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

Articles, Books, and More

1. Richard W. Murphy, Ultra Vires Review of Federal Agency Action Made Simple(r), 2025 Utah L. Rev. 1201 (2025).
2. Gerry W. Beyer, Summary of Changes to Estate Planning Law Made by the 2025 Texas Legislature, 63-4 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 43 (2025).
3. Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 63-4 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 4 (2025).
4. Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 63-4 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2025).
5. Jamie J. Baker, Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today’s Academic Library Review, 117 Law Libr. J. 435 (2025).
6. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., Nov/Dec. 2025, at 28.

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 5 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as Halloween and Free Speech, North Korea and its Nuclear Weapons, Foul Farming, The Magnificent Flying Machine – the Bat, and The Lightness of Nuisance. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
2. Prof. Corn authored the article Trump’s Latest Military Campaign Tests the Limits of Presidential War Powers, The Cipher Brief (Nov. 4, 2025), available at: https://thecipherbrief.com/war-powers-caribbean-counternarcotics.
3. Prof. Lux published an article to the Law School Academic Support Blog titled “But I Have Always Gotten Good Grades”: Twice Exceptionality in Law Students?.
4. Prof. Stephens authored the article Detecting AI Misconduct by Opposing Counsel is a Lawyer’s Duty, Bloomberg Tax (Nov. 18, 2025), available at: https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-labor-report/detecting-ai-misconduct-by-opposing-counsel-is-a-lawyers-duty.  

Quotations

1. Prof. Rosen is quoted in the following article: Tim Graham, PolitiFact Carefully Selects ‘Legal Experts’ to Defend Democrats on ‘Illegal Orders’, Newsbusters (Nov. 24, 2025; 4:02pm), available at: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/11/24/politifact-carefully-selects-legal-experts-defend-democrats-illegal
2. Prof. Valastro was interviewed for and quoted in the following article: James Van Bramer, Digital Assets Might Fit Differently in DC Plans Than Other Alternative Assets, Plan Sponsor (Nov. 4,  2025), available at: https://plansponsor.com/digital-assets-might-fit-differently-in-dc-plans-than-other-alternative-assets/.
3. Prof. Corn remains a leading voice on law and national security, with recent commentary featured in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Swedish National Television, the BBC, and more. Much of his current analysis centers on the War Powers Resolution and its application to military action against groups designated as narco-terrorist organizations.

Citations

1. Prof. Beyer’s article Lady Bird and Transfer on Death Deeds is cited in the following article: Alan B. Clements, Funding Revocable Trusts: Law, Strategy, and Execution, 52 Est. Plan. 01 (2025).
2. Prof. Casto’s article The Federal Courts’ Protective Jurisdiction over Torts Committed in Violation of the Law of Nations is cited in the following article: Curtis A. Bradley, 92 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1807 (2025).
3. 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: Sydney Hoffman, Disaster Strikes Again: The Unfair Treatment of Marginalized Communities in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters, 55 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 95 (2025).
4. Prof. Camp’s article The Play’s the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds is cited in the following article: Tamir Shanan, Doron Narotzki, & Lior Zaks, Developing a Novel Conceptual Tax Regulatory Framework for Crypto Tokens, 58 Akron L. Rev. 105 (2025).
5. Prof. Lauriat’s book Improving Intellectual Property: A Global Project is cited in the following article: Peter K. Yu, WIPO Negotiations on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge, 57 Akron L. Rev. 277 (2025).
6. Prof. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” is cited in the following article: David A. Weisbach, An APA for Tax, 2024 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1165 (2025).
7. Prof. Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion is cited in the following article: Joshua J. Schroeder, Pure//Evil Part One: How Evil is Popularized as Truth in the Marketplace of Ideas, 59 UIC L. Rev. 137 (2025).

