Author: bndmorris

Publications

• Prof. Dajiang Nie, Advancing Student Learning Experience: Peer Assessment in Advanced Legal Research Classes, 114 Law Libr. J. 369 (2023).

• Prof. Brandon Beck, Judge Higginson and the Role of the Solicitor General in United States v. Quiroz, Duke Ctr. for Firearms Law: Second Thoughts Blog (Feb. 22, 2023).

• Prof. Victoria Sutton, Sovereignty, Federalism, and Native Nations: Tribal Nations in the Public Health Emergency, Harvard L. Bill of Health Blog (2023). The End of Public Health? Archives | Bill of Health (harvard.edu)

• Brandon E. Beck, The Federal War on Guns: A Story in Four-and-a-Half Acts, 26 U. Pa. J. Const. L. ___ (forthcoming 2023).

• Prof. Victoria Sutton, Appellate Courts: Stop Accepting an “Absurd” First Amendment Analysis for Native Nations’ Sacred Site Destruction., 23 The J. of App. Prac. and Proc. 193, (2023).

Citations

• Prof. Brie D. Sherwin’s article Chocolate, Coca-Cola, and Fracturing Fluid: A Story of Unfettered Secrecy, Toxicology, and the Resulting Public Health Implications of Natural Gas Development was cited in the following article: Trevor Gruwell, Promoting Industry Transparency in the Field of Hydraulic Fracturing to Facilitate Equitable Balancing of Economic Interests and Public Health, 10 LSU J. Energy L. Resources 119 (2022).

• Prof. Victoria Sutton’s article The Electoral College—Now, More Than Ever was cited in the following article: Paul Boudreaux, No More January Sixths: A Constitutional Proposal to Take Politics Out of Presidential Election Mechanics, 24 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1029 (2022).

• Prof. Wendy Ross’ article The Terrible Toll of Covid-19 on People with Intellectual Disabilities was cited in the following article: Arlene S. Kanter, Remote Work and the Future of Disability Accommodation, 107 Cornell L. Rev. 1927 (2022).

• Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article The DIY Executive was cited in the following article: Tristan Radtke, Disclosure Requirements for Influencer Marketing in the U.S. and Germany, 12 NYU J. Intell. Prop. & Ent. L. 141 (2022).

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s memorandum was cited in the following article: Vincent R. Johnson, The First Woman Dean of a Texas Law School: Barbara Bader Aldave at St. Mary’s University, 54 St. Mary’s L.J. 153 (2022).

• Prof. Dustin B. Benham’s article Foundational and Contemporary Court Confidentiality was cited in the following article: Gustavo Ribeiro, [Marked Confidential]: Negative Externalities of Discovery Secrecy, 100 Denv. L. Rev. 171 (2022).

• Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article Eight Things Americans Can’t Figure Out About Controlling Administrative Power was cited in the following article: Emily S. Bremer, The Undemocratic Roots of Agency Rulemaking, 108 Cornell L. Rev. 69 (2022).

• Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article Abandon Chevron and Modernize Stare Decisis for the Administrative State was cited in the following article: Emily S. Bremer, Blame (or Thank) the Administrative Procedure Act for Florida East Coast Railway, 97 Chi. Kent L. Rev. 79 (2022).

• Prof. Bryan T. Camp’s article The Failure of the Adversarial Process in the Administrative State was cited in the following article: Leslie Book, Collection Due Process at Twenty-Five: A Still Important and Needed Check on IRS Collection Power, 20 Pitt. Tax Rev. 145 (2022).

Notes

• The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel recently released Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s video podcast entitled Managing Guns in Your Estate available at https://www.actec.org/estate-planning/managing-guns-estate-firearms/.

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s interview with the co-hosts of Digital Planning Podcast was reproduced in the March/April 2023 issue of Probate & Property, an official publication of the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law Section.

• The Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act: An Interview with Suzanne Brown Walsh and Professor Gerry W. Beyer, PROB. & PROP., Mar./Apr. 2023, at 56.

