Content Posted in 2020
2019-2020 School Year, St. Mary's University School of Law
21 in the 21st—An Evaluation of the Tobacco Regulation Trend, Casey Kellum
A Century in Uniform: Military Women in American Films, Introduction, Stacy Fowler and Deborah A. Deacon
A Comparative Study of Trademarks: USMCA (U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement) and NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), Roberto Rosas
Adjustment issues of Saudi Arabian students and their spouses in the U.S., Saleh Saeed Alshihri
After Years of Working with ‘Ritmo’ Detainees, I Know the Inhumane Facility Doesn’t Deserve a Second Chance, Erica B. Schommer
A Jewish Perspective on Tom Shaffer: Zecher Tzadik Livracha (May the Memory of the Righteous be a Blessing), Russell G. Pearce
A Lesson in Civility, David A. Grenardo
Allegheny Airlines, Inc. v. United States (Case Note), Gerald S. Reamey
An All-Volunteer Force: Law Students and Pro Bono Lawyers Helping Veterans, Patricia E. Roberts
An examination of death anxiety, psychological depression, and adult attachment patterns among Saudi students in the USA, Siham Ahmed Alswayel
An Examination of Social Support and the Academic Performance of Saudi Arabian Students in the United States, Yaser Abdulrahman Alghamdi
An Examination of the Use of Social Media to Improve the Psychological Well-Being of Saudi Arabia Women, Shoaa Ahmed Dardoum
Arthur C. Y. Yao (1906-2004): A Pioneer Chinese Professor at St. Mary's University School of Law, Robert H. Hu
Arthur C. Y. Yao (1906–2004): A Pioneer Chinese Professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law, Robert H. Hu
As the Role of the Driver Changes with Autonomous Vehicle Technology, so, Too, Must the Law Change, Nanci K. Carr
A Textuary Ray of Hope for LGBTQ+ Workers: Does Title VII Mean What it Says?, Eduardo Juarez
A True Crime: A Review of Janet Malcolm, The Crime of Sheila McGough (book review), Michael Ariens
Autonomous Doctrine: Operationalizing the Law of Armed Conflict in the Employment of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Peter C. Combe II
Avoiding Grievances: 25 Things You Can Do, David Bright
Back to the Future: Marriage and Divorce Under the 2017 Tax Act, Mark Cochran
Back to the Future: Marriage and Divorce under the 2017 Tax Act, Mark W. Cochran
Baseball's Conflict of Law, Mark W. Cochran
Beat the Heat: Texas’s Need to Reduce Summer Temperatures in Offender Housing, Mary E. Adair
Beyond the Borders of the Law: Critical Legal Histories of the North American West (book review), Michael S. Ariens
Blue Lives Have Always Mattered: The Usurping of Hate Crime Laws for an Unintended and Unnecessary Purpose, Lisa M. Olson
Borrowing American Ideas to Improve Chinese Tort Law, Yongxia Wang
By Any Means Necessary: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Texas' DNA Testing Law in the Adjudication of Free-Standing Claims of Actual Innocence, Daryl E. Harris
Can Courts Require Civil Conduct?, Justice Douglas S. Lang and Haleigh Jones
Canon 1095 and the Dignitas Connubii: The Role of Consent, Incapacity, and Psychic Anomalies in Cases of Matrimonial Nullity, Roberto Rosas
Can We Have Our Cake and Eat it Too?: What Masterpiece Cakeshop and Religious Refusals Mean for Texas’s Adoption Bill, Nadeen Abou-Hossa
Catholicism and Constitutional Law: More Than Privacy in the Penumbras, Bill Piatt
Celebrating Accomplishments in Equality, Sharon Breckenridge Thomas
Chinese Law and Legal Research (book review), Chenglin Liu
Clearing the Smoke: The Ethics of Multistate Legal Practice for Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries, Eric Mitchell Schumann
Comparative Defamation Law: England and the United States, Vincent R. Johnson
Comparative Study of the Formation of Electronic Contracts in American Law with References to International Law, Roberto Rosas
Complicity in the Perversion of Justice: The Role of Lawyers in Eroding the Rule of Law in the Third Reich, Cynthia Fountaine
Confucius and the Chinese Legal Tradition, Chenglin Liu
