Biography

Tara Van Ho, J.D., Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in international law and in its sub-fields of Business and Human Rights and International Investment Law.

A former corporate lawyer and a frequent speaker at the United Nations, Van Ho’s research concentrates on how businesses adversely impact human rights in conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Her work seeks to better understand how the law facilitates abuses in these contexts, and what legal reforms can help prevent business involvement in human rights and humanitarian law violations, including through adequate and effective remedies. Her research has been relied upon by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, government and intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and businesses.

Van Ho was Co-President of the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association from 2019-2023, Co-Director of the Essex Business and Human Rights Project from 2019-2025, and sits on the Editorial Board of the Business and Human Rights Journal.

She has taught summer schools in India, Italy, France and at the internationally renowned Abo Akademi in Finland and Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Switzerland.

Honors and Awards

• Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Essex, 2025-present
• Nicholas Longworth, III, Alumni Achievement Award, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2024
• Distinguished Alumna, Marietta College, 2024
• Research Impact Award, University of Essex, 2019
• Outstanding Young Alumna, Marietta College, 2013

Biography

Lt. Colonel (US Army, Ret.) Jeffrey Addicott is a full Professor of Law and the Director of the Warrior Defense Project at St. Mary’s University School of Law. An active duty Army officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps for twenty years, Addicott spent a quarter of his career as the senior legal advisor to the US Army Special Forces.

He served in senior legal positions in Germany, Korea, Panama and throughout the United States and deployed on numerous occasions to areas of armed conflict, awarded a Legion of Merit for his work in Peru.

As an internationally recognized authority on national security and terrorism Law, Dr. Addicott not only lectures and participates in professional and academic organizations both in the United States and abroad (over 900 speeches), but he also testifies before Congress on a variety of legal and policy issues.

Dr. Addicott is a regular contributor to national and international media outlets to include FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, OAN, BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Wall Street Journal (over 5,000 interviews). Addicott is a prolific author, publishing over 100 books, articles, and monographs on a variety of legal and policy issues.

Among his many contributions to the field of law, Addicott pioneered the teaching of law of war and human rights course to the militaries of numerous nascent democracies in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Addicott was also the Associate Dean for Administration (2006-2007) and headed the Center for Terrorism Law.

