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Submissions from 2024

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Abolish the MPRE, Michael Ariens

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Workaholic Syndrome: Law and Psychology Explore the Far Reach of the Egg Shell Doctrine, Victoria C. Duke-Dawson

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Artificial Intelligence and Legal Malpractice Liability, Vincent R. Johnson

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A Haven for Traffickers: How the United States Provides a Legal Safe Haven for Businesses That Rely on Forced Labor in the International Supply Chain, Ramona L. Lampley

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Why Equity Follows the Law, Adam J. MacLeod

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Can Litigation Analytics Tell Us What Became of the 2015 Proportionality Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?, Patricia W. Moore

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The Emerging Name, Image, and Likeness Industry and the Perils of Appropriating "Entrepreneurial" Collegiate Athletes' and "Vengeful" Minors' Property Interests - Historical and Empirical Guidance from Courts' Rights of Publicity, Misappropriation, and Breach of Contract Decisions, Willy E. Rice

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Constitutional Crimes, Michael L. Smith

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Constitutional Interpretation and Zombie Provisions, Michael L. Smith

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Language Models, Plagiarism, and Legal Writing, Michael L. Smith

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Library Crime, Michael L. Smith

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Public Accommodations Laws, Free Speech Challenges, and Limiting Principles in the Wake of 303 Creative, Michael L. Smith

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State Constitutional Prohibitions of Slavery and Involuntary Servitude, Michael L. Smith

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Model for Understanding CEDAW's Impact on Implementing Gender Equality Reforms: Lessons from Canada and India, Amanda L. Stephens

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Puerto Rican Presidential Voting Rights: Why Precedent Should Be Overturned, and Other Options for Suffrage, Sigrid Vendrell-Polanco

Submissions from 2023

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A Tribute to Gerald S. "Geary" Reamey, Michael Ariens

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The Scholar: Twenty-Five Years of Change, Catherine Casiano

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Gun Range Immunity: An Argument against Legalized Nuisance and Non-Governmental Takings, Match Dawson

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Military Women in World Cinema: A 20th Century History and Filmography, Introduction, Deborah A. Deacon and Stacy Fowler

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Dinner with Andre: A Personal Tribute to Andre Hampton, David Dittfurth

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When Machines Can Be Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Justice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (book review), Stacy Fowler

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The Mystery of the Leavenworth Oaths, M H. Hoeflich and Stephen M. Sheppard

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Ethical Lawyering: The Role of Honor, Conscience, and Codes (reviewing Michael S. Ariens, The Lawyer’s Conscience: A History of American Lawyer Ethics), Vincent R. Johnson

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The First Woman Dean of a Texas Law School: Barbara Bader Aldave at St. Mary's University, Vincent R. Johnson

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A Quarter Century of Challenges and Progress in Education, and an Agenda for the Next Quarter Century, Albert H. Kauffman

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Taking Corrigibility Seriously, Dora Klein

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Is, Ought, and the Limited Competence of Experts, Adam J. MacLeod

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Opus as the Core of Property, Adam J. MacLeod

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Vested Patents and Equal Justice,, Adam J. MacLeod

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Total Return Meltdown: The Case for Treating Total Return Swaps as Disguised Secured Transactions, Colin P. Marks

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The Securities and Exchange Commission as Human Rights Enforcer?, Jena Martin and Rachel Chambers

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The Lawyer as Dream Enabler, Gerald S. Reamey

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"Grossly Negligent Utilities," "Unimaginable Property Damage" and the Scope of Liability Insurers' Duty to Indemnify Subrogated Property Insurers - Probative and Empirical Inferences from Courts' Divided Subrogation and Indemnification Decision, Willy E. Rice

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Transforming Military Justice: The 2022 and 2023 National Defense Authorization Acts, David A. Schlueter and Lisa Schenck

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This is Not Your Grandparents' Military Justice System: The 2022 and 2023 National Defense Authorization Acts, David A. Schlueter and Lisa M. Schenck

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A Vague, Overconfident, and Malleable Approach to Constitutional Law, Michael L. Smith

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Idaho's Law of Seduction, Michael L. Smith

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Originalism and the Meaning of "Twenty Dollars", Michael L. Smith

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Originalism, Common Good Constitutionalism, and Transparency, Michael L. Smith

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Policy's Place in Pedestrian Infrastructure (book review), Michael L. Smith

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On Women Professors Who Teach Legal Writing: Addressing Stigma and Women's Health, Amanda L. Stephens and Sean A. Vina

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Facing Emergencies with Equity: Adopting ARPA's Emergency Rental Assistance Eligibility and Documentation Standards for Undocumented Individuals as a Model for Housing Stability, Gregory Zlotnick

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Inviting the People into People's Court: Embracing Non-Attorney Representation in Eviction Proceedings, Gregory Zlotnick

Submissions from 2022

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Anti-Discrimination Ethics Rules and the Legal Profession, Michael Ariens

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The Appearance of Appearances, Michael Ariens

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The Fall of an American Lawyer, Michael Ariens

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Reimagining Corporate Accountability: Moving beyond Human Rights Due Diligence, Rachel Chambers and Jena Martin

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"A Change Is Gonna Come:" Developing a Liability Framework for Social Media Algorithmic Amplification, Amy B. Cyphert and Jena Martin

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"Only to Have a Say in the Way He Dies:" Bodily Autonomy and Methods of Execution, Alexandra L. Klein

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When Police Volunteer to Kill, Alexandra L. Klein

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One Step Backward: The Ninth Circuit's Unfortunate Rule 404(b) Decision in United States v. Lague, Dora Klein

