Biography

Heather Trick, J.D., is an Assistant Professor of Law and an Englehardt Research Fellow at the St. Mary’s University School of Law.
Trick studied political science and religion at the University of Florida before attending the University of Georgia School of Law to earn her Juris Doctorate degree. Trick joined the Florida Bar in 2010.
Trick began her legal career as an Assistant Public Defender in Orlando, Florida, litigating criminal cases ranging from misdemeanors to life felonies. After briefly working for another firm in private practice, Trick opened a law firm with her husband in Orlando, handling criminal defense, education law and personal injury.
In addition to her practice, Trick also represented children as a Guardian ad Litem in severe abuse cases and served the legal community through her membership and involvement in local bar organizations, including the Central Florida Association of Women Lawyers and the Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida. Trick was also appointed to serve on the City of Orlando Criminal Nuisance Abatement Board for three terms and the City of Orlando Public Art Advisory Board for one term.
In her free time, Trick enjoys hiking, travelling, trying new restaurants, and spending time with her husband and son.

• Ms. Esquire Orlando Rainmaker, 2024
• Ms. Esquire Personal Injury Attorney of the Year, 2024
• Ms. Esquire Up and Comer, 2024
• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, 2024-2025 for Administrative Law
• SuperLawyers Rising Star, 2018-2020
• Orlando’s Awesome Attorneys, Orlando Family Magazine, 2019-2022, 2024-2025
• Florida Supreme Court Pro Bono Service Recognition, 2019

Biography

Abigail Willie, J.D., has been an attorney for 25 years, with a career spanning private practice, government service and the academy.

Prior to entering academics, Willie practiced insolvency and reorganization law at the international law firm of Vinson & Elkins and served as a career law clerk to several federal judges. In 2018, she was selected to be a Fellow in the prestigious Supreme Court Fellows Program in Washington, D.C. Prior to coming to the St. Mary’s University School of Law, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University School of Law. She also taught as a lecturer in commercial law at Saint Louis University and as an adjunct in the LL.M. in U.S. Law for Foreign Lawyers program at Washington University School of Law.

Willie specializes in bankruptcy law, with a particular interest in the scope of bankruptcy court authority as a non-Article III forum, equitable and sanctioning powers of non-Article III judges, the intersection of professional ethics and bankruptcy law, and the issues related to the treatment of the poor and historically underrepresented within the bankruptcy system. She also has extensive experience teaching legal research and writing and frequently lectures at CLEs. She has served on a number of professional boards and committees, including with the American Bankruptcy Institute. Throughout her career, she has been devoted to pro bono service and has represented and advised financially needy clients in immigration, bankruptcy, and family law matters.

Willie is actively licensed to practice law in Texas and Missouri and is admitted to practice before numerous federal courts.

• Fellow, Supreme Court of the United States, 2018-2019
• Law Clerk to the Hon. Raymond W. Gruender, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2005-2006
• Law Clerk to the Hon. George P. Kazen, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2000-2001
• Law Clerk to the Hon. Alan S. Trust, Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2020-2023
• Law Clerk to the Hon. Charles E. Rendlen, III, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 2006-2018
• Recipient of the Michael R. Roser Excellence in Bankruptcy Award, awarded by the Missouri State Bar (2018)
• Member, State Bar of Texas Pro Bono College