Articles in a Periodical

• Addicott, Jeffrey F., Covid-19 Pandemic: Policy and Legal Issues, THE OFFICER REVIEW 7-9 (March-Apr. 2020).
• Addicott, Jeffrey, Prosecuting the War on Terror & Warrior Defense Project, in Firearms Law (Texas Bar CLE, 2019).
• Reshaping American Jurisprudence in the Trump Era – The Rise of “Originalist” Judges, 22 California Western Law Review 341 (2019).
• The Trump Travel Ban: Rhetoric vs Reality, 44 University of Dayton Law Review 491 (2019).
• In the Supreme Court of the United States, Amicis Curiae Brief on Behalf of Petitioner, Jordan M. Jucutan, on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, May 22, 2019.
• Prosecuting the War on Terror in the Trump Administration: The Trump Doctrine – Is There Really a New Sheriff in Town?, 11 Albany Government Law Review 209 (2018).
• The Legality of Dual Interrogations for High-Value Terrorists, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, January 2018.
• Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Private Sector by Means of Civil Liability Lawsuits—The Connie Francis Effect, 51 U. Rich. L. Rev. 857 (2017)
• Fifteenth Anniversary of 9/11 – Where Are We?, Homeland Security Today, September 7, 2016.
• Time to Build Another Wing onto GITMO, The Counter Terrorist (International Edition), June/July 2016, at 46.
• Waterboarding is “Torture”? – The Agenda Driven Argument, JURIST, May 2016.
• Torture … and Waterboarding – Here We Go Again, JURIST, April 2016.
• Boyle & Gamble’s Confederate Staff & Field Officer Sword, Confederate Veteran, July-August 2015, at 20.
• Game of Bombs: Obama’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, 3 University of Baltimore Journal of International Law 1 (2015).
• Great Letter to the Museum of the Confederacy, Confederate Veteran, March-April 2015, at 6.
• Using a Civil Suit to Punish/Deter Sponsors of Terrorism: Connecting Arafat and the PLO to the Terror Attacks of the Second Intifada, 4 St. John’s Journal of International and Comparative Law 71 (2014).
• The Strange Case of Lieutenant Waddell: How Overly Restrictive Rules of Engagement Adversely Impact the American War Fighter and Undermine Military Victory, 45 St. Mary’s Law Journal 1, 2013.
• Second Circuit’s Decision Provides Unique Window Into Enemy Combatant Decisions, JURIST, November 2013.
• God and My Country: De L’Isle’s Dufilho Sword, 36 North South Trader’s Civil War 2 (2013), at 38.
• Radical Islamic Terrorism: Still a Domestic Threat, S.A. [San Antonio] Scene, September 2013, at 55.
• Targeted Killing – Death by Drone, Managing Security Today, September 2013, at 22.
• Dealing with Cyberterrorism – Failure of Imagination, Managing Security Today, June 2013, at 22.
• Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Managing Security Today, February 2013,at 22.
• Rightly Dividing the Domestic Jihadist from the Enemy Combatant in the “War Against Al-Qaeda” – Why it Matters in Rendition and Targeted Killings, 45 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 259, Fall 2012.
• Nation was Jolted this Summer by Two Unrelated Tragedies, Managing Security Today, September 2012, at 22.
• Maritime Piracy & Private Security Contractors, Managing Security Today, May 2012, at 38 (with Ben Marshall).
• Cyber Security and the Government/Private Sector Connection, American Bar Association’s Government and Public Sector Lawyer’s Division, Spring 2012, Vol. 21, No. 3, at 1.
• Labeling Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Organizations, Managing Security Today, January 2012, at 23.
• Anwar al-Awlaqi and the Law of War, JURIST, October 2011.
• Obama’s Phased Withdrawal Spells America’s Defeat in Afghanistan, Managing Security Today, September 2011, at 12
• American Punitive Damages vs. Compensatory Damages in Promoting Enforcement in Democratic Nations of Civil Judgments to Deter State-Sponsors of Terrorism, 5 University of Massachusetts Roundtable Symposium Law Journal 192 (Winter 2010).
• Calls for National Identity Card to Halt Illegal Immigration, Managing Security Today, September 2010, at 19.
• Efficacy of the Obama Policies to Combat Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and Associated Forces-The First Year, 30 Pace Law Review 340 (2010).
• Good News About GTMO and Bagram, JURIST, February 2010.
• No Torture, No Prosecution, JURIST, May 2009.
• The Political Question Doctrine and Civil Liability for Contracting Companies on the “Battlefield,” 28 Review of Litigation 343 (2008).
• Now That’s a James Conning, North South Trader, Vol. 34, No. 4, at 30 (2009).
• In the Supreme Court of the United States, Amicis Curiae Brief on Behalf of Respondents, Robert Simon, et al., on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, March 25, 2009.
• The Protect America Act of 2007: A Framework for Improving Intelligence Collection in the War on Terror, 13 Texas Review Law & Policy 43 (2008) (with Congressman Michael T. McCaul).
• The Military Commissions Act: Congress Commits to the War On Terror, JURIST, October 2006.
• The Misuse of Religion in the Global War on Terrorism, 7 Barry L. Rev. 109 (2006).
• Contractors on the “Battlefield”: Providing Adequate Protection, Anti-Terrorism Training, and Personnel Recovery for Civilian Contractors Accompanying the Military in Combat and Contingency Operations, 28 Houston Journal of International Law 323 (2006).
• The Abu Ghraib Story, 2 Israeli Defense Forces Law Review 35 (2006).
• The UN Guantanamo Report: False Premise, Flawed Conclusions, JURIST, March 2006.
• The Practice of Rendition in the War on Terror, 6 The Long Term View 77 (Spring 2006).
• Terrorism Law, 33 The Reporter 157 (2006).
• St. Mary’s Center for Terrorism Law, San Antonio Lawyer, July-August 2006, at 12.
• Military Justice at Abu Ghraib, JURIST, September 2005.
• Cyberterrorism: Partnership Between the Private Sector and the Government, The 9th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, July 2005, at 375.
• Profile: The Center for Terrorism Law, Safeguard Review, Aug./Sept. 2005, at 4.
• In the Supreme Court of the United States, Amicis Curiae Brief on Behalf of Petitioners, Clifford Acree, et al., on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, May 21, 2005.
• Trying Saddam Hussein: Go International or Not?, JURIST, March 2005.
• In Defense of U.S. Counterterror Policies, 9 Peace & Policy 21 (2004).
• Book Review: Law and Bioterrorism, 28 Melbourne University Law Review 253 (2004).
• Into the Star Chamber: Does the United States Engage in the Use of Torture or Similar Illegal Practices in the War on Terror?, 92 Kentucky Law Journal 849 (2003-2004).
• Proposal for a New Executive Order on Assassination, 37 University of Richmond Law Review 751 (2003).
• Storm Clouds on the Horizon of Darwinism: Teaching the Anthropic Principle and Intelligent Design in the Public Schools, 63 Ohio State Law Journal Review 150 (2002).
• Legal and Policy Implications for a New Era: The War on Terror, 4 The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Minority Issues 209 (2002).
• Building Democracies with Southern Command’s Legal Engagement Strategy, 31 Parameters 72 (2001) (with Guy B. Roberts).
• Promoting Human Rights Values in Cuba’s Post-Castro Military, 3 Journal of National Security Law 11 (1999) (with Manuel Supervielle).
• Las Fuerzas Especiales y la Promocion de los Derechos Humanos, Dialogo, Apr-June 1997, at 13.
• Human Rights and Special Forces, Special Warfare, Dec. 1996, at 30.
• A Special Forces Human Rights Policy, The Army Lawyer, Sept. 1996, at 47.
• Legal Training Handbook for the Ukrainian Military, The Army Lawyer, July 1995, at 60.
• Institutionalizing Human Rights Values in the Militaries of the New Democracies: The Case of Peru (Doctoral Thesis, Charlottesville, VA 1994).
• Recent Army JAG Corps Initiatives to Enhance Human Rights Training at the School of the Americas, The Army Lawyer, Dec. 1994, at 45.
• Policy Guidance for the Transfer of DoD Installations to the Government of Panama, The Army Lawyer, Oct. 1994, at 68.
• Promoting the Rule of Law and Human Rights, Military Review, Aug. 1994, at 38, (with Andrew M. Warner), reprinted in part as Nuevas Misiones para los Auditores Militares: Promoviendo el Imperio de la Ley en las Fuerzas Armadas de Democracias Emergentes e Inestables, Military Review Edicion Hispanoamericana, May-June
  1994, at 2.
• 25th Anniversary of My Lai: Time to Inculcate the Lessons, 139 Military Law Review 153 (1993) (with William A. Hudson, Jr.).
• Military Medical Witness in Litigation, Military Medicine, Apr. 1993, at 126.
• New Missions for JAGs: Promoting the Rule of Law in Militaries of Emerging Democracies, American Bar Association National Security Law Report, Mar. 1993, at 1 (with Andrew M. Warner)
• JAG Corps Poised for New Defense Missions: Human Rights Training in Peru,The Army Lawyer, Feb. 1993, at 78 (with Andrew M. Warner).
• Leçons du Passe – My Lai, 31 Revue de Droit Militaire et de Droit de la Guerre 73 (1992), reprinted in part at 139 Military Law Review 153.
• Operation Desert Storm, R. E. Lee or W. T. Sherman?, 136 Military Law Review 115 (1992) reprinted in Command Magazine, July-Aug. 1992, at 38.
• Codification of the Special Forces Exception, The Army Lawyer, May 1992, at 36.
• The Status of the Diplomatic Bag: A Proposed American Position, 13 Houston Journal of International Law 221 (1991).
• The United States of America: Champion of the Rule of Law or the New World Order? 6 Florida Journal of International Law 63 (1990).
• Values and Religion in the Confederate Armies, Confederate Veteran, November-December 1990, at 28.
• Proceedings of the First Center for Law and Military Operations Symposium, 18-20 April 1990, The Army Lawyer, Dec. 1990, at 47.
• Developing a Security Strategy for Indochina, 128 Military Law Review 35 (1990).

