Throughout the months of July and August, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts received by August 1st through August 31, 2026.
Articles
Barbara Lauriat, Name, Image, Likeness and the Great American Pastime, 130 DICK. L. REV. 857 (2026).
Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters
Professor Sutton published 4 articles on her blog Unintended Consequences, including titles such as Peptides Find Their Way to the Public, The Rabies Lab Accident, and The Little Armored One, and International Oil Governance.
Quotations
- Professor Corn is quoted in the following article: From Militarization to Military Enforcement: The U.S. Armed Forces and Immigration Control in Second Trump Administration, 114 KY. L.J. 771 (2025-2026).
- Professor Camp is quoted in the following article: Support Continues to Grow for Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, TARGETED NEWS SERVICE (Aug. 6, 2026).
- Professor Corn is quoted in the following article: A Tragedy in Iran Might Persuade Hegseth to Change Course, THE ATLANTIC (Jul. 31, 2026).
- Professor Corn is quoted in the following article: America’s Failure to Hold President Trump Accountable for the Crimes of January 6; A Story of The Justice Department’s Delay, The Special Counsel’s Bad Choices, and The Supreme Court Misguided Immunity Decision, 87 U. PITT. L. REV. 553 (2026).
Citations
- Professor Bubany’s article Taming the Dragon: An Administrative Law for Prosecutorial Decision Making, was cited in the following article: Ben Cohen, Just Prosecution, 93 TENN. L. REV. 221 (2026).
- Professor Corn’s article The Political Balance of Power over the Military: Rethinking the Relationship Between the Armed Forces, the President, and Congress, was cited in the following article: Daniel Maurer, Defining the Civil-Military Relations Norm in American National Security Law and Practice, 16 J. NAT’L SECURITY L. & POL’Y 335 (2026).
News
- Professor Valastro’s work in progress, Reforming Rollovers, was selected through a competitive process for presentation at the Berkeley–Cornell Work Law Junior Scholars Workshop in September. She also presented Reforming Rollovers at the National Business Law Scholars Conference 2026, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, the AALS Labor Relations and Employment Law Section Summer WIP, and the Washington & Lee Blue Mountain Writing Retreat over the summer.
- On May 8, 2026, Horn Professor Brian Shannon addressed the Texas Association of Counties’ Probate Academy on the topic of “Texas Mental Health Legislation.”
- During May 2026, Horn Professor Brian Shannon was interviewed for several segments of a podcast series Minds on Trial, produced by KACU radio in Abilene and distributed statewide via Texas Standard Radio: https://www.kacu.org/minds-on-trial.
- On Jun. 24, 2026, Professor Hardberger was a guest speaker for the International Association for Water Law’s World Water Law Congress in Norway.
- On July 1, 2026, Horn Professor Brian Shannon spoke in Montreal at the International Academy of Law and Mental Health’s XXXIXth International Congress on Law and Mental Health on the topic, “Reimagining Emergency Psychiatric Intervention Authority.”
- On July 1, 2026, Horn Professor Brian Shannon spoke in Montreal at the International Academy of Law and Mental Health’s XXXIXth International Congress on Law and Mental Health on the topic, “Adding a Lack of Capacity Alternative for Civil Commitment.”
- On July 2, 2026, Horn Professor Brian Shannon spoke in Montreal at the International Academy of Law and Mental Health’s XXXIXth International Congress on Law and Mental Health on the topic, “Statewide Judicial Commissions on Mental Health as a Pathway for Innovation.”
- On July 2, 2026, Horn Professor Brian Shannon spoke in Montreal at the International Academy of Law and Mental Health’s XXXIXth International Congress on Law and Mental Health on the topic, “The Courtroom Curriculum Project: A Multi-Disciplinary Training Model at the Intersection of Law and Mental Health.”
- Horn Professor Brian Shannon was interviewed by KCBD television for a segment that aired on July 9, 2026, entitled, “Lubbock County Leaders Explore Mental Health Diversion Program to Keep Offenders Out of Jail.”
See https://www.kcbd.com/2026/07/10/lubbock-county-leaders-explore-mental-health-diversion-program-keep-offenders-out-jail/ - On July 21, 2026, Professor Rachel Jorgensen co-presented at the American Association of Law Librarians Annual Meeting in Cleveland, OH on the topic “Democracy Demands Disclosure: Legal Barriers to Public Information.”
- On July 28, 2026, Horn Professor Brian Shannon spoke in Fort Worth at the Texas Center for the Judiciary’s Court Professionals Conference on the topic, “Mental Health in Criminal Cases: Key Procedures.”
- On July 30, 2026, Horn Professor Brian Shannon gave the first of five lectures on Texas forensic mental health as part of the inaugural Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program.
- On August 7, 2026, Professor Barbara Lauriat was a guest speaker for the 2026 Intellectual Property Scholar’s Conference (IPSC) at Stanford Law Schol. Her presentation was entitled “Intellectual Property and Political Identity.”
- On August 21, 2026 Horn Professor Brian Shannon provided a legislative update at the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association’s Floyd Jennings Mental Health Symposium in Corpus Christi.