The Reporter: Law Library News and Information

In April 2026, the Law Library added the following new resources to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

New Resources

• Art, Antiquity and Law
• Environmental Law & Policy
• McGill Institute of Air & Space
• Organization of American States

All resources are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu. 

All electronic databases are available through the Library’s webpage, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/law/lawlibrary/index.php.   

Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items or helping you contact the Librarian on call for questions about electronic resources.

In April 2026, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

CIVIL LAW

1. Vitiello, Michael, Animating Civil Procedure (2026).

CIVIL RIGHTS – GENERALLY

1. Kramer, Matthew H., Legal Rights and Moral Rights (2025).
2. Spriggs, Kent, More Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Continuing the Struggle (2024).

COMMUNICATION LAW

1. Romig, Murphy, Jennifer & Mark Edwin Burge, Legal Literacy and Communication Skills: Working with Law and Lawyers (2025).

CONSTITUTION LAW – GENERALLY

1. Lepore, Jill, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution (2025).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

1. Brown, Novick, Natalie, Stephen Greenspan, & Karen Steele, The Parkland School Shooter: Culpability and FASD (2024).
2. Alkon, Cynthia & Andrea Kupfer Schneider, Negotiating Crime: Plea Bargaining, Problem Solving, and Dispute Resolution in the Criminal Context (2026).

DOMESTICS RELATIONS

1. Lawhon, Paula M., Effectively Steering the Ship: A Case Management Manual for Family Law Mediators (2026).

ECONOMICS

1. Potts, Shaina, Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Explanation of American Empire (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

1. Stoett, Peter, & Delon Alain Omrow, Ecoviolence Studies: Human Exploitation and Environmental Crime (2025).

GENDER

1. Ahranjani, Maryam, Women in Criminal Law: A Practical Guide for Inclusive and Thriving Workplaces (2026).
2. Lehn, Melody & Camille K. Lewis, One Hundred Years of Women Debating the Equal Rights Amendment: An Anthology, 1923-2023 (2024).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

1. Bose, Meena, Pragmatic Vision: Obama and the Enactment of the Affordable Care Act (2024).
2. Wolfensberger, Markus & Anthony Wrigley, Distrust, Fear, and Science- Denial in Medicine and Healthcare (2025).
3. Wiley, Lindsay F. & Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health La and Ethics: Power, Duty, Restraint (2025).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

1. Wojciechowski, Bartosz, Narrative Identity as a Condition for Authentic Legal Subjectivity (2024).

IMMIGRATION LAW

1. Chamberlain, Jacob P., Migrant Justice in the Age of Removal: Rights, Law, and Resistance Against Territory’s Exclusions (2025).

INDIAN AND ABORIGINAL LAW

1. Gaines-Stoner, Kelly, & Jack F. Trope, The Indian Child Welfare Act Handbook: A Legal Guide to the Custody and Adoption of Native American Children (2025).
2. Dixon, Bradley J., Republic of Indians: Empires of Indigenous Law in the Early Americans South (2025).

JURISPRUDENCE

1. Bertea, Stefano, &  Jorge Silva Sampaio, Metaethical Issues in Contemporary Legal Philosophy: A Constitutivist Approach (2025).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

1. Cameron, Catherine J., & Lance N. Long, The Science Behind the Art of Legal Writing (2019).
2. Shecaira, Fabio Perin, Legal Scholarship As a Source of Law (2024).

LEGAL EDUCATION

1. Solan, Lawrence M., Peter M. Tiersma, & Tammy Gales, Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice (2025).

LEGAL HISTORY

1. Hodwitz, Omi, The Origins of the Criminal Justice System: Historical Explorations by the Justice-Involved (2025).
2. Widener, Michael & Ryan Greenwood, Histories of Legal Literature: A Hundred Years of English-Language Scholarship (2024).

