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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, 2020.

Articles, Essays, & Reviews 

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 58-2 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2020).

2. Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 58-2 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2020).

3. 13, 14, & 15, Gerry W. Beyer, West’s Texas Forms—Real Property (Supp. 2020 ed.).

4. Nancy Soonpaa, From a Gleam to Maturity: The Developmental Stages of a Legal Writing Program, 24 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 23 (2020).

Quotes

1. Professor Camp is quoted in the following article: Sarah Skidmore Sell, Can survivors keep relief funds sent to dead taxpayers?, ABCNews (May 8, 2020 at 12:27 am); available at: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/dead-taxpayers-relief-checks-survivors-70567903.

Op-Ed

1. Arnold Loewy & Charles Moster, It’s debatable: Can a state restrict concealed carry rights of non-residents?, Lubbock-Avalanche J. (May 17, 2020 at 3:01 am); available at: https://www.statesman.com/opinion/20200517/its-debatable-can-state-restrict-concealed-carry-rights-of-non-residents.

Citations

1.  Prof. Casto’s book The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth is cited in the following article: Jonathan Gienapp, the Myth of the Constitutional Given: Enumeration and National Power at the Founding, 69 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 183 (2020).

2. Prof. Gonzalez’s book Employment Discrimination: A Context and Practice Casebook is cited in the following article: Kelly Kagan, Expansion of Joint Employer Liability Theory on the Horizon: The Ninth Circuit Adopts The Agency Test in EEOC v. Global Horizons, Inc., 57 San Diego L. Rev. 281 (2020).

3. Prof. Murphy’s article Pragmatic Administrative Law and Tax Exceptionalism is cited in the following article: Emily S. Bremer, Reckoning with Adjudication’s Exceptionalism Norm, 69 Duke L.J. 1749 (2020).

4. Prof. Loewy’s book Criminal Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions 1239is cited in the following article: Ion Meyn, Flipping the Script on Brady, 95 Ind. L.J. 883 (2020).

5. Prof. Murphy’s article Abandoning Standing: Trading Rule of Access for a Rule of Deference is cited in the following article: Heather Elliot, Associations and Cities as (Forbidden) Pure Private Attorneys General, 61 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1329 (2020).

6. Dean Myhra’s article The Hate Speech Conundrum and the Public School is cited in the following article: Christian Ketter, The NFL Player, The Schoolchild, and The Entertainer: When The Term “Free Speech” is Too Freely Spoken, Exactly “Who’s On First?”, 68 Clev. St. L. Rev. 421 (2020).

7. Prof. Spain’s article Alternate Dispute Resolution for the Poor: Is It an Alternative? is cited in the following article: Donald F. Fontaine, Fee Shifting: A Proposal to Solve Maine’s Intractable Access to Justice Problem, 72 Me. L. Rev. 47 (2020).

8. Prof. Beyer’s article Statutory Will Methodologies—Incorporated Forms vs. Fill-In Forms: Rivalry or Peaceful Coexistence? is cited in the following article: Bridget J. Crawford, Blockchain Wills, 95 Ind. L.J. 735 (2020).

9. Prof. Christopher’s article Whack-a-Mole: Why Prosecuting Digital Currency Exchanges Won’t Stop Online Laundering is cited in the following article: David D. Schein & Lawrence J. Trautman, The Dark Web and Employer Liability, 18 Colo. Tech. L.J. 49 (2020).

10. Prof. Chiappinelli’s article The Myth of Director Consent: After Shaffer is cited in the following article: Charles W. (Rocky) Rhodes & Cassandra Burke Robertson, A New State Registration Act: Legislating a Longer Arm for Personal Jurisdiction, 57 Harv. J. on Legis. 2 (2020).

News

1. On May 12, 2020, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer “traveled” to Midland, Texas to present a virtual continuing legal education program entitled Technology’s Impact on the Changing Future of the Trusts and Estate Practice. His article by the same name was distributed to all attendees. Both the presentation and article gave special attention to using technology during the COVID-19 stay-at-home and social mandates.

