The Reporter

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, 2025.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Geoffrey S. Corn & Tyler R. Smotherman, Improving Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in an Era of Maneuver War and Mission Command, 78 SMU L. Rev. 3 (2025).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 5 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as The Other Slavery, Federal Courts Left (Not) to Protect Sacred Sites, Is Agroterrosism the Next Disaster, National Guard and its Two Heads, and The Military and Civilians. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled The Key Word in “Net Operating Loss”. Available at https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/bryan-camp/.
3. Prof. Corn published an article alongside co-authors Claire Finkelstein and Orde Kittrie titled Why Trump Didn’t Have to Ask Congress Before Striking Iran in The Washington Post. Available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/23/trump-iran-strikes-congress-approval/.

Quotations

1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Drew Goins, Still no certainty on Iran, if you can believe, The Washington Post (June 24, 2025; 9:00am). Available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/24/iran-ceasefire-oil-retaliation-trump-education-department/.
2. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Danielle Salazar, Talking Points: KAMC’s Jen Phillips speaks with Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick, Everything Lubbock (June 15, 2025; 5:28pm). Available at: https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/latest/talking-points-kamcs-jen-phillips-meets-with-lieutenant-gov-dan-patrick/.

Citations

1. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Gwyneth Tefft, Proposed Rule 3b-16: The Sec’s Attempt To Change Definition of ““Exchange” Under the Exchange Act Of 1934 Provides Lessons For a New Era of Crypto Regulation, 35 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 833 (2025).
2. Prof. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” is cited in the following article: Yotam Kaplan, Adi Libson, Gideon Parchomovsky, The Renaissance of Private Law, 119 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1427 (2025).
3. Prof. Casto’s article James Iredell and the American Origins of Judicial Review is cited in the following article: Charles Thelen Plambeck, The Constitutional History of the North Carolina Free Elections Clause, 103 N.C. L. Rev. 1143 (2025).
4. Prof. Beyer’s book Teaching Materials on Estate Planning (4^th) is cited in the following article: William A. Drennan, R.I.P. – A Financial Incentive to Protect Your Cadaver?, 129 Penn St. L. Rev. 667 (2025).
5. 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 (June 2025 Update).
6. Prof. Beyer’s article Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Creating an Estate Plan is cited in the following article: Agnieszka McPeak, AI, Ethics, and Augmented Lawyering, 56 U. Tol. L. Rev. 301 (2025).
7. Prof. Casto’s article Governmental Liability for Constitutional Torts: Proposals to Amend the Federal Tort Claims Act is cited in the following article: Audrey C. Burton, The Fine Print of Protection: Governmental Immunity in South Carolina, 76 S.C. L. Rev. 481 (2025).
8. Prof. Corn’s article Clinton, Kosovo, and the Final Destruction of the War Powers Resolution is cited in the following article: Zach Irwin, Unraveling the War Powers Resolution’s Role in Cyber Warfare, 82 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 915 (2025).
9. 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: Michael S. Cecil, Law as Integrity and the Alien Tort Statute, 38 Harv. Hum. Rts. J. 1 (2025).
10. Prof. Camp’s article The Play’s the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds is cited in the following article: Jeffrey A. Maine, Virtual Currency as Real Currency, 17 Drexel L. Rev. 763 (2025).
11. Prof. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” is cited in the following article: Todd Phillips, The Supreme Court’s Assault on Rulemakings, 74 DePaul L. Rev. 1217 (2025).
12. Prof. Brie Sherwin’s articles After the Storm: The Importance of Acknowledging Environmental Justice in Sustainable Development and Disaster Preparedness and Regulating Coal Ash Waste in the Trump Era are cited in the following article: Jehan El-Jourbagy, Elissa Underwood Marek, Jeff Todd, Preventing Disaster Through Corporate-Community Agreements, 103 Or. L. Rev. 429 (2025).
13. Prof. Beyer’s article The Will Execution Ceremony- History, Significance, and Strategies is cited in the following article: Milton J. Hernandez, IV, Louisiana’s Notarial Will: A Case for Simplification of the Signature and Attestation Clause Form Requirements, 99 Tul. L. Rev. 713 (2025).
14. Prof. Beyer’s article Videotape and the Probate Process: The Nexus Grows is cited in §14:14 of Will Contests 2^nd (June 2025 Update).
15. Prof. Corn’s article “Light Him Up”: Addressing the Dangerous Intersection of Traffic Stops and Consent is cited in the following article: Warren Buff, Brandon Hasbrouck, Policing as General Warrants, 173 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1735 (2025).
16. Prof. Beyer’s article Preparing a Will for a Client with Communication Challenges is cited in the following article: Autumn Watterson, Silent Voices, Loud Justice: Ensuring Equal Access to Legal Services for Deaf, [D]eaf, and Hard of Hearing Individuals, 17 Est. Plan. & Community Prop. L.J. 415 (2025).
17. Prof. Murphy’s article Enhancing the Role of Public Interest Organizations in Rulemaking via Pre-Notice Transparency is cited in the following article: William Vester, Turning Square Corners: Regents and Arbitrary-And-Capricious Review’s Distributional Stakes, 134 Yale L.J. 2182 (2025).
18. 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: John D. Bessler, Lost and Found: The Forgotten Origins of the “Cruel and Unusual Punishments” Prohibition, 14 Brit. J. Am. Legal Stud. 213 (2025).

