Washburn Law Faculty Scholarship and Activities, July 2014-June 2015

Aïda M. Alaka

Articles in Magazines

"Removing Research Blinders: Controlling the Research Expenses of Recent Graduates," 83:7 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 18 (July/August 2014).

Other Publications

"Letting the Students Run the Review," Idea of the Month, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, April 2015.

Presentations

"Course Design and Assessment," Workshop on Law Teaching Methodology, Free University of Tbilisi, Georgia, December 2014.

Guest Lecture, "Hidden Audio/Video Recordings as Evidence," Training on Comparative Civil Procedure Law Workshop, National Center for Commercial Law, Tbilisi, Georgia December 2014.

Professional Service

Kansas Steering Committee Member, National Association of Women Judges, Informed Voter Project, 2014-present.

At-Large Member, Employment Law Section Executive Committee, Kansas Bar Association, 2014-.

Rory Bahadur

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

Cited by United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Gregoire v. Enterprise Marine Services, LLC (August 6, 2014): "Maritime Removal: An Unlikely Heuristic for Anchoring Three Non-Textual Principles of Original Federal Jurisdiction," 43 The Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 195 (2012).

Other Publications

"Making Explicit the Link between Briefing and Exam Writing," Idea of the Month, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, May 2015.

Review, "Theory Saved my Life" (Kris Franklin, 8 New York City Law Review 599 (2005)) Article of the Month (February 2015), Institute for Law Teaching and Learning.

Review, 'Teaching for Tomorrow: Utilizing Technology to Implement the Reforms of MacCrate, Carnegie and Best Practices" (Stephen M. Johnson, 92 Nebraska Law Review 46 (2013)) Article of the Month (August 2014), Institute for Law Teaching and Learning.

Presentations

"Introduction to Law School Skills Workshop," Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO), University of Mississippi Robert C. Khayat Law School, Oxford, Mississippi, June 8, 2015.

"Evaluation/Assessment and Feedback with Active Learning," The Association of American Law Schools Workshop for New Law School Teachers, Washington, DC, June 5, 2015.

"Active and Multimodal Classroom Instruction," Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, February 23, 2015.

"Alternative Assessment Strategies," University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California, February 18, 2015.

"Active and Multimodal Instruction in the Doctrinal Classroom," St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami Gardens, Florida, October 10, 2014.

"Learning the Building Blocks of Legal Analysis in the Large Classroom," New York Law School, New York, October 6, 2014.

Professional Service

Treasurer, American Association of Law Schools Section on Teaching Methods, 2015-.

Andrea J. Boyack

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"American Dream in Flux: The Endangered Right to Lease a Home," 49 Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal 203 (2014).

• Reviewed by Tanya Marsh, "Redefining the American Dream," JOTWELL (March 8, 2016).

Cited by United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Colorado, In re Lopez (July 1, 2014): "Community Collateral Damage: A Question of Priorities," 43 Loyola University of Chicago Law Review 53 (2011).

"Muddying the Waterfall: How Ambiguous Liability Statutes Distort Creditor Priority in Condominium Foreclosures," 67 Arkansas Law Review 225 (2014) (co-authored with William E. Foster).

"Comparative Contract Damages and Penalty Provisions," 3 Georgian Commercial Law Review Journal 2 (2014).

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2015) (co-authored with Amy Deen Westbrook and Lori A. McMillan).

Other Publications

Institute for Law Teaching and Learning (website, regular contributor)

• Article Review, "The Trouble with Categories: What Theory Can Teach Us About the Doctrine-Skills Divide" (April 2015).
• "Student "Law Firms"," Idea of the Month (March 2015).
• "Pass the Pen," Idea of the Month (January 2015).
• Article Review, "The Pink Tower Meets the Ivory Tower: Adapting Montessori Teaching Methods for Law School" (October 2014).

Presentations

"Current Laws Regarding Mortgage Disclosures and Foreclosures," 2015 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 26, 2015.

Zombie Mortgages and the Foreclosure Issues Raised for Lenders and Homeowners in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy," Professors' Corner webinar sponsored by the Legal Education and Uniform Laws Group, American Bar Association Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law Section, June 10, 2015.

Panelist, Banking in a Free Society, Federalist Society Symposium, Annapolis, Maryland, June 5-6, 2015.