LEGAL PROFESSION

1. Frederick, David C., The Art of Oral Advocacy (2019).

LEGISLATION

1. Tappendorf, Julie A., Social Media and Local Governments: Navigating the New Public Square (2026).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

1. Davies, Alex, The Law Firm of 2030: How the Future Law Firm Might Look (2025).
2. Epstein, Lynn A., & Elena Maria Marty-Nelson, Empowering Negotiators: Bargaining Successfully Using the TABLE Method (2026).

PROPERTY – PERSONAL AND REAL

1. Richmond, Douglas R., The Reference handbook on the Homeowners Insurance Policy (2025).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

1. Holtermann, Jakob v. H., Mario Kresic, & Marko Novak, Legal Consciousness (2025).
2. Moon, Richard, The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression (2024).
3. Zeifert, Mateusz, Law and Cognitive Linguistics: A Prototype Theory Approach to Legal Categorisation (2025).
4. Olsthoorn, Johan, Hobbes on Justice (2024).

RACE AND ETHNICITY

1. Heffernan, William C., Social Justice/Criminal Justice: Race and Class in the Administration of Criminal Law (2024).
2. Inniss, Lolita Buckner, & Bridget J. Crawford, Social Movements and the Law: Talking About Black Lives Matter and #MeToo (2025).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Rajan, Mira T. Sundara, The Moral Rights of Artists and Artists: From Birth to Copyright to the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2025).
2. Leeuw, Frans. L. & Michael Bamberger, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data: Lessons from Evaluations of the Rule of Law and Development (2025).
3. Gu, Jun & Chunming Xu, Will and Responsibility: Legal Thinking of Artificial Intelligence (2024).
4. Kreuz, Roger, Strikingly Similar: Plagiarism and Appropriation from Chaucer to Chatbots (2026).
5. Kasy, Maximilian, The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (And Who Benefits) 2025.
6. Murray, Michael D., Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Law: Mastering Generative and Agentic AI (2026).
7. Holt, Jennifer, Cloud Policy: A History of Regulating Pipelines, Platforms, and Data (2024).
8. Reed, Chris, AI Fairness and Beyond: Law, Regulation, and Technology (2024).
9. Schifeling, Jeremy, Unbreakable: How to AI-Proof Your Job Search, Career, and Future (2026).

SPORTS

1. Koller, Dionne, More than Play: How Law, Policy, and Politics Shape American Youth Sports (2025).

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

1. Banner, Stuart, The Most Powerful Court in the World: A History of the Supreme Court of the United States (2025).

TAXATION – STATE AND LOCAL

1. Madoff, Ray D., The Second Estates: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy (2025).

TORTS

1. Barker, Tom, Policing’s Problems in the Twenty-First Century: Misconduct, Malfeasance, and Murder (2025).

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

Articles, Books, and More 

1. Gerry w. Beyer, 13, 14, & 15 Real Property (West’s Tex. Forms 2026 Supp.). 
2. Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 64-1 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 4 (2026). 
3. Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 64-1 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2026). 
4. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., Mar./Apr. 2026, at 32. (2026). 
5. Erica M. Lux, Put Me In, Coach: Enhancing Foundational Lawyering Skills Across Curriculum With Neurodivergent Law Students in Mind, 52 Mitchell Hamline L. Rev. 345 (2026) 
6. Lauren Valastro, Reevaluating ERISA Fiduciary Duties as Relational Contracts is forthcoming in 64 Hous. L. Rev. __ (2026). (FORTHCOMING)
7. Bryan Camp, The New Forever Rule for Record Retention, Tax Notes Federal (2026). 