News

1. On May 30, 2025, Prof. Arrington presented Beyond the Basics: Elevating Legal Research Analysis for the AI and NextGen Bar Era at the Capital Area Legal Writing Conference in Washington, DC.
2. On June 4, 2025, Prof. Hardberger, as part of her work as a leadership team member of the Texas Tech Produced Water Consortium, received two new grants to continue ongoing work for the beneficial reuse of desalinated produced water, and to collaborate with Abilene Christian University and Natural Resources to prepare for commercial deployment of co-locating a nuclear power plant with a thermal desalination plant for desalinating hypersaline produced water in the Permian Basin.
3. On June 4, 2025, Prof. Beyer served as the lead-off speaker for the three-day Advanced Estate Planning & Probate course sponsored by TexasBarCLE in San Antonio, TX. To an audience of approximately 300 Texas attorneys, Prof. Beyer discussed recent Texas judicial developments relating to intestate succession, wills, estate administration, trusts, and related estate planning areas.
4. On June 12, 2025, Prof. Beyer was a speaker at the 59^th Annual Midwest Estate, Tax, & Business Planning Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana. His presentation was entitled Estate Planning for Cyber Property: Electronic Communications, Cryptocurrency, Non-Fungible Tokens, and the Metaverse.
5. On June 14, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the keynote speaker at the 45th Annual Estate Planning Retreat hosted by the Trust and Estate Section of the Colorado Bar Association in Vail, Colorado. To an audience of approximately 250 Colorado attorneys, Prof. Beyer spoke about Estate Planning for Cyber Property: Electronic Communications, Cryptocurrency, Non-Fungible Tokens, and the Metaverse.
6. From June 18-21, 2025, Prof. Beyer attended the summer meeting of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel in Montreal. During the meeting, he spoke at several Committee meetings including giving presentations on recent developments in artificial intelligence and Texas developments in the estate planning area. He also chaired the Academic Membership Committee, co-chaired the Legal Education Committee, and served as a judge of the Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition.
7. On June 24 and 26, 2025, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a virtual speaker for the 59^th Short Course on Estate Planning sponsored by The Center for American and International Law. His topics and accompanying articles included: Anticipating Will Contests and How to Avoid Them, Fiduciary Selection, and Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner.

New Books

In June 2025, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

BANKING AND FINANCE

1. Pratt, Shannon P., Shannon Pratt’s The Lawyer’s Business Valuation Handbook: Understanding Financial Statements, Appraisal Reports, and Expert Testimony (2024).

BIOGRAPHY

1. Barnes, Rhae Lynn and Catherine Clinton, Roe v. Wade: Fifty Years After (2024).

CIVIL RIGHTS, GENERALLY

1. Hook, Sarah, Moral Rights, Creativity, and Copyright Law: The Death of the Transformative Author (2024).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

1. Balkin, J.M., Memory and Authority: The Uses of History in Constitutional Interpretation (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

1. Spier, Jaap, Climate Litigation in a Changing World (2023).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

1. Fishman, Joel, and Brian Dean Abramson, Vaccine Law: A Legal Research Guide (2024).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

1. Vitale, David, Trust, Courts, and Social Rights: A Trust-Based Framework for Social Rights Enforcement (2024).

INFORMATION PRIVACY

1. Steel, John and Julian Petley, The Routledge Companion to Freedom of Expression and Censorship (2024).

INTERNATIONAL LAW

1. Powers, Allison, Arbitrating Empire: United States Expansion and the Transformation of International Law (2024).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

1. Sharma, Kavita and Padmavati Manchikanti, Artificial Intelligence in Drug Development: Patenting and Regulatory Aspects (2024).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

1. Garfinkle, Marc D., $olo Contendere: How to go directly from Law School into the Practice of Law without Getting a Job (2024).