2. On May 6, 2020, Prof. Dustin Benham was recognized in an article entitled Professor Leaves Lasting Impact on Legal System by Inspiring Students in Texas Tech Today by Mckenzi Morris for receiving the 2020 Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award. The full article is available here.

3. On April 26, 2020, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a guest speaker on the “Elder Law Issues” Podcast episode titled Gun Trusts: Do You Need One?, available here. On May 10, 2020, he was again featured in another episode of the Podcast called Marijuana and Your Estate Plan, available here.

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, 2020.

Articles & Reviews 

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Keeping Current — Probate, 34-Apr Prob. & Prop. 30 (2020). 

2. Gerry W. Beyer, A Cold Head is Not Just for Beer Anymore, Jotwell (March 31, 2020) (reviewing Thomas E. Simmons, A Trust for Ted’s Head, 88 Miss. L. J. 20 (2019).

3. Bryan T. Camp, Taxation of Electronic Gaming, 877 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 661 (2020).

Op-Ed

1. Arnold Loewy & Charles Moster, It’s debatable: Who should bear primary responsibility in coronavirus battel?, Lubbock-Avalanche J. (Apr. 20, 2020 at 2:08 p.m.); available at: https://www.lubbockonline.com/opinion/20200419/its-debatable-who-should-bear-primary-responsibility-in-coronavirus-battle. 

Citations

1.  Prof. Camp’s article The Play’s the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds is cited in the following article: Blake E. Reid, Internet Architecture and Disability,  95 Ind. L.J. 591 (2020).

2. Prof. Camp’s article A History of Tax Regulation Prior to the Administrative Procedure Act is cited in the following article: Stephanie Hunter McMahon, Classifying Tax Guidance According to End Users, 73 Tax Law. 245 (2020).

3. Prof. Black’s article Do You Want Innovation and Jobs? Repeal § 511 is cited in the following article: David Kim,  XIII. Unrelated Business Income Tax: Key Changes, 38 Rev. Banking & Fin. L. 623 (2019).

4. Prof. Tracy Pearl’s article Hands on the Wheel: A Call for Greater Regulation of Semi-Autonomous Cars is cited in the following article: Gary Marchant & Rida Bazzi, Autonomous Vehicles and Liability: What Will Juries Do? 26 B.U. J. Sci. & Tech. L. 67 (2020).

5. Prof. Chiappinelli’s book Cases and Materials on Business Entities is cited in the following article: Michael Held & Thomas M. Noone, Bank Culture and the Official Sector: A Spectrum of Options,  43 Seattle U. L. Rev. 683 (2020).

6. Prof. Loewy’s article The Fourth Amendment as a Device for Protecting the Innocent is cited in the following article: William Hopchak, Carpenter v. United States: CSLI, Third-Party Doctrine, and Privacy in the Twenty-first Century 14 Liberty U. L. Rev. 185 (2019).

7. Prof. Christopher’s article The Bridging Model: Exploring the Roles of Trust and Enforcement in Banking, Bitcoin, and the Blockchain is cited in the following article: Lawrence J. Trautman & Mason J. Molesky, A Primer for Blockchain 88 UMKC L. Rev. 239 (2020).

8. Prof. Loewy’s article Police-Obtained Evidence and the Constitution: Distinguishing Unconstitutionally Obtained Evidence from Unconstitutionally Used Evidence is cited in the following article: Louis Fisher, Criminal Justice User Fees and the  Procedural Aspect of Equal Justice, 133 Harv. L. Rev. F. 112 (2020).

9. Prof. Beyer’s article Puff, the Magic Dragon, and the Estate Planner is cited in the following article: Brandy M. Parry, Puff, Puff, Pass: How State Marijuana Laws May Impact Probate Courts and Lead to Liability, 33 Quinnipiac Prob. L.J. 178 (2020).

10. Prof. Beyer’s work in Sign on the [Electronic] Dotted Line: The Rise of the Electronic Will is cited in the following article: Adam J. Hirsch, Technology Adrift: In Search of a Role for Electronic Wills 61 B.C. L. Rev. 827(2020).