• What is the Goal of Legal Writing?, 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, Nevada, Feb. 25, 2023 (25 min.)

• Prof. Amy Hardberger was accepted into a summer fellowship program at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), which is a research institute dedicated to achieving positive environmental and water outcomes through markets.

In March 2023, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

1.  William D. Araiza, Rebuilding Expertise:  Creating Effective and Trustworthy Regulation in an Age of Doubt (2022).

BANKING AND FINANCE

2. Karen S. Lovitch, Samantha P. Kingsbury, and Rachel E. Yount, What is…the anti-kickback statute? (2022).

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

3. Kimberly A. Houser, Legal Guide to Social Media:  Rights and Risks for Businesses and Entrepreneurs (2013).

4. ABA Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, International Mergers and Acquisitions Due Diligence (2022).

CIVIL LAW

5. Brooke Coleman, Suzette Malveaux, Portia Pedro, and Elizabeth Porter, eds., A Guide to Civil Procedure:  Integrating Critical Legal Perspectives (2022).

COMMERCIAL LAW

6. April F. Condon and Rodney J. Dillman, The Lease Manual:  A Practical Guide to Negotiating Office, Retail, and Industrial Leases (2022).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

7. H. Jefferson Powell, The Practice of American Constitutional Law (2022).

CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW

8. Aaron Perzanowski, The Right to Repair:  Reclaiming the Things We Own (2022).

9. Cecil C. Kuhne III, Lemon Law:  Cars in the Courtroom (2022).

COURTS

10. M.H. Hoeflich and Stephen Sheppard, Lucy and the Judge:  Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (2022).

11. Dahlia Lithwick, Lady Justice:  Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America (2022).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

12. Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman, A Century of Repression:  The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press (2022).

13. P.H.P.H.M.C. van Kempen and M.J.M. Krabbe, eds., Mental Health and Criminal Justice:  International and Domestic Perspectives on Defendants and Detainees with Mental Illness (2021).

14. Tim Bakken, The Plea of Innocence:  Restoring Truth to the American Justice System (2022).

15. Deanna M. Adams, Advancing Equity at the Intersection of Race, Mental Illness, and Criminal Justice Involvement (2023).

16. Alexandra Natapoff, Snitching:  Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice (2022).

17. Andrew R. Klein and Jessica L. Klein, Death Before Sentencing:  Ending Rampant Suicide, Overdoses, Brutality, and Malpractice in America’s Jails (2022).

18. Michael L. Perlin and Kelly Frailing, eds., Justice Outsourced:  The Therapeutic Jurisprudence Implications of Judicial Decision-Making by Nonjudicial Officers (2022).

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

19. Mustafa Oguz Tuna, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Energy Industries (2022).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

20. Forrest S. Mosten, Elizabeth Potter Scully, and Lara Traum, Effectively Representing Clients in Family Mediation (2023).

EDUCATION LAW

21. Jim Walsh and Sarah Orman, The Educator’s Guide to Texas School Law (2022).

22. Sherry Boschert, 37 words:  Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination (2022).

ELECTIONS AND VOTING

23. Moon Duchin and Olivia Walch, eds., Political Geometry:  Rethinking Redistricting in the US with Math, Law, and Everything in Between (2022).

ENERGY AND UTILITIES LAW

24. Catherine Banet, et. al., eds., Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure, and Natural Resources Law:  Examining Legal Pathways for Sustainability in Times of Disruption (2022).

ESTATES AND TRUSTS

25. Thomas W. Mitchell and Erica Levine Powers, eds., Heirs’ Property and the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act:  Challenges, Solutions, and Historic Reform (2022).

FIRST AMENDMENT

26. Ed Yellin and Jean Fagan Yellin, In Contempt:  Defending Free Speech, Defeating HUAC (2022).

27. Sonja Grover, The Democratic Rule of Law on Trial:  First Amendment Cases of the Trump Era (2022).

28. Len Niehoff and E. Thomas Sullivan, Free Speech:  From Core Values to Current Debates (2022).

JUVENILES

29. Stuti S. Kokkalera, In Defense of Juveniles Sentenced to Life:  Legal Representation and Juvenile Criminal Justice (2022).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

30. Andrzej Malec, Introduction to the Semantics of Law (2022).

31. Jan Cigliano Hartman, compiler & ed., The Lawyer Says:  Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom (2021).