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters 

1. Prof. Sutton published 3 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as Is Oil Worth More Than Water?, Gas Prices At the Pump, and The Road to Personhood.  
2. Prof. Cassidy published an article on the RIPS Law Librarian Blog, titled Bad Bunny’s (and Puerto Rico’s) Grievances: A Look at the Law.  
3. Geoffrey S. Corn, You Bet This is a War of Choice. Just Not America’s, The Washington Post (2026). Available at:

Quotations 

1. Prof. Camp is quoted in the following article: Support Grows For Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act Senate Finance Committee News Release, U.S. Congressional News (Mar. 5, 2026). 
2. Prof. Camp is quoted in the following article: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Crapo: Support Grows for Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, Targeted News Service (Mar. 6, 2026). 
3. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Luke Peterson, Penn Community Responds to U.S. Military Strikes In Iran, Daily Pennsylvanian (Mar. 4, 2026). 
4. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Collin Binkley, Trump’s Changing Course On Strait Of Hormuz Strategy Raises Serious Questions About US War Preparation, Daily Herald (Mar. 23, 2026). 
5. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Collin Binkley, Trump Ultimatum Shifts To Hitting Infrastructure, Daily Herald (Mar. 23, 2026). 
6. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Collin Binkley, Trump’s Changing Course On Strait Of Hormuz Strategy Raises Serious Questions About US War Preparation At War With Iran, US President Donald Trump Is Cycling Through An Increasingly Desperate List Of Options As He Searches For A Solution To The Crisi…, Western Mail (Mar. 24, 2026).  
7. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Sig Christenson, Is Trump’s Threat a War Crime?, San Antonio Express-News (Mar. 26, 2026).  
8. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Sig Christenson, Would Striking Power Plants Be War Crime?, Houston Chronicle (Mar. 27, 2026).  

Citations 

1. Prof. Corn’s book The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Approach is cited in the following article: CSIS Issues Commentary: Iran -Relearning the Importance of Waging a War, Not Just Fighting One, Targeted News Service (2026). 
2. Prof. Camp’s article The Failure of Adversarial Process in the Administrative State is cited in §2:13 of the Administrative Law and Practice (March 2026 Update). 
3. Prof. Corn’s article Military Command, Responsibility, and Legitimacy: An Enduring Equation is cited in the following article: Jeffrey Biller, Precautionary Measures and the Risk of Escalation in the Use of Nuclear Weapons, 40 Emory International Law Review 75 (2025). 
4. Prof. Corn’s book The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Approach is cited in the following article: Through a Glass Darkly: Targeting Cyber and Space Infrastructure in the Law of War, 29 Chapman Law Review 153 (2026). 
5. Prof. Beyer’s article Simplification of Inter Vivos Instruments-From Incorporation By Reference to Uniform Custodial Trust Act and Beyond is cited in § 3-715 of the Uniform Probate Code (2010).  
6. Prof. Corn’s article Deterring Illegal Firearms in the Community: Special Needs, Special Problems, and Special Limitations is cited in the following article: Maureen Johnson, Garland v. Cargill: It’s A Duck! Except At the Supreme Court …, 28 Chapman Law Review 77 (2024). 
7. Prof. Arrington’s article “Purposefully Vague” or Problematic? Why Lawyers Must Define the Duty of Tech Competence is cited in the following article: Joe Regalia, Lex Ex Machina: Forging A New Ethical Framework For AI and Technology In the Law, 55 Cumberland Law Review 53(2025). 
8. Prof. Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society is cited in the following article: Joe Regalia, Lex Ex Machina: Forging A New Ethical Framework For AI and Technology In the Law, 55 Cumberland Law Review 53(2025). 