11. Prof. Rob Sherwin’s work in The Changing Landscape of the Texas Citizens Participation Act is cited in the following article: Laura Lee Prather, Striking a Balance, 83 Tex. B.J. 238 (2020).

12. Prof. A. Pearl’s article The Tragedy of the Vital Commons is cited in the following article: Michael C. Blumm, Environmental Law at 50: A Cutting -Edge Journal Examining the Central Issues of Our Time,  50 Envtl. L. 1 (2020).

13. Prof. Benham’s article Tangled Incentives: Proportionality and the Market for Reputation Harm is cited in the following article: Abigail Stephens, Contracting Away the First Amendment?: When Courts Should Intervene in Nondisclosure Agreement, 28 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 541(2019).

14. Prof. Benham’s article Proportionality, Pretrial Confidentiality, and Discovery Sharing is cited in the following article: Matthew A. Shapiro, The Indignities of Civil Litigation, 100 B.U. L. Rev. 501(2020).

15. Prof. Loewy’s supplement Criminal Law in a Nutshell is cited in the following article: Katryna Santa Cruz, The Distraction That Is Stand Your Ground, 14 FIU L. Rev. 149 (2020). 

16. Prof. Tracy Pearl’s article Fast & Furious: The Misregulation of Driverless Cars is cited in the following article: Callie A. Kanthack, Autonomous Vehicles and Driving Under the Influence: Examining the Ambiguity Surrounding Modern Laws Applied to Future Technology, 53 Creighton L. Rev. 397 (2020).

17. Prof. Rosen’s article Funding “Non-Traditional” Military Operations: The Alluring Myth of a Presidential Power of the Purse is cited in the following article: Michael Conklin, Please Allow Myself to Pardon. Myself: The Constitutionality of a Presidential Self-Pardon, 97 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. (2020).

18. Prof. James’ article The African-American Church, Political Activity, and Tax Exemption is cited in the following article: Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, When Soft Law Meets Hard Politics: Taming the Wild West of Nonprofit Political Involvement, 45 J. Legis. 194(2019).

News

1.  Professor Beyer was recently the guest on an Elder Law Issues podcast entitled Pet Trusts. Along with host Robert Fleming, one of the nation’s leading estate planning and elder law attorneys, Professor Beyer explained how pet owners may make arrangements to make sure their animal friends receive proper care upon the owners’ disability or death. The podcast can be listened to here. 

2. On April 13, 2020, Professor Beyer served as the Collin County Bar Association’s Estate Planning & Probate Section’s first virtual CLE presenter. Over 75 attorneys attended his live on-line presentation entitled Morals From the Courthouse: A Study of Recent Texas Cases Impacting the Wills, Probate, and Trusts Practice. 

3. On April 24, 2020, Professor Beyer was an invited speaker at the Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium which because of COVID-19 was shifted to a webinar format. To an audience of approximately 300 attorneys and other estate planning professionals, he present two papers: Electronic Wills and Related Issues: The Changing Future of the Trust and Estate Practice and Your Pleasure or Business Cannabis Client: It’s High Time Estate Planners Know What to Do. 

4. On April 28, 2020, Professor Beyer was the speaker for the first virtual meeting of the Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section of the Dallas Bar Association. Professor Beyer spoke to approximately 250 members about his presentation on analyzing and critiquing recent decisions of the Texas Courts impacting the Estate Planning practice. 

5. Professor Beyer was recently the guest on an Elder Law Issues podcast entitled Electronic Wills in the Era of Coronavirus. Along with host Robert Fleming, one of the nation’s leading estate planning and elder law attorneys, Professor Beyer explains some of the limitations to the use of electronic wills in the era of coronavirus and the COVID-19 pandemic. The podcast can be listened to here. 