Awards & Highlights

• Recipient: “2017, The Silver Patrick Henry Medallion, awarded by the Military Order of the World Wars, for ‘patriotic achievement’ to America’s national defense.”
• Recipient: “2012, The J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Award 2012, awarded by the Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations for ‘academic excellence.”
• Recipient: “2011, The Vice Admiral George C. Dyer Award 2011, Military Order of the World Wars, awarded each year to the ‘most outstanding article published by the Officer Review magazine.”
• Recipient: “2010, The J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Award 2010, awarded by the Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of investigations for ‘academic excellence.”
• Recipient: “2007, The St. Mary’s Alumni Association’s St. Mary’s University School of Law Distinguished Faculty Award 2017, awarded each year to the distinguished law faculty member.”
• Recipient: “1999, Distinguished Service Medal of the State of Alabama, awarded for ‘exceptionally meritorious and distinguished military or civilian service for or to the benefit of the United States or the State of Alabama.”
• Co-recipient: “1995, The American Bar Association’s Hodson 1995, awarded each year to the ‘outstanding public sector law office in the nation.”
• Recipient: “1993, The Outstanding Career Army Judge Advocate Award 1993, awarded annually to one Army lawyer, by the Judge Advocates Bar Association.
• Recipient: “1983, Academy of Health Sciences Commander’s Award, awarded for ‘outstanding service to Fort Sam Houston.”

Books

• Christian Doctrines (Imprimatur Press ed., Jan. 2, 2022).
• Trump Judges:  Protecting America’s Establishment Pillars to “Make America Great Again,” (Dallas, TX: Imprimatur Press, 2020).
• Categorical Bible Doctrines, (Dallas, TX: Imprimatur Press, 2019).
• Radical Islam Why?: Confronting Jihad at Home & Abroad, (Tucson, AZ: Lawyers and Judges Pub. Co., 2016).
• Terrorism Law: Materials, Cases, Comments, 7^th ed. (Tucson, AZ: Lawyers and Judges Pub. Co., 2014).
• Globalization, International Law, and Human Rights, Addicott, Bhuiyan, & Chowdhury(New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2012).
• Constitutional Rights for Guantanamo Detainees: An Immediate Look at the Legal and Governmental Ramifications of Boumediene v. Bush, Addicott; Rose III (New York, NY: Thompson/Aspatore Pub. Co., 2008).
• Selected Essays on State Open Government Law and Practice in a Post-9/11 World, Addicott & Garcia, editors, (Tucson, AZ: Lawyers and Judges Pub. Co., 2008).
• State Open Government Law and Practice in a Post-9/11 World, Addicott, Cochran, Dalglish & Winegar, editors, (Tucson, AZ: Lawyers and Judges Pub. Co., 2007).
• Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law Handbook (Bogotá, Colombia: Imprenta y Publicaciones de las Fuerzas Militares, 1999).
• Law of War: Handbook for Officers of Armed Forces of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine: Lubava Pub. Co., 1996).
• Code of Conduct for Participants in Military Operations, (Kiev, Ukraine, Ministry of Defense: Lubava, 1995).
• Derechos Humanos: Decalogo de las Fuerzas del Orden, (Lima, Peru: Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas, 1993).

Book Chapters

• Foreword, in Honor Killing (Daniel Akbari & Paul Tetreault, 2015).
• Is the Use of Coercive Interrogation or Torture Permissive and Effective as a Counter-terrorism Method?, in Contemporary Debates on Terrorism (Richard Jackson; Samuel Justin Sinclair, 2012).
• Radical Islam’s Manipulation of the Media (with Nathanial Fulmer & Robert Gunn), in Terrorism Research & Analysis Project (TRAP): A Collection of Thoughts, Ideas,Perspectives, Vol. 1 (Andrew Bringuel, ed., 2011).
• Cyberterrorism: Legal and Polices Issues, in Legal Issues in the Struggle Against Terror (John Norton Moore & Robert Turner, eds., 2010).
• The War on Terror: War or Metaphor?, in Political Leadership (Joseph Masciulli, Mikhail A. Molchanov & W. Andy Knight, eds., 2009).
• Institutionalizing Human Rights in the Militaries of the Emerging Democracies: The Case of Peru, in Fear of Persecution: Global Human Rights, International Law, and Human Well-Being, (James D. White & Anthony J. Marsella, eds., 2007).
• Teaching Intelligent Design and the Anthropic Principle in the Public Schools, in 1-3
• Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Paul Finkelman, ed., 2006).
• The Role of Special Operations Forces in the War on Terror, in The Global War on Terrorism: Assessing the American Response, (John Davis, editor, 2006).
• (Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Pub. Inc., 2004).
• Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Review and New Paradigm, in Transnational Threats: Blending Law Enforcement and Military Strategies, (Carolyn W. Pumphrey, ed., 2000).
• The Appeal of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, in Dr. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination: The Case Reopened, John Paul Jones, ed., 1995).

Memberships

• Sons of the American Revolution
• Member of the Bar of Alabama; U.S. Supreme Court; Court of Military Appeals; American Bar Association
• International Society for Military Law
• The Law of War
• Military Order of the World Wars (life member)
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• Special Forces Association
• Sons of Confederate Veterans
• Board Member of the Toda Institute for Peace
• Contributing editor for JURIST
• Law Faculty on Federalist Society
• National Security Committee Consultant, American Legion
• Retired Army Judge Advocates Association (life member)

Presentations

Foreign presentations include numerous professional lectures at universities and government institutions in Colombia, Peru, Ukraine, Germany, France, Austria, Canada, Thailand, Japan, India, Honduras, Haiti, Egypt, Kuwait, Panama, Guatemala, Albania, Okinawa, South Korea, England, Mexico, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland, Greece, Israel, Russia, Luxembourg, China, Poland, and Uruguay.