News  

1. On March 6, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was elected to the Board of Directors of the American College of Trust and Estate Council Foundation. The ACTEC Foundation’s mission is to promote scholarship, education, and community outreach in trust, estate, tax, charitable, and related areas of the law. The Foundation serves professionals, students, and the public by providing grants for an array of educational programs, widely available resources, scholarships, legal research, and scholarly writing competitions, among other activities in these areas of the law. 
2. On March 6, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a speaker/panelist at the American College of Trust and Estate Council’s Symposium at its annual meeting in Tampa, Florida entitled Using AI in Your Practice: A Hands-On Introduction to Incorporating AI into Your Trust and Estate Practice (and How to Supervise Associates Who Are Doing So!). Approximately 500 estate planning attorneys from across the nation attended the program. 
3. On March 25, 2026, Prof. Arrington received the Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty Award, recognizing faculty who have four years, or fewer, of service at each college and who have earned distinction for dedicated service to Texas Tech. 
4. On March 27, 2026, Prof. Cassidy presented on The Use of Law Reviews in State Supreme Court Decisions at the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries.  
5. On March 27, 2026, Prof. Cassidy presented on Crowdsourcing a Class at the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries.  
6. On March 27, 2026, Prof. Jorgensen presented on Confront Imposter Syndrome with Generative AI at the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries.  
7. On March 27, 2026, Prof. Arrington presented on Let’s Build This Together: NextGen-Style Legal Research Questions at the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries.  
8. On March 28, 2026, Professors Arrington, Baker, Cassidy, Jorgensen, Nie, and Librarian Barbara Moreno presented on Accessibility Best Practices in Law Libraries: Meeting Title II and Beyond at the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries.  
9. On March 27, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a speaker for the Spring 2026 Judicial Education conducted by the Texas Association of Counties in Lubbock. Prof. Beyer’s presentation was entitled Probate 101. 

In March 2026, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

AGRICULTURE LAW

Alsbrook, Margie and Billie Jo Kaufman, The Right to Farm: A Legal Research Guide (2025).

Krol, Monika A., Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Law: Legal Aspects of Food Security (2025).

BANKING AND FINANCE

Erkoreka, Mikel, Fiscal Federalism and Equalisation Transfers: Balancing Regional Autonomy and Solidarity (2025).

BANKING ORGANIZATIONS

Kenny, Kate, Regulators of Last Resort: Whistleblowers, the Limi8tes of the Law and the Power of Partnership (2024).

CIVIL LAW

Cohen, Glenn, et.al., Health Law as Private Law: Pathology or Pathway (2025).

CIVIL RIGHTS, GENERALLY

Wiecek, William M., The Dark Past: The US Supreme Court and African Americans, 1800-2015 (2024).

Fede, Andrew T., A Degraded Caste of Society: Unequal Protection of the Law as a Badge of Slavery (2024).

Vedaschi, Arianna, Governmental Policies to Fight Pandemic: The Boundaries of Legitimate Limitations on Fundamental Freedoms (2024).

COMMERCIAL LAW

Zhang, Ruiqiao, The Commercial Uses of Trusts: Rethinking the Traditional Approach (2024).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

Waterman, Richard M., Constitutional Ambiguity and the Interpretation of Presidential Power (2025).

Szentgali-Toth, Boldizsar Artur, The Past, Present, and Future of Legislation with Supermajority (2025).

Gadson, Marcus Alexander, Sedition: How America’s Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis (2025).

Kasper, Erice T. and Howard Schweber, James Madison’s Constitution: A Double Security and a Parchment Barrier (2025).

CONTRACTS

Bancroft, Keir X., et.al., Guide to Fixed-Price Supply Subcontract Terms and Conditions (2025).

Silberman, Aaron P., et.al., False Claims in Construction Contracts (2025).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Slobogin, Christopher, Rehabilitating Criminal Justice: Innovations in Policing, Adjudication, and Sentencing (2025).

Kerruish, Valerie, The Wrong of Law: Metaphysics, Logics, and Law’s Claim of Right (2025).

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Hoffman, David A., The Art of Impasse-Breaking in Mediation: A handbook for Mediators, Lawyers, and other Conflicts Resolvers (2025).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Arnold, Stefan, and Bettina Heiderhof, Children in Migration and International Family Law: The Child’s Best Interests Principle at the Interface of Migration Law and Family Law (2025).

EDUCATION LAW

Kauffman, Kent, Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know (2025).

Cheney, Charise L., Blacks Against Brown: The Intra-Racial Struggle over Segregated Schools in Topeka, Kansas (2024).

