Washburn Law Faculty Scholarship and Activities, July 2012-June 2013

Aïda M. Alaka

Presentations

Moderator, "Technology, Social Media, and Privacy Issues in Employment and Labor Law," Employment and Labor Law in the 21st Century Changes in the Arenas of Conflict Symposium, Washburn University School of Law, February 28, 2013.

Legal Writing Curriculum & Course Design," Legal Analysis & Writing Workshop III, Free University of Tbilisi School of Law, January 21-23, 2013 (with Tonya Kowalski).

Rory Bahadur

Other Publications

Review, "The Analytic Classroom" (Todd F. Pettys, 60 Buffalo Law Review 1255 (2012)), Article of the Month (April 2013), Institute for Law Teaching and Learning.

"Nike Commercials and Good Teaching: Just Do It!," Idea of the Month, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, January 2013.

Review, "Teaching That Emphasizes Active Engagement: Improving Learning for Middle School Students" (Peter Lorain, National Education Association website), Article of the Month (October 2012), Institute for Law Teaching and Learning.

"Teaching Statutory/Rule Interpretation," Idea of the Month, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, July 2012.

Presentations

Plenary Speaker, "Evaluation," Association of American Law Schools 2013 Workshop for New Law School Teachers, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2013 (discussed methods to evaluate students and provide feedback throughout the semester and addressed exam creation, grading, and post-exam review).

Presenter/Panelist, "Changing Our Approaches to Teaching to Enhance Feedback and Assessment," Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Meeting, Amelia-Island, Florida, July 29, 2012.

Professional Service

National Academic Curriculum Consultant, Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO), American Bar Association Division, 2013-2015.

Andrea J. Boyack

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

Cited in United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit, In re Machuca (December 14, 2012): "Lessons in Price Stability from the U.S. Real Estate Market Collapse," 2010 Michigan State Law Review 925 (2010).

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2013) (co-authored with Amy Deen Westbrook and Lori A. McMillan).

Presentations

"Liquidated damages clauses in contracts, US and Georgian perspective," Commercial Law Week, National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 18, 2013.

"Lien System: Loan security through a hierarchy of rights to collateral value," Commercial Law Week, National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 14, 2013.

Panelist, "Cases Ripped from The Headlines (Riverview Community Group v. Spencer & Livingston, decided on February 14, 2013)," ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section's Legal Education and Uniform Laws Group, Professors’ Corner Teleconference, March 13, 2013.

Panelist, "Freedom and Financial Markets," Federalist Society Symposium, Warrenton, Virginia, September 21 - 22, 2012.

Ellen Byers

Conferences Planned

Planning Committee Co-chair, "Student Populations: Diversity Matters," Legal Writing Institute (one-day workshop), Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

James M. Concannon

Chapters in Books

"Evidence," (chapter 13), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2013).

Presentations

"History of Washburn Law School," Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, Kansas, October 7, 2012 (presentation based on Washburn Law history "The Ideal Place ... for the Establishment of a Great Law School").

Linda Henry Elrod

Books and Monographs

Child Custody Practice and Procedure. 2013 ed. (Thomson Reuters, 2013).
» See publisher's web site for further description and ordering information.
» Cited in: Sumpter v. Sumpter, 2013 WL 6570858 (Maryland Supreme Court, December 9, 2013, p. 9) (footnote 10 cites Sections 10:11-10:12 (2013)).

Family Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions. 7th ed. American Casebook Series. (co-authored with Harry D. Krause and J. Thomas Oldham) (Thomson West, 2013).

Other Publications

"Breaking New Ground in Kansas: Same-Sex Parental and Property Rights," Jurist Forum, April 2, 2013.

Media Interviews

Commentary Provided, "Kansas Sues Sperm Donor for Child Support," NBC's The Today Show, January 3, 2013.

Quoted, "Kansas Sperm Donor Fighting Effort by the State to Make Him Pay Child Support," The Washington Post, January 2, 2013.

Quoted, "Spotlight is on State Case Managers who Referee Custody Wars," Topeka Capital Journal, August 12, 2012 (published online as "Spotlight focuses on case manager duties: WU conference to help those who referee custody cases," August 11, 2012).

