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1L Survival Guides

Success in law school isn’t all about going to class and reading case after case. The first year is often the most intense and formative period of law school, filled with challenges and opportunities that will shape your entire legal career. It’s a lot to process, and the study methods that worked in undergrad may prove to not be enough anymore. Luckily, we’ve got your back. From strategic study aids to wellness tips, these tools can help you organize and strategize so you can tackle your coursework with confidence and set a strong foundation for the years ahead.

Below is a short list of 1L survival guides and their author-written summaries.

  • Short and Happy Guide to Being a Law Student: A Daily Companion for Law School, Practice, and Life, Paula A. Franzese (2014). Learn how to be your best in and out of class, how to prepare for and succeed on exams, how to put your best foot forward in a job interview, how to find teachers to inspire you, what to do in classes that leave you uninspired, how to cope with stress and how to create value in everything you do in law school.
    Available behind the Circulation Desk, or access the online version here: https://ttu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/18fdj21/01TTU_ALMA21372559410002611

  • Happiness and Peak Performance in Law School: Cutting Edge Science to Promote Emotional Thriving and Cognitive Greatness in Law School and Beyond, Jarrett Green and Rebecca Simon Green (2023). In this book, law students will learn a wide collection of easy-to-apply, science-based tools for drastically improving their emotional well-being, mental strength, and academic success. This book provides a roadmap for thriving mentally, emotionally, and cognitively in law school, in the practice of law, and in life.
    Available through West Academic Study Aids*

  • 1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor’s Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School, Andrew J. McClurg (4th Ed., 2021). Told in an accessible first-person voice, covered topics in this updated and expanded fourth edition include pre-planning, top student fears, the first-year curriculum, the Socratic and case methods of teaching, effective class participation, the top habits of successful students, essential study techniques, legal research and writing, exam strategies, maintaining well-being, online learning, career planning, and much more.
    Available behind the Circulation Desk, or access the online version here: https://ttu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/i7meaf/01TTU_ALMA51257832000002611

  • Weekly Guide to Being a Model Law Student, Alex Ruskell (2015). This book gives law students weekly checklists explaining the skills necessary to successfully navigate their first year of law school. Each chapter provides a checklist of things to do that week, such as briefing cases, going over notes, outlining classes, or doing practice questions. When a new concept is introduced, this book clearly explains the concept and its purpose and provides examples. Instead of merely providing advice, this book lays out a detailed plan for students to follow. It also includes a bank of over 100 short, medium, and long practice questions in six first year subjects.
    Available through West Academic Study Aids*

  • Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law in A Nutshell, Kenney F. Hegland (8th Ed. 2020). You’ll have to know how the common law system works, how to read and brief cases, how to study and take exams, how to write and argue law and how lawsuits are tried. We can do something about style. There’s advice and illustrations. You’ll throw pots, working your first case, making your first argument, briefing cases, taking exams, and writing memos. This is not for the faint-hearted, nor is law school. Think like a lawyer. I won’t be a bore. I’ll tell jokes, some of which are actually funny. I’ll challenge you intellectually. Where does law come from? Should judges follow precedent? What if your client wants to pave Paradise and put in a parking lot? If you love ideas you’ll love this book and you’ll love law school.
    Available behind the Circulation Desk, or access the online version here: https://ttu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/i7meaf/01TTU_ALMA51247089000002611

  • Office Hours on Academic Success, Sara J. Berman (2022). Gain the advantages of office hours with professors on your own schedule! The West Academic Office Hours series is a collection of short audio and video tracks that tackle some of the thorniest questions plaguing law students. The professors answer students’ most frequently asked office hour questions. With clear and easy-to-understand explanations, these professors will help you reach that “lightbulb” moment of comprehension, just as they have with their own students in their own offices.
    Available through West Academic Study Aids*; two-part audio book only.