LEGAL EDUCATION

32. William Powers Jr., ed. John Deigh, Sharpening the Legal Mind:  How to Think Like a Lawyer (2023).

33. Victoria Heyworth-Dunne, ed., Banned Books (2022).

LEGAL PROFESSION

34. Jason Mendelson and Alex Paul, How to be a Lawyer:  The Path from Law School to Success (2022).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

35. Cindy L. Otis, True or False:  A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Spotting Fake News (2020).

36. Joel Fishman, United States Post Office:  A Legal Research Guide (2022).

37. Didi Herman and Connal Parsley, eds., Interdisciplinarities:  Research Process, Method, and the Body of Law (2022).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

38. Mary Ziegler, Reproduction and the Constitution in the United States (2022).

39. Barbara A. Reich, Intimations of Mortality:  Medical Decision-Making at the End of Life (2022).

40. Marilyn E. Phelan, Kimberly P. Mayfield and Ryan P. Phelan, Hospital and Physician Law (2022).

41. Dayna Bowen Matthew, Just Health:  Treating Structural Racism to Heal America (2022).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

42. Jessica Bednarz, Catherine Sanders Reach and Juda Strawczynski, eds., Design Your Law Practice:  Using Design Thinking to Get Next Level Results (2023).

43. Suzana Sawyer, The Small Matter of Suing Chevron (2022).

44. Jona Goldschmidt, Self-Representation:  Law, Ethics, and Policy (2022).

45. Nicole Hallett, Becoming a Public Interest Lawyer (2022).

46. William S. Duffey, Jr., The Significant Lawyer:  The Pursuit of Purpose and Professionalism (2022).

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

47. Jennifer G. Rodgers and Evan A. Davis, eds., Ethical Standards in the Public Sector:  A Guide for Government Lawyers, Clients, and Public Officials (2022).

PROPERTY–PERSONAL AND REAL

48. Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod and Elena Maria Marty-Nelson, eds., Feminist Judgments:  Rewritten Property Opinions (2022).

49. Lawrence Uchill, Anatomy of Mortgage Loan Documents:  Understanding and Negotiating Key Commercial Real Estate Loan Documents (2022).

RELIGION

50. John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols and Richard W. Garnett, Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment (2022).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

51. Damian M. Bielicki, ed., Regulating Artificial Intelligence in Industry (2022).

52. Maurice E. Stucke, Breaking Away:  How to Regain Control Over Our Data, Privacy, and Autonomy (2022).

53. Amy Gajda, Seek and Hide:  The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy (2022).

54. Mark Findlay, et.al., eds., Regulatory Insights on Artificial Intelligence:  Research for Policy (2022).

55. Charles Kerrigan, ed., Artificial Intelligence:  Law and Regulation (2022).

56. Rosario Girasa and Gino J. Scalabrini, Regulation of Innovative Technologies:  Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing (2022).

57. Scott J. Shackelford, Frederick Douzet, and Christopher Ankersen, eds., Cyber Peace:  Charting a Path Toward a Sustainable, Stable, and Secure Cyberspace (2022).

58. Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog, Breached!:  Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It (2022).

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

59. Daniel Kiel, The Transition:  Interpreting Justice from Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas (2023).

TAX POLICY

60. Sarah Lora, Robert G. Nassau, and Sam Rock, Tax Issues for Immigrants:  A Practical Guide to Understanding Tax Law for Immigrant Taxpayers (2022).

TORTS

61. Michael Shahnasarian, The Valuation of Monetary Damages in Injury Cases:  A Damages Expert’s Perspective (2022).

WATER LAW

62. Leo Heller, The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation (2022).

All of these books are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.  Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.