"Bankruptcy Weapons to Terminate a Zombie Mortgage," 8th Annual Regional Junior Faculty Works-In-Progress Workshop, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, May 1, 2015.

Presenter, "Recent Developments in Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," Legislative and Case Law Institute, Kansas Bar Association CLE, Topeka, Kansas, April 28, 2015.

Panelist, "In My Skin: Race Relations in America," Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, April 23, 2015.

Panelist, "Bankruptcy Weapons to Terminate a Zombie Mortgage," The Future of Housing: Equity, Stability and Sustainability, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, February 26, 2015 (with Robert D. Berger).

"American Dream in Flux: Neighborhood Diversity and Community Covenants," Washburn University School of Law Lunch & Learn, Topeka, Kansas, October 1, 2014.

"American Dream in Flux: The Endangered Right to Lease a Home," 2014 SEALS (Southeastern Association of Law Schools) Annual Conference, Amelia Island, Florida, August 2, 2014.

Presenter, "Recent Developments in Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," Legislative and Case Law Institute, Kansas Bar Association CLE, Topeka, Kansas, July 11, 2014 (panel with Lori McMillan).

Conferences Planned

Symposium Planner and Host, "The Future of Housing - Equity, Stability and Sustainability," Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, February 26, 2015.

Professional Service

Participated in a two-day legal colloquium entitled "Banking in a Free Society" and sponsored by the Federalist Society's Faculty Division and the John Templeton Foundation in Annapolis, Maryland, June 5-6, 2015.

John Christensen

Presentations

"50 Sites in 50 Minutes," 2015 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 26, 2015.

James M. Concannon

Books and Monographs

Pattern Instructions, Kansas 4th -- Civil, 2014 Supplements (Kansas Judicial Council, Pattern Instructions Committee, 2014).

Pattern Instructions, Kansas 4th -- Criminal, 2013 Supplements (Kansas Judicial Council, Pattern Instructions Committee, 2014).

Chapters in Books

"Evidence," (chapter 13), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2015).

Media Interviews

"How do Kansas Supreme Court Justices Make Decisions in Cases?," KWCH 12 Eyewitness News, September 17, 2014.

Professional Service

Member, ad hoc Kansas Judicial Review Committee, 2014.

A Kansas Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, July 11-17, 2014.

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Style Committee Liaison, Model Commercial Real Estate Receivers Act and the Amendments to the Uniform Athlete Agents Act, Uniform Law Commission 2014 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, July 15-16, 2014.

Linda Henry Elrod

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Review of the Year in Family Law 2013-2014: Same-Sex Couples Attain Rights to Marry and Parent," 48 Family Law Quarterly 609 (2015).

"Japan Joins Hague Abduction Convention: England Returns Child," 48 Family Law Quarterly 353 (2014).

Books and Monographs

Child Custody Practice and Procedure. 2015 ed. (Thomson Reuters, 2015).

Kansas Family Law: Kansas Law and Practice, Volumes 1 and 2. 2014-2015 ed. (Thomson Reuters, 2014).

Other Publications

"Relocation: Trying to Move on but is it in the Best Interests of the Child?," 4 Sensible Separation Newsletter 5 (Greg Kincaid, ed. September 2014).

Presentations

"Hearing Children's Voices: Interviewing Young Children," 4th Annual Northwest Arizona Symposium on Infant and Toddler Mental Health, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, February 10, 2015.

"Kansas Child Support Guidelines, the Affordable Care Act and Shared Parenting," Topeka Bar Association Family Law CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, January 23, 2015.

"Representing Children in Kansas: Reconciling the Ethical Rules," Guardian ad Litem Training, Washburn University School of Law, Children and Family Law Center, January 9, 2015.

"Best Interests of Children: The Law and the Reality," Horizons, High Conflict Parenting Class, Shawnee County Courthouse, Topeka, Kansas, January 8, 2015.

"Poverty, the Marriage Gap and Why Marriage Matters for Children," Topeka Zonta Club, Kansas, November 18, 2014.

"Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: Family Law Arbitration is Coming Around the Mountain," American Bar Association Family Law Section Fall CLE Conference, Stowe, Vermont, October 18, 2014.