ELDER LAW

Alstott, Anne L., et.al., Law and the 100-Year Life: Transforming Out Institutions for a Longer Lifespan (2025).

EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE

Segrestin, Blanche, et.al., Incorporating Purpose: The New Legal Foundations for the Corporation and Its Management (2025).

Kaissi, Amer, The Positive Intent Mindset: Exceptional Leadership through Trust and Accountability (2025).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Varvastian, Samvel, Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution (2025).

Burack, Thomas S. and Kevin R. Murray, Disaster and Hazardous Materials Incident Response: A Lawyer’s Guide (2025).

FIRST AMENDMENT

Kasper, Eric T. and JoAnne Sweeny, Free Speech and Incitement in the Twenty-First Century (2025).

FOOD AND DRUG LAW

Petty, Ross D., From Marking Products to Marketing Brands: A Legal Perspective on the History of Brand Marketing (2024).

Stazi, Andrea and Riccardo Jovine, GMOs, Food Traceability and RegTech: Genetically Modified Food, Traceability Systems and Blockchain as a Regulatory Technology (2024).

GENDER

Lacey, Nicola, Reassessing Feminist Legal Theories (2024).

HOUSING LAW

Lipsitz, George, The Danger Zone is Everywhere: How Housing Discrimination Harms Health and Steals Wealth (2024).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

O’Reilly, James T. and Mark Tassone. Litigating the Nursing Home Case (2025).

INDIAN AND INDIGEOUS LAW

Adams, Todd B., et.al., A Reservation Undiminished: The Saginaw Chippewa Case and Native Sovereignty (2024).

INTERNATIONAL LAW

O’Halloran, Kerry, Child Welfare and Rights: A Contemporary Family Law Analysis (2025).

JURISDICTION

Mack, Kenneth W. and Jocob Katz Cogan. In Between and Across: Legal History without Boundaries (2024).

Scordato, Marin Roger. After the Realist Revolution: Judicial Lawmaking in An Age of Instrumentalist Common Law Jurisprudence (2025).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

Moore, Kristen R. and R. Martin Witt. Recommended Collections for Prison and Other Institution law Libraries (2026).

LEGISLATION

Beardsworth, Mark., et.al. AN International Guide to Corporate Internal Investigations (2025).

MILITARY

Lande, R. Gregory. United States Military Justice in the Civil War: Court-Martial Practices and Administration (2025).

PROPERTY – PERSONAL AND REAL

Skolnik, Terry. Homelessness, Liberty, and Property (2025).

RACE AND ETHNICITY

Citrawan, Harison. Law, Time, and Historical Injustices: A Critical Analysis of Intuitive Judicial Reasoning (2025).

RELIGION

Green, Steven K. The Grand Collaboration: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Invention of American Religious (2024).

REPRODUCTION

Denbow, Jennifer. Reproductive Labor and Innovation: Against the Tech Fix in An Era of Hype (2024).

Becker, Amanda. You Must Stand Up: The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Dobbs America (2024).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Henshon, Matthew T. A Lawyer’s Guide to AI: Ten Essential Concepts (2026).

Claypoole, Theodore F. Think Like a Lawyer About….Artificial Intelligence (2025).

Allen, Jeffrey and Ashley Hallene, Unlocking the Future: Leveraging Technology for Personal and Professional Success (2025).

Blank, Joshua D. and Leigh Osofsky. Automated Agencies: The Transformation of Government Guidance (2025).

SPORTS

Mestre, Alexandrew Miguel. The Olympic Games, Sports Law and Human Rights (2025).

Crusto, Mitchell F. Game Changers: How Name, Image, and Likeness Law Creates College Millionaires (2025).

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Duggal, Kabir, et.al., U.S. Supreme Court Precedents on Arbitration: Shaping the American Arbitration Law and Practice (2025).

TORTS

Cornell, Nicolas. Wrongs and Rights Come Apart (2025).

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

The TTU Law Library is committed to providing resources to support summer associates and graduates as you take the next step in your legal career.