Publications

• Prof. Brian D. Shannon, Ethical Challenges in Texas Criminal Proceedings Involving Defendants with Mental Illness, 55 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1 (2022).

• Prof. Jarod S. Gonzalez, Solving Fair Labor Standards Act Collective Action Law, 58 Tulsa L. Rev. (2022).

• Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn, Between Crime and War: Hybrid Legal Frameworks for Asymmetric Conflict, Oxford University Press (2023).

Citations

• Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article The DIY Unitary Executive was cited in the following article: Aaron L. Nelson & Christopher J. Walker, Congress’s Anti-Removal Power, 76 Vanderbilt L. Rev. 1 (2023).

• Prof. Bryan T. Camp’s article Tax Exceptionalism Lives? was cited in the following publication: Christine Speidel & Patrick W. Thomas, Effectively Representing Client Before New IRS, 8 American Bar Association (2021).

• Prof. Bryan T. Camp’s article The Mysteries of Erroneous Refunds was cited in the following publication: Christine Speidel & Patrick W. Thomas, Effectively Representing Client Before New IRS, 8 American Bar Association (2021).

• Prof. Victoria Sutton’s article Planetary Protection and Regulating Human Health: A Risk that is Not Zero was cited in the following article: Kane Yutaka Tenorio, Don’t Mind the Gap: Practical and Ethical Consequences of Domestic Planetary Protection Regulations, 35 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 1151 (2022).

• Prof. Brian D. Shannon’s article The Time is Right to Revise the Texas Insanity Defense: An Essay was cited in the following article: Carline Vidal, The Next Step for Social Justice: Amending the Insanity Defense, 26 Quinnipiac Health L.J. 219 (2023).

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article pay to the Order of Whom?—The Case of the Ambiguous Multiple Payee Designation was cited in the following publication: UCC With Illinois Code Comments, Ill. Prac. Series (2023).

• Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” was cited in the following article: Dorothy S. Lund, Asset Managers as Regulators, 171 U. Pa. L. Rev. 77 (2022).

• Prof. Catherine M. Christopher’s article Eye of the Beholder: How Perception Management Can Counter Stereotype Threat Among Struggling Law Students was cited in the following article: Christopher J. Ryan, Jr., The Secret Sauce: Examining Law Schools that Overperform on the Bar Exam, 75 Fla. L. Rev. 65 (2023).

• Prof. John Watts’ article To Tell the Truth: A Qui Tam Action for Perjury in a Civil Proceeding is Necessary to Protect the Integrity of the Judicial System was cited in the following article: Nat Stern, Rethinking Absolute Immunity from Defamation Suits in Private Quasi-Judicial Proceedings, 21 U.N.H. L. Rev. 117 (2022).

Quotations

• Prof. DeLeith Gossett was quoted in the following article: Eve Brank, Editor’s Note, 58 Court Rev. 1 (2022).

• Prof. Bryan T. Camp was quoted in the following publication: Steven H. Sholk, A Guide to the Substantiation Rules for Deductible Charitable Contributions, 137 J. Tax’n 3 (2022).

Notes

• On February 1, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a guest speaker at the Judicial Orientation for New County Judges conference in Lubbock, Texas sponsored by the Texas Association of Counties. His presentation was entitled Probate Overview.

• On February 6, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was an invited speaker at a virtual meeting of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Estate and Probate Section. His presentation to approximately 200 Connecticut attorneys focused on the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act. Prof. Beyer was appointed by the Uniform Law Commission as the Reporter for this Act.

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s interview on Prof. Tiffany Lashmet’s Ag Law in the Field podcast series entitled Celebrity Estate Planning is now available by following this link: https://sites.libsyn.com/97343/episode-147-gerry-beyer-celebrity-estate-planning.

• On February 6, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was an invited speaker at a virtual meeting of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Estate and Probate Section. His presentation to approximately 200 Connecticut attorneys focused on the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act. Prof. Beyer was appointed by the Uniform Law Commission as the Reporter for this Act.