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

1. Pina, Thiadora, Critical Lawyering Skills: A Path to Professional Identity (2025).

SPORTS

1. Anderson, Christopher B. and Courtney Selby, Sports Betting: A Legal Research Guide (2024).

TORTS

1. Domino, John C. The Right to Privacy in Texas: From Common Law Origins to 21^st Century Protections (2024).

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.

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, 2025.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Drafting Wills to Prevent and Diminish Contests, Est. Plan. Dev. for Tex. Prof., Mar. 2025, at 1.
2. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., May/Jun. 2025, at 27.
3. Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 63-2 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 4 (2025).
4. Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 63-2 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2025).
5. Geoffrey S. Corn, [Chapter Within] The Law on Nuclear Weapons (2025).
6. Stephen t. Black, Weaponizing AI, 16 UC L. Sci. & Tech. J. 177 (2025).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 4 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as Life of the Volcano, Spaceships on the Beach, Who gets to legally name it?, and Saved by the (9^th Circuit) Bell. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled The Key Word in “Net Operating Loss”. Available at https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/bryan-camp/.

Quotations

1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Uriel J. Garcia, U.S. Declares Military Zone Around El Paso, Allowing Soldiers to Arrest Migrants, Texas Tribune (May 2, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/02/texas-military-zone-el-paso-immigrants-soldiers-arrest/.
2. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Erin Davis, Legislature Debates How to Fix Texas’ Water Problems, Spectrum News 1 (May 7, 2025; 8:30am), available at: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2025/05/06/legislature-debate-how-to-fix-texas–water-problems.
3. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Liz Teitz, SAWS will spend nearly $1M to study how to move plant for Project Marvel, San Antonio Express-News (May 6, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/project-marvel-hotel-san-antonio-water-system-20311623.php.
4. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Jayme Lozano Carver, The one thing Texas won’t do to save its water supply, Texas Tribune (May 29, 2025; 1:00pm), available at: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/29/texas-water-crisis-groundwater-rights/.