  • Get A Running Start: Your Comprehensive Guide to The First Year Curriculum, David C. Gray (2016). In short, accessible lessons, Get a Running Start covers all the major concepts taught in each of the courses most commonly offered in the first year of law school: criminal law, torts, civil procedure, constitutional law, property, and contracts. Each of the courses comprising this book is written by a specialist in the field who is a decorated teacher with years of experience in the classroom. In this volume, they have distilled that experience and expertise to produce the tool they wish they had when they first were thinking about and then actually began law school: a clear, concise introduction to the entire first-year curriculum.
    Access the online version here: https://ttu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/18fdj21/01TTU_ALMA51247090050002611
  • For even more resources, check out the 1L Resource Center on Lexis+, (Lexis homepage > Law School Resources > 1L Resource Center), or check out the 1L Resource Center Toolkit on Westlaw (Westlaw homepage > Practical Law > 1L Resources)!

*To access West Academic materials, start on the law library’s homepage, click on the “Resources” tab, and follow the link titled “West Academic Study Aids”. Once redirected, search for the title in the search box and follow instructions to access materials.

July 2024 Law Faculty Publications & News

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, 2024.

Publications

  1. Jack Wade Nowlin, Dean Debbie Bell: Extraordinary Administrator, 93 Miss. L.J. 595 (2024).

Op-Eds

  1. Prof. Sutton, Whales, Native Alaskans, and Environmentalists, Native News Online (July 21, 2024), https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/forwarded-this-email-subscribe-here-for-more-whales-native-alaskans-and-environmentalists.

Quotations

  1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Marley Malenfant, What is a squatter and can you forcefully remove them? A quick guide to Texas law, Austin American-Statesman, (July 18, 2024; 6:03am), available at https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2024/07/18/squatter-rights-texas-law-deadly-force-remove-legally/74443204007/.

Citations

  1. Prof. Black’s article Where Does Data Live? is cited in the following article: Cody Deterding, On the Hook: Venue, Vicinage, and Double Jeopardy’s Relationship with Modern Data Crimes, 89 Mo. L. Rev. 655 (2024).
  2. Prof. Lauriat’s article “Pay No Attention to the Comparable Behind the Curtain!” The Harms of Opacity in Standard Essential Patent Licensing is cited in the following bibliography: Fifty-Fifth Selected Bibliography on Computers, Technology, and the Law, 50 Rutgers Computer & Tech L.J. 411 (2024).
  3. Prof. Camp’s article A History of Tax Regulation Prior to the Administrative Procedure Act is cited in the following article: Susan C. Morse, Old Regs: The Default Six-Year Time Bar for Administrative Procedure Claims, 31 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 191 (2024).
  4. Prof. Camp’s blog post Lesson from the Tax Court: The Role of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights is cited in the following article: Karie Davis-Nozemack & Sarah Webber, No Appeal for You: Reforming Access to Appeals for Tax Whistleblowers, 75 Tax Law. 637 (2024).
  5. Prof. Rosen’s article Deterring Pre-Viability Abortions in Texas Through Private Lawsuits is cited in the following article: Alexander Gouzoules, The Success of Pre-Enforcement Challenges to Antidiscrimination Laws, 55 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 571 (2024).
  6. Prof. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” is cited in the following article: Braden Currey, Rationalizing the Administrative Record for Equitable Constitutional Claims, 133 Yale L.J. 2017 (2024).
  7. Prof. Murphy’s article A “New” Counter-Marbury: Reconciling Skidmore Deference and Agency Interpretive Freedom is cited in § 8119 of West’s Federal Administrative Practice (July 2024 Update).
  8. Prof. Murphy’s article The Last Should be First—Flip the Order of the Chevron Two-Step is cited in the following article: James Ming Chen, Doctrinal Destruction and Chevron’s Extinction Debt, 51 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 61 (2023).

Notes

  1. Prof. McDonald was recently honored with the Texas State Bar Judge Sam Williams Award at the organization’s annual meeting in Dallas. Prof. McDonald, who earned his law degree from Tech in 1993, was recognized for his efforts as the 2022-2023 president of the Lubbock Area Bar Association, according to a state bar news release.
  2. On July 18, 2024, Brandon Beck gave a CLE presentation titled “Federal Criminal Restitution” at the 2024 Annual Federal Criminal Practice Seminar in Dallas, Texas (1 hr.).
  3. On July 19, 2024, Brandon Beck participated in a panel titled “Litigating the Second Amendment in Federal Criminal Cases: A Panel Discussion by the Team that Represented Rahimi” at the 2024 Annual Federal Criminal Practice Seminar in Dallas, Texas (1 hr.).
  4. On July 24, 2024, the chair-elect of the American Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law appointed Prof. Gerry W. Beyer as the editor of the Keeping Current—Probate column of the Section’s official publication, Probate & Property Magazine.