Presentations in the United States include over 900 appearances at universities, public and private; State and Federal institutions and academies; as well as more than 5,000 appearances on radio, print, and television broadcasts to include: Associated Press, New York Times, London Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times,Chicago Tribune, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, Federal Times, Miami Herald, FOX NEWS Channel, One America News, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, PBS, NBC, CBS, NPR, BBC, The Blaze, Voice of Russia, China Daily and Al-Jazeera.

Jeffrey Addicott has taught at the following institutions:

• 1980-1981: Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland; Berlin, Germany. Business Law and Government.
• 1982-1983: Adjunct Professor, Central Texas College; Korea. Business Law.
• 1984-1985: Professor, Academy of Health Sciences; San Antonio, TX. Health Law.
• 1988-1989: Adjunct Professor, Chapman College; Tacoma, WA. Graduate level International Law.
• 1989-1992: Assistant Chair, International Law Department, The Judge Advocate General’s School; Charlottesville, VA. Graduate level International Law, National Security Law and Criminal Law.
• 1995: Adjunct Professor, Central Michigan University: Washington, D.C. Graduate level International Law.
• 1996: Adjunct Professor, Central Texas College; Central Michigan University; Webster University; Fayetteville, NC. Criminal Law, Graduate level Business Law, Graduate level Administrative Law.
• 1997: Adjunct Professor, Campbell University; Fayetteville, NC. Business Law.
• 1998-2001: Adjunct Professor, Central Michigan University. Savannah, GA; Fort Myers, FL; Fayetteville, NC; Arlington, LA. Graduate level International Law and Administrative Law.

Biography

After graduating law school, Ariens worked as a law clerk at the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He then worked as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Holland & Knight for three years. He was a civil litigator for firm clients in state and federal courts in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, in both trial and appellate courts.

In addition to teaching at St. Mary’s, he has served as a part-time visiting professor at Southern Methodist University, a visiting professor at Catholic University Columbus School of Law, and a visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

He is the author of five books. His book Lone Star Law: A Legal History of Texas received two awards. He is also the author of fifty law review articles, essays, and other scholarly works, and a number of book reviews.

Books

• The Lawyer’s Conscience: A History of American Lawyer Ethics (University Press of Kansas, 2022)
• American Constitutional Law and History (2d ed., Carolina Academic Press, 2016)
• American Constitutional Law and History (Carolina Academic Press, 2012)
• Lone Star Law: A Legal History of Texas (Texas Tech University Press, 2011)
• Law School: Getting In, Getting Out, and Getting On (Carolina Academic Press, 2010)
• Religious Liberty in a Pluralistic Society (2d ed., 2002) (with Destro)
• Religious Liberty in a Pluralistic Society (1996) (with Destro)