Presentations

"Child Support in Age of Uncertain (Multiple) Parentage," Kansas Child Support Enforcement Association, Helping Families Embrace the Future 2013 Annual Training Conference and Expo, Salina, Kansas, June 13, 2013.

"Parentage: Are You Both My Mother?" YoungWilliams Child Support Services CLE Annual Conference, Topeka, Kansas, June 7, 2013.

"The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child's Mandate to Hear the Child's Voice and the Hague Abduction Convention," Colloquium recognizing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, entitled "Listening to Children's Voices," The University of Auckland Faculty of Law, Auckland, New Zealand, March 25, 2013.

"Hearing the Voice of the Child Who Objects to Return," Hague Abduction Convention, Sixth World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights, Sydney, Australia, March 19, 2013; Moderated and spoke on the program "International Enforcement of Financial Obligations," (with Ian Kennedy), March 18, 2013.

"International Jurisdictional Issues: Problems with Cross-Border Families," Appellate Judges Education Institute 2012 Summit, CLE Program, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 18, 2012.

"The Defense of Marriage Act: Where Are We Now?," 7th Annual Meeting of National Association of Appellate Court Attorneys, Washington D.C., July 20, 2012.

Professional Service

Participated in the 6th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights, The theme was Building Bridges: From Principle to Reality, March 17-20, 2013. Chaired the session "Enforcing International Financial Orders" featuring Ian Kennedy, former president of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, March 18, 2013. Presented in a session "Hague Abduction Convention" on the topic "Hearing the Voice of the Child Who Objects to Return," Sydney, Australia, March 19, 2013.

Participated in the work of the drafting committee for amendments to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Tucson, Arizona, January 31 - February 3, 2013.

Peer reviewer for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Division of Social Sciences for project involving interdisciplinary research on child sexual abuse allegations in divorce cases with an eye toward developing evidence standards, December 2012.

Attended a meeting of the Uniform Law Commission's Joint Editorial Board for Family Law, Chicago, Illinois, November 17, 2012.

William E. Foster

Articles in Law Reviews

"Making Plaintiffs Whole: A Tax Problem of Interest," 64 Oklahoma Law Review 325 (2012).

Other Publications

"There Are Not Too Many Lawyers", Huffington Post, February 6, 2013.

"The Relative Transparence of Tax Rate Reform," Huffington Post, December 12, 2012.

"What to Expect When You're Expecting Tax Reform," The Huffington Post, November 12, 2012.

Presentations

"Analogical Exercises for Transactional Drafting," Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, Hybrid Law Teaching, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 8, 2013 (with Emily Grant).

"Swapping Inefficiencies," The Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, May 30, 2013.

"Overview of the general US policies concerning international taxation," Commercial Law Week, National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 18, 2013.

"The Allure of Delaware: Designing an Attractive Corporate Jurisdiction," Commercial Law Week, National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 15, 2013.

"Partisan Politics and Income Tax Rates," Washington University Junior Faculty Forum, St Louis, Missouri, April 5, 2013.

"Partisan Politics and Income Tax Rates," University of Pittsburgh School of Law Tax Workshop, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 20, 2013.

John J. Francis

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"When Things Go Wrong in the Clinic: How to Prevent and Respond to Serious Student Misconduct," 41 University of Baltimore Law Review 441 (2012) (co-authored with Robert L. Jones, Jr., and Gerard F. Glynn).

Presentations

"Teaching Law Abroad: Bringing Home Interactive, Student-Centered Learning," Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, Hybrid Law Teaching, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 8, 2013 (with Tonya Kowalski).

Alex Glashausser

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"The Extension Clause and the Supreme Court's Jurisdictional Independence," 53 Boston College Law Review 1225 (2012).

Other Publications

"Guns, Grenades and Graffiti," The Huffington Post (May 14, 2013).

"A Gay Old, and New, Time at the Supreme Court The Huffington Post (March 28, 2013).

"A Modest Pro-gun-posal," The Huffington Post (February 4, 2013).

"A Colorblind Spot in the Fourteenth Amendment?," The Huffington Post (January 7, 2013).

"The Switch in Tax That Saved the Affordable Care Act," The Huffington Post (July 2, 2012).

