In-the-Blank Will Forms, Statutory Fill-in Will Forms – The First Decade: Theoretical Constructs and Empirical Findings, and Statutory Will Methodologies – Incorporated Forms vs. Fill-in Forms: Rivalry or Peaceful Coexistence are cited in Restatement (Third) of Property (Wills & Don. Trans.), (September 2025 Update).
3. Prof. Corn’s article Thinking the Unthinkable: Has the Time Come to Offer Combatant Immunity to Non-State Actors? is cited in the following article: Eric Talbot Jensen & J. Stone Wilson, Common Article 2 and Non-State Reciprocity in the Law of Armed Conflict, 39 Emory Int’l L. Rev. 525 (2025).
4. Prof. Beyer’s articles Non-Fungible Tokens: What Every Estate Planner Needs to Know and Estate Planning in the Digital Age are cited in Georgia Guardianship and Conservatorship (September 2025 Update).
5. Prof. Murphy’s article Abandoning Standing: Trading a Rule of Access for a Rule of Difference is cited in the following article: Nicholas J. Carroll, Heavy Considerations: How the Gravity of an Inconsistent Supreme Court is Too Strong for us to Keep Our Democracy Standing, 49 T. Marshall L. Rev. 1 (2025).
6. Prof. Casto’s article The Tort Liability of Insane Persons for Negligence: A Critique is cited in Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Physical Harm (September 2025 Update).
7. Prof. Murphy’s book Federal Practice and Procedure is cited in the following article: Ryan P. Simoneaux, A New Moon for the “Twilight Zone”: Arguments for Federal Preemption, 27 Loy. Mar. L.J. 144 (2025).
8. Prof. Beyer’s article Transfer on Death Deeds Survey is cited in the following article: Maryann Fremion Thomas, Strope-Robinson v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company: Caselaw Highlights Lack of Insurance Coverage for TOD Beneficiaries, 36 No. 1 Ohio Prob. L.J. NL 2 (2025).
9. Prof. Camp’s article The Impact of SEC v. Jarkesy on Civil Tax Fraud Penalties is cited in the following article: Tracey M. Roberts, The Tax Trench Deepens, 28 Fla. Tax Rev. 577 (2025).

News

1. On September 4, 2025, Prof. Beyer spoke in Fort Worth, Texas to about 140 members of the Tarrant County Probate Bar Association. His topic and accompanying article were entitled Estate Planning Highlights of the 2025 Texas Legislature and Recent Cases.
2. On September 5, 2025, Prof. Beyer was a guest speaker at the Amarillo Area Bar Association’s 2025 Trust & Estates CLE Seminar. His topic was entitled Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner.
3. To an audience of approximately 400 estate planning attorneys and other professionals, Prof. Beyer spoke in San Antonio, Texas on September 10, 2025 at WealthCounsel’s 2025 Symposium. His topic was entitled Navigating Legal Quicksand: Avoiding State Law Traps When Clients Cross Borders.
4. On September 10, 2025, Dean Nowlin presented The State of the Law School: Progress and Priorities at the Lubbock Area Bar Association Luncheon.
5. On September 11, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the leadoff speaker at the 55th Annual Estate Planning Conference sponsored by the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at the Louisiana State University. To an audience of approximately 200 attorneys, Prof. Beyer spoke on Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner.
6. On September 13, 2025, Prof. Beyer was a featured speaker at the 2025 Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in Salt Lake City, Utah. His presentation was entitled Artificial Intelligence in the Trusts & Estates Field.
7. On September 17, 2025, Prof. Keffer spoke at the West Texas Geological Society’s Fall Symposium in Midland. His presentation was titled A Lawyer Talks Ethics.
8. Prof. Corn was interviewed on NewsNation with Nichole Berlie (Sept. 3, 2025), where he discussed the immigration judge shortage and the Department of Defense’s decision to send military lawyers to the Department of Justice.