Constitutional Shapeshifting: Giving the Fourth Amendment Substance in the Technology Driven World of Criminal Investigation, Gerald S. Reamey
Contract Lore as Heuristic Starting Points, Colin P. Marks
COVID-19 Health Transition Team Report: a guide to reopening San Antonio and Bexar County., COVID-19 Health Transition Team
COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy and Legal Issues, Jeffrey F. Addicott
COVID-19 Report: Mathematical Model of COVID-19 Dynamics. Transmission Scenarios in San Antonio, TX, Juan B. Gutierrez
Cyber Security in Mental Health: An Assessment of Current Practice and Behavioral Intent, Richard Hamilton Stotts
Developing Countries and International Economic Law: The Case of Burma, Vincent R. Johnson
Disappearing Act: Are Free Speech Rights Decreasing?, Michael Conklin
Divided States of America: Why the Right to Counsel is Imperative for Migrant Children in Removal Proceedings, Catrina L. Guerrero
Empowering Special Education Clients through Gross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Lessons Learned for Current Clients and Future Professionals, Patricia E. Roberts and Kelly Whalon
Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Private Sector by Means of Civil Liability Lawsuits - The Connie Francis Effect, Jeffrey F. Addicott
Escaping Liability via Forum Non Conveniens: ConocoPhillips's Oil Spill in China, Chenglin Liu
Ethical and Aggressive Appellate Advocacy: The Decision to Petition for Certiorari in Criminal Cases, J. Thomas Sullivan
Ethical Considerations for Prosecutors: How Recent Advancements Have Changed the Face of Prosecution, Joshua L. Sandoval
Ethical Issues with Lawyers Openly Carrying Firearms, Dru Stevenson
Ethical Limitations on Lawyer-to-Lawyer Online Consultations Regarding Pending Cases, Robert Derner
Ethics in the Legal Industry, Michael Ariens
Everyone Makes Mistakes: Attorney's Fee Recovery in Legal Malpractice Suits, Sande L. Buhai
Evidence, David A. Schlueter
Exemplary and Exceptional Confusion under the Federal Rules of Evidence, Dora W. Klein
Face at the Bottom of the Well (book review), Willy E. Rice
Factors influencing Hispanic soldiers seeking treatment for alcohol abuse : secondary analysis of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience of Servicemembers (STARRS), Karina L. Bocanegra
Fraud, Letters of Credit, and the Uniform Commercial Code: It is Time to Untether the Independence Principle, Richard Flint
From the War on Poverty to Pro Bono: Access to Justice Remains Elusive for Too Many, including Our Veterans, Patricia E. Roberts
Glass Half Full: The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession (book review), Michael S. Ariens
In Code(rs) We Trust: Software Developers as Fiduciaries in Public Blockchains, Angela Walch
In Memory of Joe E. Anderson (1928-2016), Professor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law, Michael Ariens
In Memory of Thomas Bowman Black (1928-2016) Professor of Law St. Mary's University School of law 1974-1988, David Dittfurth
Internprofessional Education, Patricia E. Roberts
In the Midst of Change, a Few Truths Remain—A Review of Trazenfeld and Jarvis’s Florida Legal Malpractice Law, Jan L. Jacobowitz Ms.
Is Felony Murder the New Depraved Heart Murder: Considering the Appropriate Punishment for Drunken Drivers Who Kill, Dora W. Klein
Is USDA Organic a Seal of Deceit: The Pitfalls of USDA Certified Organics Produced in the United States, China and Beyond, Chenglin Liu
It is Time to Get Back to Basics on the Border, Donna Coltharp
John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence: The Hidden Origins of Modern Law (book review), Michael Ariens
Judicial Disqualification and Recusal in Criminal Cases, Edward L. Wilkinson
Julie Whitson, Best of Section B, Julie Whitson
Law enforcement officers' romantic relationships strengths : a mixed methods analysis, Mary Telisak
Law Schools Harm Genizaros and Other Indigenous People by Misunderstanding ABA Policy, Bill Piatt, Moises Gonzales, and Katja Wolf
Lawyers, Religious Faith, and Virtues: Reflections on Tom and Nancy Shaffer, Robert F. Cochran Jr.