"Family Law Arbitration - An Idea Whose Time Has Come?," Successfully Managing Dispute Resolution Annual CLE/CME Training Event, Associates in Dispute Resolution, LLC, Topeka, Kansas, October 10, 2014.

Plenary Session Panelist, "Same-Sex Issues: Navigating the Conflicting Legal Landscape of Marriage and the Broader Implications of Other Areas of Law," The Missouri Bar / Missouri Judicial Conference, 2014 Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, September 11, 2014.

"Hot Topics in Family Law - Federalization Comes to Family Law," 25th Anniversary of the Kansas Women Attorneys Association Annual Conference, Lindsborg, Kansas, on July 25, 2014.

Professional Service

Recipient, A. Roy Myers Excellence in Research Award, 2015, Washburn University.

Attended as a committee member, the Secretary of State's Legal Adviser's Advisory Committee on Private International Law, Washington D.C., November 3, 2014.

Chaired the Family Law Quarterly Editorial Board Meeting, October 18, 2014 and attended the Family Law Council meeting, October 16, 2014 at the American Bar Association Family Law Section Fall CLE Conference, Stowe, Vermont.

Signer on Family Law Amicus Briefs filed in the following cases challenging same-sex marriage bans: Baskin v. Bogan and Wolf v. Walker (7th Circuit), August 5, 2014; Latta v. Otter (9th Circuit), July 25, 2014.

Joined with law professors, sociologists, psychologists and lawyers with expertise in social welfare in writing a letter to Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. John Boehner urging them to take into account the youth and vulnerability of the unaccompanied immigrant children in developing policy. The letter urges child-focused screening and interview practices, July 21, 2014.

Reappointed to serve on the United States Department of State's Legal Adviser's Advisory Committee on Private International Law, 2014-.

As Reporter for the Family Law Arbitration Act, participated in the first reading of the current draft of the FLAA at the Uniform Law Commission Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, July 12, 2014.

Alex Glashausser

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"International Torts, Extraterritorial Distortion [Kokusai Fuho Koi, Yugamerareta (Translator Tatsuya Kitai)]," 48:2 Comparative Law Review 1 (Institute of Comparative Law in Japan, 2014).

Other Publications

"The Danger of Disrobing the Judiciary," The Huffington Post (June 16, 2015).

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Taking Flight: Amid FAA Study Kansas Leads Drone Advancement," WIBW-TV, May 06, 2015.

Emily Grant

Articles in Law Reviews

"At the [Other Side of the] Lectern," 64 Journal of Legal Education 103 (2014).

Other Publications

Review, "Meeting Law Students' Experiential Needs in the Classroom: Building an Administrative Law Practicum Implementing the Revised ABA Standards" (Jeff Thaler Maine Law Review (2015)) Article of the Month (March 2015), Institute for Law Teaching and Learning.

"Students at the Front of the Classroom," 21:2 The Law Teacher 6 (Spring 2015).

"New Semester's Resolutions," Idea of the Month, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, December 2014.

Review, "Admit that the Waters Around you Have Grown: Change and Legal Education" (Mari J. Matsuda 89 Indiana Law Journal 1381 (2014)) Article of the Month (September 2014), Institute for Law Teaching and Learning.

Presentations

"Adapting Montessori Teaching Methods for Law School," Association of Legal Writing Directors 2015 Biennial Conference, University of Memphis School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee, June 5, 2015.

"Adapting Montessori Teaching Methods for Law School," Central States Law Schools Association, 2014 Annual Scholarship Conference, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 11, 2014.

Conferences Planned

Workshop Organizer, "Washburn Junior Legal Writing Scholars Workshop," Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, July 25-26, 2014.

Randall L. Hodgkinson

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Appeal Seeks Overturn of Wichita Man’s Rape, Human-Trafficking Convictions," The Wichita Eagle, September 16, 2014.

Professional Service

Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, October 2014-.

Janet Thompson Jackson

Media

Quoted, "Clinics Let Students Get Real," The Nationa Law Journal, May 18, 2015.

Host, I've Got Issues (produced by Washburn University's public broadcasting station KTWU), select episodes (see all episodes).

• "Equal Justice Under the Gun," January 22, 2015.
• "Your Voice, Your Vote: Kansas Governor," October 23, 2014.

Presentations

Mini-Plenary Panelist, "Implicit Bias," 38th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Association of American Law Schools, Rancho Mirage, California, May 5, 2015.