6. Dean Humphrey has been the first professor from Texas Tech Law to be elected to the national board of directors of the Legal Writing Institute (LWI). The dean is currently the Chair of the LWI Biennial conference, and a member of the LWI One-Day Workshops committee and the LWI New Members Outreach committee. 

Throughout the month of March, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for March 1st to March 31st, 2020.

Articles

1. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current— Probate, Prob. & Prop. At 30 (2020).

Quote

1. Professor Camp was quoted in the following article: Joshua Rosenberg, Dems’ Attempt to Get Trump’s Tax Returns Likely to Time Out, Law360 Tax Authority (March 4, 2020), available at: https://www.law360.com/tax-authority/articles/1250092/dems-attempt-to-get-trump-s-tax-returns-likely-to-time-out.

Citations

1. Prof. Murphy’s work in Eight Things American Can’t Figure Out About Controlling Administrative Power is cited in the following article: Jeffrey M. Surprenant, Pulling the Reins On Chevron, 65 Loy. L. Rev. 399 (2019).

2. Prof. Chiappinelli’s book Cases and Materials on Business Entities is cited in the following article: Michael Held and Thomas M. Noone, Bank Culture and the Official Sector: A Spectrum of Options, 43 Seattle U. L. Rev. 683 (2020).

3. Prof. Ross’s article Protecting the Unsophisticated Tenant: A Call for Cap on Late Fees in the Housing Choice Voucher Program is cited in the Ericka Petersen, Building A House for Gideon: The Right to Counsel in Evictions, 16 Stan. J. Civ. Rts. & Civ. Liberties 63 (2020).

4. Prof. Loewy’s article Religious Neutrality and the Death Penalty is cited in the following article: April J. Anderson, Peremptory Challenges at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Development of Modern Jury Selection Strategies as Seen in Practitioners’ Trial Manuals, 16 Stan. J. Civ. Rts. & Civ. Liberties 1 (2020).

5. Prof. Casto’s book The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth is cited in the following article: D.A. Jeremy Telman, All That is Liquidated Melts Into Air: Five Meta-Interpretive Issues, 24 Barry L. Rev. 1 (2019).

6. Prof. Metze’s article Dissecting the ABA Texas Capital Punishment Assessment Report of 2013: Death and Texas, A Surprising Improvement is cited in the following article: Valena E. Beety, Changed Science Writs and State Habeas Relief, 57 Hous. L. Rev. 483 (2020).

7. Prof. Robert Sherwin’s work in The Changing Landscape of the Texas Citizens Participation Act is cited in the following article: Joseph F. Cleveland Jr., J. Heath Coffman, & Kevin C. Smith, TUTSA and the Texas Citizens Participation Act, 20202A Advanced Intell. Prop. L. 3-11 (2020).

8. Prof. Loewy’s article Culpability, Dangerousness, and Harm: Balancing the Factors on Which Our Criminal Law is Predicated is cited in the following article: Jordan Blair Woods, U. Rich. L. Rev. 833 (2020).

9. Prof. Camp’s article The Play’s the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds is cited in the following article: Blake E. Reid, Internet Architecture and Disability, 95 Ind. L.J. 591 (2020).

News

1. On March 3, 2020, Professor Beyer presented a webinar for the American Law Institute entitled Anticipating Will Contests and How to Avoid Them.

2. On March 7, 2020, Professor Beyer presented a seminar at the 2020 Annual Professional Program held during the Annual Meeting of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in Boca Raton, Florida. The presented was entitled Just Because You Are Still Alive Doesn’t Mean You Cannot Probate Your Will: Ante-Mortem Probate as the Ultimate Will Contest Prevention Technique.

3. Professor Baker has been invited by Atomium – European Institute for Science, Media and Democracy to participate in “The AI4People’s Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society” as the only United States member of the “Legal Services Committee.” Professor Baker will lend her expertise in creating a practical, industry-specific framework for the use of ethical artificial intelligence in law.

4. Professor Beyer served as a panelist on a webinar addressing COVID-19 issues as they arise in the estate planning contest. The webinar was sponsored by InterActive Legal entitled “Practical Options for Estate Planners in Unexpected Times.” The webinar can be viewed at: https://go.interactivelegal.com/l/334851/2020-03-25/21xwc6g.