Presentations

"The Federalists' Jurisdictional Appeasement of Congress," Central States Law Schools Association 2012 Annual Conference, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, October 20, 2012.

Emily Grant

Articles in Law Reviews

"The Ideological Divide: Conflict and the Supreme Court’s Certiorari Decision," 60 Cleveland State Law Review 559 (2012). (co-authored with Scott A. Hendrickson and Michael S. Lynch).

Other Publications

"Please Pause for a Moment of Shelf-Reflection," 82:3 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 14 (March 2013).

"Straight from the Horses' Mouths," 81:7 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 12 & 19 (July/August 2012).

Presentations

"Students at the Front of the Classroom," Association of Legal Writing Directors' 2013 Biennial Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 28, 2013.

Panelist, "Meow! Meow!: Ways to Herd Cats and Coordinate in a Directorless Program," Association of Legal Writing Directors' 2013 Biennial Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 27, 2013 (with Joseph Mastrosimone, Jeffrey Jackson and Tonya Kowlaski).

"Analogical Exercises for Transactional Drafting," Association of Legal Writing Directors' 2013 Biennial Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 27, 2013.

"Analogical Exercises for Transactional Drafting," Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, Hybrid Law Teaching, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 8, 2013 (with William Foster).

Moderator, "Teaching Legal Writing to International and ESL Students," Student Populations: Diversity Matters (Legal Writing Institute one-day workshop), Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

"Clarity in Your Writing," Kansas Legislative Research Department, Topeka, Kansas, July 12, 2012.

Conferences Planned

Planning Committee Co-chair, "Student Populations: Diversity Matters," Legal Writing Institute (one-day workshop), Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

Janet Thompson Jackson

Chapters in Books

"Not-for-Profit Corporations," (chapter 22), 2012 Kansas Annual Survey, (Kansas Bar Association).

Media

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

"Career and Technical Education Act," Interview Segment with Governor Sam Brownback, I've Got Issues (produced by Washburn University's public broadcasting station KTWU), December 9, 2012.

Presentations

"A Practical Approach to Interviewing and Trial Skills," Commercial Law Week, National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 18, 2013.

Jeffrey D. Jackson

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Judicial Reform: Project Pegasus and the Study of the Kansas Judiciary," 51 Washburn Law Journal 477 (2012).

Media Interviews

"Man Fights Death Penalty with Bike Pedals," Kansas First News, June 18, 2013 (appears at 1:08).

Quoted, "Supreme Court decision pending on Defense of Marriage Act, Prop 8," Kansas State Collegian, April 4, 2013.

Presentations

Panelist, "Meow! Meow!: Ways to Herd Cats and Coordinate in a Directorless Program," Association of Legal Writing Directors' 2013 Biennial Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 27, 2013 (with Joseph Mastrosimone, Emily Grant and Tonya Kowlaski).

Moderator, "Teaching Legal Writing to Students with Physical and Learning Disabilities," Student Populations: Diversity Matters (Legal Writing Institute one-day workshop), Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

Conferences Planned

Planning Committee Co-chair, "Student Populations: Diversity Matters," Legal Writing Institute (one-day workshop), Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

Patricia L. Judd

Presentations

"The TRIPS Balloon Effect," Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, May 30, 2013.

"The TRIPS Balloon Effect," 2013 Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, April 13, 2013.

"Intellectual Property Litigation Among High Technology Companies," National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, December 13, 2012.

"The TRIPS Balloon Effect," Arizona State University Conference on the International Aspects of Intellectual Property Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, December 1, 2012.

"The TRIPS Horizon," 12th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, California, August 10, 2012.

Professional Service

Member, Executive Committee, American Association of Law Schools Section on Internet and Computer Law, 2013.

L. Ali Khan

Books and Monographs

New Iliad, Kindle Edition (Amazon Digital Services, 2013).
» See publisher's website for description and ordering information.

Legal Commentaries

"Republican Platform Envisions America Without Human Rights," The Huffington Post, September 17, 2012.

Foreign Affairs Commentaries

"Pakistan Must Cultivate Respect for Public Property," The Huffington Post, June 17, 2013.