Articles in a Periodical

• Anti-Discrimination Ethics Rules and the Legal Profession, 50 Hofstra L. Rev. 501 (2022)
• The Fall of an American Lawyer, 46 J. Legal Prof. 195 (2022)
• The Appearance of Appearances, 70 U. Kan. L. Rev. 633 (2022)
• Model Rule 8.4(g) and the Profession’s Core Values Problem, 11 St. Mary’s J. on Legal Malpractice & Ethics 180 (2021)
• Making the Modern American Legal Profession, 1969-Present, 50 St. Mary’s L.J. 671 (2019)
• Ethics in the Legal Industry, 51 Creighton L. Rev. 673 (2018) (TePoel lecture)
• The Rise and Fall of Social Trustee Professionalism, 2016 J. Legal Prof. 49
• Sorting: Legal Specialization and the Privatization of the American Legal Profession, 29 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 579 (2016)
• The Last Hurrah: The Kutak Commission and the End of Optimism, 49 Creighton L. Rev. 689 (2016)
• Review of Glass Half Full, Federal Lawyer, September 2015, at 81
• Brougham’s Ghost, 35 No. Ill. U. L. Rev. 263 (2015)
• The Agony of Modern Legal Ethics, 1970-1985, 5 St. Mary’s J. on Legal Malpractice & Ethics 134 (2014).
• Lost and Found: David Hoffman and the History of American Legal Ethics, 67 Ark. L. Rev. 571 (2014)
• Book Review: The Texas Supreme Court: A Narrative History, 1836-1986, Tex. Books in Rev 12 (Spring 2014)
• Book review: Against the Profit Motive, Federal Lawyer Online Book Reviews at 1 (August 2014)
• Review of The Invention of Murder, Fed. Lawyer at 104 (July 2014)
• Review of The Collini Case, Fed. Lawyer Online Book Reviews at 8 (April 2014)
• Review of Mismatch, Fed. Lawyer Online Book Reviews at 1 (March 2014)
• Review of A Death at Crooked Creek, Fed. Lawyer at 78 (March 2014)
• Teaching American Legal History Through Storytelling, in Teaching Legal History: Comparative Perspectives (Robert M. Jarvis ed. 2014);
• Teaching American Legal History Through Storytelling, 53 Am. J. Leg. Hist. 405 (2013)
• Review of The Lawyer Bubble, Fed. Lawyer, Oct./Nov. 2013, at 86
• Review of Inside the Castle, Fed. Lawyer, August 2013, at 83
• A Judge in Full, 75 Alb. L. Rev. 2151 (2012)
• ‘Playing Chicken’: An Instant History of the Battle over Exceptions to Client Confidences, 33 J. Legal Prof. 239 (2009)
• Simon Greenleaf, in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law 234 (2009)
• Charles T. McCormick, in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law 370 (2009)
• Edmund M. Morgan, Jr., in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law 389 (2009)
• American Legal Ethics in an Age of Anxiety, 40 St. Mary’s L.J. 343 (2008)
• What Hath Faith Wrought?, 24 J. L. & Rel. 195 (2008-09)
• United States v. Cruikshank, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Gale Publishing 2008)
• The Storm Between the Quiet: Tumult in the Texas Supreme Court, 1911-21, 38 St. Mary’s L.J. 641 (2007)
• Religion in the 19th Century – Bible Wars, Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (2006)
• The Ethics of Copyrighting Ethics Rules, 36 U. Toledo L. Rev. 235 (2005)
• Church and State in the United States, 1900-2001, in New Catholic Encyclopedia (2003)
• Religion in the Courtroom, in Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom (2003)
• Law School Branding and the Future of Legal Education, 34 St. Mary’s L.J. 301 (2003)
• Forms of Legal Practice, in The Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford University Press 2002)
• Sole Practitioners, in The Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford University Press 2002)
• Paralegal and Legal Secretary, in The Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford University Press 2002)
• Book Review, 16 J. L. & Rel. 249 (2001) Defining ‘Church’ in American Law, in Church Autonomy: A Comparative Study (Gerhard Robbers ed. 2001)
• A True Crime, International Commentary on Evidence (May 1999)
• On ‘Doctrine’ and the Establishment Clause, in Vouchers for School Choice: Challenge or Opportunity? An American Jewish Reappraisal (Marshall J. Breger & David M. Gordis eds. 1998)
• A Short History of Hearsay Reform, With Particular Reference to Hoffman v. Palmer, Eddie Morgan and Jerry Frank, 28 Ind. L. Rev. 183 (1995)
• Know the Law: A History of Legal Specialization, 45 S.C. L. Rev. 1003 (1994)
• A Thrice-Told Tale, or Felix the Cat, 107 Harv. L. Rev. 620 (1994)
• Wouldn’t You Like To Be an Expert, Too?, 18 Legal Stud. F. 221 (1994)
• Constitutional Law and the Myth of the Great Judge, 25 St. Mary’s L.J. 303 (1993)
• Progress Is Our Only Product: Legal Reform and the Codification of Evidence, 17 Law and Social Inquiry: J. Am. B. Found. 213 (1992)
• The Law of Evidence and the Idea of Progress, 25 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 853 (1992)
• Modern Legal Times: Making a Professional Legal Culture, 15 J. Am. Culture 25 (1992)
• Evidence of Religion and the Religion of Evidence, 40 Buffalo L. Rev. 65 (1992)
• Dutiful Justice, 22 St. Mary’s L.J. 1019 (1991)
• On the Road of Good Intentions: Justice Brennan and the Religion Clauses, 27 Cal. W.L. Rev. 311 (1991)
• Just a Bigger Fish, 15 J. Legal Prof. 329 (1990)
• The Politics of Law (Teaching), 13 Law and Social Inquiry: J. Am. B. Found. 773 (1988)
• Suicidal Rights, 20 Rutgers L.J. 79 (1988)
• A Uniform Rule Governing the Admission and Practice of Attorneys Before United States District Courts, 35 De Paul L. Rev. 649 (1986)
• Making the Modern American Legal Profession, 1969-Present, 50 St. Mary’s L.J. 671 (2019)
• Book Review, 88 Pac. Hist. Rev. 745 (2019)
• Book Review, 20 Am. Nineteenth Cent. Hist. (2019)
• Book Review, 122 Sw. Hist. Q. 343 (2019)
• Ethics in the Legal Industry, 51 Creighton L. Rev. 673 (2018) (TePoel lecture)
• Book Review, 35 L. & Hist. Rev. 831 (2017)
• Book Review, 57 Am. J. Legal Hist. 590 (2017);

Book Chapters and Entries

• Church and State in Ohio, 1785-1833, in DISESTABLISHMENT AND RELIGIOUS DISSENT: CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS IN THE NEW AMERICAN STATES, 1776-1833, at 249-271 (Carl H. Esbeck & Jonathan Den Hartog eds., 2019)
• Religion and Roman Catholicism in American Legal History, in American Law from a Catholic Perspective: Through a Clearer Lens 1 (Ronald J. Rychlak ed., Rowman & Littlefield 2015)
• Teaching Legal History Through Storytelling, in Teaching Legal History: Comparative Perspectives 32 (Robert M. Jarvis ed., Wildy, Simmonds & Hill 2014)
• Simon Greenleaf, in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law 234 (Roger K. Newman ed., 2009)
• Charles T. McCormick, in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law 370 (Roger K. Newman ed., 2009)
• Edmund M. Morgan, Jr., in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law 389 (Roger K. Newman ed., 2009)
• United States v. Cruikshank, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Gale Publishing 2008)
• Religion in the 19th Century—Bible Wars, in Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (2006)
• Church and State in the United States, 1900-2001, in New Catholic Encyclopedia (2003)
• Religion in the Courtroom, in Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom (2003)
• Forms of Legal Practice, in The Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford University Press 2002)
• Sole Practitioners, in The Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford University Press 2002)
• Paralegal and Legal Secretary, in The Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford University Press 2002)
• Defining ‘Church’ in American Law, in Church Autonomy: A Comparative Survey (Gerhard Robbers ed., 2001)
• On ‘Doctrine’ and the Establishment Clause, in Vouchers for School Choice: Challenge or Opportunity? An American Jewish Reappraisal (Marshall J. Breger & David M. Gordis eds., 1998)

Media Highlights

• The NCBE’s Wrong-Headed Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, (April 28, 2020).
• The Texas Supreme Court Should Allow a Limited Diploma Privilege, Texas Lawyer, April 22, 2020.
• In Memoriam—Joe E. Anderson, 48 St. Mary’s L.J. xiii (2016).
• Confirmation Fights Have Consequences, San Antonio Express-News, Feb. 19, 2017, at F1.
• Confirmation Process, San Antonio Express-News, April 2, 2016.
• Justice Scalia’s St. Mary’s Connection, San Antonio Express-News, Feb. 27, 2016.

Biography

Jena Martin is Katherine A. Ryan Chair for Global and International Law and a Professor of Law at the St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. Her research is in the field of business and human rights, where she has written extensively on many issues, including: the intersection of human rights with a number of fields including data privacy, AI and securities regulation.