 

Throughout the month of February, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for February 1st to February 29th, 2020.

Books & Treaties

1. Gerry W. Beyer, James M. Kosakow, & Myron Kove, Revocable Trusts (5^th ed. Supp. Dec. 2019).

Articles

1. Bryan T. Camp, New Thinking About Jurisdictional Time Periods in the Tax Code, 73 Tax Law. 1 (2019).

2. Stephen T. Black, Cyberdamages, 36 Santa Clara High Tech. L.J. 1 (2020).

3. Jarod S. Gonzalez, On the Edge: The ADA’s Direct Threat Defense and The Objective Reasonableness Standard, 103 Marq. L. Rev. 513 (2019).

Op-Ed

1. Arnold Loewy & Charles Moster, It’s debatable: Would corporal punishment have an impact on crime stats?, Lubbock Avalanche-J. (Feb. 2, 2020 at 6:01 am); https://www.statesman.com/news/20200202/its-debatable-would-corporal-punishment-have-impact-on-crime-stats.

2. Arnold Loewy & Charles Moster, It’s debatable: Does President Trump deserve a second term?, Lubbock Avalanche-J. (Feb. 23, 2020 at 12:01 am); https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200223/its-debatable-does-president-trump-deserve-second-term.

Citations

1. Prof. Black’s article Psst! Wanna Buy a Bridge? IP Transfers of Non-Existent Property is cited in the following article: Usha R. Rodrigues, Financial Contracting with the Crowd, 69 Emory L.J. 397 (2019).

2. Prof. Beyer’s article Technology’s Impact on the Changing Future of the Trusts and Estate Practice was cited in the following article: Janet Colliton, PLANNING AHEAD: Could your future will be in the cloud?, The Mercury (Feb. 5, 2020).

3. Prof. Beyer’s article Reactions to Discretionary Trusts: An Update by Richard C. Ausness is cited in the following article: Jacob L. Geiermann, Discretionary Dilemma, 34-FEB Prob. & Prop. 40 (2020).

4. Prof. Metze’s article Speaking Truth to Power: The Obligation of the Courts to Enforce the Right to Counsel at Trial is cited in the following article: Constraining Strickland, 7 Tex. A&M L. Rev. 351 (2020).

5. Prof. Beyer’s work in Digital Wills: Has the Time Come for Wills to Join the Digital Revolution? is cited in the following article: Natalie M. Banta, Electronic Wills and Digital Assets: Reassessing Formality in the Digital Age, 71 Baylor L. Rev. 547 (2019).

6. Prof. Robert T. Sherwin’s work in The Changing Landscape of the Texas Citizens Participation Act is cited in the following article: Joseph F. Cleveland, Jr.,, J. Heath Coffman & Kevin C. Smith, A Practitioner’s Guide to the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act, 48-FALL Tex. J. Bus. L. 30 (2019).

7. Prof. Camp’s article The Failure of Adversarial Process in the Administrative State is cited in the following treaties: Charles H. Koch, Jr. & Richard Murphy, 1 Admin. L. & Prac. § 2:13 (3^rd ed. 2020).

8. Prof. Chiappinelli’s book Case and Materials on Business Entities is cited in the following article: Ann M. Scarlett, The Benefits of Integrating Entrepreneurship Into Business Associations, 59 St. Louis U. L.J. 711 (2015).

9. Prof. Casto’s article The First Congress’s Understanding of Its Authority over the Federal Courts’ Jurisdiction is cited in the following article: Executive Adjudication of State Law, 133 Harv. L. Rev. 1404 (2020).

10. Prof. Gossett’s article If Charity Begins at Home, Why Do We Go Searching Abroad? Why The Federal Adoption Tax Credit Should Not Subsidize International Adoptions is cited in the following treaties: Thomas A. Jacobs, 5 Ariz. Prac., Juv. Law & Practice § 7:16 (2019).