"General Musharraf Must Face Justice," The Huffington Post, March 25, 2013.

"A Rising Confederation for Jihad," The Huffington Post, January 23, 2013.

"Pakistan's Collaborative Democracy -- Benefits of Dualistic Politics," The Huffington Post, January 2, 2013.

"The Dictators of the Middle East," The Huffington Post, November 26, 2012.

Firing Prime Ministers Harms the Pakistan Constitution," The Huffington Post, August 30, 2012.

Pakistan Supreme Court Should Exercise Judicial Restraint on Presidential Immunity," The Huffington Post, July 13, 2012.

Media Interviews

"Both the US and Taliban killing innocent civilians," Press TV (January 1, 2013) (Professor Khan comments on the pattern of violence in Pakistan).

Tonya Kowalski

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"A Tale of Two Sovereigns: Danger and Opportunity in Tribal-State Court Cooperation," 47 Tulsa Law Review 687 (2012).

Essays and Other Shorter Works

Review, "Do Reasons for Attending College Affect Academic Outcomes?: A Test of a Motivational Model From a Self-Determination Theory Perspective" (Douglas A. Guiffrida, et al., 54:2 Journal of College Student Development 121 (2013)), Article of the Month (May 2013), Institute for Law Teaching and Learning.

"Virtual Office Hours," Idea of the Month, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, February 2013.

Review, "Undergraduate Teaching Faculty: The 2010-2011 HERI Faculty Survey" (Sylvia Hurtado, et al., Higher Education Research Institute), Article of the Month (November 2012), Institute for Law Teaching and Learning.

"Strengthen Your Paragraphs with Tailored Topic Sentences," 81:9 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 12 (October 2012).

"What I Learned This Summer (About Multiple-Choice Assessment)," Idea of the Month, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, August 2012.

Presentations

"Mind the Gap: Preparing Students for Experiential Learning with a Legal Writing Intersession Course," Association of Legal Writing Directors' 2013 Biennial Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 27, 2013.

Panelist, "Meow! Meow!: Ways to Herd Cats and Coordinate in a Directorless Program," Association of Legal Writing Directors' 2013 Biennial Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 27, 2013 (with Joseph Mastrosimone, Emily Grant and Jeffrey Jackson).

"Teaching Law Abroad: Bringing Home Interactive, Student-Centered Learning," Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, Hybrid Law Teaching, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 8, 2013 (with John Francis).

Moderator, "International Impacts of Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples," Tribal Law & Government Center Conference, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, March 1, 2013.

Legal Writing Curriculum & Course Design," Legal Analysis & Writing Workshop III, Free University of Tbilisi School of Law, January 21-23, 2013 (with Aïda Alaka).

"Persuasive Legal Writing for Professors and Practitioners," Train-the-Trainers Workshop, Free University of Tbilisi School of Law, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, October 8-10, 2012 (with Joseph P. Mastrosimone).

Moderator, "Demarginalizing Diverse Members of the Legal Writing Classroom," Student Populations: Diversity Matters (Legal Writing Institute one-day workshop), Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

Conferences Planned

Site Planning Committee Chair, "Student Populations: Diversity Matters," Legal Writing Institute (one-day workshop), Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

Craig Martin

Opinions/Editorials and Blog Articles

"Boston and the Dangerous Calls for 'Enemy Combatant' Status," The Huffington Post, April 30, 2013.

"Why Japan Should Amend its War-Renouncing Article 9," The Japan Times, August 4, 2012.

"The Law and Congressional Red-Lines on Iranian Nuclear Talks," Truman National Security Project, Doctrine Blog, July 11, 2012.

Presentations

"Defining the Limits of Armed Conflict in the Face of Transnational Terrorism," Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, May 31, 2013.

"Denying the Rights of Belligerency: The Broader Significance of the Misunderstood Clause of Article 9," The Third East Asian Law & Society Conference, KoGuan Law School, JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China, March 23, 2013.

Panelist, "The Alien Tort Statute and the Court's Concern over Extraterritoriality under International Law," Extraterritoriality Post Kiobel: International and Comparative Legal Perspectives Symposium, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, November 16, 2012.