News

1. On Oct. 11, 2025, Prof. Gonzalez presented his article entitled The WARN Act and Common Law Successor Liability at the Central States Law Schools Association Annual Scholarship conference, hosted by the University of Kansas School of Law in Lawrence, Kansas.
2. Prof. Shannon presented a webinar entitled, “ADR and Mental Health Legislative Update,” for the Lubbock Dispute Resolution Center on Oct. 17, 2025.
3. Prof. Shannon delivered the inaugural talk in the Signature 12 Law School Lecture Series, “Overlapping Fields: A Law Professor’s Service in Intercollegiate Athletics Governance,” on Oct. 29, 2025.
4. Prof. Shannon was a panelist on the National Center for State Courts webinar: “Competency & Restoration Reimagined from Practice to Possibility: Competency Alternatives,” on Nov. 5, 2025.
5. On November 4, 2025, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was in Las Vegas, Nevada where he was invited to speak at a meeting of the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council. His presentation was entitled AI for the Estate Planner.
6. On November 7, 2025, Prof. Beyer spoke at the 2025 Tax & Legal Seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona. To an audience of over 350 estate planning professionals, Prof. Beyer gave two presentations: Estate Planning for Cyber Property – Electronic Communications, Cryptocurrency, Non-Fungible Tokens, and the Metaverse and State Law Pitfalls: Don’t Step in It when Your Client Steps Across State Lines.
7. On November 11, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in Little Rock, Arkansas where he spoke at a meeting of the Estate Planning Council of Arkansas. His presentation was entitled Anticipating Will Contests and How to Avoid Them.
8. On November 13, 2025, the National College of Probate Judges presented Prof. Beyer with the Isabella Award for his years of dedicated work in the probate field at its Fall Conference in Galveston, Texas. See https://www.ncpj.org/awards/isabella-award/.
9. On November 14, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in Galveston, Texas where he served as a speaker at the Fall Conference of the National College of Probate Judges. His presentation was entitled I Drafted the Will, So What’s Next? To Tell or Not to Tell? That Is the Question.
10. On November 21, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in New Orleans where he spoke at Loyola University’s 2025 Estate Planning Conference. His presentation was entitled AI Meets Estate Planning: Leveraging Interactive Technology in Planning.
11. The Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Council of the State Bar of Texas recently appointed Prof. Beyer to the Texas Title Examination Standards Editorial Board.

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, 2025.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer (with James M. Kosakow), Revocable Trusts (5^th ed. 2025)
2. Gerry W. Beyer, Beyer’s Texas Property Code Annotated (2025 ed.)
3. Gerry W. Beyer, Estate Planning Highlights of the 2025 Texas Legislature and Recent Cases, Est. Plan. Dev. for Tex. Prof., at 1 (Sept. 2025).
4. Catherine M. Christopher, Suing a Dao: Articulations of Legal Personhood and Service of Process in Recent Litigation, 21 N.Y.U. J.L. & Bus. 669 (2025).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 4 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as The War on Diesel, Columbus and his Day, Law of Samhain and Pigs, and Martial Law in an American City – 1929, some of which have been republished on Yahoo News and Native News Online. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
2. Prof. Lux published 2 articles on Law School Academic Support Blog, including titles such as The Strength of Neurodivergence. Available at https://lawschoolaspblog.com/.