Citations

1. Prof. Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion is cited in the following article: Joshua J. Schroeder, Courting Oblivion Part II: How to Revive American Reconstruction by Feigning Forgetfulness, 73 Clev. St. L. Rev. 515 (2025).
2. Prof. Black’s article Who Owns Your Data? is cited in the following article: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Video Analytics and Fourth Amendment Vision, 103 Tex. L. Rev. 1253 (2025).
3. Prof. Camp’s article The Impact of Jarkesy on Civil Tax Fraud Penalties is cited in the following article: Steve R. Johnson, Jarkesy, The Seventh Amendment, and Tax Penalties, 79 U. Miami L. Rev. 461 (2025).
4. Prof. Christopher’s article Normalizing Struggle is cited in the following article: Kelly M. Gamble, Breaking Up with the Anti-Hero: How 303(b)(3) Can Help Law Schools Mitigate their Perennial Devices, Prices, Vices, and Crises, 77 Me. L. Rev. 69 (2025).
5. Prof. Murphy’s book Federal Practice & Procedure is cited in the following article: Rebecca Haw Allensworth & Cathal T. Gallagher, Doctors Playing Lawyers: Lessons for Professional Regulation in Crisis, 51 Am J.L. & Med. 27 (2025).
6. Prof. Baker’s article 2018 A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor is cited in the following article: Andrew Martineau & Loren Turner, Legal Scholarship Through the Lens of Generative AI, Darkly, 117 Law Libr. J. 232 (2025).
7. Prof. Baker’s article The Intersectionality of Law Librarianship & Gender is cited in the following article: Victoria Szymczak & Melanie Knapp, The Continuing Decline of Academic Law Library Director Status and Rank, 117 Law Libr. J. 153 (2025).
8. Prof. Beyer’s article Sign on the [Electronic] Dotted Line: The Rise of the Electronic Will is cited in the following article: Margaret I. 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).
9. Prof. Murphy’s article Due Process and the Targeted Killing of Terrorists is cited in the following article: James T. Campbell, The Law of The Territories: Should it Exist?, 134 Yale L.J. Forum 448 (2025).
10. Prof. Baker’s article The Intersectionality of Law Librarianship & Gender is cited in the following article: Laura J. Ax-Fultz, Why Academic Law Librarians Quit: Results of he Law Librarian Exit Survey, 117 Law Libr. J. 84 (2025).
11. Prof. Corn’s article War and Detention is cited in the following article: Sandra Hodgkinson, The Geneva Conventions at 75: An Argument that New Legal Authority is Needed to Fill Critical Gaps, 57 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 167 (2025).
12. 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: Participants of the Cleveland Experts Meetings, White Paper on the Need to Strengthen International Humanitarian Law to Address the Challenges of 21st Century Warfare, 57 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 7 (2025).
13. Prof. Corn’s book The Law In War: A Concise Overview is cited in the following article: Laurie R. Blank, New Treaty Law on Autonomous Weapons? An Opportunity to Reframe the Discourse, 57 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 223 (2025).
14. Prof. Corn’s article Military Jury Sentencing Theory and Practice is cited in the following article: Jen Jenkins, Judge v. Jury: Who is Better at Fitting the Punishment to the Crime?, 51 Am. J. Crim. L. 56 (2025).
15. Prof. James’ article The African-American Church, Political Activity, and Tax Exemption is cited in the following article: Samuel D. Brunson, A New Johnson Amendment: Subsidy, Core Political Speech, and Tax-Exempt Organizations, 43 Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. 354 (2025).
16. Prof. Soonpaa’s article Using Composition Theory and Scholarship to Teach Legal Writing More Effectively is cited in the following article: Jonathan E. Moore, Guided Autonomy: A Research-Based Approach to Improving Students’ Wellbeing and Decision-Making in the Development of Problem-Solving Skills, 29 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 201 (2025).
17. Prof. Soonpaa’s article From a Gleam to Maturity: The Developmental Stages of a Legal Writing Program is cited in the following article: L. Danielle Tully, Behind the Curve: Rethinking Norm-Referenced Grading in First-Year Legal Writing Courses, 29 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 1 (2025).
18. Prof. Rosen’s article Katcoff V. Marsh at Twenty-Two: The Military Chaplaincy and the Separation of Church and State is cited in multiple areas of §36 of Religious Organizations and the Law (May 2025 Update).
19. Prof. Camp’s article The Failure of Adversarial Process in the Administrative State is cited in Part I, §2 of Administrative Law and Practice (May 2025 Update).
20. Prof. James’ article The African-American Church, Political Activity, and Tax Exemption is cited in §32 of Religious Organizations and the Law (May 2025 Update).
21. Prof. Beyer’s article Pet Animals: What Happens When their Humans Die? is cited in §165 of Bogert’s The Law of Trusts and Trustees (May 2025 Update).

News

1. Prof. Hardberger is now participating in the 5-year USDA Sustainable Agricultural Systems grant, joining with TTU School of Agriculture, Oklahoma State University, and Kansas State University to look at how NASA satellite evapotranspiration data can be used to increase water efficiency in agriculture in select counties across the three states.  
2. On May 9, 2025, Prof. Arrington presented AI in Practice: Reshaping How Lawyers Research and Work at the Roswell Continuing Legal Education Conference in Roswell, New Mexico.
3. On May 13, 2025, Prof. Hardberger was interviewed by the ABC affiliate news station in Houston concerning the impacts of SB7, a weighty water bill working its way through the legislature (available here: https://abc13.com/post/texas-bill-sb-7-creates-water-infrastructure-fix-doesnt-go-far-enough-experts-say/16403687/). She was also interviewed over the same topic by Agriculture of America Radio Show (available here: https://www.agricultureofamerica.com/), and Lubbock’s KLBK’s Talking Points (available here: https://www.everythinglubbock.com/talking-points/).
4. On May 20, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in Anchorage, Alaska where he was a co-presenter on the Legal Separation and Divorce panel at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Alaska Seminar: The Intersection of Estate Planning and Marriage.
5. On May 22, 2025, The National Football Foundation and Texas Tech Athletics jointly honored Prof. Shannon as part of the 2024 NFF Faculty Salutes presented by Fidelity Investments.
6. On May 27, 2025, Prof. Beyer spoke in Dallas for the Probate, Trusts, & Estates Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association. His topic and accompanying article were entitled Recent Estate Planning Developments from the Texas Courts.
7. On May 29, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in Houston where he spoke to an audience of approximately 150 attorneys, CPAs, trust officers, and other estate planning professionals at a meeting of the Houston Estate & Financial Forum. His topic was entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Estate Planner: Resistance is Futile.