"Defining the Limits of Armed Conflict: The U.S., Al Qaeda, and Associated Forces," Kansas National Guard 2012 Annual Judge Advocate Generals Conference, October 6, 2012.

Joseph P. Mastrosimone

Essays and Other Shorter Works

"Don't Act Like an Ostrich: How to Not Run Afoul of the Duty of Candor," 82:5 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 14 (May 2013).

Media

Quoted, "Fight over union rights comes to Derby," Wichita Eagle, November 17, 2012.

Presentations

"Towards Implementing Carnegie: Introducing Legal Ethics and Professionalism Through Legal Writing," Association of Legal Writing Directors' 2013 Biennial Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 28, 2013.

Panelist, "Meow! Meow!: Ways to Herd Cats and Coordinate in a Directorless Program," Association of Legal Writing Directors' 2013 Biennial Conference, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 27, 2013 (with Emily Grant, Jeffrey Jackson and Tonya Kowlaski).

"U.S. Just Cause Termination Principles: A Comparative Analysis of Proposed Amendments to Georgian Labor Code," Commercial Law Week, National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 17, 2013.

"Does Pro-Business Employment Law Attract Business?: A Review of American Right to Work Laws Effect on Management & Labor," Commercial Law Week, National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May, 2013.

"Limiting Information in the Information Age: The NLRB's Misguided Attempt to Squelch Employer Speech," Employment and Labor Law in the 21st Century Changes in the Arenas of Conflict Symposium, Washburn University School of Law, February 28, 2013.

"Limiting Information in the Information Age: The NLRB's Misguided Attempt to Squelch Employer Speech," Faculty Exchange Workshop, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, February 15, 2013.

Moderator, "Academic Support for Legal Writing Students from Diverse Communities," Student Populations: Diversity Matters (Legal Writing Institute one-day workshop), Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

Conferences Planned

Planning Committee Co-chair, "Student Populations: Diversity Matters," Legal Writing Institute (one-day workshop), Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

Nancy G. Maxwell

CLE Outlines

"A Child Can Have Two Mothers: Frazier v. Goudschaal, 296 Kan. 730, 295 P.3d 542 (2013)," Family Law: Current Issues and Practice Pointers CLE, Wichita Bar Association, Wichita, Kansas, April 18, 2013.

Presentations

Panelist, "Teaching Legal Writing to Students with Physical and Learning Disabilities," Legal Writing Institute Workshop on Student Populations: Diversity Matters, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 2012.

Lori A. McMillan

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"The Business Judgment Rule as an Immunity Doctrine," 4 William & Mary Business Law Review 521 (2013).

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2013) (co-authored with Amy Deen Westbrook and Andrea Boyack).

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2012) (co-authored with Amy D. Westbrook).

Presentations

Presenter, "Noncharitable Nonprofit Organizations in Canada: An Empirical Examination" Washburn University School of Law, Tax Law Colloquium, Topeka, Kansas, April 26, 2013.

Presenter, "Noncharitable Nonprofit Organizations in Canada: An Empirical Examination," Tulane Tax Roundtable, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22, 2013.

Discussant, "Two Households Both Alike in Dignity: Family as Status and Family as Contract in the Tax Code," Tulane Tax Roundtable, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22, 2013.

Panelist and Presenter, "The Non-charitable Non-profit Subsector in Canada: An Empirical Examination," The Carter Commission 50 Years Later: Time for Reflection and Reform, Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 29, 2012.

David E. Pierce

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Professional Responsibility and the Transactional Lawyer: The Drafting Context," 49 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal 371 (2012).

"Oil and Gas Easements," 34 Energy and Mineral Law Institute 318 (2012).

Books and Monographs

Kuntz A Treatise on the Law of Oil and Gas, Cumulative Supplements, 2013 (LexisNexis) (with Owen L. Anderson, Ernest E. Smith and John S. Lowe).

Co-editor, Oil and Gas Reporter, Volume 175 (2013) (Annual reporting on case law developments).

Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law. 6th. ed. (2013) (Thomson Reuters) (co-author with John S. Lowe, Owen L. Anderson, Ernest E. Smith and Christopher S. Kulander).

Co-editor, Oil and Gas Reporter, Volume 174 (2012) (Annual reporting on case law developments).