Moderator, "Second Annual Women's Forum," Sponsored by the Entrepreneurial and Minority Business Development (EMBD) Women's Initiative Committee, Topeka, Kansas, April 28, 2015.

Guest Speaker, Topeka High School, Jobs for America’s Graduates Program, March 9, 2015.

Jeffrey D. Jackson

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Legal Writing: A History from the Colonial Era to the End of the Civil War," 19 Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute 191 (2014) (co-authored with David Cleveland).

Books and Monographs

Interactive Citation Workbook for the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 2014 Edition (co-authored with Tracy McGaugh Norton, Christine Hurt) (LexisNexis, 2014).
» See publisher's web site for further description and ordering information.

Interactive Citation Workbook for ALWD Citation Manual, 2014 Edition (co-authored with Tracy McGaugh Norton, Christine Hurt) (LexisNexis, 2014).
» See publisher's web site for further description and ordering information.

Media Interviews

"Why the Supreme Court's Decision Not to Decide Same-Sex Marriage Made a Mess in Kansas," Jurist - Academic Commentary, December 6, 2014.

Quoted, "Gay Couple Denied Marriage License in Shawnee County, Could Become Plaintiffs," The Topeka Capital Journal, October 6, 2014.

Quoted, "Compact to Free Kansas from Health Care Reform May Need Presidential Approval," The Wichita Eagle, August 3, 2014.

Presentations

"Recent Developments in United States Supreme Court Cases," 2015 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 25, 2015.

"The History of Moot Courts in the Early American Law School?," Moot Court Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 25, 2014 (with David Cleveland).

The Early History of Legal Writing: Where We Came From and How We Got Here," 16th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1, 2014 (with David Cleveland).

Patricia L. Judd

Articles in Law Reviews

"Retooling TRIPS," 55 Virginia Journal of International Law 117 (2014).

Professional Service

Fellow (Respondent), "Intellectual Property and Information Law in a Global Context," Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 30, 2015.

Michael Kaye

Media Interviews

Quoted, "In the Case of John Booker Jr., Entrapment is an Unlikely Defense," CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal (April 14, 2015).

Quoted, "Woman Who Witnessed Boyfriend's Arrest Speaks Out After Saturday Standoff," CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal (April 6, 2015).

Quoted, "Brownback's Running Mate Keeping Mum on Loan to Campaign," The Wichita Eagle (October 29, 2014).

L. Ali Khan

Books and Monographs

Islam Enters America (CreateSpace, 2015).
» See publisher's website for description and ordering information.

Secured Transactions: Prenotes, Cases, & Problems (Commercial Law Book 1), Kindle Edition (Amazon Digital Services, 2015).
» See publisher's website for description and ordering information.

Flexibility under Islamic Law: Convenience, not Hardship, Kindle Edition (Amazon Digital Services, 2015).
» See publisher's website for description and ordering information.

Other publications

Legal Commentaries

"Understanding Sufi Spirituality," The Huffington Post, June 1, 2015.

Foreign Affairs Commentaries

"India-Pakistan Need a Defense Pact," The Huffington Post, June 22, 2015.

"Militarization of Pakistan Constitution," The Huffington Post, January 13, 2015.

"Takfirization of Pakistan," The Huffington Post, November 18, 2014.

"Pakistan's Bully Politics," The Huffington Post, September 25, 2014.

"Islamabad Revolutionaries Misunderstand the Right to Protest in the United States," The Huffington Post, September 2, 2014.

"Pakistani Generals Will Defend the Constitution," The Huffington Post, August 21, 2014.

"Pakistan's Mob Democracy," The Huffington Post, August 15, 2014.

Media Interviews

"Faiths in Action," I've Got Issues (produced by Washburn University's public broadcasting station KTWU), April 30, 2015.

"Imran Khan Undemocratic in Trying to Get His Way: Professor," Press TV (September 2, 2014) (Professor Khan comments on public protests in Pakistan led by Imran Khan calling for the resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif).

Tonya Kowalski

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Reaching Backward and Stretching Forward: Teaching for Transfer in Law School Clinics," 64 Journal of Legal Education 258 (2014) (co-authored with Shaun Archer, Jason Eyster, Jim Kelly and Colleen Shanahan).

