Washburn Law Faculty Scholarship and Activities, July 2022-June 2023

Rory Bahadur

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Law School Rankings and the Impossibility of Anti-Racism," 53 St. Mary’s Law Journal 991 (2022).

Presentations

Panelist, "Examining Analyses and Commentary of Institutional Bar Exam Performance," 2022 AccessLex Legal Education Research Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee, November 8, 2022.

"Implicit Bias: Why We Are Not Ourselves," Kansas Women Attorneys Association 33rd Annual Conference, Lindsborg, Kansas, July 15, 2022.

Professional Service

Executive Committee Member, Section on Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 2023.

Chelsea Baldwin

Presentations

"Emotional Harms through Cognitive Effects of Legal Education," Central States Law Schools Association (CSLSA) Annual Conference, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, September 10, 2022 (work in progress).

Andrea J. Boyack

Presentations

Moderator "Death and Taxes: Dynasty Trusts and Wealth in America," American Bar Association Section on Real Property, Trusts and Estate Law (ABA-RPTE) Professor's Corner webinar, March 14, 2023.

Presenter "Public Eviction Defenders," inaugural Poverty Law Conference, University of California Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, California, March 10, 2023.

Moderator, "New Voices in Property Law," Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, AALS Section on Property Law, San Diego, California, January 7, 2023.

Moderator, "Homes, Neighborhoods, and the Future of Residential Land Use: Who Should Decide Where and How We Live," Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, AALS Sections on Property Law and State & Local Government Law, San Diego, California, January 6, 2023.

Commentator, "Roundtable on New Scholarship in Contract Law & Theory," Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, AALS Section on Contracts, San Diego, California, January 5, 2023.

Moderator, "Possibilities and Pitfalls of Mixed-Use Development," American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Professors' Corner webinar, January 10, 2023.

"A Tenants' Right to Counsel," Kansas Housing Authority, 2022 Fall Learning Session, Emporia, Kansas, November 10, 2022.

"The Shape of Consumer Contracts," University of Iowa College of Law Faculty Workshop, Iowa City, Iowa, October 13, 2022 (draft article).

"The Shape of Consumer Contracts," Central States Law School Association, 2022 Annual Scholarship Conference, Washburn University School of Law Topeka, Kansas, September 9, 2022 (work in progress).

Moderator, "Post-Pandemic Landlord-Tenant Law & Practice," American Bar Association (ABA) Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Professor's Corner Webinar, August 9, 2022.

"A Pandemic of Property Precocity," Association of Law, Property and Society (ALPS) Virtual Conference, June 3, 2022.

Professional Service

Chair, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Creditors' and Debtors' Rights, 2023.

Gillian Chadwick

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Time's Up for Attorney-Client Sexual Violence," 22 University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class 76 (2022).

Presentations

"Introduction to Legal Services Agreements," American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, Live Webinar, January 24, 2023 (with Alicia Aiken and Kimberly Waldon).

"Power in Your Practice: Ethics, Professionalism, and Practical Considerations for Handling Aggressive Opposing Counsel and Parties," Virginia Poverty Law Center, Annual Statewide Legal Aid Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia, October 21, 2022.

"Direct and Cross Examination Issues," American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, Advanced Custody Litigation Institute, September 20, 2022 (with Jaya Badiga) (via Zoom)

"Discovery," American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, Advanced Custody Litigation Institute, September 19, 2022 (with Ellen Schell) (via Zoom).

Litigation (Selected)

Testified in the Kansas House Judiciary Committee regarding HB 2185, February 7, 2023

Professional Service

Board Member, Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission, July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2023.

Linda Henry Elrod

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Review of the Year 2021 in Family Law: Getting Back to Normal," 55 Family Law Quarterly 397 (2022).

Books and Monographs

Kansas Family Law: Kansas Law and Practice, Volumes 1 and 2. 2022-2023 edition (Thomson Reuters, 2022).

Presentations

"One Parent, Two Parent, Maybe Three Parents?: Parentage in Modern Times," Topeka Legal Professionals Meeting, Topeka, Kansas, October 25, 2022.

Professional Service

Participated in the U.S. Department of State's Public Meeting on the Hague Convention on Private International Law Final Report of the Experts Group on Parentage/Surrogacy Project, February 1, 2023 (The report discusses the feasibility of one or more private international law instruments on legal parentage).

Submitted written testimony to the Kansas House Judiciary Committee on HB 2017 the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act, January 19, 2023 (The House passed HB 2017 unanimously on February 1, 2023).

On behalf of the Children and Family Law Center, hosted a two hour presentation on Children's Rights and How to Secure Them. Discussed the federal/state connections and difficulties in securing rights for children as part of program titled "Children's Rights and Legal Protections by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and Global Ties, Kansas City, Kansas, November 30, 2022.

As Editor Emeritus of the Family Law Quarterly, attended the fall meeting of the Family Law Quarterly Editorial Board on October 28, 2022.

Attended the Kansas Bar Association Annual Awards Luncheon where she received a Certificate for 50 Years of Service to the Kansas Bar, October 21, 2022.

