Washburn Law Faculty Scholarship and Activities, July 2021-June 2022

Rory Bahadur

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Actively Achieving Greater Racial Equity in Law School Classroom," 70 Cleveland State Law Review 709 (with Catherine Bramble).

"Reexamining Relative Bar Performance as a Function of Non-Linearity, Heteroscedasticity, and a New Independent Variable," 52 New Mexico Law Review 119 (2022) (with Kevin Ruth and Katie Tolliver Jones).

"Directed Questions: A Non-Socratic Dialogue about Non-Socratic Teaching," 99 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 1 (2021) (with Kris Franklin).

"Quantifying the Impact of Matriculant Credentials & Academic Attrition Rates on Bar Exam Success at Individual Schools," 99 Detroit Mercy Law Review Online 6 (2021) (with Kevin Ruth).

"Socratic Teaching and Learning Styles: Exposing the Pervasiveness of Implicit Bias and White Privilege in Legal Pedagogy," 18 Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal 114 (2021) (with Liyun Zhang).

Presentations

Invited Presenter, Two-day Faculty Development Workshop on Assessment facilitated by a Slovenian NGO funded by the US State Department, Tashkent State University of Law, Tashkent Uzbekistan, June 2022 (with Kris Franklin).

Plenary presentation, "Assessment and Feedback," Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2022 Workshop for New Law School Teachers, Washington, DC, June 3, 2022 (with Kris Franklin).

"Implicit Bias: Why We are not Who We Think We Are," Spring 2022 Zoom CLE Webinar, Kansas Department of Administration, Office of Chief Counsel, Topeka, Kansas, April 8, 2022.

Invited presenter, "Law School Rankings and the Impossibility of Anti-Racism," University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon, April 7, 2022.

Honors and Awards

Recipient, The Dean Jennifer L. Rosato Excellence in the Classroom Award, Drexel University Kline School of Law, May 23, 2022.

Andrea J. Boyack

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Structural Precarity and Potential in Condominium Governance Design," 75 Arkansas Law Review 291 (2022).

Other Publications

"Honor Among Thieves: US Property Law, Conquest, and Slavery," Jotwell (February 24, 2022). Review of: "The History Wars and Property Law: Conquest and Slavery as Foundational to the Field," 131 Yale Law Journal ___ (forthcoming 2022).

"Housing Integration: Moving Forward (Without Stepping Back)," Jotwell (February 10, 2021). Review of: "The Pieces of Housing Integration," 70 Case Western Reserve Law Review 717 (2020).

"We Need to Keep People Housed While Also Getting Landlords Paid. ERA Funds Need to Be Distributed," The Topeka Capital-Journal (August 27, 2021).

Presentations

"Bringing Consumer Law Home," Teaching Consumer Law in the New Normal 2022 conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 20, 2022.

Featured Speaker, "Constructing Balance Quality Incentives Through Condominium Governance Design," Arkansas Law Review symposium - Construction Law In The Legal Academy, University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, Arkansas, March 12, 2022.

Presenting discussant, "The Debt Relief Project" by Stephanie Ben-Ishai, Zachary Irving, Sheisha Kulkarni & David Smith, Fourth Annual Consumer Law Scholars Conference (CLSC), Boston University School of Law, March 3-4, 2022 (with James Greiner, Harvard Law).

Moderator, The book "Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives," American Bar Association (ABA) Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section Professors' Corner Webinar, February 8th, 2022.

"Read, Think, Write: Orchestrating Difficult Discussions in the Classroom," Panel on Stuff You’ll Want to Steal: Ideas for Teaching about Race, Class, and Indigenous Peoples in Property, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, AALS Property Law Section, January 7, 2022 (virtual).

Moderator, "Homeownership: The Fable of the Foundation," The American Dream: Reality or Myth?, hosted by Washburn Law Robert J. Dole Center for Law and Government in partnership with the Washburn Law Journal, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, November 4, 2021 (zoom).

Presenter, "Housing as a Public Good," Central States Law Schools Association (CSLSA) Annual Scholarship Conference, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, September 24, 2021 (Zoom).