• In February 2023, the Texas Tech Law Review published Horn Distinguished Professor Brian Shannon’s article, Ethical Challenges in Texas Criminal Proceedings Involving Defendants with Mental Illness, 55 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1-32 (2022) (actual publication in Feb. 2023). The article is an expansion on Shannon’s presentation at the April 2022 Texas Tech Law Review Mental Health Law Symposium.

• On February 1, 2023, Horn Distinguished Professor Brian Shannon presented an overview of Texas Mental Health Proceedings at the Texas Association of Counties’ Judicial Orientation for New County Judges in Lubbock (during a sleet storm).

• Prof. DeLeith Gossett was named as a 2023 Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Award winner.

• On February 17, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was the featured speaker at the virtual February meeting of the Estate Planning Council of Central New Jersey. His presentation focused on estate planning for cyber property such as electronic communications, cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens, and Metaverse assets.

• Prof. Amy Hardberger spoke at The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice 2023 Annual Symposium

• Prof. Amy Hardberger spoke at Texas Water Conservation Alliance Annual Conference – https://www.twca.org/annualconvention.

• Prof. Amy Hardberger was recently interviewed by the public TV station in San Antonio discussing land use planning and the expansion of water services within the city. You can view the interview here: https://video.klrn.org/video/feb-16-2023-development-over-recharge-zone-s3jgq1/

• On February 16, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the South Plains Trust and Estate Council in Lubbock, Texas. His presentation was entitled Is There Virtual Life After Death? Dealing with Cryptocurrency, Non-fungible Tokens, Electronic Communications, and the Metaverse in the Context of Estate Planning.

• Prof. Victoria Sutton’s documentary, “Can Archaeology Repair its Past with Indigenous America?” won the Best Documentary, Sigma Xi Honor Society, Art & Film Festival, Nov. 2022.

• Prof. Victoria Sutton won Best Documentary, Austin New Filmmakers Festival, 2023.

• Prof. Victoria Sutton also won Human Rights Award, Quetzalcoatl Indigenous International Film Festival (Mexico) for her documentary.

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a guest on a podcast: Digital Planning Podcast Episode: The Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act

• On February 24, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer presented his paper entitled Case Law Update: Intestacy, Wills, Probate, and Trusts for the 15^th Annual Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal Seminar held at Tech Law.

Publications

• Prof. Victoria Sutton, Lost in Translation: A Translation That Set in Motion the Loss of Native American Spiritual Sites, 7 Indigenous Peoples’ J. L. Culture & Resistance [i] (2022).

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, Probate and Decedents’ Estates (17 & 18 Tex. Prac.) (2022-2023 Supplement).

• Gerry W. Beyer, Administration of Decedents’ Estates and Guardianships (12, 12A, 12B West’s Tex. Forms 4th ed.) (2022-2023 Supplement).

• 9 & 10, Gerry W. Beyer, Texas Practice Series: Texas Law of Wills (2022-2023 ed.). This two-volume treatise, published by Thomson Reuters, provides detailed coverage of intestate succession, wills and their construction, and probate avoidance techniques as well as planning for disability and death.

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., Jan./Feb. 2023, at 32.

• Gerry W. Beyer, 19 & 19A West’s Legal Forms – Residential Real Estate (2022-2023 Supps.).

• Gerry W. Beyer & James M. Kosakow, Revocable Trusts (5^th ed. 2022 Supp.).

• Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn, Military Command, responsibility, and Legitimacy: An Enduring Equation, ABA National Security Law (Jan. 6, 2023). Military Command, Responsibility, and Legitimacy: An Enduring Equation (americanbar.org)

• Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn, Year Ahead- When You Least Expect It…, Articles of War, Lieber Institute West Point (Jan. 11, 2023). Year Ahead – When You Least Expect It… – Lieber Institute West Point

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, Wills & Trusts, 8 SMU ANN. TEX. SURV. 381 (2022).

• Prof. Alyson Outenreath, Behind the Label: Exploration of U.S. Wine Label Laws, 21 Va. Sports & Ent. L.J. 197 (2022).