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Assessing Legal Protection of Biometric Data in China: Gaps, Principles, and Policy Recommendations, Qian Li, Jianyu Zhou, and Jennifer S. Stevenson

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Beyond Compulsory Licensing: Pfizer Shares Its COVID-19 Medicines with the Patent Pool, Chenglin Liu

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Respecting the Identity and Dignity of All Indigenous Americans, Bill Piatt

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The Cost of Unstable Property: Oil, Gas, and Other Confusing Mineral Interests, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Countermajoritarian Criminal Law, Michael L. Smith

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Distracted Walking, Michael L. Smith

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Originalism and the Inseparability of Decision Procedures from Interpretive Standards, Michael L. Smith

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The Third Amendment in 2020, Michael L. Smith

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Originalism's Implementation Problem, Michael L. Smith and Alexander S. Hiland

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Using Bruen to Overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, Michael L. Smith and Alexander S. Hiland

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Reconstruction of the Reasonable Person Standard under Chinese Patent Law, Weihong Yao and Robert H. Hu

Submissions from 2021

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Model Rule 8.4(g) and the Profession's Core Values Problem, Michael Ariens

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Collective Wisdom: When to Impeach with an Inconsistent Statement, A. J. Bellido de Luna

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Testing Privilege: Coaching Bar Takers towards "Minimum Competency" during the 2020 Pandemic, Afton Cavanaugh

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Reckoning: dialogue about racism, antiracists, and business & human rights, Erika George, Jena Martin, and Tara Van Ho

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Lawyers, Mistakes, and Moral Growth (reviewing Mike H. Bassett, The Man in the Ditch: A Redemption Story for Today), Vincent R. Johnson

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The End of the Golden Age of American Legal Education: My Year as Interim Dean, Vincent R. Johnson

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The Informed Consent Doctrine in Legal Malpractice Law, Vincent R. Johnson

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The Proposed Rules on Advertising and Solicitation, Vincent R. Johnson

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Meaningless Guarantees: Comment on Mitchell E. McCloy's “Blind Justice: Virginia's Jury Sentencing Scheme and Impermissible Burdens on a Defendant's Right to a Jury Trial", Alexandra L. Klein

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The Beginning of the End: Abolishing Capital Punishment in Virginia, Alexandra L. Klein

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A Few Words for the Firing Squad (editorial), Alexandra L. Klein and Brandon Hasbrouck

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“Rule of Inclusion" Confusion, Dora Klein

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The World Health Organization: A Weak Defender against Pandemics, Chenglin Liu

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The World Health Organization: A Weak Defender Against Pandemics, Chenglin Liu

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Lech's Mess with the Tenth Circuit: Why Governmental Entities Are Not Exempt from Paying Just Compensation When They Destroy Property Pursuant to Their Police Powers, Emilio R. Longoria

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When is a Warranty Not a Warranty?: Deconstructing the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act’s Narrow Definition of “Warranty”, Colin P. Marks

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The Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Introduction, Jennifer S. Martin, Colin P. Marks, and Wayne Barnes

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The AOC in the Age of COVID - Pandemic Preparedness Planning in the Federal Courts, Zoe Niesel

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Appraising Problems, Not Stuff, Chad J. Pomeroy

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If You Don't Care, Who Will?, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Police Use of Force Laws in Texas, Gerald S. Reamey

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Abolishing the Communications Decency Act Might Sanitize "Political Biased," "Digitally Polluted," and "Dangerously Toxic" Social Media? - Judicial and Statistical Guidance from Federal-Preemption, Safe-Harbor and Rights-Preservation Decisions, Willy E. Rice

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Evolution of Legal Topics, Rights and Obligations in the United States, Roberto Rosas

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Evolution of Legal Topics, Rights and Obligations in the United States, Roberto Rosas

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National, Military, and College Reports on Prosecution of Sexual Assaults and Victims’ Rights: Is the Military Actually Safer than Civilian Society?, David A. Schlueter and Lisa M. Schenck

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Taking Charge of Court-Martial Charges: The Important Role of the Commander in the American Military Justice System, David A. Schlueter and Lisa M. Schenck

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Professor, Please Help Me Pass the Bar Exam: #NextGenBar2026, Melissa Bezanson Shultz

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The Citation of Unpublished Cases in the Wake of COVID-19, Michael L. Smith

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Blockchain Emergencies & Open-Source Software Governance: Is "Rough Consensus" a Suicide Pact?, Blockchain Emergencies & Open-Source Software Governance: Is "Rough Consensus" a Suicide Pact?, Angela Walch

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Congress, Don't Rush Regulating Crypto (Opinion), Angela Walch

Submissions from 2020

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COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy and Legal Issues, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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The Army's G-RAP Fiasco: How the Lives and Careers of Hundreds of Innocent Soldiers Were Destroyed, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Texas Supreme Court’s Failure to Offer Alternative Licensure Option Unnecessarily Hinders Our State’s Future Lawyers, Michael Ariens

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A Century in Uniform: Military Women in American Films, Introduction, Stacy Fowler and Deborah A. Deacon

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An Intersection of Gender, Race, and Sports: Guidelines for Universities Determining Whether Athletes Accused of Title IX Violations Should be Removed from Their Teams, David A. Grenardo

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Loopholes for the Affluent Bankrupt, David R. Hague

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Arthur C. Y. Yao (1906-2004): A Pioneer Chinese Professor at St. Mary's University School of Law, Robert H. Hu

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Confucius and the Chinese Legal Tradition, Chenglin Liu