Legal Ethics and Law Reform Advocacy, Jeffrey W. Stempel
Legal Marketing Through the Decades: Pitfalls of Current Marketing Trends, Tanya M. Marcum and Elizabeth A. Campbell
Lessons Learned, Lessons Offered: Creating a Domestic Violence Drug Court, Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez and Dr. Stacy Speedlin Gonzalez
Looking a Gift-Horse in the Mouth: Some Observations and Suggestions for Improving Internal Revenue Code Section 1244, Henry F. Johnson and Mark W. Cochran
Louisa Karam, Best of Section A, Louisa Karam
Malpractice Liability Related to Foreign Outsourcing of Legal Services, Vincent R. Johnson and Stephen C. Loomis
Mark Stevens, Best of Section D, Best Overall, Mark Stevens
Memoir as Witness to Mental Illness, Dora W. Klein
Milking the Estate, David R. Hague
Mitigating Risk, Eradicating Slavery, Ramona Lampley
Muniza Samiullah, Best of Section C, Muniza Samiullah
Must a Friend Indeed Reveal a Friend’s Misdeed? Exploring the Merits of a Friendship Privilege, Michael D. Moberly
Navigating Some Deep and Troubled Jurisprudential Waters: Lawyer–Expert Witnesses and the Twin Dangers of Disguised Testimony and Disguised Advocacy, W. William Hodes
New Legal Rights in the Legal System of the United States of America, Roberto Rosas and Bill Piatt
Non-Sexual Predators: The Negative Implications of Required Registration for Non-Sexual Offenses, Alexandra Vargas
No Path to Redemption: Evaluating Texas’s Practice of Sentencing Kids to De Facto Life Without Parole in Adult Prison, Lindsey Linder and Justin Martinez
Not Your Average Summer Camp: Children in Immigration Detention, Cindy Izquierdo
Online Terms as in Terrorem Devices, Colin P. Marks
Personal Jurisdiction in Legal Malpractice Litigation, Cassandra Burke Robertson
Photo of Justice Carlos Cadena arriving to teach at St. Mary's Law School in downtown San Antonio
Picking the Lock: A Proposal for a Standard Fee Waiver in Texas for Identification Documents, Gregory Zlotnick
Pirates on the High Seas: An Institutional Response to Expanding U.S. Jurisdiction in Troubled Waters, Marshall B. Lloyd and Robert Summers
Political Ripples Ahead for Supreme Court Confirmation, Michael S. Ariens
Population Law and Policy: From Control and Contraception to Equity and Equality, Victoria Mather
Pos-Graduacao em Direito: Questoes Correlatas (Post-Graduation in Law: Related Questions), Roberto Rosas
Post-9/11 Veterans: Welcoming Them Home as Colleagues and Clients, Patricia E. Roberts
Prosecuting the War on Terror in the Trump Administration: The Trump Doctrine: Is There Really a New Sheriff in Town, Jeffrey F. Addicott
PTSD, TBI, and OTH Discharges: A Case Study of a Young Service Member, Patricia E. Roberts
¡Que Viva The Scholar!, Bill Piatt
Recognizing the Need for Mental Health Reform in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Kara McHorse
Reimagining the Philosophy of Evaluation, Assistance, and Certification (EAC) Project: The IALS Model Reform in Legal Education, Sreejith S.G.
Religion in Quarantine: The Future of Religion in a Post-Pandemic World, Heidi A. Campbell
Reshaping American Jurisprudence in the Trump Era - The Rise of Originalist Judges, Jeffrey F. Addicott
Risks Faced by Foreign Lawyers in China, Chenglin Liu
SARE Manipulation: The Hurdles in Single-Asset Real Estate Cases, David R. Hague
Securing Technological Privacy: Modernizing the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to Protect Electronic Data, Ashley "Nikki" Vega
Should Judges Have a Duty of Tech Competence?, John G. Browning
Slavery and Freedom in Texas: Stories from the Courtroom, 1821-1871 (book review), Michael Ariens
Socialized Liability in Chinese Tort Law, Chenglin Liu
Something Old and Something New: Exploring the Recent Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, Ramona L. Lampley
St. Mary’s University Institute on Chinese Law and Business: Remarkable Success in the First Ten Years, Robert H. Hu
Strict Liability Upon Gunowners (SLUG): A Proposed Balanced Approach, David Louis
Targeting the Texas Citizen Participation Act: The 2019 Texas Legislature's Amendments to a Most Consequential Law, Amy Bresnen, Lisa Kaufman, and Steve Bresnen
Tattoo Adversity, Regret, and Removal: Constructivist Grounded Theory, Luis R. Esparza
Terrible Touhy: Navigating Judicial Review of an Agency's Response to Third-Party Subpoenas, Zoe Niesel
Texas Landfills: The Need for Administrative Reform of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Permitting Process, William Todd Keller Jr.