• Gerry W. Beyer, Danger Ahead! — Will Your New Estate Planning Associate Know Texas Law? 61-1 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 38 (2023).

• Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 61-1 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 4 (2023).

• Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 61-1 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2023).

Citations

• Prof. Catherine M. Christopher’s article Will I Pass the Bar Evam? Predicting Student Success Using LSAT Scores and Law School Performance was cited in the following article: Scott Johns, Putting the Bar Exam on Constitutional Notice: Cut Scores, Race & Ethnicity, and the Public Good, 45 Seattle U. L. Rev. 853 (2022).

• Prof. Walter B. Huffman’s article §9:33 Challenges to Members—Peremptory Challenges was cited in the following article: Captain Nino C. Monea, What’s the Most Defense Friendly Jurisdiction in America? The Military, 49 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 53 (2022).

• Prof. Richard D. Rosen’s article §9:33 Challenges to Members—Peremptory Challenges was cited in the following article: Captain Nino C. Monea, What’s the Most Defense Friendly Jurisdiction in America? The Military, 49 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 53 (2022).

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article State Law Pitfalls: Don’t Step in it When Your Clients Step Across State Lines was cited in the following article: Adam J. Hirsch, When Beneficiaries Predecease: An Empirical Analysis, 72 Emory L.J. 307 (2022).

• Prof. William R. Casto’s article Advising Presidents: Robert Jackson and the Destroyers-for-Bases Deal was cited in the following article: Richard M. Re, Personal Precedent at the Supreme Court, 136 Harv. L. Rev. 824 (2023).

• Prof. Richard Murphy’s article The Evolution of Law and Policy for CIA Targeted Killing was cited in the following article: Stephen Jackson, An Imperfect War: The Legality of the ‘Soleimani Strike’ and why the Biden Administration Should Adopt its Precedent for Future Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, 11 Penn St. J.L. & Int’l Aff. 34 (2022).

• Prof. Catherine M. Christopher’s article Putting Legal Writing on the Tenure Track: One School’s Experience was cited in the following article: Larry Cunningham, Dividing Law School Faculties into Academic Departments: A Potential Solution to the Gendered Doctrinal/Skills Hierarchy in Legal Education, 67 Vill. L. Rev. 679 (2022).

• Prof. Arnold H. Loewy’s article The Fourth Amendment as a Device for Protecting the Innocent was cited in the following article: Luiza M. Leao, A Unified Theory of Knowing Exposure: Reconciling Katz and Carpenter, 97 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1669 (2022).

• Prof. William Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion was cited in the following article: Ronald A. Cass, Interpretation, Remedy, and the Rule of Law: Why Courts Should Have the Courage of Their Constitutional Convictions, 74 Admin. L. Rev. 657 (2022).

• Prof. Catherine M. Christopher’s article Error Correction Mechanisms for Transactional Script Smart Contracts was cited in the following article: Nick Curley, Blockchain Disruption: Digital Assets are Changing how we do Business, 25 SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 265 (2022).

• Prof. Wesley J. Cochran’s article It Takes Two to Tango: Problems with Community Property Ownership of Copyrights and Patents in Texas was cited in the following article: Susan Corbett, To Have and to Hold? Intellectual Property as Relationship Property, 30 N.Z. L. Rev. 169 (2022).

• Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article Politicized Judicial review in Administrative Law: Three Improbable Responses was cited in the following article: Desiree LeClercQ, Judicial Review of Emergency Administration, 72 Am. U. L. Rev. 143 (2022).

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article Estate Planning Ramifications of Obergefell v. Hodges was cited in the following article: Christine Vanderwater, Don’t Risk, Don’t Dwell: How Employers’ Erisa Benefit Plan Offerings, or Lack Thereof, Routinely Fail LGBTQIA+ Employees and Solutions for Employers, 15 Est. Plan. & Comm. Prop. L.J. 175 (2022).

• Prof. Jarod S. Gonzalez’s publication Employment Discrimination: A Context and Practice Casebook was cited in the following article: Christine Vanderwater, Don’t Risk, Don’t Dwell: How Employers’ Erisa Benefit Plan Offerings, or Lack Thereof, Routinely Fail LGBTQIA+ Employees and Solutions for Employers, 15 Est. Plan. & Comm. Prop. L.J. 175 (2022).

• Prof. Arnold H. Loewy’s article Police-Obtained Evidence and the Constitution: Distinguishing Unconstitutionally Obtained Evidence from Unconstitutionally Used Evidence was cited in the following article: Lee Kovarsky, Outcome Sensitivity and the Constitutional Law of Criminal Procedure, 98 Ind. L.J. 429 (2023).

• Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article The DIY Unitary Executive was cited in the following article: Adam Crews, Interagency Litigation Outside Article III, 55 Conn. L. Rev. 319 (2023).

• Prof. Jarod S. Gonzalez’s article At the Intersection of religious Organization Missions and Employment Laws: The Case of Minister Employment Suits was cited in the following article: Aimee Wuthrich, Unacceptable Exceptions: Why the Ministerial Exception does not Encompass Hostile Work Environment Claims, 71 U. Kan. L. Rev. 321 (2022).  

• Prof. Bryan T. Camp’s article Lessons from the Tax Court: The Turbo-Tax Defense was cited in the following article: Douglas C. Michael, The Guardians of the New Internal Revenue Code, 25 Fla. Tax Rev. 695 (2022).

Notes

• On January 5, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was the virtual guest speaker for the Estate Planning Council of Birmingham, Alabama. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Avoiding the Estate Planning “Blue Screen of Death” with Competent and Ethical Practices.

• Nancy Soonpaa presented at two programs at AALS and moderated a third:

Arc of Career, “What is AALS and Why does It Matter for My Career?”; New Law Professors, “Beginnings, Middles, and Endings: Ideas for Your Classes and Your Courses”; New Law Professors, “Beginnings, Middles, and Endings:  Planning Your Classes, Your Courses, and Your Career”

• On January 17, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was the virtual guest speaker for the Knoxville Estate Planning Council. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled State Law Pitfalls: Don’t Step in It When Your Client Steps Across State Lines.

• Prof. Alyson Outenreath continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the Texas Federal Tax Institute.

• The Center for American and International Law recently named Prof. Gerry W. Beyer as the Academic Anchor of its 58th Annual Short Course on Estate Planning. Prof. Beyer replaces Prof. Stanley Johanson of the University of Texas who served in this role for 57 years.

• Prof Sutton, Texas Tech University School of Law, was selected as a national top ten finalist in innovation in law schools in the category of “innovation and pedagogy” for her work in cutting edge research in online legal education.

• From January 25-27, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer served as the invited academic anchor for the 58th Annual Program: Short Course on Estate Planning sponsored by the Center for American and International Law. His four virtual presentations and accompanying articles were entitled: Anticipating Will Contests and How to Avoid Them; Intestate Succession: What Every Texas Estate Planner Needs to Know; Fiduciary Selection; and Estate Planning for Cyber Property: Electronic Communications, Non-Fungible Tokens, Cryptocurrency, and the Metaverse.

1. What tasks do you do for the TTU Law Library?I do a variety of tasks for the Law Library! As of recent, I have been processing books and legal resources for the library’s collection. This includes cataloguing incoming items, as well as withdrawing old and outdated items. Additionally, I assist with the Circulation Desk of the TTU Law Library, which is the direct link between the library staff and students. This has been especially nice, as it has given me an insight into how we enrich the school experience for our fellow law students.

2. What is your favorite thing about working at the TTU Law Library?
I would say the people! The faculty and staff of the TTU Law Library and the Law Program have been the most welcome people to work with and they have been excellent about teaching me about the inner workings of the Law Library.

3. What is one thing about the law library that current and prospective students should know?
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4. What is your favorite place to eat in Lubbock?
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5. What hobbies or activities do you like to do outside the law library?
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