Essays and Other Shorter Works

"Drilling Down: Deeper Counternanalysis," 84:2 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 12 (February 2015).

Review, "Understanding the Writing Habits of Tomorrow's Students: Technology and College Readiness" (Stefani T. Relles and William G. Tierney, 84 Journal of Higher Education 477 (2013)), Article of the Month (December 2014), Institute for Law Teaching and Learning.

"Getting Students into the Office," Idea of the Month, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, September 2014.

Presentations

Panelist "Publishing in Law Journals, Presenting at Conferences, and Teaching Other Classes: Advancing by Maximizing the Opportunities Available in the Legal Academy," 16th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1, 2014 (with co-panelist Teri McMurtry-Chubb and moderator Bill Chin).

Professional Service

Member At Large, Board of Directors, Association of Legal Writing Directors, 2015-2018.

Shawn Leisinger

Presentations

"Are you an Ethical Attorney Negotiator? – A Live Exercise based on the 'American Pickers' Show!," 2015 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 25, 2015.

"Attorney as Negotiator – The Ethical Rules as They Apply to Negotiation," Interesting Ethical Issues CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 5, 2014.

“Teaching Collaborative Negotiation to Law Students – A Skills Based Exercise Workshop,” Mountain West Clinical Conference, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado, October 24, 2014.

”Ethical Issues with Collaborative Negotiation,” and “The Kansas Pillars of Professionalism,” Annual Meeting of the Leavenworth County Bar Association, CLE presentations, Leavenworth, Kansas, October 23, 2014.

“Negotiation Tactics and Skills for Mediators,” Mediation course, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, October 15, 2014.

“Interviewing Skills for Law Students,” Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, September 25, 2014.

“Ethical Issues in Collaborative Negotiation for Case Managers," Seventh Annual Case Management Workshop sponsored by the Children and Family Law Center, Washburn University School of Law, CLE presentation, Topeka, Kansas, August 12, 2014.

Panelist, “Effective Negotiation and Settlement,” 25th Anniversary of the Kansas Women Attorneys Association Annual Conference, Lindsborg, Kansas, July 26, 2014.

Craig Martin

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"A Means-Methods Paradox and the Legality of Drone Strikes in Armed Conflict," 19 International Journal of Human Rights 142 (2015).

Opinions/Editorials and Blog Articles (Selected)

"Media Should Stop Legitimizing Abe's Article 9 'Reinterpretation'," The Japan Times, June 12, 2015.

"Time to Kill the Term 'Officer-Involved Shooting'," The Huffington Post, May 26, 2015.

"The Kansas Education Funding Case and Constitutional Democracy," The Huffington Post, January 16, 2015 (co-authored with John Rury).

"Reexamining "Myths" About Japan's Collective Self-Defense Change - What critics (and the Japanese Public) Do Understand About Japan's Constitutional Reinterpretation," Japan Focus, September 8, 2014 (with Bryce Wakefield).

Presentations

"Informal Amendment and Japan's Constitutional Reinterpretation," Law and Society Association Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 30, 2015.

"Article 9 at a Crossroads: The Past, Present and Future of Japan's Peace Constitution", keynote speaker, Ritsumeikan University, College of International Relations Research Group on Pacifism, 6th Annual Seminar, Kyoto, Japan, March 18, 2015.

"A Means-Methods Paradox and the Legality of Drone Strikes in Armed Conflict," Canadian Armed Forces Associate Judge Advocate General (AJAG) Pacific Regional Group's CLE Session, Comox, British Columbia, Canada, February 7, 2015.

"Where to Draw the Line? Considering Hard Ethical Cases," Interesting Ethical Issues CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 5, 2014.

Joseph P. Mastrosimone

Articles in Law Reviews

"Still 'Takin' Care of Business?': A Comparative Analysis of Proposed Amendments to the Georgian Labor Code," 3 Georgian Commercial Law Review 39 (2014).

Essays and Other Shorter Works

"President Obama's Proposed Overtime Regulations Could Leave Workers Worse Off," The Huffington Post, June 30, 2015.

"A Shameful Perception Will Beget a Difficult Reality for Kansas," The Huffington Post, February 12, 2015.

"Mind Your Manners," 83:9 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 10 (October 2014).