Prof. Martin has emerged as a thought leader on these subjects and her work has been presented in a variety of forums including newspapers (such as The Chicago Tribune and The Houston Chronicle); law journals (including a forthcoming co-authored work in the Yale Journal of Law and Technology and a prior piece in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law); and the United Nations. Professor Martin has also co-edited and co-authored a number of books in the field of securities regulation and business and human rights, including “The Business and Human Rights Landscape: Moving Forward, Looking Back” (Cambridge University Press); “When the Levees Break: Re-visioning Regulation of the Securities Markets” (Lexington Books), and “Dying to be Heard: Businesses’ Impact of Communities” (Anthem Press).

Prior to coming to St. Mary’s Prof. Martin was the Robert L. Shuman Professor of Law and Ethics at West Virginia University.

Prof. Martin also draws heavily on her practice experience as a consultant and advisor for small businesses and her previous position serving as Senior Counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement. She earned her LL.M from the University of Texas, Austin and her J.D. from Howard University School of Law.

Books

• INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, POLICY AND PROCESS, 5TH ED., Carolina Academic Press (2021)(with David Weissbrodt)(spearheaded overhaul of the casebook with a new organizational structure and streamlined content. Drafted the casebook’s first Teacher’s Manual)
• WHEN BUSINESS HARMS HUMAN RIGHTS: AFFECTED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DYING TO BE HEARD, Anthem Press (2020)(ed., with Karen Bravo and Tara Van Ho)
• WHEN THE LEVEES BREAK: RE-VISIONING SECURITIES MARKET REGULATION, Lexington Books (2017)(with Karen Kunz)
• THE BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS LANDSCAPE: MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK, Cambridge University Press (2015)(ed., with Karen Bravo)

Articles

• Everything New is Old Again: The Veil of Scale, Platforms as Premises and the Coming Metaverse, __ YALE J. OF L. & TECH. __ (forthcoming 2024)(with Lara Putnam)
• The Securities and Exchange Commission as Human Rights Enforcer?, 18 VA. LAW. & BUS. REV. 93 (2024)(with Rachel Chambers)
• “A Change is Gonna Come:” Developing a Liability Framework for Social Media Algorithmic Amplification, 13 UC IRVINE L. REV. 155 (2023)(with Amy Cyphert)
• Reimagining Corporate Accountability: Moving Beyond Human Rights Due Diligence, 18 NYU BUS. L. J. 773 (2022)(with Rachel Chambers)
• Reckoning: A Dialogue about Racism, Anti-Racists and Business and Human Rights, 30 WASH. I. L. J. 171 (2021)(with Erika George and Tara Van Ho)
• Data Privacy Issues in West Virginia: An Overview, WV. L. REV. ONLINE (2021)
• The United Postal Service—The One Word that Makes all the Difference, 99 Texas L. Rev. Online 72 (2020) (with Matthew Titolo).
• It’s Complicated: The Challenge of Prosecuting TNCs for Criminal Activity under International Law, 29 IND. INT’L & COMP. L. REV. 219 (2019)
• Easing “the Burden of the Brutalized”: Applying Bystander Intervention Training to Corporate Conduct, 68 CATHOLIC U. L. REV. 1 (2019) (lead article)
• Parallel Worlds: Comparing Rural Development to Development in Global Communities, WV. L. REV. (with Karon Powell)(2018)(invited symposium piece)
• Hiding in the Light: The Misuse of Disclosure to Advance the Business and Human Rights Agenda 56 COLUMBIA TRANS’L L. J. 530 (2018)
• Changing the Rules of the Game: Beyond a Disclosure Framework for Securities Regulation 118 WV. L. REV. 59 (2015)
• Business and Human Rights, What’s the Board got to do with it?, 2013 ILL. L. REV. 959 (2013)
• The End of the Beginning?: A Comprehensive Examination of the U.N.’s Business and Human Rights Agenda from a Bystander Perspective, 17 FORDHAM J. CORP. FIN. L. 871 (2012)(lead article)
• What’s in a Name? Transnational Corporations as Bystanders under International Law, 85 ST. JOHN L. REV. 1 (2011)(lead article)
• The SEC and Shareholder Empowerment – Analyzing the New Proxy Regime and its Impact on Corporate Governance, BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES REPORT (2011)
• In Praise of Process: An Exploration of the SEC, Rule 14a-(8)(i)(8) and AFSCME v. AIG, 5 U.MD. J. BUS. L. & TECH 23 (2010)

Refereed Articles and Book Chapters:

• “UN Guiding Principle Number 8” in ThE RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON THE UN GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, Edward Elgar Press (2024)(Barnali Choudhury, ed.)
• “Commentary, Dodge v. Ford” in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN CORPORATE LAW OPINIONS, Cambridge University Press (2023)(Kelli Alces et. al., eds.)
• “Corporations 101” in TEACHING BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, Edward Elgar Press (2023)(Anthony Ewing, ed.)
• “United States: Potential Paths Forward after the Demise of the Alien Tort Statute,” in CIVIL REMEDIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN FLUX, Bloomsbury Publishing (2022)(Ekaterina Aristova & Ugljesa Grusic eds.)
• “The Use of Disclosure-Based Regulation to Advance the State’s Duty to Protect” in THE RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS, Edward Elgar Press (2020)(Surya Deva ed.)
• “The Evolving Business and Society Landscape: Can Human Rights Make a Difference,” (with Michael Addo) in THE BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS LANDSCAPE: MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK, Cambridge University Press (2015)(Martin & Bravo, eds.)
• “Transnational Corporations as Bystanders under International Law,” in BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, Sage Publications (2013)(Manoj Sinha, ed).
• Into the Breach: The Increasing Gap between Algorithmic Trading and Securities Regulation, Vol. 44, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH No. 2 (peer reviewed journal) (co-authored with Karen Kunz)(Oct. 2013)