Media Engagement

Quoted: "This Novel Legal Theory Could Drain the Coffers of Johnson County Government by Reducing the Taxes Big Box Retailers Pay," Kansas City Magazine, April 13, 2022.

Professional Service

President, Central States Law Schools Association (CSLSA), 2020-2023.

Chair, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Property Law, 2022.

• Profiled: Spotlight on Sections: Property Law, AALS News – Spring 2022.

Chair-Elect, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights, 2022.

Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Contracts, 2022.

Member, Uniform Law Commission's Study Committee on Use of Tenant Information in Rental Decisions, 2021–present.

Mentor to New Scholars, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS), 2021.

As President of the Central States Law Schools Association (CSLSA), organized and administered the CSLSA Annual Scholarship Conference, Washburn University School of Law, September 24-26, 2021.

Gillian Chadwick

Other Publications

"Race, Disability and Coercive Control: One More Look at the Gabby Petito Case," Ms. Magazine, September 29, 2021.

"An Ode to Readable Emails," 90:5 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 21 (September/October 2021).

Presentations

"Mindful Mental Skills for Lawyers," 2022 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 23, 2022.

Co-presenter, "Decentralizing Domestic Violence," Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2022 Conference on Clinical Legal Education, May 11, 2022 (Zoom).

"Cross Examination," (with Kelly Stoner) and "Order Modification," (with Lenina Trinidad), ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, Advanced Custody Litigation Institute, April 13-14, 2022.

Co-Presenter, "Strategy Session: Aggressive Opposing Counsel & Parties," American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, March 29, 2022 (webinar).

Honors and Awards

Recipient, Annual Women of Excellence award, YWCA of Northeast Kansas, 2021 (Washburn Law Clinic contribution to the community).

Myrl L. Duncan

Professional Service

"What Washburn's Myrl Duncan Learned About Law After 45 Years Teaching It," The Topeka Capital-Journal, May 11, 2022.

Linda Henry Elrod

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Review of the Year 2019-2020 in Family Law: COVID-19, Zoom, and Family Law in a Pandemic," 54 Family Law Quarterly 281 (2021).

Books and Monographs

Child Custody Practice and Procedure. 2022 edition (Thomson Reuters, 2022).

Kansas Family Law: Kansas Law and Practice, Volumes 1 and 2. 2022 edition (Thomson Reuters, 2022).

Chapters in Books

"Child Participation in Custody Proceedings in the United States" in International Handbook on Child Participation (Wendy Schrama, Marilyn Freeman, Nicola Taylor, Marielle Bruning, eds.) (Intersentia, Cambridge UK, 2021).

Presentations

"Are You My Mother/Father?: Parentage in Modern Times," Topeka Bar Association CLE Webinar, May 25, 2022.

Speaker, "The Child's Objection to Return under the Hague Abduction Convention - Hearing the Child's Voice," American Bar Association (ABA) International Law Section, Family Law Committee Meeting, May 19, 2022 (with James Netto, International Family Law Group, London, England).

"Defining Parentage for Child Support in the 21st Century: Do I Have Two [or More] Mothers {Fathers}?," Annual YoungWilliams Child Support Today Conference, May 13, 2022.

"History of Family Law Arbitration in the United States" and "Why to Enact The Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act," Family Law Arbitration CLE with a Focus on the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Associates, April 29, 2022.

"Family Law Update: Attorneys, Parentage and Miscellaneous," 2022 Ellis County Bar Association 32nd Annual Gene F. Anderson Memorial CLE, Online via Zoom, April 28, 2022.

"Are You My Mother/Father? Parentage in Modern Times," Kansas Bar Association Family Law Section Annual CLE, Lawrence, Kansas, April 22, 2022.

Panelist, "The History of Topeka Women in Law," The Topeka Bar Association and the Women Attorneys' Association of Topeka, March Bar Luncheon, Topeka, Kansas, March 4, 2022.

"Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act (UCAPA): Should New York Enact?," International Section of the New York Bar Association, November 4, 2021 (webinar).

"The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Hearing the Voice of the Child," Brown Bag Luncheon, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, October 20, 2021.

"Full Faith and Credit for ART and Parentage Orders," American Bar Association Family Law Section Fall Meeting, plenary session entitled *ART* Full Faith and Credit: Makes No Difference Where You Are...or Does it?, Orlando, Florida, October 9, 2021.

Professional Service

Participated in the Zoom committee meeting of the Uniform Law Commission Study Committee on Child Participation in Family Court Proceedings, May 17, 2022.

Attended a virtual teleconference on "The Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act: Ending the Practice of Transferring Children Using the Internet," sponsored by the Uniform Law Commission on April 20, 2022.

Attended a meeting of the family law members of the Department of State Legal Adviser's Advisory Committee on Private International Law, March 25, 2022.

As Reporter, prepared written materials on several topics for discussion of potential future uniform acts and discussed recent cases around the country that used uniform acts, such as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Interstate Family Support Act at the Uniform Law Commission Joint Editorial Board on Uniform Family Law virtual meeting, March 9, 2022.

Submitted written testimony and testified on HB 2496 before the Kansas House Judiciary Committee, January 26, 2022 (The bill proposes a Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act).

Reappointed to the Department of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL), 2022-2023.

As Reporter for the Joint Editorial Board on Uniform Family Laws, made a presentation to the Uniform Law Commission Scope Committee about establishing a drafting committee to work on hearing the child's voice in family court proceedings, November 3, 2021.

As Family Law Quarterly Editor Emeritus, participated in the FLQ Board of Editors meeting, American Bar Association Family Law Section Fall meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 8, 2021.

As past chair of the American Bar Association Family Law Section in 2000-2001, recorded a "video history" of her remembrances of her time, October, 2021.

Attended the Family Law Council meeting of the American Bar Association Family Law Section, ABA Family Law Section Fall meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 7, 2021.

Attended a two hour webinar on an international perspective on the voice of the child in family law proceedings, July 22, 2021 (It discussed how the voice of the child is heard in child arrangements/custody orders, abduction proceedings and mediation).

Honors and Awards

Distinguished Service Award, Kansas Bar Association, October 21, 2021.

Michelle Ewert

Presentations

Presenter, "Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Record for Low-Income Individuals," Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense Services CLE webinar, June 9, 2022.

Presenter, "Overcoming Race-Based Housing Discrimination and Barriers to Capital," FHLBank of Topeka webinar, June 2, 2022.

Co-presenter, "Capitalizing on Pandemic Relief Efforts to Effectuate Legislative, Judicial, and Administrative Changes for Low-Income Tenants," Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2022 Conference on Clinical Legal Education, May 10, 2022 (Zoom).

Presenter, "Fair Housing Implications of Domestic Violence, Sexual Harassment, and Criminal Records Screening," Annual Fair Housing Seminar, City of Salina Community Relations Division, Salina, Kansas, April 22, 2022.

Presenter, "Overcoming Race-Based Housing Discrimination," Women Attorneys' Association of Topeka (WAAT) Racial Equity Committee and Kansas Women Attorneys Association (KWAA) Outreach and Education Committee CLE webinar, February 16, 2022.

Presenter, "Facial Recognition Technology in Subsidized Housing," Central States Law Schools Association (CSLSA) Annual Scholarship Conference, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, September 24, 2021 (Zoom).

Presenter, "Housing Policy and Racial Equity," Governor's Commission on Racial Equity and Justice, Topeka, Kansas, July 29, 2021 (Zoom).

Professional Service

Board Member, State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 2022-.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Best Practices for Eviction Proceedings, Kansas Supreme Court, 2021-.

Legislative Testimony

Testimony, Kansas House Committee on Judiciary on HB 2556 and HB 2557 (regarding proposed changes to expungement law that would increase access to expungement for indigent petitioners), February 7, 2022. Featured: NPR news summary, Kansas Public Radio, February 7, 2022.