Presentations

"Recent Developments in Contract & Property Law," Washburn University School of Law Recent Developments Program, one-hour presentation, Topeka, Kansas, June 27, 2013.

"Oil and Gas Law for the Kansas Paralegal," Kansas Paralegal Association Annual Meeting and Seminar, one-hour presentation, Lawrence, Kansas, June 14, 2013.

"Contract Formation Issues When Contracting for Goods, Services, and People," Special Institute on Oil and Gas Agreements: Contracting for Good, Services, and People, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, one-hour presentation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 2, 2013. [4 MB PDF]

"Implied Covenant Law: Basic Principles, The Ohio Experience, and Horizontal Development," Special Institute on Title and Development Issues in the Utica Shale, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, one-hour presentation, Columbus, Ohio. April 16, 2013.

"Vexatious Title Problems," 2013 Oil, Gas and Mineral Conference, Kansas Bar Association, one-hour presentations, Dodge City, Kansas, March 8, 2013. [2.6 MB PDF]

"Basic Oil and Gas Ownership Principles, Introductory Oil & Gas Law for the Kansas Lawyer," Wichita Bar Association, one-hour presentation, Wichita, Kansas, February 8, 2013.

"Emerging Issues in Energy Litigation," Appellate Judges Education Institute, one-hour panel discussion, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16, 2012.

"Implied Covenant Law in the Horizontal Context," Horizontal Oil & Gas Development Special Institute, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, one-hour presentation, Westminster, Colorado, November 9, 2012.

"Exploring the Key Difference Between Kansas and Oklahoma Oil & Gas Law," The Eugene Kuntz Conference on Natural Resources Law and Policy, University of Oklahoma School of Law, one-hour presentation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 2, 2012.

"Common Interests Created in Oil and Gas;" "The Oil and Gas Lease: Implied Covenants;" "Environmental Regulation of the Oil and Gas Industry;" "Oil & Gas Conveyancing Issues;" 30th Annual Oil & Gas Law Short Course; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, four hours of presentations, Houston, Texas, October 23 & 24, 2012.

"Recent Developments in Kansas Oil & Gas Law and Professional Responsibility and the Oil & Gas Lawyer: The Drafting Context," 37th Annual KBA/KIOGA Oil & Gas Conference, Kansas Bar Association, two, one-hour presentations, Wichita, Kansas, October 19, 2012.

Honors and Awards

Distinguished Service Award, Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association, 2012.

Outstanding Service Award, Kansas Bar Association, 2012.

2012 Clyde O. Martz Teaching Award, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, July 19, 2012 (recognizing excellence in teaching natural resources law and fostering of a broad understanding of the law, mentoring of students, and innovative style).

Mary Kreiner Ramirez

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Criminal Affirmance: Going Beyond the Deterrence Paradigm to Examine the Social Meaning of Declining Prosecution of Elite Crime," 45 Connecticut Law Review 865 (2013).

Media

Interview/Quoted, "Mary Ramirez on Flashing The Green Light to Corporate Criminals," (Russell Mokhiber) 27 Corporate Crime Reporter 12(12), March 25, 2013.

Presentations

"Competition Law in the United States: Regulating Unilateral Acts and Horizontal Agreements," Commercial Law Week, National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 17, 2013.

"The international fight against money laundering," Commercial Law Week, National Center for Commercial Law, Free University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, May 14, 2013.

Professional Service

Member, Kansas Judicial Council, Ad Hoc Antitrust Advisory Committee, 2012.

William Rich

Media Interviews

"Supreme Court ruling means little change, Sec[retary] of State says," Kansas First News, June 17, 2013 (appears at 1:32).

Guest, "Healthcare Revisited," I've Got Issues (produced by Washburn University's public broadcasting station KTWU), July 26, 2012.

Presentations

"Edith Windsor, Kristin Perry, and the Constitutional Status of Same Sex Marriage," Mainstream Voices of Faith, Topeka, June 2013.

"The Gettysburg Address: Lincoln’s Framework for a New American Constitution," Kauffman Museum Lecture, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, March 3, 2013.