June 2024 Law Faculty Publications & News

Throughout the month of June, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for June 1st to June 30th, 2024.

Publications

  1. Prof. Richard W. Murphy, DEMOCRACY, CHEVRON DEFERENCE, AND MAJOR QUESTIONS ANTI-DEFERENCE, 58 Ga. L. Rev. 987 (2024).

Quotations

  1. Prof. Amy Hardberger was quoted in the following article: Alejandra Martinez & Bernice Garcia, U.S. Supreme Court blocks the state’s Rio Grande water deal with New Mexico, The Texas Tribute (Jun. 21, 2024). U.S Supreme Court rejects Texas-New Mexico water deal | The Texas Tribune

Citations

  1. Prof. Geoffrey S. 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: Lindsay L. Rodman, Doing Away with the Military Deference Doctrine: Applying Lessons from Civil-Military Relations Theory to the Supreme Court, 99 n.d. L. Rev. 327 (2024).
  2. Prof. Richard D. Rosen’s article Civilian Courts and the Military Justice System: Collateral Review of Courts-Martial was cited in the following article: Rinat Kitai-Sangero, Enhancing Fairness and Compassion in Military Disciplinary Proceedings, 7 Cardozo Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 377 (2024).
  3. Prof. Jamie J. Baker’s article Keeping Up with New Legal Titles was cited in the following article: Nic Rossio, Judge Tim Connors, et. al., Restructuring American Law Schools: Peacemaking in First Year Curriculum, 69 Wayne L. Rev. 635 (2024).
  4. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article Max’s Taxes: A Tax-Based Analysis of Pet Trusts was cited in the following article: Laura J. Martin, Pet Trust Taxation, 34 No. 5 Ohio Prob. L.J. NL 10 (2024).
  5. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s publication Cyber Est. Plan. & Admin was cited in the following article: Kylie Riordan, Properly Securing Digital Legacies: A Proposal to Amend the Florida Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act to Enhance Fiduciary Access and Adhere to Traditional Principles of the Florida Probate Code, 53 Seton L. Rev. 741 (2024).
  6. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Approach was cited in the following article: Yang Liu, A Modified Functionalist Theory of the Constitutional Separation of War-Making Powers, 85 Mont. L. Rev. 1 (2024).
  7. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article Cyber Estate Planning and Administration was cited in the following article: Max Angel , Decoding Cryptocurrency Taxes: The Challenges for Estate Planners, 23 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 137 (2024).
  8. Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article The DIY Executive was cited in the following article: Joseph Postell, Does American History Legitimize the Administrative State?, 36 Regent U. L. Rev. 321 (2024).
  9. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article ‘Light Him Up’: Addressing the Dangerous Intersection of Traffic Stops and Consent was cited in the following article: Kenneth Williams, If Black Lives Really Matter, We Must End Traffic Stops!, 30 Wm. & Mary J. Race, Gender & Soc. Just. 309 (2024).
  10. Prof. John L. Watts’ article Fairness and Utility in Products Liability: Balancing Individual Rights and Social Welfare was cited in the following article: Luke Meier, Achieving True Strict Product Liability (But Not For Plaintiffs With Fault), 57 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 301 (2024).
  11. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article Making the Case for Conflict Bifurcation in Afghanistan: Transnational Armed Conflict, Al Qaeda, and the Limits of the Associated Militia Concept was cited in the following article: Joyce C. Choo, Restructuring Hidden International Humanitarian Law Violations Through Digital Forensics: Case Studying Palestine and the Greater Middle East, 27 Gonz. J. Int’l L. 174 (2024).

Notes

  1. On June 6, 2024, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was in Indianapolis, Indiana where he spoke at the Midwest Estate, Tax, & Business Planning Institute sponsored by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum. His presentation was entitled Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Estate Planning.
  2. On June 12, 2024, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was the lead-off speaker for the 48th Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate Course sponsored by TexasBarCLE in Houston. His presentation was entitled Case Law Update and he analyzed recent Texas appellate cases dealing with intestate succession, wills, estate administration, trusts, and other estate planning issues.