John J. Francis

Presentations

Co-presenter, "Update: Kansas Criminal Justice Reform Commission Findings and Recommendations," Topeka Bar Association Criminal Law Committee, CLE webinar, January 28, 2022.

Media Engagement

Quoted, "Kansas Criminal Justice Commission Reviews Cost-Effective Recommendations for State Lawmakers," Kansas Reflector (September 21, 2021).

Emily Grant

Articles in Law Reviews

"Belongingness," 54 Connecticut Law Review Online 1 (2022).

Other Publications

"Legal Writing Criticism, Roadblocks and Motivations," 91:3 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 14 (May/June 2022).

Burke W. Griggs

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Reaching Consensus About Conservation: High Plains Lessons for California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act," 52 University of the Pacific Law Review 495 (2021).

Presentations

"Land and Water 101 ("LAW 101")," 2022 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 23, 2022.

Panelist, Discussed the Legal History of the Colorado River Compact, Tick Segerblom's Virtual Water Conference, Dam the Status Quo, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 13, 2021.

"The Opportunity for a 'Second Founding' of American Water Law," American Geophysical Union's Fall Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 13, 2021 (invited speaker).

Media Engagement

Quoted, Supreme Court of the United States oral argument (mentioned at 33:05), Mississippi v. Tennessee, Brief of Amici curiae Law Professors in support of DefenDants, October 4, 2021 (a case concerning a conflict over an interstate aquifer, Justice Sotomayor mentioned the amicus brief submitted by Burke Griggs and other law professors).

Marsha Griggs

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Race, Rules, and Disregarded Reality," 82 Ohio State Law Journal 931 (2021).

Other Publications

"Fix or Fox: Where Do We Go from Here?," Kansas Bar Association's Young Lawyers Section Newsletter—Emerging Issues: The Bar Exam. Time for a Change?, Winter 2022.

Presentations

"What's New With the Bar Exam and Attorney Licensure in Kansas," 2022 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 23, 2022.

Co-presenter, Advocating with Creativity for Equitable Menstrual Bar Exam Policies ," Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2022 Conference on Clinical Legal Education, May 11, 2022 (Zoom).

Co-presenter, The Intersection of Clinical Education and Lawyer Licensing," Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2022 Conference on Clinical Legal Education, May 10, 2022 (Zoom).

"Players, Payors and Payees: The Business of the Bar Exam," Building a Better Legal Profession: Pathways to Bar Licensure Conference, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Remote via Zoom, April 22, 2022.

Moderator, "Equal Opportunity: Fiction or Reality?," The American Dream: Reality or Myth?, hosted by Washburn Law Robert J. Dole Center for Law and Government in partnership with the Washburn Law Journal, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, November 4, 2021 (zoom).

Media Engagement

Quoted, "Does the Bar Exam Cost Too Much? These Law Professors Think So," Reuters, April 22, 2022.

Quoted, "Oregon Leads Pack Of States Eyeing Bar Exam Alternatives," Law360, February 3, 2022.

Quoted, "Arizona Law Grad Who Failed Bar Seeks License, Cites Faulty Test," Bloomberg Law, November 5, 2021.

Quoted, "Following Repeat Problems with Remote Bar Exam, California Releases Investigation Findings," ABA Journal, September 28, 2021.

Quoted, "Technical Problems Again Plague Remote Bar Examinees, Who Blame Software Provider," ABA Journal, August 5, 2021.

Quoted, "Plaintiffs Firm Weighs Class Case Over Bar Exam Tech Issues (2)," Bloomberg Law, August 2, 2021.

Quoted, "'Devastating' Anxiety as Remote Bar Exam Tech Crashes Again," Bloomberg Law, July 30, 2021.

Professional Service

Advisory Committee member, Helix Bar Review, 2022.

Honors and Awards

Recipient, ASP Impact Award, Association of Academic Support Educators (AASE) Annual Meeting, May 25, 2022.

Co-recipient, Inaugural Essence of SALT Award awarded to the Collaboratory of Legal Education and Licensing for Practice by the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT), SALT Virtual Annual Awards Celebration, January 7, 2022.