In May 2025, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

ANIMAL LAW

1. Wacks, Raymond, Animal Lives Matter: The Continuing Question for Justice (2024).

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

1. Arth, Kristi W., Legal Issues for Arts Organizations: A Practical Guide (2024).

BANKING AND FINANCE

1. Chugani, Sumeet H. and Stephen T. Gannon, Banking on Blockchain: A Legal and Regulatory Primer (2024).
2. Awrey, Dan, Beyond Banks: Technology, Regulation, and the Future of Money (2024).

BIOGRAPHY

1. Johnson, Benjamin Heber, Texas: An American History (2025).
2. Eaton, John, Finding English Law: Quick Access to Key Titles (2024).

CIVIL RIGHTS – GENERALLY

1. Collins, Mike Steve, The Anti-Civil Rights Movement: Affirmative Action as Wedge and Weapon (2024).
2. Fineman, Martha Albertson and Laura Spitz, Law, Vulnerability, and the Responsive State: Beyond Equality and Liberty (2024).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

1. Sidorsky, Kaitlin N. and Wendy J. Schiller, Inequality Across State Lines: How Policymakers have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States (2023).

EDUCATION LAW

1. Polden, Donald J. and Barry Z. Posner, Lawyers as Leaders: Why It Matters and What It Takes (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

1. Smith, Kimberly K., Making Climate Lawyers: Climate Change in American Law Schools, 1985-2020 (2024).
2. Quirico, Ottavio and Walter Baber, Implementing Climate Change Policy” Designing and Deploying Net Zero Carbon Governance (2024).

EVIDENCE

1. Ross, Lewis, The Philosophy of Legal Proof, (2024).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

1. Onwukwe, Karren Jo Pope, Life if Filled with Swift Transitions: A Guide to Helping Your Clients Manage Catastrophic Health Incidents (2024).

INDIAN AND ABORIGINAL LAW

1. Novak, Andrew, Criminal Convictions in U.S. Tribal law: Collateral Consequences, Pardons, and Expungements in Indian Country (2025).

JUDGES

1. Kritzer, Herbert M., Litigation Judicial Selection (2024).

LEGAL HISTORY

1. Montalvo, Maria R., Enslaved Archives: Slavery, Law and the Production of the Past (2024).

PROPERTY – PERSONAL AND REAL

1. Coenen, Tracy, Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce Cases: Investigating Spending and Finding Hidden Income and Assets (2024).
2. Moring, Beatrice, Women and Family Property (2024).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

1. Muir, Ronda, Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence (2025).
2. Austin, Debra S., The Legal Brain: A Lawyer’s Guide to Well-Being and Better Job Performance (2024).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Kuan, Hon. W., Technology and Security for Lawyers and other Professionals: The Basics and Beyond (2024).
2. Vicente, Dario Moura, Rui Soares Pereira, and Ana Alves Leal, Legal Aspects of Autonomous Systems: A Comparative Approach (2024).
3. Pomfret, Kevin D., Geospatial Law, Policy, and Ethics: Where Geospatial Technology is Taking the Law (2025).
4. Drazewski, Kasper, Copyright as a Constraint on Creating Technological Value (2024).
5. Van der Sloot, Bart, Regulating the Synthetic Society: Generative AI, Legal Questions and Societal Challenges (2024).

SEX CRIMES

1. Kelley, Erin L., Law, Literature, and Violence Against Women: Ending the Victim Blame Game (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.

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, 2025.

Articles, Books, & More

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Don’t Byte Off More Than You Can Chew: Ethical Considerations for the Estate Planner in the World of Generative Artificial Intelligence, 15 St. Mary’s J. on Legal Malpractice & Ethics 32 (2025).
2. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., Mar./Apr. 2025, at 28.
3. Gerry W. Beyer, 13, 14, 15, Real Property (West’s Tex. Forms 2025 Supp.).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 4 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as The animal experimentation industry should become our past, The Dire Wolf, The Lab Leaks, and A Guide to Indian Country for Conservatives. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled A Captivating Lesson on Insurance. Available at https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/bryan-camp/.
3. Prof. Corn published 1 article alongside co-author John Spencer for Real Clear Defense, titled The Battle for Legitimacy in Urban Warfare. Available at: https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/03/15/the_battle_for_legitimacy_in_urban_warfare_1097773.html.