Awards

• West Virginia Executive’s Lawyers & Leaders, Class of 2022
• 2019 Reviewer of the Year Award – Business and Human Rights Journal (Cambridge University Press)
• Dean’s Award of Distinction in Teaching – Adjunct (College of Business & Economics) 2015
•  “50 Under 50,” Law Professors of Color, Lawyers of Color
• WVU ADVANCE Grant Recipient, grant provided to organize a conference on Business and Human Rights (2012 – 2013)
• Significant Scholarship Award, WVU College of Law, (awarded for “The End of the Beginning?: A Comprehensive Examination of the U.N.’s Business and Human Rights Agenda from a Bystander Perspective”)(2012)
•  WVU Public Service Grant Recipient, provided to fund an outreach program within the State of West Virginia to help local businesses understand contract pitfalls (2011 – 2012)
• Shortlist Finalist, Fletcher Fellowship (administered by Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research)(2010).
• Next Generation Fellow, The Next Generation Fellowship (part of the American Assembly Series, run by Columbia University). Invited participant in three-day conference to discuss the future of U.S. global policy. (2007)
  Recipient, Director’s Award, SEC Division of Enforcement. (2004)

Biography

Match Dawson (J.D. ’13) began his legal career working for Justice Paul W. Green of the Texas Supreme Court, and later joined the distinguished Austin-based law firm of Giordani, Swanger, Ripp, & Phillips, LLP where he counseled clients on asset protection and estate planning. Prior to joining St. Mary’s University, Dawson formed his own firm, Dawson Law LLP®, and primarily represented high net worth clients with complex estate and asset planning matters.

Dawson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from California State University Sacramento and a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from St. Mary’s University School of Law.  Dawson is a Chartered Trust and Estate Planner®, a distinguished Fellow of the Global Academy of Finance & Management, and he’s been awarded the prestigious Accredited Estate Planner® designation by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. Dawson is a member of the Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law section of State Bar of Texas, the Texas Center for Legal Ethics, and the College of the State Bar of Texas, an honorary organization reserved for attorneys dedicated to high ethical standards and advanced legal training. Dawson is also a member of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, a collaborative organization of professional service providers who have distinguished themselves through advanced education.

Dawson and his wife, a large animal veterinarian, favor quiet country living where they raise three spirited children. Dawson is an avid outdoorsman, a passion he shares with his family, and their RV can often be found at campsites across the great state of Texas.

Biography

Shortly after graduating from UT Law School in 1967, Dittfurth was drafted into the United States Army and did his basic training in Fort Polk, Louisiana, before doing a tour in Vietnam. Upon his discharge in 1969, he began his legal practice with Brown & Bradshaw, Attorneys at Law in Houston, Texas. In 1972, Dittfurth left practice and enrolled in the LL.M. program at UT Law School. After completing his degree program in 1973, he was hired for a Teaching Fellowship at the University of Indiana School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana. In 1974, he returned to Texas and began working for the Law Research Corporation in Austin, Texas. Beginning in the fall semester of 1975, he was employed as a full-time teacher at St. Mary’s University School of Law where he has remained until the present. From 1989 until 1993, he served as the Associate Dean (academic affairs) for St. Mary’s University School of Law.

Books

• CIVIL RESTITUTION IN TEXAS (2016). This book, though currently unpublished, represents the edited cases, notes, and materials I have accumulated for the course I created — Civil Restitution in Texas.
• LEARNING CIVIL PROCEDURE (2007), published by Carolina Academic Press.
• THE CONCEPTS AND METHODS OF FEDERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE (1999), published by Carolina Academic Press

Articles

• The Texas Constructive Trust and its Peculiar Requirements, 50 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 447, (2018)
• Restitution in Texas: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment, 54 S. Tex. L. Rev. 225 (2012).
• A Theory of Equal Protection, 14 St. Mary’s Law Journal 829 (1983).
• Rule 3, The Enabling Act, And Statutes of Limitations, 1981 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 329.
• The Younger Abstention Doctrine: Primary State Jurisdiction Over Law Enforcement, 10 St. Mary’s Law Journal 445 (1979).
• Unequal Justice: Lawyers And Social Change in Modern America, 9 St. Mary’s Law Journal 174 (1977).
• Judicial Reasoning and Social Change, 50 Indiana Law Journal 258 (1975).

Media Highlights

• Commentary: Denying Slavery in Texas History is Dangerous, San Antonio Express-News (Apr. 5, 2022).

Biography

Eichelbaum (J.D. ’97) has been an Adjunct Professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law since 1997. He currently teaches Mediation, Family Law Mediation, and Law Practice Management.

He is a native of San Antonio. His first legal job was as a partner with his father in the Eichelbaum Law Firm. He has previously worked for Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, and the Davis Law Firm. His current position is as a full-time mediator for the Workers’ Compensation Administrative Courts. Rob is also the owner of San Antonio Mediation, a company providing both mediation training and conflict resolution services.

He is an active member of the greater San Antonio legal community. He is a former member officer of the San Antonio Bankruptcy Bar Association, and previously served on the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. He is the immediate Past President of the San Antonio Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution section.

He is a frequent lecturer and presenter in the fields of Conflict Resolution and Ethics. Last year he presented two separate programs for the San Antonio Bar Brown Bag Luncheon program, including an interactive program entitled “Harry Potter and the Grievance Committee – What the Wizarding World can teach us about Legal Ethics.”

• San Antonio Bar Foundation Class of 2021
• San Antonio Bar Foundation Peacemaker Award – 2021
• Scene in San Antonio – Best Lawyer’s Survey 2007-2013
• Texas Super Lawyer 2012
• College of the State Bar of Texas 1998- 2013

Presentations

• Building Blocks of Mediation – A 40 Hour Mediation Training Course
• Advanced Building Blocks of Mediation – A 24 Hour Mediation Training concentrating on areas of Family Law Disputes
• Selecting a Mediator in a Guardianship Matter – National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys 2009 Annual Conference
• Mediation and Bankruptcy – State Bar of Texas Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Conference
• Not Just Tilting at Windmills – Consumer Litigation on Behalf of the Bankruptcy Debtor.

Biography

Professor Fowler joined the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library in 2005. She has a bachelor of arts in English and master’s degrees in library science and international relations. She has presented at numerous national and regional conferences on diverse subjects such as laws pertaining to women in the U.S. military and the current state of DEI efforts in Hollywood and the population at large.