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Advocate Estimates at Least One LGBT Kansan Fired a Month," The Topeka Capital Journal, February 28, 2015.

Quoted, "Professor: Some LGBT State Workers Still Protected from Firing," The Topeka Capital Journal, February 13, 2015.

Quoted, "City Probes Whistleblowers After Cash-for-Work Query," The Topeka Capital Journal, October 29, 2014.

Presentations

"Update on Employment and Labor Law," 2015 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 25, 2015.

"Get’em Writing: The Many Benefits (and Few Detriments) of a First-Day Writing Assignment," Association of Legal Writing Directors 2015 Biennial Conference, University of Memphis School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee, June 3, 2015.

Conferences Planned

Workshop Organizer, "Washburn Junior Legal Writing Scholars Workshop," Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, July 25-26, 2014.

Professional Service

Member, Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law, 2015-.

Lori A. McMillan

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2015) (co-authored with Amy Deen Westbrook and Andrea Boyack).

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Where Republicans Went Wrong in Kansas," The Atlantic, June 22, 2015.

Quoted, "Kansas Lawmakers Want the Poor to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich," The Washington Post, April 21, 2015.

"Ask The Experts: Turning Taxes Into an Investment," WalletHub, April 13, 2015.

Quoted, "Kansas's Failed Experiment," The Atlantic, April 9, 2015.

Quoted, "Kansas Tax Cuts on Trial Amid Huge Budget Deficit," CNN Money, January 11, 2015.

Presentations

"Taxation Issues with a View to Agricultural Law," 2015 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 26, 2015.

Keynote Speaker, "Kansas Tax Reform: Boom or Bust?," Wealth Management for Women conference by CoreFirst Bank & Trust, Topeka Country Club, Topeka, Kansas, May 14, 2015.

Presenter, "Recent Developments in Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," Legislative and Case Law Institute, Kansas Bar Association CLE, Topeka, Kansas, July 11, 2014 (panel with Andrea Boyack).

Professional Service

Member, Academia Committee, International Fiscal Association (IFA), USA Branch, 2015-2016.

Lynette F. Petty

Presentations

"Immigration Remedies for the Undocumented Child and Family Members," Guardian ad Litem Training, Washburn University School of Law, Children and Family Law Center, January 9, 2015.

David E. Pierce

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"2015 Survey on Oil & Gas, Kansas," 2 Texas A&M Law Review 81 (2015).

"Resolving Intra-Reservoir Horizontal Drilling Conflicts Using a Reservoir Community Analysis," 90 North Dakota Law Review 249 (2014).

"Sustaining the Unsustainable: Oil and Gas Development in the 21st Century," 23 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 362 (2014).

Books and Monographs

Forms Manual to Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law. 6th. ed. (2015) (West Academic Publishing) (co-author with John S. Lowe, Owen L. Anderson, Ernest E. Smith and Christopher S. Kulander).

Kuntz A Treatise on the Law of Oil and Gas, Cumulative Supplements, 2015 (LexisNexis) (with Owen L. Anderson, Ernest E. Smith and John S. Lowe).

Co-editor, Oil and Gas Law Reporter, Volume 179 (2015) (Annual reporting on case law developments).

Co-editor, Oil and Gas Law Reporter, Volume 178 (2014) (Annual reporting on case law developments).

Presentations

"When the Horizontal and Vertical Collide: Frac Hits and Operator Quest for Détente in the Common Reservoir," 61st Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, July 17, 2015 (co-presented with Mark D. Christiansen, McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).

"Recent Developments in Contracts and Property Law," 2015 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 26, 2015.

"Basic Conveyance Principles," Nuts and Bolts of Mineral Title Examination Special Institute, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Denver, Colorado, April 9, 2015.

"Resolving Intra-Reservoir Horizontal Drilling Conflicts Using a Reservoir Community Analysis," North Dakota Law Review Energy Law Symposium, National Energy Center of Excellence, Bismarck State College, Bismarck, North Dakota, March 19, 2015.

"Ethics and the Exercise of Independent Professional Judgment When Addressing Oil and Gas Issues," 2015 Spring Kansas Bar Association Oil, Gas and Mineral CLE, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, Friday, March 6, 2015.

"Representing the Landowner in Oil and Gas Leasing Transactions," 2014 Agriculture Law CLE, Kansas Bar Association, Manhattan, Kansas, November 14, 2014.