11. Prof. Humphrey’s article “But I’m Brain-Dead and Pregnant”: Advance Directive Pregnancy Exclusions and End-of-Life Wishes is cited in the following article: Shea Flanagan, Decisions in the Dark: Why “Pregnancy Exclusion” Statutes are Unconstitutional and Unethical, 114 Nw. U. L. Rev. 969 (2020).

12. Prof. Beyer’s work in Estate Planning for Digital Assets is cited in the following article: Major Jonathan C. Siegler, Assisting Legal Assistance Clients with Digital Estates, 2019-4 Army Law. 33 (2019).

13. Prof. Loewy’s article The Fourth Amendment as a Device for Protecting the Innocent is cited in the following article: Michael Gentithes, App Permissions and the Third-party Doctrine, 59 Washburn L.J. 35 (2020).

14. Prof. Casto’s book Oliver Ellsworth and the Creation of the Federal Republic is cited in the following article: Jamison E. Colburn, Don’t go in the Water: On Pathological Jurisdiction Splitting, 39 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 3 (2019).

15. Prof. Casto’s article The First Congress’s Understanding of its Authority over the federal Courts’ Jurisdiction is cited in the following article: Executive Adjudication of State Law, 133 Harv. L. Rev. 1404 (2020).

16. Prof. Benham’s article Proportionality, Pretrial Confidentiality, and Discovery Sharing is cited in the following article: Zakary A. Drabczyk, Share with Caution: The Dangers Behind Sharing Orders, 65 Wayne L. Rev. 401 (2020).

17. Prof. Chiappinelli’s work in Jurisdiction over Directors and Officers in Delaware is cited in the following article: Megan W. Shaner, The Corporate Chameleon, 54 U. Rich. L. Rev. 527 (2020).

18. Prof. Chiappinelli’s article The Underappreciated Importance of Personal Jurisdiction in Delaware’s Success is cited in the following article: Megan W. Shaner, The Corporate Chameleon, 54 U. Rich. L. Rev. 527 (2020).

19. Prof. Beyer’s work in Digital Wills: Has the Time Come for Wills to Join the Digital Revolution? is cited in the following article: Paige Hall, Welcoming E-Wills into the Mainstream: The Digital Communication of Testamentary Intent, 20 Nev. L.J. 339 (2019).

20. Prof. Beyer’s work in Sign on the [Electronic] Dotted Line: The Rise of the Electronic Will is cited in the following article: Paige Hall, Welcoming E-Wills into the Mainstream: The Digital Communication of Testamentary Intent, 20 Nev. L.J. 339 (2019).

21. Prof. Beyer’s article Videotaping the Will Execution Ceremony-Preventing Frustration of the Testator’s Final Wishes is cited in the following article: Paige Hall, Welcoming E-Wills into the Mainstream: The Digital Communication of Testamentary Intent, 20 Nev. L.J. 339 (2019).

22. Prof. Benham’s article Proportionality, Pretrial Confidentiality, and Discovery Sharing is cited in the following article: Zakary A. Drabczyk, Share with Caution: The Dangers Behind Sharing Orders, 65 Wayne L. Rev. 401 (2020).

23. Prof. Murphy’s article A “New” Counter-Marbury: Reconciling Skidmore Deference and Agency Interpretive Freedom is cited in the following article: Aaron P.B. White, Using Skidmore to Dance Around the Chevron Two-Step: “Sinclair Wyoming Ref. Co. v. U.S. EPA, 46 Mitchell Hamline L. Rev. 201 (2019).

24. Prof. Loewy’s article Rethinking Search and Seizure in a Post-9/11 World is cited in the following article: Emily Berman, Individualized Suspicion in the Age of Big Data, 105 Iowa L. Rev. 463 (2020).

25. Prof. Benham’s article Proportionality, Pretrial Confidentiality, and Discovery Sharing is cited in the following article: Seth Katsuya Endo, Contracting for Confidential Discovery, 53 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1249 (2020).

