In April 2024, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students. BANKING AND FINANCE 1. Alfred M. Pollard and Raymond Natter, Banking Law in the United States (2022). BIOGRAPHY 2. Allen Goodman, Everyone Against Us:  Public Defenders and the Making of American Justice (2023). 3. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Henry Varnum Poor, Business Editor, Analyst, and Reformer (1956). 4. Judge Freddie Pitcher Jr., Breaking Barriers:  A View from the Bench (2022). 5. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. and Stephen Salsbury ..read more

In March 2024, the Law Library added the following new resources to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students. New Resources Bibliography of American Law School Casebooks – A comprehensive list of law school casebooks published in the United States from 1871 through present. Arranged by more than 200 subject categories and indexed by subject, author, title, publisher, and series. West Academic Casebooks Archive – This archive brings together thousands of casebooks from West, one of the most prominent legal publishers in the United States. Divided ..read more

In February 2024, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students. BANKING AND FINANCE 1. Jose Gabilondo, Institutional Credit Markets:  Structure, Funding, and Regulation (2023). BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 2. Barry E. Hawk, Monopoly in America (2022). CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY 3. Richard Albert, Ryan C. Williams, and Yaniv Roznai, eds., Amending America’s Unwritten Constitution (2022). 4. Vicki C. Jackson and Yasmin Dawood, eds., Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government? (2022). 5. Ale ..read more

Throughout the month of February, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for February 1st to February 29th, 2024. Publications Prof. Brian Shannon, Model Legal Processes for Court Ordered Mental Health Treatment – A Modern Approach, has been published at 18 FIU L. Rev. 113-50 (2023). See https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1593&context=lawreview.  Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 62-1 REPTL Rep. 5 (2024). Prof. Gerry W. B ..read more

Throughout the month of January, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for January 1st to January 31st, 2024. Publications   Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, Estate Planning and Probate Law, 86 TEX. B.J. 903 (2023).  Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, TEXAS LAW OF WILLS (9 & 10 Tex. Prac., 2023-2024 ed.).  Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, Modern Dictionary for the Legal Profession (5th ed. 2024 Supp.).  Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, PROB. & PROP., Jan./Feb. 2024, at 24.  ..read more

Throughout the month of December, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for December 1st to December 31st, 2023. Publications Charles P. Bubany, Mistakes With the Mistake Defense in Texas Criminal Law, 54 St. Mary’s L.J. 1 (2023). William R. Casto, The Effectiveness of Customary International Law: Stephen Lushington and the Trent Affair, 22 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 1 (2023). Geoffrey S. Corn, The Case for Attempted Perfidy: An “Attempt” to Enhance Deterrent Value, 13 J. Nat’l Security L. & Pol ..read more

Throughout the month of November, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for November 1st to November 30th, 2023. Publications Prof. Catherine M. Christopher, Questions, Methodology, and Action: A Response to Ryan & Muller, 75 Fla. L. Rev. F. 7 (2023). Prof. William R. Casto’s article The Effectiveness of Customary International Law: Stephen Lushington and the Trent Affair, 22 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 1 (2023). Prof. Dustin B. Benham, Secrecy and Transparency in Substantive Due Process Litigati ..read more

In Winter 2024, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students. BIOGRAPHY 1. Fei-Fei Li, The Worlds I See:  Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI (2023). COMMERCIAL LAW 2. American Law Institute, ALI-ELI Principles for a Data Economy:  Data Transactions and Data Rights:  As Adopted and Promulgated by the American Law Institute on May 18, 2021 and the European Law Institute on September 1, 2021 : Principles 1 to 40. (2023). EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE 3. Satinder Dhiman, ed., The ..read more

A lot of the research skills taught in law schools focus on the big three databases: Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg. The reality of practice, however, is that these databases will not always be available when it’s time to research, as their access is not universally used among law practices. Some practices may only have access to one or two of the big three, and smaller firms may not have access to any. But there’s a database available to Texas law students that will carry over into law practice, no matter what.  Fastcase is provided to Texas Tech law students via the Law Library, and pro ..read more

What is your position at the Law Library? I am one of several law library associates who work behind the scenes! How Long have you worked here? Almost 2 years! What is your favorite part of working for the TTU Law Library? There’s always something to do, and I’m always learning new things! Where is your favorite place to eat out in Lubbock?  Thai Pepper! So far, I have yet to eat a bad thing there. Name your favorite thing to do on a Friday in Lubbock (First Friday, etc, something unique to Lubbock that 1Ls wouldn’t know)?  First Friday Art Trail. Who, in your opinion, is the best m ..read more