As Reporter for the Uniform Law Commission Joint Editorial Board for Uniform Family Laws, met with attorneys representing the Interstate Commission for Juveniles to discuss the application of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act to certain classes of juveniles, September 20, 2022 (with Chair Barbara Atwood).

Attended the zoom meeting of the Child Participation in Family Court Proceedings Study Committee, September 8, 2022 (the committee is putting together a proposal for the Uniform Law Commission recommending a drafting committee to prepare a uniform law on child participation in custody proceedings).

Michelle Ewert

Media Engagement

Interviewed, "Kansas Lawmakers Say They're Getting Closer to More Easily Expunging Criminal Records," KCUR, December 13, 2022.

Interviewed, "'Clean Slate Day' Offers Fresh Start to Some With Criminal History," WIBW News, September 15, 2022.

Interviewed, "Topeka Bar Association Helps to Expunge Some Criminal Records," KSNT News, August 19, 2022.

Interviewed, "LGBTQIA+ Community Sounds Alarm Entering Post-Roe World," KSHB 41 News, July 5, 2022.

Presentations

Presenter, "Planning for When Youth with Disabilities Turn 18," Children's Alliance of Kansas/KVC webinar, February 10, 2023.

Presenter, "Fighting Housing Discrimination to Promote Public Health," KU Medical Center - Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE), December 15, 2022 (Zoom).

Moderator, "The Disconnect: Exploring the Virtual Connection between Lawyers and Clients," Washburn Law Journal Symposium, Washburn University School of Law, November 3, 2022 (Zoom).

Panelist, "Race, Class, and Digital Technology," ClassCrits XIII Conference - Unlocking Race & Class For Just Transitions, Houston, Texas, October 21, 2022.

Presenter, "Overcoming Race-Based Housing Discrimination and Barriers to Capital," 2022 Kansas Housing Conference, Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, August 31, 2022 (Zoom).

Emily Grant

Presentations

"Learning Outcomes and Assessment," Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, Section on Trusts and Estates, San Diego, California, January 7, 2023.

Key Presenter, Institute for Law Teaching & Learning Fall Conference 2022 - Beyond Learning Outcomes: Working the Assessment Plan, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, September 17, 2022 ("The Assessment Plan" and "Using Data").

"Receiving and Giving Feedback on Writing," Kansas Women Attorneys Association 33rd Annual Conference, Lindsborg, Kansas, July 15, 2022.

Burke W. Griggs

Books and Monographs

Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law. 8th. ed. (2022) (West Academic) (co-author with John S. Lowe, Owen L. Anderson, Christopher S. Kulander, Monika U. Ehrman and James W. Coleman).

Other Publications

Contributed to a Brief for Amici Curiae Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Robert W. Adler, Burke W. Griggs, Dan Luecke And Jason Anthony Robison In Support of Respondents [Arizona, et al., Petitioners v. Navajo Nation, et al., Supreme Court of the United States, No. 21-1484, 22-51 (2023)]

Media Engagement

Quoted, "Kansas Water in Peril from Depleted Aquifers, Sediment-Filled Reservoirs, Fertilizer-Induced Algae," (requires subscription) Topeka Capital-Journal, September 6, 2022.

Quoted, "Kansas Town Taps Ranch Water 70 Miles Away, Ignites Legal Fight," E&E News, July 15, 2022.

Professional Service

Member, Kansas-Missouri Environmental Justice Working Group, named by the United States Department of Justice, 2022.

Marsha Griggs

Other Publications

"This Year Is Still Different: An Outdated Bar Exam in Troubled Times," Law School Cafe, July 19, 2022 (with Deborah J. Merritt, Sara J. Berman & Carol Chomsky).

• Reprinted: TaxProf Blog, July 20, 2022.

Media Engagement

Quoted, "NextGen Bar Exam: What to Know," U.S. News, February 15, 2023.

Quoted, "Shortly Before July Bar Exam, ExamSoft Announces New Windows Laptops Likely Won't Run Testing Software," ABA Journal, July 21, 2022.

Quoted, "Latest Bar Exam Software Glitch Puts Some Test Takers in a Bind," Reuters, July 14, 2022.

Presentations

Panelist "Who Are We: Racism at the Heart of Admission into the Legal Profession," American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Conference, San Diego, California, January 7, 2023.

"Teaching Students How to Self-Assess During Bar Study," LexCon '22 by AccessLex, Nashville, Tennessee, November 9, 2022.

"The Future of Lawyer Licensing and our Present Professional Responsibility," Kansas Women Attorneys Association 33rd Annual Conference, Lindsborg, Kansas, July 16, 2022.

Professional Service

Chair, Section for Academic Support, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 2023.

Jeffrey D. Jackson

Interactive Citation Workbook for ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, 2022 Edition (LexisNexis, 2022).

Patricia L. Judd

Professional Service

Chair-Elect, Section on Intellectual Property Law, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 2023.

Executive Committee Member, Section on Communication, Media & Information Law, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 2023.