26. Prof. Gonzalez’s article The New Batson: Opening the Door of the Jury Deliberation Room After Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado is cited in the following article: Ryan D. Brown, Winning the Waiting Game: How Oklahoma Can Rectify the Discrepancy Between Its No-Impeachment Rule and Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado, 72 Okla. L. Rev. 403 (2020).

27. Prof. James’ article The African-American Church, Political Activity, and Tax Exemption is cited in the following article: Jonathan C. Augustine, And When Does the Black Church Get Political?: Responding in the Era of Trump and Making the Black Church Great Again?, 17 Hastings Race & Poverty L.J. 88 (2020).

28. Prof. Loewy’s article Rethinking Search and Seizure in a Post-9/11 World is cited in the following article: Emily Berman, Individualized Suspicion in the Age of Big Data, 105 Iowa L. Rev. 463 (2020).

29. Prof. Loewy’s article The Fourth Amendment as a Device for Protecting the Innocent is cited in the following article: Michael Gentithes, Articles and Essay on the Fourth Amendment: App Permissions and the Third-Party Doctrine, 59 Washburn L.J. 35 (2020).

30. Prof. Murphy’s work in Eight Things Americans Can’t Figure Out About Controlling Administrative Power is cited in the following article: Ryan Mitchell, Non-Legislative Rules Need Scrutiny Too: The Curious Case of the Appropriate Care Standard, 26 Hastings W. N.W. J. Env. L. & Pol’y 47 (2020).

31. Prof. Camp’s article Lesson for Tax Day: When Tax Prep Software Gets It Wrong is cited in the following article: Susan C. Morse, When Do Tax Compliance Robots Follow the Law?, 1 Ohio State Technology L.J. (2020).

32. Prof. Camp’s article Tax Administration as Inquisitorial Process and the Partial Paradigm Shift in the IRS Resct4ructing and Reform Act of 1998 is cited in the following article: Susan C. Morse, When Do Tax Compliance Robots Follow the Law?, 1 Ohio State Technology L.J. (2020).

News

1. On February 4, 2020, Professor Sutton, a member of the Texas Task Force for Infectious Diseases, participated in the first meeting of the year and a closed session update on the coronavirus.

2. On February 7, 2020, Professor Beyer was an invited speaker for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Abilene, Texas. His presentation was entitled Estate Planning 101, and another other things, covered the essential documents everyone should execute to have an effective estate plan.

3. Professor Benham has been awarded by the Texas Tech University 2020 Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award.

4. On February 14, 2020, Professor Beyer was invited speak at the Docket Call in Probate Court seminar in San Antonio, Texas sponsored by the San Antonio Estate Planners Council. Professor Beyer presented his paper entitled Morals from the Courthouse: A Study of Recent Texas Cases Impacting the Wills, Probate, and Trust Practice.

5. Professor Tracy Pearl was a featured guest on Wealthy Woman Lawyer Podcast. You can listen to the episode below: https://www.wealthywomanlawyer.com/2020/02/11/tracy-pearl-alternative-career-law-professor-and-researcher/.  

6. On March 12^th, Associate Dean Humphrey will be recognized as one of the 2020 Women of Excellence by the YWCA.

7. On February 24, 2020, Professor Beyer’s blog The Wills, Trust, and Estates Prof Blog, received its 10,000,000^th page view. The blog is the 18^th most popular legal blog in the nation and the number one ranked Estate Planning blog. In 2015 the American Bar Association induced the blog into the Blawg 100 Hall of Fame.

8. On February 20, 2020, Professor Beyer was the speaker for the monthly meeting of the South Plains Trust and Estate Council in Lubbock. He presented his paper entitled Aiming High and Getting High: Estate Planning for Guns and Marijuana.

9. On February 28, 2020, Professor Beyer was a speaker at the 12^th Annual Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal CLE & Expo held at the Texas Tech University School of Law. Professor Beyer presented his paper entitled Morals from the Courthouse: A Study of Recent Texas Cases Impacting the Wills, Probate, and Trusts Practice.