She is also a writer whose poems have been published in several university journals, including the Pecan Grove Review from St. Mary’s University, The Tau, and the Pomona Valley Review. Professor Fowler is currently under contract for her third book about women in the military on film.

• Military Women in Sci-Fi Films: Shattering Stereotypes (book). Co-written with Deborah A. Deacon. McFarland Publishing (Forthcoming 2026).
• Military Women in World Cinema: A 20th Century History and Filmography  (book, ISBN 9781476684512). Co-written with Deborah A. Deacon. McFarland Publishing (2023).
• A Century in Uniform: Military Women in Hollywood Films (book, ISBN 9781476677132). Co-written with Deborah A. Deacon. McFarland Publishing (2020).
• The Current State of E-Books in U.S. Law Libraries: A Survey. Co-written with Wilhelmina Randtke. Law Library Journal (Summer 2016).
• And Other Duties as Assigned: Expanding the Boundaries of the E-resource Life Cycle to Get Things Done.  Co-written with Marcella Lesher and Esta Tovstiadi. The Serials Librarian (2016).
• Spine Bending: The Favorite Novels of Law Librarians, AALL Spectrum (April 2014).

Presentations

• What’s Gonna Work? Teaming Up with Your Academic Library for Life, the Universe, and Everything. Southwestern Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 2024.
• (Mis)sed Representation: DEI in Legal Reels and Reality, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2024.
• Comedians in Court Getting Censored: No Laughing Matter, Southwestern Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 2023.
• Life in the Box: Psychological Issues of Drone Pilots in Fiction and Reality, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2022.

Biography

Annie Bright (J.D. ’20) is the Moody Foundation Visiting Professor and an Englehardt Research Fellow at the St. Mary’s University School of Law.

Bright studied political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and graduated with her B.A. in Comparative Politics. She later returned to Texas to attend the St. Mary’s University School of Law where she graduated summa cum laude.

In law school, Bright was a board member for the Law Journal. She received the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Administrative Law, Federal Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Professional Responsibility, and Torts. She was awarded the Presidential Law Scholarship, the Chief Justice Catherine M. Stone Rock of Justice Award, and the Presidential Award for her demonstrated commitment to leadership, service, and academic excellence. While in law school, she also represented immigration clients in the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and worked as a law clerk at De Mott, Curtright, Armendáriz, LLP (DMCA). She also clerked for the Travis County Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.

Bright went on to earn a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at The Fletcher School of International Affairs at Tufts University where she studied International Law and Humanitarian Action. While at Fletcher, she researched the financial journeys of migrants around the world through the Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security.

Prior to joining St. Mary’s as a visiting faculty member, Bright worked in private practice in San Antonio with DMCA. There she represented both detained and non-detained immigrants in immigration proceedings. Bright’s practice included affirmative processes, defense litigation, and appeals. She litigated cases in the San Antonio and Laredo immigration courts and is admitted to practice in the Western District of Texas.

Biography

Robert H. Hu, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D., is a Professor of Law and Director of the Institute on Chinese Law and Business at St. Mary’s University. He joined St. Mary’s University in June 2005 and served as Director of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library from 2005 to 2021. He left the library director’s position in 2021 and has since been teaching full-time on the law school faculty. A tenured professor of the law school, he currently teaches Advanced Legal Research and Conflict of Laws. For research and writing, he focuses on American and Chinese intellectual property law and legal histories. He is a member of the American Law Institute (ALI), American Bar Association (ABA), and American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). He is a guest professor of two universities in China.

Before his current institution, Hu had worked at four American law schools: The College of William & Mary (1993-1997), Wake Forest University (1997-1999), Gonzaga University (1999-2000) and Texas Tech University (2000-2005).

• American Law Institute (ALI);
• Association of American Law Schools (AALS);
• American Bar Association (ABA);
• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL);
• Chinese and American Forum on Law Libraries and Legal Information (CAFLL);
• Southwestern Association of Law Libraries (SWALL)

Books

• Research Guide to Chinese Patent Law and Practice. 2nd ed. Getzille, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2022.
• Research Guide to Chinese Copyright Law. 2nd ed. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2016.
• Research Guide to Chinese Trademark Law and Practice. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2009.
• Research Guide to Chinese Patent Law and Practice. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2002.
• Guide to China Copyright Law Studies. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2000.

Articles in a Periodical

• Reconstruction of the Reasonable Person Standard under Chinese Patent Law.  (co-author).  Marquette Intellectual Property & Innovation Law Review, Vol. 26 (Winter 2022):  11-45.
• Time to Reopen Houston Consulate, San Antonio Express-News (Dec. 6, 2021).
• St. Mary’s University Institute on Chinese Law and Business:  Remarkable Success in the First Ten Years. St. Mary’s Law Journal, Vol 51, No. 4 (2020):  839-901.
• Race for a COVID-19 vaccine patent could hurt the public, San Antonio Express-News (Sep. 30, 2020)
• Arthur C.Y.Yao (1906-2004): A Pioneer Chinese Professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law. St. Mary’s Law Journal, Vol 51, No. 1 (2019): 131-171.
• International Legal Protection of Trademarks in China. Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review 13 (December 2008): 69-121.
• Status and Tenure for Academic Law Librarians: A Survey. Law Library Journal 96 (Winter 2004): 127-165.
• A Resource Guide to Tax Law Careers. Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 22 (2003): 113-138.
• A Guide to Resources on Careers in Foreign and International Law. Law Library Journal 93 (Summer 2001): 479-493.
• ROIs Can Validate Your Library’s Value. AALL Spectrum, 7 (October 2002): 20, 27.
• ‘C’ Is for Communications. AALL Spectrum, 6 (March 2002): 28, 30.
• PR for Academic Libraries: Focus on the Faculty. AALL Spectrum, 6 (February 2002): 28, 32.
• Protection of Intellectual Property in China : A Selected Bibliography. University of Baltimore Intellectual Property Law Journal, 5 (Fall 1996/Spring 1997): 135-148.
• Spirit of innovation moves China forward. San Antonio Express-News (November 2017).