Matthew "Reid" Krell

Other Publications

"Introducing the Law and Courts Venue Journal List," 32 Law & Courts Newsletter 15 (American Political Science Association) (Fall 2022).

Shawn Leisinger

Media Engagement

Interviewed on issues of replacing rural lawyers in Kansas, KCUR 89.3, August 18, 2022 (with Blaise Mesa).

• Quoted, "Attorneys in Rural Kansas Are Getting Older and Have Larger Workloads - A Statewide Task Force Will Try to Find Solutions," KCUR 89.3, September 1, 2022.

Presentations

"Ethically Negotiation End of Life and Estate Issues," Topeka Bar Association CLE Webinar, August 17, 2022.

Conference Coordinator and Presenter, "Asset Planning Do’s and Do Not’s: Ethical Risk Evaluation and Avoidance," Farm and Ranch Income Tax/Estate and Business Planning, Washburn University School of Law Seminar/Webinar, Durango, Colorado, August 1-2, 2022.

Professional Service

Taught a session on legal issues and considerations for area citizens serving, or interested in serving, on area non-profit boards, January 19, 2023 (This is a course developed and presented in partnership between Washburn University and the United Way of the Kaw Valley).

Appointed to the Rural Justice Initiative Committee, created by Order of Chief Justice Marla Luckert to address the lack of lawyers, and in turn judicial applicants, in rural Kansas, December 1, 2022.

Craig Martin

Book Chapters and Essays

"Climate Change and Global Security: Framing an Existential Threat," 116 American Journal of International Law: Unbound 248 (2022).

"What was the International Legal Basis for the Strike on al-Zawahiri?," Just Security, August 9, 2022.

Opinions/Editorials and Blog Articles

"Canada's 'Royal Prerogative' Allows it to Wage War Without Parliamentary Approval," The Conversation, October 24, 2022.

Media Engagement

Interviewed and quoted, "What Are Sanctions and Do They Even Work?," CBC News, December 22, 2022.

Interviewed and quoted, "Some MPs Hope for More Transparency in Canada's Military Response to Invasion of Ukraine," The Hill Times, August 30, 2022.

Interviewed and quoted, "Whatever Happened to the 'Rules-Based International Order?'," Responsible Statecraft, August 9, 2022.

Presentations

Moderated and presented on panel discussion, "Global War and Conflict in Ukraine and Beyond: An Effective and Balanced Response?," American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Conference, San Diego, California, January 7, 2023.

Presented, "Japan's New National Security Strategy: A Response to Ukraine," on a panel discussing "Asia and the Changing Global Order," American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Conference, San Diego, California, January 6, 2023.

Panelist, "Why National Security Lawyers Should Care About Climate Change," Annual American Bar Association (ABA) National Security Conference, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2022.

Organized, moderated and spoke in a round-table discussion, "Should Climate Change be Framed as a Security Issue?," American Branch of the International Law Association's annual conference, International Law Weekend, New York City, October 22, 2022.

"Economic Sanctions and Climate Rogue States," Law and Society Association Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 15, 2022.

Hearings and Testimony

Testified before the Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Senate of Canada, on issues relating to Canadian economic sanctions law, on the basis of his report "Economic Sanctions Under International Law: A Guide for Canadian Policy," Ottawa, Ontario, November 16, 2022.

Professional Service

Executive Committee member, Section on East Asian Law & Society, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), January 2023.

Executive Committee member, Section on International Law, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), January 2023.

Lori A. McMillan

Chapters in Books

"Banking, Commercial & Contract Law" (chapter 2), Kansas Annual Survey (Kansas Bar Association, 2022) (with Gustavy Niemtschik).

David S. Rubenstein

Media Engagement

Quoted, "What You Need to Know About Tuesday’s Student-Debt Relief Supreme Court Showdown," MarketWatch, February 26, 2023.

Quoted, "Student-Loan Cancellation in Limbo as Legal Battle Could Go to Supreme Court ," MarketWatch, November 14, 2022.

Quoted, "‘I’m Growing More Concerned’: The Lawsuit That Could Derail Biden’s Student-Debt Cancellation," MarketWatch, November 9, 2022.

Frédéric G. Sourgens

Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

"Human Rights Claims and Counterclaims in International Energy Arbitration," 73 Proceedings of the Institute on Energy Law (2022).

"Diligent Zero," 75 SMU Law Review 417 (2022).

Books and Monographs

Good Faith In Transnational Law: A Pluralist Account (Brill, 2022).

Chapters in Books

"Living on a Prayer: Termination of Intra-EU BITs and the Law of Treaties" in The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History, Evolution and Future (Esmé Shirlow & Kiran Nasir Gore eds.) (Kluwer Law International, 2022).

Presentations

Keynote address, JURIS Conference, Sixteenth Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Debate & Discussion, Washington D.C., October 14, 2022.

Professional Service

Chair, Southwest Institute for International and Comparative Law, The Center for American and International Law, 2022.

Ex-Officio, Board of Trustees, Center for American and International Law, 2022 (Chair, Southwest Institute for International and Comparative Law).