Westlaw

Continuing students will automatically have access to Westlaw over the summer for unpaid, non-commercial research, and no special registration is required. Permissible uses include:

• Summer coursework
• Research assistant assignments
• Law Review or Journal research
• Moot Court research
• Non-Profit work
• Clinical work
• Internship/Externship sponsored by the school

If continuing students are working for a firm or a for-profit organization, you should use the Westlaw account provided by your employer.

Graduating students can register for Westlaw’s Westlaw Grad Elite program. Graduating students who opt into Grad Elite will have access to their Westlaw accounts for 18 months after graduating and are allowed to use Westlaw for commercial purposes.

Lexis +

Continuing students will have unlimited Lexis+ access this summer for any purpose at school or at work, including any paid or unpaid legal work, though employers may prefer summer associates to use a firm-provided ID for client work.

Graduating 3Ls will automatically have continued access to Lexis+ upon graduation, excluding public records, Lexis+ AI/Protege, Law 360, Practical Guidance, and Lexis for Microsoft Office. May 2026 graduates’ access will begin 7/1/2026 and will be available through 12/31/26. In addition, May 2026 graduates will also be able to self-enroll for free access to Lexis+ AI/Protégé through the Lexis+ AI Insider Program.

The ASPIRE program provides 12 months of free access to federal and state cases, codes, regulations, law reviews, Shepard’s® Citation Service and Matthew Bender® treatises to graduates who are engaged in verifiable 501(c)(3) public interest work. Graduates who apply to this program must work directly for a non-profit or charitable organization, and be able to provide documentation to verify your public interest position.

Bloomberg Law

Continuing students will have full access to Bloomberg Law over the summer. May 2026 graduating law students will have 6 months post-graduation unlimited and unrestricted access to Bloomberg Law.

If you have access issues to those databases, please contact the Electronic & Digital Services Librarian, Dajiang Nie, at dajiang.nie@ttu.edu.

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 28th, 2026.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Brian D. Shannon, Improving Texas Statutory Provisions for Persons with Mental Illness, 58 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 135-169 (2025).
2. Gerry W. Beyer, 17 & 18 Probate and Decedents’ Estates (Tex. Prac. 2026 Supp.).
3. Gerry W. Beyer, Texas Notary’s Guide to Estate Planning Documents, Est Plan. Dev. for Tex. Prof., at 1 (2026).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 4 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as Marmot Day, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Pathogens ‘R’ Us, and The Presidential Election of 1789.

2. Prof. McDonald, Lubbock’s First Black Physician Overcame Challenges, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Lubbock, Tx) (2026).

3. Prof. Cassidy published an article on the RIPS Law Librarian Blog, titled “Boo”lean Should Not Be Scary.

Quotations

1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Sig Christenson, Hegseth’s Remarks Mirror Those Of Senator, Houston Chronicle (Feb. 1, 2026).
2. Prof. Caudillo is quoted in the following article: Pratheek Rebala, Jeff Ernsthausen, Perla Trevizo Immigrants Who Say Their Detention is Illegal Have Filed More Than 18,000 Cases. It’s a Historic High, ProPublica (Feb. 10, 2026).
3. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Sig Christenson, Hegseth Censured Kelly for Things He Himself Said, San Antonio Express-News (Feb. 10, 2026).
4. Prof. Camp is quoted in the following article: Steven H. Sholk, A Guide to the Substantiation Rules for Deductible Charitable Contributions, Journal of Taxation (Dec. 2022).