Quotations

1. Prof. Valastro was quoted in the following article: Robert Powell, These Trump policies put your retirement at risk. Here’s how to plan for the worst., MarketWatch (Sept. 23, 2025; 11:30am), available at https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-trump-policies-put-your-retirement-at-risk-heres-how-to-plan-for-the-worst-3a12e38b.
2. Prof. Williams was quoted in the following article: Kevin Krause, How Robert Robertson’s ‘shaken baby’ death penalty became like no other in Texas History, Dallas Morning News (Oct. 9, 2025; 6:00am), available at https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2025/10/09/how-robert-robersons-shaken-baby-death-penalty-became-like-no-other-in-texas-history/.
3. Prof. Rosen was quoted in the following article: Noah Davila, Texas universities face free speech debates after Charlie Kirk memorials, protests, The Daily Toreador (Sept. 30, 2025; Updated Oct. 1, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.dailytoreador.com/news/texas-universities-face-free-speech-debates-after-charlie-kirk-memorials-protests/article_aaf0440f-4a72-4acc-be4b-18a2df458417.html.
4. Prof. Corn was quoted in the following article: Sig Christenson, Hegseth says the titles secretary of war and War Department better reflect the military’s mission to fight and win wars. But it’s not his call. Or Trump’s., San Antonio Express News (Oct 11, 2025), available at: https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/hegseth-secretarv-of-defense-war-name-change-trump-21089264.php.
5. Prof. Corn was featured as a guest on Canadian Global News Sunday program (Canada’s 60 minutes) to discuss President Trump’s decisions to use the U.S. military for actions against Venezuelan drug boats and in U.S. cities, available at: https://globalnews.ca/video/11465349/a%C2%ADcloser-look-at-trumps-war-on-dissent-drug-cartels.
6. Prof. Corn was a guest TX Spectrum News to discuss deployment of TX National Guard personnel to Chicago, available at: https://pilot.latakoo.com/asset/21941383?share=43jen24g4kfoz3wyztoqnep5jgk7upjz.
7. Prof. Corn was quoted by David lgnatious in his Washington Post Op-Ed titled, The Chilling Reason the Military is Silent Now, available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/19/hegseth-national-guard-military-lawyer­purge/.
8. Prof. Corn was quoted in the following article: Ellie Cook, How Pete Hegseth ‘s Cull of Military Lawyers Could Hurt US Soldiers, Newsweek (Oct. 7, 2025; 5:00 AM), available at: https://www.newsweek.com/how-pete-hegseths-cull-of-military-lawyers-could-hurt-us-soldiers­l0819597.
9. Prof. Corn was quoted in the following article: Tom Wright-Piersanti, President Trump’s War on Cartels, The New York Times (Oct. 3, 2025), available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/briefing/president-trumps-war-on-cartels.html.
10. Prof. Geoff Corn was quoted in the following article: Ethan Caldwell, Trump Declares War on Drug Cartels: US Military Action Justified, World News Today (Oct. 3, 2025), available at: https://www.world­today-news.com/trump-declares-war-on-drug-cartels-us-military-action-justified/. 
11. Prof. Geoff Corn was quoted in the following article: M Dowling, The US War with “Unlawful Combatants” in the Caribbean, Independent Sentinel (Oct. 2, 2025), available at: https://www.independentsentinel.com/the-us-war-with-unlawful-combatants-in-the-caribbean/.
12. Prof. Geoff Corn was quoted in the following article: Matthew Cullen, Trump Decided the US. is in a War with Drug Cartels, The New York Times (Oct. 2, 2025; 4:41 PM), available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/I 0/02/us/politics/trump-drug-cartels-war.html.

Citations

1. Prof. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” is cited in the following article: Aadhithi Padmanabhan, Abandoning Deportation Adjudication, 77 Stan. L. Rev. 1557 (2025).
2. Prof. Baker’s article The Intersectionality of Law Librarianship & Gender is cited in the following article: Kristen K. Tiscione, Gender Inequality Updates: Recent Surveys of Dean and Law Faculty Positions Reveal Persistent and Significant Occupational Segregation by Gender, 64 Washburn L.J. 419 (2025).
3. Prof. Pawlowic’s article Framework for Analysis of Transfer, Assignment, Negotiation and Transfer by Operation of Law is cited in multiple sections of the Uniform Laws Annotated Uniform Commercial Code (October 2025 Update).
4. Prof. Black’s article Weaponizing AI is cited in the following article: Alice E. Keane, Carlos Ferran, & Robert Garcia, AI and the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act: An Overview, 35 Midwest L.J. 1 (2025).
5. Prof. Beyer’s article Simplification of Inter Vivos Trust Instruments- From Incorporation By Reference to Uniform Custodial Trust Act and Beyond is cited in § 3-715 of Uniform Laws Annotated Uniform Probate Code (October 2025 Update).
6. Prof. Murphy’s article The Last Shall Be First- Flip the Order of the Chevron Two Step is cited in the following article: William D. Araiza, Gun Regulation After Loper Bright: The Statutory Interpretation/Policymaking Continuum, 73 Buff. L. Rev. 711 (2025).
7. Prof. Murphy’s book Federal Practice and Procedure is cited in the following article: Adam N. Steinman, Joinder, Not Jurisdiction: Toward a New Theory of Standing, 60 Wake Forest L. Rev. 743 (2025).
8. Prof. Baker’s article The Intersectionality of Law Librarianship & Gender is cited in the following article: David Whelan, Adjusting the Law Librarian Pipeline, 117 Law Libr. J. 416 (2025).
9. Prof. Corn’s article Congress Needs to Amend the War Crimes act of 1996 is cited in the following article: Dr. Mark Ellis & Yannic Kortgen, Accountability and Justice—The Application of Principle of Universal Jurisdiction to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, 56 Cornell Int’l L.J. 445 (2025).
10. Prof. Murphy’s article Abandon Chevron and Modernize Stare Decisis for the Administrative State is cited in the following article: Daniel T. Deacon, Statutory Liquidation, 77 Admin L. Rev. 503 (2025).
11. Prof. Corn’s article Military Jury Sentencing and Practice is cited in the following article: Jen Jenkins, Indicting a Ham Sandwich and Other Deficiencies: How the Military Justice System Can Help the Civilian Criminal Justice System Shape Up, 55 Stetson L. Rev. 51 (2025).
12. Prof. Beyer’s article Pre-Mortem Probate is cited in multiple sections of Redfearn Wills and Administration in Georgia (November 2025 Update).
13. Prof. Christopher’s article Normalizing Struggle is cited in the following article: Sara J. Berman & Barrett L. Schreiner, Teaching Strategies for Building Belonging and Creating Community in Online and In-Person Legal Education, 57 St. Mary’s L.J. 1 (2025).
14. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Rachel Layne, How Long is Long Enough? Judicial Review of Agency Comment Periods, 93 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1238 (2025).

News

1. Prof. Arrington presented AI in the Clerk’s Office: Opportunities and Risks at the Clerks’ & District Clerks’ Fall Regional Meeting in Levelland, TX on Friday, October 3.
2. Prof. Shannon presented on recent mental health legislation at the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health Summit in Houston on October 8.
3. Prof. Shannon presented on recent mental health legislation to the National Alliance on Mental Illness Central Texas on October 10.
4. On October 11, 2025, Prof. Gonzalez presented his article entitled The WARN Act and Common Law Successor Liability at the Central States Law Schools Association Annual Scholarship Conference hosted by the University of Kansas School of Law in Lawrence, Kansas. 
5. On October 18, 2025, Prof. Beyer was inducted into the Grand Haven (Michigan) High School’s Hall of Fame for his career and academic achievements.
6. On October 29, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the guest speaker for the student chapter of the Animal Legal Defense Fund at University of Texas School of Law. His virtual presentation was entitled Companion Animal Trusts: Providing for Non-Human Family Members.
7. On October 30, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the guest speaker for the Trust & Estate Think Tank (New York). His virtual presentation was entitled The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Trusts & Estates Law.
8. On October 5, 2025, Prof. Corn presented a lecture on how to assess compliance with law in war to a group of scholars preparing for an academic exchange visit to Israel.
9. Prof. Corn was a guest on WBUR Point to Point discussing President Trump’s use of the military, available at: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/10/09/trump-military-political-agenda.

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.

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, 2025.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 63-3 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 4 (2025).
2. Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 63-3 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2025).
3. Geoffrey S. Corn, Proportionality: Can’t Live With It But Can’t Live Without It, 106 Int’l L. Stud. 515 (2025).
4. Catherine Martin Christopher & Kris Franklin, Defining the Discipline: Six Pillars of Academic Success Programming in Law Schools, 73 J. Legal Educ. 795 (2025).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 5 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as Altruism, from Animals to Humans, Making Sense of the Sense of Time, The Righteous Rat, The Loss of Occupations and Identity in a Jobless World, and Artificial Intelligence on Trial. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled The Difference Between Tax Assessments and Tax Liabilities. Available at https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/bryan-camp/.

Quotations

1. Prof. Hardberger was quoted in the following article: Sally Gonzalez Kelly, The population boom in Houston suburbs is straining water systems. Can they keep the taps running?, The Houston Chronicle (Aug 20, 2025; 9:00 am), available at https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housing/article/houston-suburbs-water-population-boom-20807698.php?utm_content=hed&sid=61b7b17d0a5a8e0cfd7de8cd&ss=P&st_rid=null&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_term=mornings&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vbmV3cy9ob3VzdG9uLXRleGFzL2hvdXNpbmcvYXJ0aWNsZS9ob3VzdG9uLXN1YnVyYnMtd2F0ZXItcG9wdWxhdGlvbi1ib29tLTIwODA3Njk4LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc1NTY5NjE4Nzc2Mg%3D%3D&rid=OWQ3NzFkMTAtMjE3MC00NGNiLWEzZDgtNDc3ZDkxMWI3M2I0&sharecount=MA%3D%3D.

Citations

1. Prof. Murphy’s article Separation of Powers and the Horizontal Force of Precedent is cited in the following article: Erin Ryan, The Four Horsemen of the New Separation of Powers: The Environmental Law Implications of West Virginia, Sackett, Loper Bright, And Corner Post, 109 Minn. L. Rev. 2839 (2025).
2. Prof. Beyer’s book West’s Legal Forms 19, Residential Real Estate Transactions is cited in §9 of the Indiana Practice Series: Essential Forms (August 2025 Update).
3. Prof. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” is cited in the following article: Aadhithi Padmanabhan, Abandoning Deportation Adjudication, 77 Stan. L. Rev. 1557 (2025).
4. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Sam Heavenrich, Decanonization, 57 Ariz. St. L.J. 513 (2025).
5. Prof. Camp’s article A History of Tax Regulation Prior to the Administrative Procedure Act is cited in the following article: Gray Proctor, Twelve Angry Taxpayers: Why the Constitution Might Guarantee a Jury Trial for Accuracy and Fraud Penalties in Tax Cases After SEC V. Jarkesy, 99-JUN Fla. B.J. 58 (2025).
6. Prof. Beyer’s article Don’t Byte off More Than You Can Chew: Ethical Considerations for the Estate Planner in the World of Generative Artificial Intelligence is cited in the Recent Developments section of Korean Estate, Tax, and Personal Financial Planning (August 2025 Update).
7. Prof. Murphy’s book Federal Practice and Procedure is cited in the following article: Benjamin Sevart, Electoral College Subversion, The Vice President & The Federal Writ of Mandamus, 17 Tenn. J. L. & Pol’y 6 (2025).
8. Prof. Christopher’s article Normalizing Struggle is cited in the following article: Dawn Young, Visible Learning: Adapting Primary and Secondary Pedagogical Approaches to Legal Education, 73 J. Legal Educ. 817 (2025).
9. Prof. Outenreath’s article Taxation of Series LLCs in Texas: Bigger Isn’t Always Better in the Lone Star State is cited in the following article: Joseph K. Leahy, Series LLCs: Statutory Ambiguities, Potential Litigation, and Proposed Clarifications, 27 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 443 (2025).
10. Prof. Murphy’s article Punitive Damages, Explanatory Verdicts, and the “Hard Look” is cited in §12:3 and §12:4 of the Illinois Civil Jury Instructions Companions Handbook (September 2025 Update).

News

1. On August, 11, 2025, Prof. Williams spoke on a panel of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences Latin American meeting on the “Democratic Crisis in the Americas.”
2. On August 14, 2025, Prof. Shannon was the keynote speaker at the Texas Department of Health & Human Services Commission’s “Summit on Reaching New Heights in Mental Health and Justice Collaboration” (San Marcos); see https://txbhjustice.org/assets/main/the-summit-conference/agenda/the-summit-agenda.pdf?utm_source=SummitConferenceNewsletter_4&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SC25_4_agenda.
3. On August 15, 2025, Prof. Shannon provided a Legislative Update at the Texas Association of Counties Mental Health Conference (Austin).
4. On August 20, 2025, Prof. Shannon presented to the Lubbock Area Bar Association on the implementation of the House v. NCAA settlement and related litigation in a talk entitled A New Season for College Sports & the Law.
5. Prof. Beyer was recently notified that he will be inducted into the Grand Haven High School Hall of Fame in the Career/Academic Achievement category in October 2025.
6. On August 22, 2025, Prof. Beyer was an invited speaker at the Summit 2025 seminar sponsored by the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants in Richardson, Texas. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Estate Case Law Update.
7. On August 26, 2025, Prof. Beyer was an invited speaker a second time at the Summit 2025 seminar sponsored by the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants in San Antonio, Texas. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Estate Case Law Update.
8. On August 27, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the lead-off speaker for the Annual Meeting of the Texas College of Probate Judges in San Antonio TX, attended by approximately 200 probate judges and their clerks. His presentation and article were entitled Case Law Updates: Intestacy, Wills, Probate, & Trusts.
9. On August 29, 2025, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a virtual speaker for the TexasBarCLE’s 43rd Annual Course — Tax Law in the Digital Age. His presentation was entitled Tax Lawyers Confront Artificial Intelligence: Resistance is Futile.
10. On August 22, 2025, Prof. Keffer spoke at the Dallas Bar Association Energy Section’s Annual Review of Energy Law. His presentation was titled Legislative Review of Energy Bills.
11. On August 6, 2025, Prof. Keffer presented Let’s Cancel Oil & Gas… No, Wait! at the New Mexico Landmen’s Association Annual Conference in Alta, New Mexico.