Quotations

1. Prof. Rob Sherwin is featured and quoted in the following article: Lucy Greenberg, Texas Tech School of Law Becomes First to Win All ABA Champtionship Competitions, Texas Tech Now (April 14, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.ttu.edu/now/posts/2025/04/texas-tech-school-of-law-becomes-first-to-win-all-aba-championship-competitions.php.
2. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Jayme Lozano Carver & Alejandra Martinez, Can Texas Lawmakers Agree on How to Spend Billions to Save the State’s Water Supply?, The Texas Tribune (April 28, 2025; 5:00am), available at: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/28/texas-water-crisis-legislation-debate/.
3. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Sig Christenson, Pete Hegseth wants a new name for Defense Department: War Department. Why it matters., San Antonio Express News (April 28, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/pete-hegseth-rename-defense-department-war-20242899.php.
4. Prof. Camp is quoted in the following article: Ben Blatt, Why I.R.S. Audits, Already at Their Lowest Levels, May Fall Further, The New York Times (April 8, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/upshot/irs-tax-audits-cuts.html.
5. Prof. Camp is quoted in the following two-part article: Bruce Brumberg, How the I.R.S. Picks Tax Returns to Audit: A Tax-Law Expert Explains, Forbes (March 26, 2025; 11:16am), available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucebrumberg/2025/03/26/how-the-irs-picks-tax-returns-to-audit-a-tax-law-expert-explains/. Bruce Brumberg, How the I.R.S. Decides to Audit You: A Tax Expert Explains, Forbes (March 31, 2025; 11:17am), available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucebrumberg/2025/03/31/how-the-irs-decides-to-audit-you-a-tax-expert-explains/.
6. Prof. Camp participated in the following podcast: Trump is Picking Fights He Relishes: Smerconish on CNN, CNN Audio (April 19, 2025), available at: https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/smerconish-on-cnn/episodes/41531e74-2cca-11ef-88f0-ffe0c240b3ae