Janet Thompson Jackson

Other Publications

"Work, Wellness, and Meaning: Reimagining Legal Education and the First 10 Years of Law Practice," NALP Professional Development Quarterly (January 2022).

Media Engagement

Guest, "Elevating Wellness in the Black Community," International Association of Wellness Professionals, Live Well Dream Big Podcast, July 26, 2021.

Jeffrey D. Jackson

Books and Monographs

Interactive Citation Workbook for ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, 2021 Edition (LexisNexis, 2021).

Media Engagement

Quoted, "Washburn Law Professor Breaks Down Why Employers Can Mandate Vaccine," KSNT News, August 23, 2021.

Presentations

"Recent Developments in United States Supreme Court Cases Part I & II," 2022 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 23, 2022.

"The Constitution and the Pandemic," Constitution Day 2021, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, September 17, 2021.

Patricia L. Judd

Professional Service

Member, Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Intellectual Property Law and Section on Communication, Media and Information Law, 2022.

Blake A. Klinkner

Other Publications

"Should Still Photos Derived from a Video Be Automatically Admissible Along with the Video Itself?," 45:1 Wyoming Lawyer 44 (February 2022).

"Avoid These "Bad Practices" to Help Minimize Organizational Risk for Data Breaches, Unauthorized Access and Cyberattacks," 44:5 Wyoming Lawyer 54 (October 2021).

Presentations

Presenter, "Is Discovery Becoming More Proportional? A Quantitative Assessment of Discovery Orders Following the 2015 Proportionality Amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26," Central States Law Schools Association (CSLSA) Annual Scholarship Conference, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, September 26, 2021 (Zoom).

Honors and Awards

Recipient, 2021 Luminary Award for Excellence in Regular Publication, presented by the National Association of Bar Executives, for article "Social Media, Jury Trials and the Threat to the Rule of Law," 44:1 Wyoming Lawyer 42 (February 2021).

Shawn Leisinger

Other Publications

"Estate Planning to Protect Assets From Creditors – Dancing On the Line Between Legitimacy and Fraud," 49 Estate Planning 30 (2022) (with Roger A. McEowen and Timothy P. O’Sullivan).

Presentations

"Ethically Negotiating End of Life and Estate Issues," 2022 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 23, 2022.

Co-presenter, "Using Creative Games in the Clinic Classroom," Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2022 Conference on Clinical Legal Education, May 13, 2022 (Zoom).

Sponsored Friday Luncheon Speaker, "Serving on a Nonprofit Board: Practical Tips and Ethical Considerations for Young Natural Resources and Energy Lawyers," 2nd Young Natural Resources and Energy Lawyers Institute, The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Denver, Colorado, April 29, 2022

Panelist, "Legal Issues of Serving on Non-Profit Boards for the United Way of Greater Topeka," Topeka Volunteers Event, April 21, 2022.

"Ethically Negotiating End of Life and Estate Issues," Farm and Ranch Income Tax/Estate and Business Planning Seminar, Washburn University School of Law CLE, Missoula, Montana, August 3, 2021.

Professional Service

Appointed, Commissioner Mays’ District Trustee, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library Board, March 14, 2022 - April, 2026.

Craig Martin

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Economic Sanctions Under International Law: A Guide for Canadian Policy," Rideau Institute and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa: Research Report (2021).

Opinions/Editorials and Blog Articles (Selected)

"Ukraine Invasion: Why Canada Should Rethink its Approach to Economic Sanctions," The Conversation, March 6, 2022.

Media Engagement

Interviewed to discuss the legal issues relating to economic sanctions against Russia on CNN-Brazil by Heloisa Villela, March 12, 2022.

Radio interview, "Why Canada Should Rethink its Approach to Economic Sanctions," Global News CHED Radio Edmonton, Canada, March 8, 2022.

Presentations

Organizer and Moderator, Panel on "Asian Responses to the Climate Change Crisis," American Society of International Law (ASIL) Asia Pacific Interest Group, April 21, 2022.