Throughout the month of July, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for July 1st to July 31st, 2025.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Estate Planning Lessons from the Texas Courts, Est. Plan. Dev. for Tex. Prof., June 2025, at 1.
2. Dajiang Nie, Sharing Legal Research Class Recordings with Your Students, 117 Law Libr. J. 288 (2025).
3. William R. Casto, In Praise of Neagle, 15 J. Nat’l Security L. & Pol’y 155 (2025).
4. Victoria Sutton, Native America: Universities as Quasi-Cities, Sovereignty, and the Power to Name, 11 Am. Indian L.J. 1 (2025).
5. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., Jul/Aug. 2025, at 32.

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 5 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as No Disrespecting the Flag, Ebola, with Love, Geoengineering is a Dangerous Game, Who Brought Space Bacteria to Earth? and Altruism, from Animals to Humans. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled The New Regulation on Supervisory Approval of Penalties. Available at https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/bryan-camp/.

Citations

1. Prof. Corn’s book National Security Law: Principles and Policy is cited in the following article: Christopher Muhawe, The (In)visible Immigrant’s Privacy, 9 Geo. L. Tech. Rev. 290 (2025).
2. Prof. Camp’s article Tax Administration as Inquisitorial Process and the Partial Paradigm Shift in the IRS Restructuring Reform Act of 1998 is cited in the following article: Susannah Camic Tahk, The Tax Separation of Powers, 78 Tax Law. 167 (2025).
3. Prof. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” is cited in the following article: Branden Currey, Rationalizing the Administrative Record for Equitable Constitutional Claims, 133 Yale L.J. 2017 (2025).
4. Prof. Murphy’s article The DIY Unitary Executive is cited in the following article: Emily S. Bremer, Presidential Adjudication, 110 Va. L. Rev. 1749 (2025).
5. Prof. Metze’s article Nothing Changes- It All Remains the Same: Modern Capital Punishment (Human Sacrifice by a Different Name) is cited in the following article: John D. Bessler, International Abolitionist Advocacy: The Rise of Global Networks to Advance Human Rights and the Promise of the Worldwide Campaign to Abolish Capital Punishment, 34 Minn. J. Int’l L. 1 (2025).
6. Prof. Beyer’s article Simplification of Inter Vivos Trust Instruments—From Incorporation by Reference to the Uniform Custodial Trust Act and Beyond is cited in §3-715 of the Uniform Probate Code Annotated (July 2025 Update).
7. Prof. Pawlowic’s article Framework for Analysis of Transfer, Assignment, Negotiation, and Transfer by Operation of Law is cited in multiple sections of the Uniform Laws Annotated Uniform Commercial Code (July 2025 Update).
8. Prof. Beyer’s article Don’t Byte Off More Than You Can Chew: Ethical Considerations for the Estate Planner in the World of Generative Artificial Intelligence is cited in the Recent Developments section of Korean Estate, Tax, and Personal Financial Planning (July 2025 Update).
9. Prof. Murphy’s article Punitive Damages, Explanatory Verdict, and the Hard Look is cited in §8:8 of Federal Jury Practice and Instructions (July 2025 Update).
10. Prof. Beyer’s article Sign on the [Electronic] Dotted Line: The Rise of the Electronic Will is cited in the following article: Margaret Isabel Hall, Tina Cockburn, Bridget J. Crawford, Rosie Harding & Kelly Purser, Risks, Benefits, Opportunities, and Electronic Formalities in the Law of Wills: A Comparative Approach, 70 McGill L.J. 139 (2025).
11. Prof. Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion is cited in the following article: Joshua J. Schroeder, Courting Oblivion Part III: Enacting a Chelsea Manning Act of Oblivion and Amnesty, 73 Clev. St. L. Rev. 857 (2025).

News

1. On July 2, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the featured presenter for the InterActive Legal Speaker Series. His virtual presentation entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Estate Planner: Resistance is Futile was viewed live by over 400 attendees and the recording of his presentation will be viewed by hundreds more.
2. On July 16, 2025, Prof. Beyer was a co-leader for the AALS Trusts & Estates Section online discussion forum entitled T&E and the NextGen Bar.
3. Prof. Beyer was recently reappointed as the American Bar Association’s Probate and Property Magazine editor for the Keeping Current — Probate column. Prof. Beyer has held this position since 1992.
4. In May of this year, Prof. Valastro presented a work in progress, Defined Contribution Plans as Contracts, at the 2025 University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law Developing Ideas Conference. Also in May, she presented another project at the 12th Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science Conference. The resulting paper, Regulating Retirement Savings Roulette: A Framework for Evaluating Prudence of Cryptocurrency Investments in 401(k)s, was accepted for publication in 63 San Diego Law Review, Vol. 1 (2026).