Citations

1. Prof. Beyer’s book Texas Practice Series: Texas Law of Wills is cited in the following article: Joseph William Padjune III, A Constructive Trust is Not Enough – Enacting a Slayer Statute to Better Protect a Decedent’s Heirs, 11 Tex. A&M J. Prop. L. 411 (2025).
2. Prof. Beyer’s article Avoid Being a Defendant: Estate Planning Malpractice and Ethical Concerns is cited in §2:4 Texas Practice Series: Handbook of Texas Lawyer and Judicial Ethics (April 2025 Update).
3. Prof. Murphy’s article Abandon Chevron and Modernize Stare Decisis for the Administrative State is cited in the following article: Jennifer L. Mascott & Eli Nachmany, Answered by Text, 48 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 33 (2025).
4. Prof. Corn’s articles Ukraine Symposium – Effects-Based Enforcement of Targeting Law and Contemplating the True Nature of the Notion of “Responsibility” in Responsible Command are cited in the following article: Hitoshi Nasu, The Rule of Law in Armed Conflict, 34 Minn. J. Int’l L. 237 (2025).
5. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Jeffrey Manns, The Case for Contingent Regulatory Sunsets, 100 Ind. L.J. 409 (2025).
6. Prof. Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society is cited in the following article: Natalie A. Pierce & Stephanie L. Goutos, Why Lawyers Must Responsibly Embrace Generative AI, 21 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 469 (2025).
7. Prof. 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 is cited in §352 of Dobbs’ Law of Torts (April 2025 Update).
8. Prof. Beyer’s article Avoiding the Estate Planning “Blue Screen of Death”- Common Non-Tax Errors and How to Prevent Them is cited in the following article: Mark Glover, The Unconventional Wisdom of Fragmented Wills, 67 Ariz. L. Rev. 61 (2025).
9. Prof. Beyer’s article Pet Animals – What Happens When Their Humans Die? is cited in multiple sections of Estate Planning for Farmers and Ranchers (May 2025 Update).
10. Prof. Nie’s article Advancing Student Learning Experience: Peer Assessment in Advanced Legal Research Classes is cited in the following article: Elissa Jacob, Mistaken About Mistakes: Error Analysis as an Untapped Tool for Law School Success, 45 Pace L. Rev. 445 (2025).
11. Prof. Christopher’s article Normalizing Struggle is cited in the following article: Elissa Jacob, Mistaken About Mistakes: Error Analysis as an Untapped Tool for Law School Success, 45 Pace L. Rev. 445 (2025).
12. Prof. Camp’s article “Loving” Return Preparer Regulation is cited in the following article: Linda Galler & Jay A. Soled, AI and the Regulation of Tax Return Preparers, 28 Fla. Tax Rev. 1 (2025).
13. Prof. Murphy’s article A “New” Counter-Marbury: Reconciling Skidmore Deference and Agency Interpretive Freedom is cited in the following article: Kristin E. Hickman, Anticipating a New Modern Skidmore Standard, 74 Duke L.J. Online 111 (2025).
14. Prof. Corn’s article Making the Case for Conflict Bifurcation in Afghanistan: Transnational Armed Conflict, al Qaida, and the Limits of Associated Militia Concept is cited in the following article: Joyce Claudia Choo, Unmasking the “Admixture” War Paradigm: An Analysis of “Invisible” Violations of Jus In Bello Within Signature Drone Strikes, 57 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 225 (2025).
15. 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: Zamir Ben-Dan, The Pro-Defense Constitution, 2025 Utah L. Rev. 385 (2025).
16. Prof. Casto’s article The Origins of Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction in an Age of Privateers, Smugglers, and Pirates is cited in the following article: Lumen N. Mulligan, Is Federal Question Jurisdiction Arising or Setting?, 104 B.U. L. Rev. 2207 (2025).
17. Prof. Casto’s article The First Congress’s Understanding of its Authority over the Federal Courts’ Jurisdiction is cited in the following article: Arthur D. Hellman, The Federal Question Jurisdiction Under Article III: “First in the Mind of the Framers,” But Today, Perhaps, Falling Short of the Framers’ Expectations, 104 B.U. L. Rev. 2143 (2025).
18. Prof. Corn’s article Presidential War Power: Do the Courts Offer Any Answers? is cited in the following article: Dan Maurer, Congress and the Operational Disciplining of the Use of Armed Force, Part II: Rules of Engagement and a “Military-Agency Test” For the Separation of War Powers, 85 Ohio St. L.J. 893 (2025).
19. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Gwendolyn Savitz, Adjudication Hiding in Plain Sight: Rethinking Standing in Rulemaking Petition Cases, 32 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 57 (2025).
20. Prof. Beyer’s book Texas Estate Planning Statutes With Commentary is cited in the following article: Garrett Couts & Emily Daniel, Ancillary Probate: “There’s No Place Like Home”, 29 Drake J. Agric. L. 299 (2025).
21. Prof. Beyer’s article Digital Wills: Has the Time Come for Wills to Join the Digital Revolution? is cited in the following article: James Toomey, Executor Discretion, 110 Iowa L. Rev. 1323 (2025).
22. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in multiple sections of Massachusetts Practice Series (May 2025 Update).

News

1. On April 3, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the virtual guest speaker for the St. Mary’s University School of Law’s chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. He gave a presentation entitled Companion Animal Trusts: Providing for Non-Human Family Members.
2. On April 9, 2025, Prof. Keffer presented in Midland at the annual seminar hosted by the Permian Area Lease Title Analysts and the Permian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts. His presentation was entitled Energy Bills in the Texas Legislative Session.
3. On April 11, 2025, Prof. Arrington presented Beyond the Basics: Elevating Legal Research Analysis for the AI and NextGen Bar Era and NextGen 2025: What’s New & What’s Next at the Lone Star Legal Writing Conference at Baylor University School of Law.
4. On April 12, 2025, Prof. Outenreath was invited to serve on the planning committee for the 43rd annual Tax Law CLE course, presented by TexasBarCLE and co-sponsored by the State Bar of Texas Tax Section
5. Prof. Beck’s article The Federal War on Guns was cited multiple times in the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Association’s amicus brief before the Supreme Court in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
6. Prof. Beck received the 2025 Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty Award, an award that recognizes faculty members with four years or less of services who have distinguished themselves through dedicated service to Texas Tech.