Texas Supreme Court’s Failure to Offer Alternative Licensure Option Unnecessarily Hinders Our State’s Future Lawyers, Michael Ariens
The ABA Got It Right: Veterans Need Our Help, Patricia E. Roberts
The Army's G-RAP Fiasco: How the Lives and Careers of Hundreds of Innocent Soldiers Were Destroyed, Jeffrey F. Addicott
The Army’s G-RAP Fiasco: How the Lives and Careers of Hundreds of Innocent Soldiers Were Destroyed, Jeffrey F. Addicott
The big five inventory, substance abuse history, and academic success among students majoring in substance abuse counseling, Christi D. Myers
The Blue Devil's in the Details: How a Free Market Approach to Compensating College Athletes Would Work, David A. Grenardo
The Boundary-Line Fuction of the Economic Loss Rule, Vincent R. Johnson
The Conceptions of Self-Evidence in the Finnis Reconstruction of Natural Law, Kevin P. Lee
The Development of Chinese Constitutionalism, Chenglin Liu
The Dignity of the Human Person: Catholic Social Teaching and the Practice of Criminal Punishment, Dora W. Klein
The Dilemma of Interpreting Rules of Civil Procedure: A Proposal for Elastic Formalism, L Wayne Scott
The Drive to Advise: A Study of Law Students at a Pro Bono Brief Advice Project, Linda F. Smith
The Duke Model: A Performance-Based Solution for Compensating College Athletes, David A. Grenardo
The Ecclesiastical Tribunals Field Hospital for Wounded Marriages: The New Matrimonial Processus Brevoir, Roberto Rosas
The High Costs of Incivility, David A. Grenardo
The Impact of Neurofeedback on Women Diagnosed with PTSD: A Multiple Case Study, Reema Abdulrahman Alhowaish
The Importance of Doctor Liability in Medical Malpractice Law: China Versus the United States, Vincent R. Johnson
The Influence of Intergroup Contact on Attitudes Toward Diversity Among Professional Counselors: A Mixed Methods Study, Jiyoung Moon
The International Law of the Environment from the U.S. Perspective: A Case Study: The U.S. and Mexico, Robert Summers
The Lasting Impacts of Mass Consumerism and the Disposable Culture: A Proposition for the Development of Plastic Shopping Bag Bans in Texas Law, David Brewster
The Law of the Church in the Nullity of Marriage due to Causes of Psychic Nature, Roberto Rosas
The Legacy of the 1/8th Landowner's Royalty and the Texas Supreme Court: Has Hysaw v. Dawkins Resolved the Double Fraction Dilemma, Laura H. Burney
The Magna Carta and the Beginning of Modern Legal Thought, Vincent R. Johnson
The (Mis)Application of Rule 404(b) Heuristics, Dora W. Klein
The Never-Ending Grasp of the Prison Walls: Banning the Box on Housing Applications, Ashley De La Garza
The Other Rights Revolution: Conservative Lawyers and the Remaking of American Government (book review), Michael Ariens
The Path of the Blockchain Lexicon (and the Law), Angela Walch
The Persistence of Memory: The Continuing Influence of Antebellum Missouri Laws Regarding African Americans, Roy Dripps
The Pillar: Newsletter of the St. Mary's University School of Law Center for Legal and Social Justice, St. Mary's University School of Law
The Pillar: Newsletter of the St. Mary's University School of Law Center for Legal and Social Justice, St. Mary's University School of Law
The Pillar: Newsletter of the St. Mary's University School of Law Center for Legal and Social Justice, St. Mary's University School of Law
The Pillar: Newsletter of the St. Mary's University School of Law Center for Legal and Social Justice, St. Mary's University School of Law
The Pillar: Newsletter of the St. Mary's University School of Law Center for Legal and Social Justice, St. Mary's University School of Law
The Remarkable First 50 Women Law Graduates of St. Mary's University: Part One, Regina Stone-Harris
The Right Stuff in Geospace: Using Mutual Coercion to Avoid an Inevitable Prison for Humanity, Sarah Louise Vollmer
The Rise and Fall of Social Trustee Professionalism, Michael Ariens
The Texas Constructive Trust and Its Peculiar Requirements, David Dittfurth
The Texas Lawyer's Creed: Exploring Its Origin and Impact over the Last Quarter Century, Alicia M. Grant
The Texas Supreme Court Retreats from Protecting Texas Students, Albert H. Kauffman
The Texas Supreme Court's Evolving Mineral-Deed Jurisprudence in the Shale Era: The Implications of Wenske v. Ealy, Laura H. Burney
The Trump Travel Ban: Rhetoric vs Reality, Jeffrey F. Addicott
The Voice of the Gods is Crippling: Law School for Helicoptered Millennials, Katerina P. Lewinbuk, Taci Villarreal, and Elena Bolonina
Thomas L. Shaffer: A Remembrance, Noel Augustyn
Thomas L. Shaffer, Legal Ethics, and St. Mary’s University, Vincent R. Johnson
Tocqueville's Nightmare: The Administrative State Emerges in America, 1900-1940 (book review), Michael Ariens
Tutela Processual do Menor (Procedural Guardianship of the Minor), Roberto Rosas
Unsung Heroes in SA and Beyond Help Immigrants Find Hope, Erica B. Schommer
Use of Expunged Records in Attorney-Disciplinary Proceedings, Roland D. Ramos
Vets Just Want Fair Benefits, Patricia E. Roberts
Victim v. Victim Restitution: The Commingling Fictions, Andrew Kull
Wayfair or No Fair: Revisiting Internet Sales Tax Nexus and Consequences in Texas, Jennifer Mendez Lopez
What Recourse do Vulnerable Immigrants Have?: Violations of the VAWA Confidentiality Provisions and the Pursuit of an Even Playing Field, Trevor S. Gallaway
You Are Not Alone: What Law Schools Must Do to Help Law Students with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues, David A. Grenardo