"Frack That! Can Investment Treaties Provide Effective Protections Against Fracking Bans?" Panel Member, Oil and Gas Investment Arbitrations: Protecting Oil and Gas Projects against Political Risk, Houston, Texas, October 31, 2014.

"Common Interests Created in Oil and Gas" and "Split Estates: The Surface Use Issues," Oil & Gas Law Short Course, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, three hours of presentations, Houston, Texas, October 22, 2014.

"Kansas Oil & Gas Law: New Cases and Old Statutes," 39th Annual Oil & Gas Law Program, Kansas Bar Association and Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association, one-hour presentation, Wichita, Kansas, October 17, 2014.

"Developing a Correlative Rights Doctrine to Accommodate Development of Oil and Gas in Arkansas," Arkansas Law Review Symposium: 75th Anniversary of the Arkansas Conservation Act, one-hour presentation, El Dorado, Arkansas, October 16, 2014.

Susannah W. Pollvogt

Articles in Law Reviews

"Children as Proto-Citizens: Equal Protection, Citizenship, and Lessons from the Child-Centered Cases," 48 U.C. Davis Law Review 655 (2014) (with Catherine E. Smith).

Amicus Briefs

Cited by Supreme Court of the United States, Obergefell v. Hodges (June 26, 2015): Amicus Brief of Scholars of the Constitutional Rights of Children, filed in United States v. Windsor, No. 12-307 (2013) (U.S. Supreme Court) with Professors Catherine Smith and Tanya Washington.

Amicus Brief of Scholars of the Law of Unconstitutional Animus, filed in Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. v. Otter, et al., United States District Court for the District of Idaho, No. 1:14-cv-00104-BLW, (December 1, 2014) (with Prof. William Araiza). Cited In:

• Idaho Ag Gag Law Knocked Down By Judge Protecting Freedom of Speech & Whistleblowers (KnowWhereYourFoodComesFrom.com, September 4, 2015).

Amicus Brief of Scholars of the Constitutional Rights of Children, filed in Robicheaux v. Caldwell, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 14-31037, (October 24, 2014) (with Profs. Catherine Smith and Tanya Washington).

Amicus Brief of Susannah W. Pollvogt, Scholar of the Law Of Unconstitutional Animus, filed in Henry v. Himes, No. 14-3463 (6th Cir. July 15, 2014).

Other Publications

"Op-Ed: Straw-Man Argument on Marriage Equality Shouldn't Fool High Court," The National Law Journal, June 15, 2015.

Balkinization Symposium on Unconstitutional Animus (Guest blogger, Balkinization)

• "Conclusion to the Animus Symposium: Animus Going Forward" (October 15, 2014).
• "Pollvogt Responds to Araiza: The Consequences of Finding Animus" (October 7, 2014).
• "What Are the Implications of the Court's Denial of Certiorari for the Evolution of Unconstitutional Animus?" (October 7, 2014).
• "Persistent Questions About Animus" (September 29, 2014).
• Symposium on Unconstitutional Animus" (September 29, 2014).

"The Smartest Constitutional Argument for Marriage Equality That No One Is Making," Slate, September 29, 2014 (with Catherine E. Smith).

"Judge in Same Sex Case Rebuffs High Court: Ban on Gay Marriage Based on Benefits to Children is Discriminatory, Precedent Strongly Suggests," The National Law Journal, September 29, 2014 (with Catherine Smith).

"Of Course Gay Marriage Bans Are Based in “Animus”," Slate, September 8, 2014.

Presentations

"Larger Consequences of the Supreme Court's Same Sex Marriage Decisions," 2015 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 25, 2015.

Presenter, "The Denigration of Jurisprudence," Information Society Project, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, February 4, 2015.

Presenter, "Relationship between Teaching Methods and Inclusiveness," Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Teaching Conference, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 11, 2014.

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Federal Judge Mangles Precedent, Upholds Louisiana’s Gay Marriage Ban," Slate, September 3, 2014.

"In Colorado, an Effort to Ease Confusion over Same-Sex Marriage," National Public Radio, July 28, 2014.

"Opinion May Pose Obstacle for Same-Sex Unions," The New York Times, July 28, 2014.