Citations

1. Prof. Corn’s article Autonomous Weapons Systems: Managing the Inevitability of ‘Taking the Man out of the Loop’ is cited in the following article: Jonathan Kwik, “I Plead Ignorance”: Autonomous Weapons and Criminal Liability for Not Knowing The Knowable, 107 Int’l L. Stud. 256 (2026).
2. Prof. Corn’s article Humanitarian regulation of Hostilities: The Decisive Element of Context is cited in the following article: Zej Moczydlowski, Tipping A Broken Scale: The Legality of U.S. Cluster Munitions in Ukraine, 24 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 110 (2024).
3. Prof. Valastro’s article Vindicating Retirees is cited in the following case: Williams v. Shapiro, No. 24-11192, 2025 WL 3625999, at *7, — F.4th —- (11th Cir. Dec. 15, 2025).
4. Prof. Christopher’s article Normalizing Struggle is cited in the following article: Jennifer A. Ciarimboli, Honing Homework: Assigning Less and Better to Increase Learning and Quality of Life in Law School, 32 Widener L. Rev. 13 (2026).
5. Prof. Corn’s article The Essential Link Between Proportionality and Necessity in the Exercise of Self-Defense, in Necessity and Proportionality in International Peace and Security Law is cited in the following article: Krister Rasmussen, Lawful Ends to Unlawful Wars: Coercion and Voidness in Peacemaking, 135 Yale L.J. 695 (2025).
6. Prof. Soonpaa’s article Using Composition Theory and Scholarship to Teach Legal Writing More Effectively is cited in the following article: Frances DeLaurentis, OH, The Choices You’ll Make: Embracing Choice in Legal Writing Classes, 30 No. 2 Persp: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 92 (2023).
7. Prof. Nie’s article Advancing Student Learning Experience: Peer Assessment in Advanced Legal Research Classes is cited in the following article: Suzanne Miner Darais, Kerry Lohmeier, Efficient Feedback Strategies in a Skills-Based Course, 32 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 16 (2025).
8. Prof. Murphy’s article Democracy, Chevron Deference, and the Major-Questions Anti-Deference is cited in the following article: David S. Rubenstein, Federalism & Algorithms, 67 Ariz. L. Rev. 979 (2025).
9. Prof. Bubany’s article Taming the Dragon: An administrative Law for Prosecutorial Decision Making is cited in the following article: Justin D. Levinson, G. Ben Cohen, Kochi Hioki, Racializing Three Strikes, 67 Ariz. L. Rev. 919 (2025).

News

1. On February 4, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a speaker for the American Bankers Association’s Wealth & Trust 360 Virtual Symposium. His presentation was entitled Estate Planning for Cyber Property: Electronic Communications, Cryptocurrency, Non-Fungible Tokens, and the Metaverse.
2. On February 6, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a featured presenter for the Heart of America Fellows Institute sponsored by the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in Des Moines, Iowa. His presentation and accompany paper were entitled Escaping the Blue Screen of Death with Competent and Ethical Practices.
3. On February 13, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a speaker at the Docket Call in Probate Court seminar in San Antonio, Texas sponsored by the San Antonio Estate Planners Council. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Morals from the Courthouse: Wills, Probate, and Trusts.
4. On February 18, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was the virtual speaker for the Los Angeles Estate Counselors Forum. His presentation was entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Estate Planner: Resistance is Futile.
5. On February 19, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was the speaker at a meeting of the South Plains Trust and Estate Council in Lubbock, Texas. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Who Gets the Keys? Fiduciary Selection Without Losing Sleep (or the Estate).
6. On February 20, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer spoke at the CLE & Expo sponsored by Tech Law’s Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal. The topic of his presentation and accompanying article was Morals from the Courthouse: A Study of Recent Texas Cases Impacting the Wills, Probate, and Trust Practice.
7. On February 24, 2026, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was in Austin, Texas where he spoke for the Estate Planning Council of Central Texas. His presentation was entitled I Prepared the Decedent’s Will: To Tell or Not to Tell? That is the Question.
8. On January 14, 2026, Horn professor Brian Shannon was on the dais as the parliamentarian at the 2026 NCAA Convention’s Division 1 Business Session.
9. The video podcast, How Artificial Intelligence Affects Estate Planning in 2026 by Professor Gerry W. Beyer and Natalie M. Perry was released by the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel.