Washburn Law Faculty Scholarship and Activities, July 2016-June 2017

Aïda M. Alaka

Chapters in Books

"Discrimination on the Basis of Disability" In Kansas Employment Law Handbook. 3rd ed. (Joseph Mastrosimone, editor) (Kansas Bar Association, 2016).

Presentations

Moderator, "The Stubborn Problem of Unpaid, Unregulated, and Illegal Labor," Future of Labor and Employment Law: Power, Policies, and Politics Symposium, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, February 23, 2017.

"Synthesizing Case Law," Workshop on Law Teaching Techniques and Legal Writing, Georgian Bar Association Training Center, Batumi, Georgia, July 5-6, 2016.

Rory Bahadur

Professional Service

Chair, American Association of Law Schools Section on Teaching Methods, 2017-2018.

Andrea J. Boyack

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Limiting the Collective Right to Exclude," 44 Fordham Urban Law Journal 451 (2017).

"Equitably Housing (Almost) Half a Nation of Renters," 65 Buffalo Law Review 109 (2017).

"A New American Dream for Detroit," 93 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 573 (2016).

Cited by The Court Of Civil Appeals Of The State Of Oklahoma, Grindstaff v. The Oaks Owners' Association, Inc. (April 25, 2016): "Common Interest Community Covenants and the Freedom of Contract Myth," 22 Journal of Law and Policy 767 (2014)

"Cooking Up a Crisis: The Capital-Valuation Connection in U.S. Real Estate Markets," 3 Comparative Law Portuguese-American Perspectives 147 (2016).

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2017) (co-authored with Amy Deen Westbrook and Lori A. McMillan).

Other Publications

PrawfsBlawg.com (guest blogger November 2016)

Presentations

"Limiting the Collective Right to Exclude," Association for Law, Property and Society (ALPS) 8th Annual Meeting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 20th, 2017.

"Sustainable Affordability" Sustainable Housing panel program, Association for Law, Property and Society (ALPS) 8th Annual Meeting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 19, 2017.

"Sustainable Affordable Housing," Third Annual Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators, Program on Law and Sustainability, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, May 12, 2017.

"Residential Segregation, Housing Unaffordability, and Neighborhood Decline: The Three-Headed Housing Hellhound," Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, April 6, 2017.

"Prevention or Cure: Comparing European and American Approaches to Consumer Financial Distress," American Society of Comparative Law, Younger Comparativists Committee, Third Annual Workshop on Comparative Business & Financial Law, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, February 10-11, 2017.

Panelist, "Property and the Challenge of Housing Affordability," Association of American Law Schools, 111th Annual Meeting, Section on Property Law, San Francisco, California, January 5, 2017.

"Residential Segregation, Rental Unaffordability, and Neighborhood Decline: Taming the Three-Headed Housing Hellhound," Association of American Law Schools, 111th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 5, 2017.

"Fee-Only Chapter 13s - Problem or Solution?," American Bankruptcy Institute, 36th Annual Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, September 30, 2016.

Panelist/Discussant "Has Fair Housing Law Gotten Its Groove Back?," 2016 SEALS (Southeastern Association of Law Schools) Annual Conference, Amelia Island, Florida, August 3, 2016.

Gillian Chadwick

Other Publications

"Predator In Chief: President Trump and the Glorification of Sexual Violence," The Huffington Post, November 30, 2016.

Media Contact

Quoted, "Former Students Say Stanford Tried to Buy its Way out of Title IX Investigations," BuzzFeed, December 17, 2016.

Presentations

"Bridging Language Barriers in Client Representation," 2017 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 30, 2017.

Co-presenter "Immigration Panel: Resources & Supports for Immigrant Students" Topeka Public Schools USD 501 district-wide teacher training, Topeka, Kansas, April 28, 2017.

"Negotiations and Settlements," Custody Litigation Training: Representing Victims of Domestic Violence in Custody Cases, American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Washington, D.C., March 9, 2017 (with Wemi Peters).

"Effectively Navigating the System: Players and their Roles," Custody Litigation Training: Representing Victims of Domestic Violence in Custody Cases, American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Washington, D.C., March 8, 2017 (with Erin Scheick).

Legislative Testimony

"Amending Factors Considered in Determinations of Child Custody, Residency and Parenting Time," Testimony for the Public Hearings on SB 124, Kansas Senate Committee on Judiciary, February 16, 2017 and Kansas House Committee on Judiciary, March 14, 2017.

Professional Service

Filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Washburn Law Clinic and the Children and Family Law Center to the Board of Immigration Appeals, March 28, 2017.

Member, Family Law Advisory Committee, Kansas Judicial Council, 2016-.

James M. Concannon

Chapters in Books

"Evidence," (chapter 13), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2017).

"Witnesses" (Chapter 18), "Relevance & Extrinsic Policies Affecting Admissibility" (Chapter 19), "Judicial Notice" (Chapter 22), "Privileges" (Chapter 23), Kansas Criminal Law Handbook, 5th ed. (Kansas Bar Association, 2016).

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Death Penalty Cases a Factor Behind Efforts to Oust Justices," The Wichita Eagle, October 29, 2016.

Presentations

"Drafting and Editing Court Rules," Kansas Judicial Center CLE, Topeka, Kansas, October 20, 2016.

Professional Service

Meeting of National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) Style Subcommittee on the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act, Chicago, Illinois, June 2-4, 2017.

Meeting of National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) Style Committee, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 4-7, 2017

Testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of the Kansas Judicial Council Civil Code Advisory Committee in support of SB 13 on January 24, 2017; adopting various amendments to the Kansas Code of Civil Procedure Meeting of Uniform Law Commission Style Committee in Tucson, Arizona, January 26-29, 2017.

As Kansas Commissioner, attended annual meeting of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), Stowe, Vermont, July 8-14, 2016, and presented the memorial for Life Member Glee Smith, Jr. He also attended the Uniform Law Commission Style Committee meeting in Chicago, Illinois, September 8-11, 2016.

Attended meetings of the Kansas Judicial Council Civil Code Advisory Committee on May 13 and July 22, 2016.

Editor with other Uniform Law Commission Style Committee members, of Bryan A. Garner, Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Legislation (2016), a joint project of LawProse, Inc. and the Uniform Law Commission.

Honors and Awards

Recipient, Kansas Bar Association Distinguished Service Award, 2017.

Linda Henry Elrod

Books and Monographs

Child Custody Practice and Procedure. 2017 ed. (Thomson Reuters, 2017).

Kansas Family Law: Kansas Law and Practice, Volumes 1 and 2. 2016-2017 ed. (Thomson Reuters, 2016).
» See publisher's website for further description and ordering information.

Chapters in Books

"The Best Interests of the Child When There is Conflict About Contact," In Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Best Interests, Welfare and Well-being (Elaine E. Sutherland and Lesley Anne Barnes Macfarlane, eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2016).

"Child Custody: Back to the Future - Still Searching for Best Interests," (chapter 7) in Family Law in Britain and America in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Sanford N. Katz (John Eekelaar, editor) (Brill Publishers, 2016).

Other Publications

"The Case for Arbitration in Family Law Cases - and for the Uniform Act," 21(2) Dispute Resolution Magazine 18 (American Bar Association, Winter 2017).

Presentations

"A Voice, not a Choice: Hearing Children in Custody Cases," 7th World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights, Dublin, Ireland, June 5, 2017.

"Discrimination Against Citizen Children," Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Conference, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, April 3-6, 2017.

"Ethical Considerations for Lawyers in a Social Media World," Evaluating Alternatives, Making Good Choices: Family Law's Use of Case Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution (Tenth Annual Case Management Program), Washburn University School of Law, Children and Family Law Center, Topeka, Kansas, November 10, 2016.

"Preventing Parental Child Abduction Using the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA) and the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act (UCAPA)," Cross-Border Family Law Issues CLE at the American Bar Association Family Law Section Fall Meeting, Quebec, Canada,October 22, 2016.

"Same-Sex Marriage: Impact on Child Support Enforcement," Office of Child Support Enforcement Region V and VII Intergovernmental Meeting "Embracing Change, Making Progress," Kansas City, Missouri, September 8, 2016.

"Is America Ready for Arbitration in Family Law?" Conference on Culture, Dispute Resolution and the Modernised Family, sponsored by the International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice, King's College London, England, July 7, 2016.

Professional Service

Participated in the American Bar Association Family Law Section Spring Meeting in Savannah, Georgia, May 3-7, 2017.

As Reporter for the Joint Editorial Board for Uniform Family Laws (JEB-UFL) for the Uniform Law Commission, attended the meeting of the JEB-UFL, Chicago, Illinois, November 17-18, 2016.

As Reporter for the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act, participated in American Bar Association Roundtable: An Overview of the Family Law Arbitration Act, presented by the ABA Family Law Litigation Committee, November 4, 2016.

Recognized and honored for twenty four years as Editor in Chief of the Family Law Quarterly at the American Bar Association Family Law Council Meeting, Quebec, Canada, October 20, 2016,

Award recipient, Outstanding Contribution and Meritorious Service as Editor in Chief of the Family Law Quarterly from 1992-2016, Family Law Section Awards Luncheon, American Bar Association annual meeting, August 6, 2016.

As Reporter for the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act, met with the drafting committee and presented the FLAA to the Uniform Law Commission for its approval at its annual meeting in Stowe, Vermont, July 11-12, 2016.

Honors and Awards

Honored in the article "Dedication to a Fearless Leader, Lawyer, Child Advocate, and Friend: Linda Henry Elrod," 50 Family Law Quarterly 363 (2016) (by Hon. Gail D. Baker).

John J. Francis

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Jacob Ewing Trials not Likely to be Moved from Jackson County Topeka Capital Journal (May 29, 2017).

Professional Service

Special Judge for the Tribal District Court of Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska (sworn, June 15, 2017).

Alex Glashausser

Other Publications

"Much Ado About Something in the Phone Suicide Case,"The Huffington Post (June 20, 2017).

Emily Grant

Articles in Law Review

"Beyond Best Practices: Lessons from Tina Stark About the First Day of Class," 95 Oregon Law Review 397 (2017).

Books and Monographs

Editor, Kansas Basic Will & Trust Drafting. 2nd ed. (Kansas Bar Association, 2017).

Presentations

"Helicopter Professors," Conference on Positive Lawyering, Mindfulness, and Humane Games, University of Colorado Law School, Boulder, Colorado, June 2, 2017.

"Helicopter Professors," University of Oklahoma College of Law, April 19, 2017.

"Legal Education in 2037," Honorable Wesley E. Brown Inn of Court, Wichita, Kansas, April 18, 2017.

"Helicopter Professor," Association of American Law Schools Balance Section Topic Call, April 12, 2017.

"Legal Writing Concepts and Issues," Kansas Women Attorneys Association conference, CLE session, Lindsborg, Kansas, July 16, 2016.

"Beyond Best Practices: Lessons from Tina Stark about the First Day of School," 17th Biennial Legal Writing Institute Conference, Portland, Oregon, July 11, 2016.

Conferences Planned

Workshop Organizer, "Washburn Junior Legal Writing Scholars Workshop," Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, July 29-30, 2016.

Burke W. Griggs

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"The Political Cultures of Irrigation and the Proxy Battles of Interstate Water Litigation," 57 Natural Resources Journal 1 (2017).

Chapters in Books

"Groundwater in the American West: How to Harness Hydrogeological Analysis to Improve Groundwater Management" (lead author with Dr. James Butler, Jr.) in The Water Problem: Climate Change and Water Policy in the United States (Editor, Pat Mulroy) (Brookings Institution Press, 2017).
» See publisher's website for further description and ordering information.

Other Publications

"Some Legal and Machiavellian Principles of Interstate Groundwater Dispute Resolution," 34th Annual Water Law Conference, American Bar Association (2016) (selected as Best Paper).

"Lessons from Kansas: A More Sustainable Groundwater Management Approach," Stanford University, Water in the West (August 18, 2014).

Presentations

"Water Law Issues Update," Washburn Law Out West CLE, Rebein Brothers Trial Lawyers, Dodge City, Kansas, May 11, 2017.

Panelist, "Science and the Courtroom: How Groundwater Modeling is Changing the Game," University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Tenth Annual Water Law Review Symposium, April 7, 2017.

"Interstate Water Litigation: A Fifty-Year Selectrospective," University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Tenth Annual Water Law Review Symposium, April 7, 2017.

"Water Law Issues Relevant to Oil and Gas Production in Kansas," 2017 Spring Oil, Gas & Mineral Law CLE, Kansas Bar Association, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, March 3, 2017.

"Emerging Water Resources Conflicts," National Agricultural Leaders Summit, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 6, 2017.

"Cooperative Federalism in Water: A Tale of Two Western River Basins," Governor's Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas, Manhattan, Kansas, November 15, 2016.

"The Ownership of Riparian Land on or Adjacent to the Navigable Rivers of Kansas," Kansas Society of Land Surveyors Annual Conference, Dodge City, Kansas, October 20, 2016.

"Litigating the Groundwater Revolution: The Infamous Past, the Maddening Present, and the Uncertain Future of Interstate Groundwater Dispute Resolution," CLE presentation, University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 19, 2016.

"Pasts without Precedent: The Serial Anomalies of Western History and the Recurrent Problem of the Common Law of Western Natural Resources," University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 19, 2016.

"Beyond Boundaries: Western Groundwater in the Age of Depletion," The Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado, September 27, 2016 (with Anne Castle).

"An Introduction to Kansas Water Law," Kansas State University / Washburn University School of Law Inaugural Agribusiness Symposium, Exploring the Business of Agriculture, Kansas Farm Bureau, Manhattan, Kansas, September 20, 2016.

Media Contacts

Quoted, "Haskell County Farmer Wins District Court Decision Over Decade-Old Water Rights Battle," Kansas AgLand, February 3, 2017.

Quoted, "What Happens to the U.S. Midwest When the Water's Gone?," National Geographic, August 2016 (also contributed to the map foldout on water law).

Professional Service

Member, "Faculty Network for the National Judicial College's Dividing the Waters Program, 2017-.

Randall L. Hodgkinson

Book Chapters

"Making the Record in Appellate Court" (Chapter 25), Kansas Criminal Law Handbook, 5th ed. (Kansas Bar Association, 2016).

"Diversion" (Chapter 5), Kansas Criminal Law Handbook, 5th ed. (Kansas Bar Association, 2016).

Janet Thompson Jackson

Presentations

Panelist, "Voting Rights, Voter Registration and Voter Participation," Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, September 20, 2016.

Jeffrey D. Jackson

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Classical Rational Basis and the Right to be Free of Arbitrary Legislation," 14 Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy 493 (2016).

Books and Monographs

Interactive Citation Workbook for ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, 2016 Edition (co-authored with Tracy McGaugh Norton, Christine Hurt) (LexisNexis, 2016).
» See publisher's web site for further description and ordering information.

Other Publications

"The Uncontested Narrative: The Use of Facts in a Summary Judgment Motion," 86 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 19 (January 2017).

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Death Penalty Cases a Factor Behind Efforts to Oust Justices," The Wichita Eagle, October 29, 2016.

Presentations

"Recent Developments in United States Supreme Court Cases," 2017 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 30, 2017.

"The Fourteenth Amendment: From the Federal Constitution to a Constitution for All," 2017 Law Day CLE program, 1st Infantry Division and Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Riley, Kansas, May 1, 2017.

"The History of Legal Writing, Part II: The Genesis of the Modern Legal Writing Program," 17th Biennial Legal Writing Institute Conference, Portland, Oregon, July 13, 2016.

Professional Service

Participated in Symposium entitled "Who's Afraid of Substantive Due Process," James Wilson Institute, Washington D.C., April 21, 2017.

Patricia L. Judd

Articles in Law Reviews

"Response: International Intellectual Property Shelters," 91 Tulane Law Review Online 9 (2017).

L. Ali Khan

Other Publications

Legal Commentaries

"Washington Attorney General asks Judge to Block New Travel Ban," Jurist, March 10, 2017.

"Millennials Will Forge a New America," The Huffington Post, February 7, 2017.

"Trump's Muslim Persecution Will Fail," The Huffington Post, January 29, 2017.

"Trump Declares Holy War Against Radical Islamic Terrorism," The Huffington Post, January 21, 2017.

"Picking an American Muslim for the Trump Cabinet," The Huffington Post, November 26, 2016.

"Kansas Will Remain a Free State, Inshallah," The Huffington Post, November 18, 2016.

"Resisting Trump is the Only Way Forward," The Huffington Post, November 11, 2016.

"Why I Worry About Kansas, My Home State," The Huffington Post, October 16, 2016.

"Gingrich Is Mistaken On Shariah Deportations," The Huffington Post, July 17, 2016.

Foreign Affairs Commentaries

"Barbados - A Promising Island for the Progeny of African Slaves," The Huffington Post, June 24, 2017.

"Profiling Islamaphobes," Counterpunch, March 22, 2017.

"The Isosceles Triangle of China-Russia-Pakisan: A Mighty Coalition? The Huffington Post, January 12, 2017.

"Shariah Permits Prosecuting Muslims who Destroy Historical Monuments such as Shrines in Timbuktu," The Huffington Post, August 29, 2016.

Law and Literature

"The Hazards of Being a Scholar," The Huffington Post, July 24, 2016.

Media Interviews

"Escalating Tensions Between India and Pakistan," Press TV (October 1, 2016) (Professor Khan discusses the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after the recent attack on an Indian army base in Kashmir that left 17 soldiers dead.) (comments begin at 4:40).

"17 Soldiers Killed in Indian Army Base Attack," Press TV (September 18, 2016) (Professor Khan comments on the attacks on the Indian soldiers in Northern Kashmir) (comments begin at 1:30 for 3:22 minutes).

Presentations

"How Muslims View the Travel Ban," Washburn University Brown Bag International Lecture, Topeka, Kansas, February 22, 2017.

"Treatment of Shariah and American Muslims under the U.S. Constitution and Laws CLE," Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, September 16, 2016.

Tonya Kowalski

Essays and Other Shorter Works

"End-of-Year Reflections: How Does a Teacher Say Goodbye?," Idea of the Month, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, April 2017.

Presentations

"Friends, Feasts, and the Rule of Law in Georgia," Washburn University Brown Bag International Lecture, Topeka, Kansas, February 8, 2017.

Conferences Planned

Co-Chair, "Thriving in a Time of Change," 17th Biennial Legal Writing Institute Conference, Portland, Oregon, July 10-13, 2016.

Shawn Leisinger

Presentations

"Ethical Issues for Attorneys on Non-profit Boards," 2017 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 30, 2017.

"Ethical Issues for Attorneys Serving on Non-profit Boards," Washburn Law Out West CLE, Rebein Brothers Trial Lawyers, Dodge City, Kansas, May 11, 2017.

Craig Martin

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Change It to Save It: Why and How to Amend Article 9," 18 Ritsumeikan Journal of Peace Studies (2017) (in Japanese: 憲法9条を再生させるための改正論ーなぜ、どのように9条を改正するのか 立命館平和研究第18号(2017).

"The Legitimacy of Informal Constitutional Amendment and the 'Reinterpretation' of Japan's War Powers," 40 Fordham International Law Journal 427 (2017).

Book Chapters

"Laws Without Sanctions: Hate Speech Laws and the Balancing of Rights in Japan," in The Legal Process in Contemporary Japan: Its Structures and Dynamics (2017) (a Festschrift for Professor Setsuo Miyazawa).

"A Means-Methods Paradox and the Legality of Drone Strikes in Armed Conflict," in Legal and Ethical Implications of Drone Warfare (Michael J. Boyle, ed.) (Routledge, 2017).
» See publisher's website for description and ordering information.

Opinions/Editorials and Blog Articles

"Canada's Support for U.S. Strikes on Syria Harms International Law," Huffington Post, May 1, 2017.

Presentations

"The Use of Force Against Non-State Actors in Non-Consenting States: Challenging the 'Unwilling or Unable' Doctrine," Law and Society Association Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, June 21, 2017.

Chaired and discussant for a panel, "Identity and Racism in Japan," Law and Society Association Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, June 20, 2017.

"A Means-Methods Paradox and the Legality of Drone Strikes in Armed Conflict," Kansas National Guard Judge Advocate General's CLE, Topeka, Kansas, November 5, 2016.

"Informal Constitutional Amendment and the "Reinterpretation" of Japan's War Powers," conference on "Japan's Constitutional Moment", University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, August 12, 2016.

Joseph P. Mastrosimone

Articles in Law Reviews

"Benchslaps," 2017 Utah Law Review 331 (2017).

Books and Monographs

Editor, Kansas Employment Law Handbook. 3rd ed. (Kansas Bar Association, 2016).

Chapters in Books

"Kansas Statutory Fair Employment Laws" In Kansas Employment Law Handbook. 3rd ed. (Joseph Mastrosimone, editor) (Kansas Bar Association, 2016).

Essays and Other Shorter Works

"Beyond Bargaining: Consequences Of NLRB’s Graduate Students Decision," The Huffington Post, August 29, 2016.

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Internal Email: Staffing Problem Caused Child Abuse Report Backlog," The Topeka Capital Journal, December 2, 2016.

Quoted, "Advocates Say Jackson County Judge's 'Fifty Shades' Comment Trivializes Rape," The Topeka Capital Journal, September 17, 2016.

Presentations

"Writing it Right: Ethical and Professional Concerns in Legal Writing," 2017 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 30, 2017.

Keynote Address, "The Policy, Power, and Politics of Labor and Employment Law," Future of Labor and Employment Law: Power, Policies, and Politics Symposium, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, February 23, 2017.

"Detangling Labor Law: the NLRB and Religious Educational Institutions," panel on Religious Freedom and Accommodation Issues Arising from Regulatory Expansions, Future of Labor and Employment Law: Power, Policies, and Politics Symposium, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, February 23, 2017.

"Get 'em Writing: The Many Benefits (and Few Detriments) of a First Day Writitng Assignment," 17th Biennial Legal Writing Institute Conference, Portland, Oregon, July 11, 2016.

Conferences Planned

Workshop Organizer, "Washburn Junior Legal Writing Scholars Workshop," Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, July 29-30, 2016.

Professional Service

Executive Committee Member, Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research, Association of American Law Schools, January 2017 - January 2018.

Chair-Elect, Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law, Association of American Law Schools, January 2017 - January 2018.

Chair, Kansas Bar Association Diversity Committee, 2016-2017.

Roger A. McEowen

Presentations

"Agricultural Law Update," 2017 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 30, 2017.

"Agricultural Law and Related Tax Issues Update," Washburn Law Out West CLE, Rebein Brothers Trial Lawyers, Dodge City, Kansas, May 11, 2017.

"Top Developments in Ag Law and Taxation in 2016 and a Look to the Future," Washburn Agricultural Law Society, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, April 19, 2017.

"Recent Issues of Interest to Lawyers Representing Clients in Rural Areas," 2017 Spring Oil, Gas & Mineral Law CLE, Kansas Bar Association, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, March 3, 2017.

"Basic Financial Distress Tax Issues" and "The 11 U.S.C. 1222(a)(2)(A) Issue," Common Problems Faced by Farmers and Ranchers in Difficult Financial Times CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, February 1, 2017.

"Ethical Issues of Tax, Estate and Business Planning Practice," Tax Law Practice Ethics CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 16, 2016.

"Tax Considerations: Selected Current Tax Topics of Importance to Agricultural Operations," Kansas State University / Washburn University School of Law Inaugural Agribusiness Symposium, Exploring the Business of Agriculture, Kansas Farm Bureau, Manhattan, Kansas, September 20, 2016.

Lori A. McMillan

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2017) (co-authored with Amy Deen Westbrook and Andrea Boyack).

Media Interviews

"The Republican Tax Plan," Wharton University of Pennsylvania Business Radio on Sirius XM program, Knowledge@Wharton on channel 111, June 21, 2017.

"Kansas Tax Cuts Roll-Back," Wharton University of Pennsylvania Business Radio on Sirius XM program, Knowledge@Wharton on channel 111, June 8, 2017.

Quoted, "Kansas Republicans Scrapped the State's Disastrous Tax Cuts that Look a lot Like Trump's Plan," Business Insider, June 8, 2017.

Presentations

"Ethical Considerations in Practicing Before the IRS: Circular 230 Considerations," 37th Annual Estate Planning Retreat, Colorado Bar Association CLE, Vail, Colorado, June 8-10, 2017.

"Ethical Practice Before the IRS - IRS Circular 230 Rules Application," Tax Law Practice Ethics CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, December 16, 2016.

David E. Pierce

Books and Monographs

Co-editor, Oil and Gas Reporter, Volume 183 (2017) (Annual reporting on case law developments).

Co-editor, Oil and Gas Reporter, Volume 182 (2016) (Annual reporting on case law developments).

Other Publications

"Freedom of Contract and the Kansas Supreme Court," 81 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 37 (February 2017).

Presentations

"Recent Developments in Contract and Property Law," 2017 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 30, 2017.

"Rural Legal Initiatives: The Future of Legal Services in Kansas," Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting, Manhattan, Kansas, June 8, 2017.

"Breaking with Tradition: Exercising Professional Judgment When Drafting Oil and Gas Documents," 38th Annual Institute of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 23, 2017.

"The Common Law of Surface Use to Develop Oil and Gas," Oil and Gas Agreements: Surface Use in the 21st Century, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Denver, Colorado, May 17, 2017.

"Contracts, Property, and Oil and Gas Law Update," Washburn Law Out West CLE, Rebein Brothers Trial Lawyers, Dodge City, Kansas, May 11, 2017.

"Introduction to Joint Operations and the Operating Agreement," Introducing the New AAPL Model Form Operating Agreement CLE, Washburn Oil and Gas Law Center, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, April 21, 2017.

Panelist, "The Future of Domestic Oil and Gas Law & Policy," Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal (ONE J) Symposium, University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma, April 7, 2017.

"Injecting Professional Judgment into the Drafting of Oil and Gas Conveyances and Related Documents," 2017 Spring Oil, Gas & Mineral Law CLE, Kansas Bar Association, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, March 3, 2017.

"The Role of Contracts in the Business of Agriculture," Kansas State University / Washburn University School of Law Inaugural Agribusiness Symposium, Exploring the Business of Agriculture, Kansas Farm Bureau, Manhattan, Kansas, September 20, 2016.

Mary Kreiner Ramirez

Books and Monographs

The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty: Restoring Law and Order on Wall Street (NYU Press, 2017) (co-author with Steven A. Ramirez).
» See publisher's website for description and ordering information.

Media

Interview, "New Book: 'The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty'," The 21st Century program, Illinois Public Radio, February 7, 2017 (with Steven Ramirez).

Interview, "President Obama's Economic Legacy," KALW Your Call program, San Francisco Public Radio, January 16, 2017.

Quoted, "A Bank Too Big to Jail," The New York Times, July 15, 2016.

Presentations

"The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty: Restoring Law and Order to Wall Street," 14th Annual Norman C. Amaker Retreat, Law, Resistance, and Social Justice, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, March 31, 2017.

Panelist, "Women in Academia," Women’s Legal Forum and the Center for Excellence in Advocacy, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, March 14, 2017.

"Criminal Injustice," National ClassCrits 9 Conference, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, October 21-22, 2016.

"Financial Crimes on Wall Street: The Extent of Immunity and the Possibility of Restoring the Rule of Law," Annual Institute for Investor Protection Conference, The New Normal of Financial Fraud: The Role of Lawyers, Regulation and Litigation,” Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, October 7, 2016.

William Rich

Articles in Law Reviews

"Hiding in Plain View: A Path around Sovereign Immunity for State Government Employees," 25 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 1179 (2017).

Thomas J. Romig

Presentations

"Veterans Law Clinic and the Progress of the Law School," Meeting of the Kaw Valley Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, Topeka, Kansas, August 14, 2016.

Speaker, "Leader Professional Development Session on Moral Courage," Judge Advocate General, Fort Riley, Kansas, July 19, 2016.

David S. Rubenstein

Articles in Law Reviews

"Immigration Exceptionalism," 111 Northwestern University Law Review 583 (2017) (with Pratheepan Gulasekaram).

Other Publications

"Immigration Symposium: The Future of Immigration Exceptionalism," SCOTUSblog (June 29, 2017).

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Elected Officials' Reactions to Travel, Refugee Ban Mixed," The Garden City Telegram, February 4, 2017.

Presentations

"Immigration and the Constitution," 2017 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 30, 2017.

"Chasing Immigration Rule of Law," University of Kansas faculty workshop, Lawrence, Kansas, March 1, 2017.

"Immigration Federalism Cake (Some Thoughts on Having it and Eating It Too)," Immigration Federalism Conference, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, Arizona, February 24, 2017.

Panelist, "Security, Presidential Powers and the Bill of Rights: A Conversation about the President's Executive Order," University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, February 16, 2017.

Professional Service

Editor-in-Chief, Administrative and Regulatory Law News, quarterly publication of the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, American Bar Association, 2016-.

Frédéric G. Sourgens

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Supernational Law" 50 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 155 (2017).

Books and Monographs

Co-editor, Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Volume 10 (with Ian A. Laird, Borzu Sabahi, and Todd J. Weiler; Kabir Duggal, Associate Editor) (Juris Publishing, 2017).
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Other Publications

"Evidence in Investor-State Arbitration – The Need for Action," Kluwer Arbitration Blog (Wolters Kluwer, March 16, 2017).

Presentations

"A Global Faith - Good Faith and the Unity of Difference in Transnational Law," University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma, February 7, 2017.

Moderator, "Legal Theory," American Society of International Law Dispute Resolution Interest Group, University of Missouri School of Law Works in Progress Conference, Columbia, Missouri, February 3, 2017.

Moderator, "Jurisdiction," American Society of International Law Dispute Resolution Interest Group, University of Missouri School of Law Works in Progress Conference, Columbia, Missouri, February 3, 2017.

"A Global Faith - Good Faith and the Unity of Difference in Transnational Law," Institute for Transnational Arbitration Academic Council Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, January 28, 2017.

"Supernational Law – How Investment Tribunals Avoid Favoring the Interests of Multinationals Over the Public Policy Concerns of Host States," Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Fall 2016 International Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series, Columbia Law School, September 26, 2016.

Amy Deen Westbrook

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Does the Buck Stop Here? Board Responsibility for FCPA Compliance," 48 University of Toledo Law Review 493 (2017).

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law," (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2017) (co-authored with Lori A. McMillan and Andrea Boyack).

Other Publications

"Unicorns, Guardians, and the Concentration of U.S. Equity Markets," Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog (March 21, 2017) (with David A. Westbrook).

"Unicorns, Guardians, and the Concentration of the U.S. Equity Markets," (2017) (with David Westbrook). Discussed:

"Eighth Circuit Affirms Strict Pleading Standard for Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits," 31:26 Legal Backgrounder (October 14, 2016).

Presentations

"The Corporations Law Part of Corporate Compliance," University of Toledo Law Review Symposium "Creating Compliance: Exploring a Maturing Industry," University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio, October 7, 2016.

Media Interviews

Quoted, "Legitimacy of Investment Opportunity Presented to Topeka-Area Residents Doubted," Topeka Capital Journal, May 19, 2017.

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