May 2024 Law Faculty Publications & News

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

Publications

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Administration of Decedents’ Estates and Guardianships (12, 12A, & 12B West’s Tex. Forms, 2024 Supp.).

2. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., May/June 2024, at 34.

3. Prof. Victoria Sutton, A Day to Remember Centuries of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, NATIVE NEWS ONLINE (May 6, 2024). MMIW Awareness: A Day to Remember Centuries of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women | Opinion (nativenewsonline.net)

4. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn, Fourth Amendment and the Independent Source Doctrine: Enhancing Deterrence of Bad Faith by Omission, 56 TEX. TECH L. REV. 563 (2024).

Quotations

1. Prof. Amy Hardberger was quoted in the following article: Lindsey Carnett, SAWS plans to do away with city-issued citations for water use, billing violators directly, SAN ANTONIO REPORT (May 7, 2024). SAWS to do away with city-issued citations, billing violators directly (sanantonioreport.org).

2. Prof. Amy Hardberger was quoted in the following article: Forrest Wilder, Texas Developers Love Big Thirsty Lawns. That’s a Huge Problem for the State’s Water Supply, TEXASMONTHLY (Apr. 30, 2024). Thanks to Newcomers, Texas Is Losing Ground on Water Conservation (texasmonthly.com)

3. Prof. Amy Hardberger was quoted in the following article: Michael Phillis & Matthew Daly, US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising and utilities need to do more to stop them, AP NEWS (May 20, 2024). EPA warns of increasing cyberattacks on water systems | AP News

4. Prof. Amy Hardberger was quoted in the following publication: Lindsey Carnett, SAWS board Approves new stricter drought rules, SAN ANTONIO REPORT (May 23, 2024). SAWS board approves new stricter drought rules (sanantonioreport.org)

5. Prof. Amy Hardberger was quoted in the following publication: https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/san-antonio-water-system-drought-watering-rules-19470805.php

Citations

1. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article A Military Justice Solution in Search of a Problem: A Response to Vladeck was cited in the following article: John M. Bickers, The Cartoon Physics of the Court-Marital, 126 W. VA. L. REV. 487 (2024).

2. Prof. Bryan T. Camp’s article The Play’s the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds was cited in the following article: Andrew T. Hayashi, Technology, Markets, and the Income Tax Frontier, 96 S. CAL. REV. 1371 (2024).

3. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article Modern Dictionary for the Legal Profession was cited in the following publication: Lye Lin-Heng, 2 COMPARATIVE ENVIRN. LAW & REG. § 59:20 (May 2024).

4. Prof. Eric A. Chiappinelli’s article Red October: Its Origins, Consequences, and the Need to Revive the National Market System was cited in the following publication: Thomas L. Hazen, 1 LAW SEC. REG. § 1:76 (May 2024).

5. Prof. Richard Rosen’s article Liability for “Soft Information”: New Developments and Emerging Trends was cited in the following publication: Thomas L. Hazen, 1 LAW SEC. REG. § 12:68 (May 2024).

6. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article National Security Law and the Constitution was cited in the following article: Tyler R. Smotherman, Greytown, Great Power Politics, and History’s Grey Areas, 14 J. NAT’L SECURITY L. & POL’Y 269 (2024).

7. Prof. Richard D. Rosen’s article Drones and the U.S. Courts was cited in the following article: Austin Tarullo, Shock & Awe: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Erosion of Military Autonomy, B.C. INTELL. PROP. & TECH. F. 1 (2024).

April 2024 Law Faculty Publications & News

Throughout the month of April, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for April 1st to April 30th, 2024.

Publications

1. Prof. Brian D. Shannon, NCAA, Heal Thyself, INSIDE HIGHER ED. (April. 3, 2024). NCAA, heal thyself (opinion) (insidehighered.com)

2. Prof. Amy Hardberger, The Challenges and Opportunities of Beneficially Reusing Produced Water, 34  DUKE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY FORUM  1-48 (2024) Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/delpf/vol34/iss1/1

3. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, Artificial Intelligence Ethics for the Estate Planner, EST. PLAN. DEV. FOR TEX. PROF., Mar. 2024, at 1.

4. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, O.J. Simpson’s brain will not be donated to CTE research: report, WILLS, TRUSTS & ESTATES PROF BLOG (Apr. 13, 2024). Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog (typepad.com)

5. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 62-2 REAL EST., PROB., & TR. L. REP., at 4 (2024).

6. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 62-2 REAL EST., PROB., & TR. L. REP., at 5 (2024).

7. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in an Estate Planning Practice, 62-2 REAL EST., PROB., & TR. L. REP., at 40 (2024).

Citations

1. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article America’s Longest Held Prisoner of War: Lessons Learned from the Capture, Prosecution, and Extradition of General Manuel Noriega was cited in the following article: Collin Mathias, General Manuel Noriega and the Application of the Geneva Conventions in U.S. Courts, 57 U.C. DAVIS L. REV. ONLINE 93 (2024).

2. Prof. William R. Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion was 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).

3. Prof. Stephan T. Black’s article Who Owns Your Data? Was cited in the following article: Nila Bala, Who Owns Children’s Data?, 122 MICH. L. REV. 457 (2023).

4. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article Here’s Who Inherited Anthony Bourdain’s Money When He Died was cited in the following article: Prachi Patel, AI Voice Enters the Copyright Regime: Proposal of a Three-Part Framework, 34 FORDHAM INTELL. PROP. MEDIA & ENT. L.J. 451 (2024).

5. Prof. Jamie J. Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society was cited in the following article: Jennifer J. Cook & Denitsa R. Mavrova Heinrich, AI-Ready Attorneys: Ethical Obligations and Privacy Considerations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, 72 U. KAN. L. REV. 313 (2024).

6. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article Avoid Being a Defendant: Estate Planning Malpractice and Ethical Concerns was cited in the following publication: Robert P. Schuwerk, Lillian B. Hardwick, et. al., Handbook Of Texas Lawyer And Judicial Ethics, 48 TEXAS PRACTICE SERIES SEC. 2:4 (2024).

7. Prof. John L. Watts’ article Differences Without Distinctions: Boyle’s Government Contractor Defense Fails to Recognize the Critical Differences Between Civilian and Military Plaintiffs and Between Military and Non-Military Procurement was cited in the following publication: Dan B. Dobbs, Paul T. Hayden, et al., THE LAW OF TORTS, DOBBS’ LAW OF TORTS SEC. 352 (2024).

8. Prof. Jamie Baker’s article 2018: A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor was cited in the following article: Priya Baskaran, Searching for Justice: Incorporating Critical Legal Reasoning into Clinic Seminar, 30 CLINICAL L. REV. 227 (2024).

9. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article pet trust articles and complied statutes was cited in the following publication: Donald H. Kelley, David A. Ludtke, et. al., Estate Planning for Farmers and Ranchers 1 EST. PLAN. FOR FRAMERS AND RANCHERS (3d ed.) (2024).

10. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article Corn: Military Knows, with Guns, Responsibility Comes First was cited in the following article: Tyler R.

Smotherman, More Rights, More Responsibilities: A Post-Bruen Proposal for Concealed Carry Compromise, 2024 WIS. L. REV. 343 (2024).

11. Prof. Patrick S. Metze’s article Speaking Truth to Power: The Obligation of the Courts to Enforce the Right to Counsel at Trial was cited in the following article: Sriram H. Ramesh, Burden of the Bargain: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims in the Absence of a Plea Offer, 92 FORDHAM L. REV. 2275 (2024).

12. Prof. Bryan T. Camp’s article The Play’s the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds was cited in the following article: Eldar Haber, The Criminal Metaverse, 99 IND. L.J. 843 (2024).

13. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article Avoid Being a Defendant: Estate Planning Malpractice and Ethical Concerns was cited in the following publication: Robert P. Schuwerk, Lillian B. Hardwick, et. al., 48 TEX. PRAC., TEX. LAWYER & JUD. ETHICS SEC. 2:4 (2024 ed).

14. Prof. Jamie J. Baker’s article 2018 A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence and Law: Special Issue “Natural Language Processing for Legal Texts” was cited in the following article: 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 (2023-2024).

15. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s articles Soleimani and the Tactical Execution of Strategic Self-Defense, Losing the Forest for the Trees: Syria, Law, and the Pragmatics of Conflict Recognition, Legal Classification of Military Operations, and Mixing Apples and Hand Grenades: The Logical Limit of Applying Human Rights Norms to Armed Conflict was cited in the following article: Aurel Sari, War Diffused: Warfare Between Metaphor and Reality, 16 U. ST. THOMAS J. L. & PUB. POL’Y 594 (2024).

16. Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s publication Administrative Law and Practice was cited in the following publication: David G. Knibb, FED. CT. APP. MANUAL SEC. 17:17 (7th ed.).

Quotations

1. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn was quoted in the following article: Pablo Mena, School of Law receives funding for Veterans Legal Clinic, U-WIRE, (Apr. 18, 2024).

2. Prof. Amy Hardberger was quoted in the following article related to produced water: Texas Companies Eye Pecos River Watershed for Oilfield Wastewater – Inside Climate News.

Notes

1. Prof. Amy Hardberger was interviewed for a documentary that was accepted into the Dallas International Film Festival and will premiere later this month. Information and trailer can be found here: https://diff2024.eventive.org/films/water-wars-66090a82afb5860049dec65e

2. Prof. Brandon Beck presented the following: The Road Not Taken: Using Robert Frost’s Poem to Introduce Principles of Statutory Interpretation, Lone Star Regional Legal Writing Conference, University of Houston, April 5, 2024 (25 min.).

3. Prof. Bandon Beck presented the following: Telling the Story: Legal Writing for Judges and Staff Attorneys, El Paso Court of Appeals, April 1, 2024 (1 hr.).

4. Prof. Ashley Arrington presented Red Flags Already? Navigating Challenges in the NextGen Bar and Database-Free Legal Research Testing at the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX on April 4.

5. Prof. Ashley Arrington presented The Rombauer Method in Today’s Legal Research Classroom: Is It Still Working? at the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX on April 5.

6. On April 12, 2024, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer traveled to Allen, Texas where he was the luncheon speaker for the Probate Section of the Collin County Bar Association. His topic and accompanying article were entitled Recent Developments From the Texas Courts.

7. The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation posted Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s podcast entitled The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Trust & Estate Law. Here is the link to the podcast: https://actecfoundation.org/podcasts/ethical-use-of-artificial-intelligence-in-trust-estate-law/.

8. Prof. Brandon Beck was interviewed and quoted extensively in a new piece in the Texas Monthly on a recent Fifth Circuit case involving the denial of a primary language interpreter for an indigenous defendant. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/when-a-defendant-gets-lost-in-translation/

9. The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation recently released Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s video podcast entitled the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Creating an Estate Plan. This video podcast, designed for a lay audience, discusses the “positive and negative effects when using Artificial intelligence, (AI), to create an estate plan. Using AI to create an estate plan may seem appealing due to its cost-effectiveness and convenience. However, relying solely on AI to create estate planning documents can lead to significant issues. AI lacks the ability to think critically, may provide inaccurate information, and often overlooks crucial personalized details necessary for a comprehensive estate plan. Additionally, there are concerns regarding confidentiality and privacy when using AI for estate planning purposes.”

10. On April 18, 2024, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was the virtual guest speaker for the St. Mary’s University School of Law’s chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. His presentation was entitled Pet Trusts: Providing for Non-Human Family Members.

11. On April 23, 2024, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer travelled to Dallas where he was the luncheon speaker for a meeting of the Dallas Bar Association’s Probate, Trusts, & Estates Section. To an audience of approximately 100 attorneys and judges, Prof. Beyer spoke on Recent Estate Planning Developments from the Texas Courts.

12. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn had an article written about him in U-Wire entitled, Corn applies law experience to classroom. U-Wire (Apr. 18, 2024).

13. On April 27,2024, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer spoke virtually to approximately 300 Virigina attorneys at The Conner-Zaritsky 45th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Administration Seminar. Prof. Beyer’s topic was entitled Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner.

14. On April 29, 2024, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was honored to receive the Gardner DeMallie Award for the best presentation at The Conner-Zaritsky 45th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Administration Seminar, Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner. This award was created by the Virginia Continuing Legal Education Committee to honor the late Assistant Director of Virginia CLE and to recognize someone who has contributed outstanding service to continuing legal education in Virginia.