Articles

• Do Bankruptcy Judges Belong in Chambers? Rethinking Inherent Contempt Power in Bankruptcy, 90 Brooklyn L. Rev. 737 (2025)
• The Fifth Circuit’s In re Galloway Decision and the Local Practice of Attorneys “Covering” at Section 341 Meetings. 18 ABI: Ethics and Prof. Comp. Newsl. 4 (Nov. 3, 2020)
• The Fifth Circuit’s Riley Opinion: Requesting Reimbursement of Advanced Fees under a No-Look Rule. 17 ABI: Ethics and Prof. Comp. Newsl. 2 (Aug. 15, 2019)(co-author Charles Riddle, Esq.)
• Janvey v. Romero: Fourth Circuit Joins the Majority of Circuits in Split Over Whether Bad Faith Can Be “Cause” for Dismissal under § 707(a). 16 ABI: Consumer Bankr. Comm. Newsl. 3 (Aug. 7, 2018) (coauthor, Emily Eggmann, Student, Loyola Univ. Chicago School of Law)
• Up-ending Upright: Upright Law and Ethical Considerations for Attorneys at Virtual Firms. 16 ABI: ABI: Ethics and Prof. Comp. Newsl. 2 (May 1, 2018)
• Confirmation in the New Millennium: Stern and Non-Consensual Third-Party Releases. 15 ABI: Secured Creditor Comm. Newsl. 2 (Apr. 24, 2018)
• The Cerebral Hercules and the Bankruptcy Hydra: How Judge Schermer Slayed a Multi-Headed Monster While Deep in the Heart of Texas (and What Any of This Lone Star State- Grecian Hero Analogy Has to Do with Just a Little Bit of Yiddish), 55 WASH. UNIV. J.L. & POL’Y 63 (2018) (coauthor, the Hon. Charles E. Rendlen, III)
• Evans v. Portfolio Recovery: A Reminder for the Need for Specificity in Evidence Offered to Support an Attorney’s Hourly Rate and Hours Worked. 16 ABI: ABI: Ethics and Prof. Compensation Comm. Newsl. 1 (Jan. 8, 2018)
• It Wasn’t Me! Dealing with Successor Liability, Alter Ego, Veil Piercing and Substantive Consolidation Issues. Pub. for Annual Midwest Bankr. Inst., Kansas City, MO (co-author, the Hon. Dennis R. Dow) (Oct. 27, 2017)
• “Secured Claims in Bankruptcy,” chapter, Missouri Bar Deskbook – Bankruptcy Practice (2008) and supplement (2012)
  

Academic Presentations

• Strategies for Legal Research, Bench Memo Writing, and Opinion Drafting. Speaker, Bankruptcy Education Series sponsored by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (webinar)(Jun. 13, 2024)
• Plans, They Are A-Changin’. Speaker, Missouri Bar Annual Bankr. Inst., Saint Louis, MO (Mar. 8, 2024)
• Legal Writing for Bankruptcy Externs and Law Clerks. Speaker, Bankruptcy Education Series sponsored by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (webinar)(Jun. 8, 2023)
• Research & Writing for Law Clerks. Speaker, Fall Extern and Law Clerk Education Programs, sponsored by the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (webinar)(Sept. 28, 2021)
• Legal Writing & Research for Bankruptcy Law Clerks and Externs: 11 Humble Suggestions and Tips. Co-speaker, The Clarkson Lecture Series, sponsored by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (webinar)(Jul. 12, 2021)
• Hot Topics in Bankruptcy Law: The Supreme Court’s Acevedo Decision and Implications on Nunc Pro Tunc Relief in Bankruptcy. Speaker, Bankruptcy Creditor-Debtor Rights Committee of the Missouri Bar, Fall Meeting and CLE Program (webinar) (Nov. 20, 2020)
• Fury and Fines: Stay and Discharge Injunction Concerns Post-Taggert. Speaker, Missouri Bar 2020 Ann. Bankr. Symposium, Saint Louis, MO (Mar. 13, 2020)
• Discussion on the Role of the Federal Judiciary. Panelist, Saint Louis University School of Law, Saint Louis, MO (Sept. 9, 2019)
• A Physician’s Guide to the High Nine: The Prescription for Surviving a Cocktail Party Conversation About the Supreme Court. Lecturer, Grand Rounds, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery, Saint Louis, MO (Aug. 21, 2019)
• Bad Faith in Chapter 7 and 13 Cases. Guest lecturer in graduate program, Webster University Legal Studies Program (Jul. 14, 2021)
• Changes to the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 Effected by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018. Speaker, Northern Division Bench & Bar Seminar, Hannibal, MO (Jun. 15, 2018)
• ASARCO Applied: Impact of Baker Botts v. ASARCO in Professional Fee Litigation. Panelist, CLE live webinar, sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute (April 3, 2018)
• The Federal Arbitration Act and the Bankruptcy Code: The Current State of the Law on the Enforcement of Domestic Arbitration Agreements in the Bankruptcy Context. Speaker-author, Missouri Bar Annual Bankr. Inst., Saint Louis, MO (Mar. 2, 2018)

Biography

In August 2025, Mason Clark, J.D., joined the St. Mary’s University School of Law as an Assistant Professor of Law. He previously served as the Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law from 2023 until 2025.