"Legal Considerations for the Canadian Use of Armed Drones," Annual Conference of the Canadian Armed Forces Office of the Judge Advocate General, April 12, 2022.

Co-presenter and panelist, "Economic Sanctions: Legal and Policy Implications," organized and sponsored by the Rideau Institute and the Human Rights Research and Education Center, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 18, 2022.

"The International Law Restraints Relating to Cyber-Security," Canadian Pugwash Group Policy Conference on International Cyber-Security-Threats and Opportunities for Canada, October 19, 2021 (virtual).

Professional Service

Executive Committee member, Section on East Asian Law & Society, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), January 2022-.

Executive Committee member, Section on International Law, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), January 2022-.

Joseph P. Mastrosimone

Media Engagement

Quoted, "Striking Aviary Cafe Workers Say They Were Fired; Management Says They 'Self-Terminated," Springfield News-Leader, August 5, 2021.

Roger A. McEowen

Other publications

"Estate Planning to Protect Assets From Creditors – Dancing On the Line Between Legitimacy and Fraud," 49 Estate Planning 30 (2022) (with Shawn S. Leisinger and Timothy P. O’Sullivan).

"Consider Tax Consequences When Gifting Agricultural Commodities to Children," Progressive Dairy, February 8, 2022.

Presentations

"Hot Topics in Agricultural Law" and "Succession Planning for Farm and Ranch Families," 2022 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 24, 2022.

Presenter, "Farm and Ranch Income Tax/Estate and Business Planning Seminar/Webinar," Washburn University School of Law program, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 13-14, 2022.

Presenter, Ag Law Summit: Law, Tax and Regulation in Rural America, Washburn University School of Law program, Ashland, Nebraska, September 3, 2021.

Presenter, Farm and Ranch Income Tax/Estate and Business Planning Seminar, Washburn University School of Law program, Missoula, Montana, August 2-3, 2021.

Lori A. McMillan

Presentations

Presenter all-day course, "Taxation of International Transactions," 57th Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas, June 28, 2022.

Media Engagement

Interviewed, Ask the Experts, 2022 WalletHub Tax Survey, WalletHub, March 7, 2022 (on a panel of experts in the fields of public taxes and tax reform).

Carla Pratt

Books and Monographs

Beyond Imagination?: The January 6 Insurrection (with Mark C. Alexander et al.) (West Academic Publishing, 2022).

Chapters in Books

"White Supremacy’s Threat to U.S. Democracy," in Beyond Imagination?: The January 6 Insurrection (Mark C. Alexander et al.) (West Academic Publishing, 2022).

Presentations

"Roots of American Identity," Panel on Beyond Imagination?: The January 6 Insurrection Book Project, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, AALS Authors Meet Readers, January 6, 2022 (virtual).

Panelist, "Women of Color in the Legal Profession: Realism, Resistance and Well-being," American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Women of Color Task Force, October 20, 2021 (virtual).

Moderator, "Best Practices in Lawyer Retention and Career Development," Black Lawyers Matter Conference, October 15, 2021 (virtual).

Honors and Awards

Recipient, 2021 Troy Scroggins Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement, January 15, 2022.

Co-recipient, M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award awarded to the Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project by the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT), January 7, 2022.

Recipient, Education Award, Seventh Annual Women of Influence Awards, hosted by GO Topeka and the Women’s Initiative Committee, October 28, 2021.

David S. Rubenstein

Articles in Law Reviews

"Acquiring Ethical AI," 73 Florida Law Review 747 (2021).

Presentations

"Regulating Artificial Intelligence: Who, What, When, Where, Why & How," 2022 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 23, 2022.

Panelist, Artificial Intelligence: The Great Legal Disruption, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, April 5, 2022 (virtual program).

Panelist, "Detention Systems at the Intersection of Administrative, Immigration, and Constitutional Law," Administrative Law Review, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, October 29, 2021 (virtual symposium).