Mary Kreiner Ramirez

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"A Comparative Approach to Competition Law in the United States and Georgia: Regulating Unilateral Acts and Horizontal Agreements Through Predictable Rules and Credible Enforcement," 3 Georgian Commercial Law Review 54 (2014).

Presentations

Co-presenter, "Corrupted Justice," 2015 Norman Amaker Public Interest Law and Social Justice Retreat, Woodstock, Illinois, February 28, 2015.

Panelist, "Reflections on Ferguson," Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, November 12, 2014.

William Rich

Media Interviews

Quoted, "School Funding Lawsuit Could Set Stage for Constitutional Showdown," Lawrence Journal-World, May 10, 2015.

Quoted, "Kansas Workers' Comp Changes Raise Lawsuit Fears," Lawrence Journal-World, March 16, 2015.

Thomas J. Romig

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"The Thirty-First Charles L. Decker Lecture in Administrative and Civil Law," 221 Military Law Review 257 (2014).

Media Interviews

"Privacy, Technology and the Law," The Wichita Eagle, October 21, 2014.

Quoted, "Waterboarding is Torture, Says International Red Cross," The Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2014.

Presentations

Distinguished Guest and Speaker, "Magna Carta: Symbol of Freedom Under Law," Office of the Staff Judge Advocate Law Day Luncheon, Fort Riley, Kansas, May 1, 2015.

David S. Rubenstein

Articles in Law Reviews

"Administrative Federalism as Separation of Powers," 72 Washington and Lee Law Review 171 (2015).

"The Paradox of Administrative Preemption," 38 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 267 (2015).

Presentations

"Immigration Exceptionalism(s)," 2015 Emerging Immigration Scholars Conference, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, June 11-12, 2015.

"Self-Help Structuralism" Faculty Workshop, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, October 2014.

Frédéric G. Sourgens

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

Functions of Freedom, Privacy, Autonomy, Dignity, and the Transnational Legal Process, 48 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 471(2015).

"Reconstructing International Law as Common Law," 47 George Washington International Law Review 1 (2015).

"Reason and Reasonableness: The Necessary Diversity of the Common Law," 67 Maine Law Review 73 (2014).

Books and Monographs

A Nascent Common Law: The Process of Decisionmaking in International Legal Disputes Between States and Foreign Investors. International Litigation in Practice Series. (Koninklijke Brill, 2015).
» See publisher's website for description and ordering information.

Co-editor, Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Volume 8 (with Ian A. Laird, Borzu Sabahi, and Todd J. Weiler) (Juris Publishing, 2015).
» See publisher's website for description and ordering information.

Chapters in Books

"International Investment Law and Arbitration: 2012 in Review" (with Nicholas Birch, Kabir Dugal, Ian Laird & Borzu Sabahi) in Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2012-2013 (edited by Andrea Bjorklund) (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Editorial Appointments

Editorial Committee Member, Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition, International Law Students Association, April 2015-.

Editorial Board Member, Brill Research Perspectives: International Investment Law and Arbitration (published by Brill| Nijhoff), February 2015-.

Peer Reviewer, Journal of World Investment & Trade (published by Brill | Nijhoff), 2015-.

Member News Editor, American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Group Newsletter, August 2014-.

Presentations

Speaker, "Is the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Dead in BIT Arbitration?," Oxford University Press Investment Claims Webinar Series, October 20, 2014.

Conferences Planned

Co-Chair, Investment Treaty Arbitration and Natural Resources, Ninth Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference, Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2015.

Co-Chair, Oil and Gas Investment Arbitrations: Protecting Oil and Gas Projects Against Political Risk, University of Houston Law Center, Georgetown International Law Institute & Washburn Oil and Gas Law Center, Houston, Texas, October 31, 2014.

Amy Deen Westbrook

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2015) (co-authored with Lori A. McMillan and Andrea Boyack).

Presentations

"Recent Developments in International Anti-Corruption Measures," Corrupting Investor-State Arbitration? The Role of Corruption Allegations in International Investment Arbitration Proceedings, Investment Claims webinar, Oxford University Press, February 20, 2015.

"Whistleblower Incentives: One Step Forward or Two Steps Back for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)?," Ethics and Corporate Malfeasance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives conference, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, Center for the Study of Business Ethics, Regulation and Crime, College Park, Maryland, September 12, 2014.