Clark has written and presented extensively on the subjects of privacy and cybersecurity. He formerly served as the Global Deputy Privacy Officer for an international life sciences and pharmaceutical corporation based in Chicago before coming to St. Mary’s Law.

He also has served as data breach counsel for international corporations through the incident-response cycle, advised multinational corporations on privacy compliance, and created and implemented enterprise privacy and cybersecurity compliance programs. He also served as an associate attorney for data security and privacy in the Chicago office of Baker & McKenzie LLP and the Indianapolis office of Ice Miller LLP. Before law school, Prof. Clark worked as a correctional officer.

Clark founded and chaired the Indiana State Bar Association’s Data Security and Privacy Section, where he developed CLE curriculum and presentations for attorneys and other professionals. He is a cum laude graduate of Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law.

In his free time, he enjoys playing guitar, watching baseball and spending time with his wife, Tiffany, and his son, Fallon. You might catch Clark playing gigs around campus!

• Certified Information Privacy Professional (U.S.): International Association of Privacy Professionals (2020-present)
• Chair and Founder, Data Security and Privacy Section, Indiana State Bar Association (2020-2025)
• Lorman Education Distinguished Faculty Member (2019-present)
• Hoosier Hearts Hero Award: award given by former Indiana Attorney General for producing a public service announcement regarding an unsolved murder in Franklin, Indiana (2013)

Articles

• Consumer Privacy and the Dobbs Disruption, 58 UNIV. MICH. J. L. REFORM 1 (2024), https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol58/iss1/2/

Academic Presentations

• Panelist, “Hackers Hit the Books: Cyber Threats in the Academy,” Association of American Law Schools, June 2025
• “Consumer Privacy and the Dobbs Disruption,” Privacy Law Scholars Conference, Georgetown University Law Center, May 2024, Washington, D.C.
• “Consumer Privacy and the Dobbs Disruption,” Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Prospective Law Teachers Workshop, July 2024, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Panelist, “Human Rights and Cross-Border Data Flows,” Florida Journal of International Law 35th Annual Symposium, University of Florida Levin College of Law, March 2024, Gainesville, Florida
• Panelist, “DE(AI): Diversity Initiatives and Artificial Intelligence,” Clearwater Bar Association Annual Diversity Symposium, March 2024, Clearwater, Florida
• Panelist, “What Practitioners Should Know About Artificial Intelligence,” National Conference on Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts, October 2023, St. Petersburg, Florida

Media Highlights

• “Congress Publishes ‘Game-Changer’ Breach Reporting Law, Compliance Requirements Unclear,” Connect on Tech, March 18, 2022 (with Vance et al.)
• “FAA Takes First Flight in Privacy With New Drone Rules,” The Robotics Law Journal, April 5, 2021 (with Bajowala & Kim)
• “Zoom’s FTC Settlement a Good Guidepost to Avoiding Data Security Missteps,” Dec. 7, 2020 (with Christensen & Reynolds)
• “Indiana High Court Says Government Can’t Unlock Your Phone,” Bloomberg Law, July 20, 2020 (with Christensen & Reynolds)
• “Cyber-Criminals Revive W-2 Scams Ahead of Extended Tax Deadline,” Inside Indiana Business, June 22, 2020 (with Christensen)
• “Four Years Later, FTC Continues to Challenge Misleading Marketing and Privacy Practices,” Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report: Vol. 4, No. 9, November/December 2018 (with Kohlstrand and Reynolds)
• “Trouble Comes in Threes: Long-term Impacts of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Controversy,” Inside Indiana Business, July 16, 2018

Biography

Andrea Beleno Harrington, J.D., joined the faculty at the St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2025 as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law to teach the Microenterprise and Community Development Clinic at the Center for Legal and Social Justice. The clinic’s focus is on providing transactional legal services to underserved microentrepreneurs and community-based nonprofits.