"Civil Rights: The Core and the Cutting Edge," CLE Inn of Court: Civil Rights Developments, Wichita Bar Association, Wichita, Kansas, January 18, 2013.

Panelist, "Supreme Court's Health Reform Ruling," Kansas Health Institute, Topeka, Kansas, July 2, 2012 (View webcast at the Kansas Health Institute website).

Thomas J. Romig

Presentations

"Serving as Judge Advocate General of the Army," Thirtieth Charles L. Decker Lecture Series in Administrative and Civil Law, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School, United States Army, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 8, 2013.

"Washburn Law and the Challenges Facing Law Schools," Johnson County Bar Association Membership Luncheon Meeting, Overland Park, Kansas, February 6, 2013.

Professional Service

Meeting, Armenian Delegation hosted by Judge Advocate General (JAG). (Topics discussed included the history and development of the UCMJ/Military Law and legal education in the United States), Topeka, Kansas, May 14, 2013.

David S. Rubenstein

Articles in Law Reviews

"Delegating Supremacy?," 65 Vanderbilt Law Review 1125 (2012).

Other Publications

"Metadata: What You Can't See May Hurt You," 81:9 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 14 (October 2012).

Presentations

"Immigration Structuralism: A Return to Form", The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy Symposium, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, January 11, 2013.

"Ethics in Negotiation," Annual Judge Advocates General Conference, Topeka, Kansas, October 7, 2012.

"Constitutional Issues in Immigration," Constitutional Controversies in the 2012 Elections Series, Lawrence Jewish Community Center, Lawrence, Kansas, September 12, 2012.

Michael Hunter Schwartz

Book Chapters

"Curriculum Reforms at Washburn University School of Law," in Reforming Legal Education: Law Schools at the Crossroads (David M. Moss, Debra Moss Curtis, editors) (Information Age Publishing, 2012) (co-authored with Jeremiah A. Ho).

Presentations

Facilitated Day-Long Faculty Retreat, "Integrating Academic Support into the First-Year Curriculum," Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, Florida, August, 2012.

Discussant, "Discussion Group: Planning for Measurements—Design, Implementation, and Ideas," Southeastern Association of Law Schools 2012 Annual Conference, Amelia Island, Florida, July 31, 2012.

Presenter, "Planning for Student Outcome Measurements: Course Design Theory, Research, and Practice," Southeastern Association of Law Schools 2012 Annual Conference, Amelia Island, Florida, July 31, 2012.

Moderator, "Publishing with Traditional Casebook Publishers," Southeastern Association of Law Schools 2012 Annual Conference, Amelia Island, Florida, July 30, 2012.

Frédéric G. Sourgens

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Doubling Down on Deference? Treatment Standards and the Public Law Fallacy," 7 World Arbitration and Mediation Review 379 (2013) (co-authored with Baiju Vasani).

"By Equal Contest of Arms: Jurisdictional Proof in Investor-State Arbitrations," 38 North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation 875 (2013).

Chapters in Books

"International Investment Law and Arbitration: 2011 in Review" (with Ian A. Laird, Borzu Sabahi & Nicholas J. Birch) in Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2011-2012 p. 41 (edited by Karl P. Sauvant) (Oxford University Press, 2013).

"Leviathan on Life Support? Restructuring Sovereign Debt and International Investment Protection after Abaclat" (with Michael D. Nolan & Hugh Carlson) in Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2011-2012 p. 485 (edited by Karl P. Sauvant) (Oxford University Press, 2013).

Presentations

Guest Lecture, "Annulment of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Awards, A Functional Analysis," Columbia Law School, New York, New York, April 19, 2013.

Moderator, "Uncommon Remedies in International Dispute Resolution," 107th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Washington, DC, April 4, 2013.

Conferences Planned

Co-Chair, BIT, Contract, or a Bit of Both? Investor-State Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector, Seventh Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference, Washington, DC, April 22, 2013.

Amy Westbrook

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Double Trouble: Collateral Shareholder Litigation Following Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigations," 73 The Ohio State Law Journal 1217 (2012).

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2013) (co-authored with Andrea Boyack and Lori A. McMillan).

Presentations

"The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Long-Awaited, Anticlimactic Government Guidance," Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 2013.