Panelist, "Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Algorithms: Studies in Law, Economics, and Racial Bias," Meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges, sponsored by George Mason Law & Economics Center, October 28, 2021.

Panelist, Preemption and Intergovernmental Immunity, American Constitutional Society (ACS), State Attorneys General Project, September 10, 2021.

Media Engagement

Quoted, "Do AI-Powered Lending Algorithms Silently Discriminate? This Initiative Aims to Find Out," MarketWatch, November 18, 2021.

Quoted, Federal Vaccine Mandates, Kansas Public Radio, November 5, 2021.

Quoted, "Kansas Lawmakers Are Looking for Ways to Block Federal Vaccine Mandates but Republican-Led Lawsuits Could Prove More Effective," Kansas News Service - KCUR, November 3, 2021.

Quoted, "Biden Administration Clears the Way for Tighter Oversight of Student-Loan Companies," MarketWatch, August 14, 2021.

Frédéric G. Sourgens

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"A Parisian Consensus," 60 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 657 (2022).

"Cancelling Schmitt," 32 European Journal of International Law 729 (2021).

"Cyber-Nuisance," 42 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 1005 (2021).

"Curious Unilateralism," 13 Federal Courts Law Review 113 (2021).

Other Publications

"Energy Lessons from the Ukraine Crisis," EJIL: Talk!:Blog of the European Journal of International Law (February 24, 2022).

"Second Generation Development-Based Net-Zero Pledges as the vehicle to achieve Paris-Goals - The Vienna Briefs on Decarbonization, Energy & Development," Brief 2 (2021) (with Leonardo Sempertegui, Teddy Baldwin, Gabrielle K. Frawley & Heather Kellum).

"The Vienna Briefs on Decarbonization, Energy & Development – An Introduction," Brief 1 (2021) (with Leonardo Sempertegui).

Media Engagement

Quoted, "US Taps Ex-Official As Arbitrator In $15B Keystone Claim," Law360, March 4, 2022.

Presentations

Moderator, Human Rights Claims and Counterclaims in International Energy Arbitration, Institute for Energy Law 73rd Annual Energy Law Conference, Houston, Texas, February 18, 2022.

Presenter, Juliana, San Mateo and Beyond, Climate Litigation in the US, 3rd Annual OPEC-OPEC-Fund-Energy Charter Secretariat Legal Workshop, Vienna, Austria, October 18, 2021 (virtual).

Moderator, "The Importance of the State-Owned and Private Oil Sector for Successfully Implementing the Energy Transition," 67th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, July 19, 2021 (virtual).

Conferences Planned

Co-Chair, Southwest Institute for International and Comparative Law, Symposium on Global Business: The Challenges of Doing Business in an Imperfect World, Plano, Texas (Virtual), June 27, 2022.

Professional Service

Chair, Academic Outreach Committee, Institute for Energy Law, The Center for American and International Law, 2022-.

Member, Executive Committee, Institute for Energy Law, The Center for American and International Law, 2022-.

Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Institute for Energy Law, The Center for American and International Law, 2022-.

Amy Deen Westbrook

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"A Safe Harbor for Ransomware Payments: Protecting Stakeholders, Hardening Targets, and Defending National Security," 18 New York University Journal of Law & Business 391 (2022).

Presentations

Presenter, "A Safe Harbor for Ransomware Payments: Protecting Stakeholders, Hardening Targets, and Defending National Security ," Central States Law Schools Association (CSLSA) Annual Scholarship Conference, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, September 26, 2021 (Zoom).

Media Engagement

Quoted, "Family Business Deals Help Fuel Carvana’s Explosive Growth," (requires account) The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2021.

Panel on Unicorns to present article, "We['re] Working on Corporate Governance: Stakeholder Vulnerability in Unicorn Companies," 23 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 505 (2021), Business Scholarship Podcast, November 4, 2021.

Quoted, "Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes’s Trial: Prosecutors Must Show Intent," (requires account) The Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2021.

Professional Service

Member, Kansas Bar Association Committee on Revisions to the Kansas General Corporation Code, 2022.

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