Prior to joining St. Mary’s, Harrington spent 22 years providing legal services to underserved Texans as an attorney at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid and Texas CBAR.

She specialized in representing microenterprises, cooperatives and community-based nonprofits in transactional matters, and spearheaded the creation of a successful pro bono business law “clinic in a box” project, bringing together the private bar, law students volunteers and microenterprise development organizations to leverage the impact of legal aid services for low-income entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations in an easily replicable evening clinic model.

Additionally, Harrington was a frequent speaker and instructor for nonprofit small business technical assistance providers and small business development centers; providing community legal education seminars in both English and Spanish to aspiring entrepreneurs.

• “Microenterprise and Economic Advocacy – Business Law in Legal Services,” 2022 Equal Justice Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• “Microenterprise Development and Economic Stability in Distressed Communities,” 2019 Poverty Law Conference, Austin, Texas
• “Opening the Door for Marginalized Entrepreneurs,” (panelist), 2018 Equal Justice Conference
• “Divorce and the Entrepreneur: What family law attorneys need to know about business law,” 2018 Poverty Law Conference, Austin, Texas
• “Avoiding Pitfalls in Representing Groups,” (panelist), 2018 Poverty Law Conference, San Diego, California
• “Lawyers and Local Economies: The Clinic Model and Economic Development,” 2017 Poverty Law Conference, Austin, Texas
• “Big Law Pro Bono and the Small Business Client,” 2015 Equal Justice Conference, Austin, Texas
• “Client Empowerment: The Community as Your Ally to Fight Injustice,” (panelist) 2015 Equal Justice Conference, Austin, Texas

Biography

Sarah Dingivan, J.D., joined the St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2025 as a Moody Foundation Visiting Assistant Professor of Law.

Prior to coming to St. Mary’s, Dingivan served as the CEO/Executive Director of San Antonio Legal Services Association (SALSA), a pro bono legal services organization focused on expanding free civil legal services for low-income and vulnerable community members.

Dingivan began her legal career in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, where her leadership roles included Area Defense Counsel at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Chief of Military Justice at both Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, and Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. She also served as the Executive Officer to the Staff Judge Advocate and Chief of JAG Training for Headquarters, Air Education and Training Command.

In her free time, Dingivan enjoys watching and playing sports with her husband and her two daughters, including cheering on the Spurs. Go Spurs Go!

• Barbara F. Kishpaugh Advocate Award, San Antonio Bar Probate, Guardianship & Estate Planning Section, 2025
• San Antonio Impact Leader, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 2024
• 40 Under 40, San Antonio Business Journal, 2023
• Ethical Life & Leadership Award, Association of Corporate Counsel San Antonio, 2023
• 40 Under 40, Emory University, 2019
• President’s Award, San Antonio Bar Association, 2018
• Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officer School, United States Air Force, 2012
• National Association of Women Lawyers Award, Emory University School of Law, 2009
• University Humanitarian Award, Emory University, 2005

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

Diaz (J.D. ’20) is a Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Law with the St. Mary’s School of Law Criminal Justice Clinic. Before joining the criminal justice clinic, Diaz spent six years working with the Goldstein & Orr law firm in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to law school, he spent over a decade as a paralegal working for a criminal defense firm in South Texas and various state agencies. During that time, Diaz received his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from The University of Texas Pan-American, and a Master of Arts degree in Legal Studies from Texas State University. He graduated from St. Mary’s University School of Law, cum laude, in May of 2020.

Since becoming licensed, Diaz has solely practiced juvenile and adult criminal defense, representing clients charged with misdemeanor and felony crimes. He has also handled state and federal appeals and post-conviction writs of habeas corpus cases. Diaz is currently on the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Board of Directors and serves on several TCDLA committees. He is also a member of the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

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)