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New Beginnings: Texas A&M University School Of Law Has The Noble Charge Of Being Texas's First Public Law School In The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Aric K. Short

Aric Short

On the evening of Aug. 12, 2013, the doors to Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in downtown Fort Worth closed for a final time. The following morning, those same doors opened, and Texas A&M University School of Law began operations. During the next week, the school welcomed 250 1Ls to orientation, and fall classes began for all 770 students.

For Aggies, this transition in ownership capped a decades-long effort to bring a law school to Texas A&M University. For those of us at the law school, Aug. 13 concluded a busy and challenging year laying the foundation for our …

Slaves For Rent: Sexual Harassment In Housing As Involuntary Servitude, Aric K. Short

Aric Short

Recognizing the various shortcomings of the FHA when applied in the context of post-acquisition harassment in general, and sexual harassment in particular, this Article explores an alternative vehicle for victims of such abuse: the Thirteenth Amendment. Ratified in 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment provided a formal legal end to African chattel slavery across the United States. But the Thirteenth Amendment has legal importance beyond the abolition of slavery. The Amendment was and remains both a powerful liberating force and a guarantor of fundamental rights for all Americans. In particular, the text of the Thirteenth Amendment extends its reach beyond slavery to …

Is The Alien Tort Statute Sacrosanct--Retaining Forum Non Conveniens In Human Rights Litigation, Aric K. Short

Aric Short

I argue in this article that no reasonable basis exists to justify federal courts refusing to consider forum non conveniens arguments in cases brought under the Alient Tort Statute; in fact, good reasons exist to retain the doctrine in its undiluted form. The purpose and design of forum non conveniens make it sufficiently flexible to be invoked in even the most compelling human rights cases brought in the United States. If applied properly, the doctrine will identify ATS cases that cannot and should not be dismissed to foreign fora; however, if forum non conveniens operates as it should, it also …

Post-Acquisition Harassment And The Scope Of The Fair Housing Act, Aric Short

Aric Short

Because Halprin v. Prairie Single Family Homes of Dearborn Park Ass’n creates a split of circuit authority and threatens established civil rights protections, the Seventh Circuit’s decision provides a useful opportunity to reconsider the proper scope of the FHA. The subject of housing harassment, in general, has received significant scholarly attention in the recent past; however, no commentator has focused on the concept of post-acquisition harassment or evaluated the validity of the underlying assumption that the FHA does, in fact, protect against harassment occurring after housing has been secured. With the current schism in federal case law as a backdrop, …

New Beginnings: Texas A&M University School Of Law Has The Noble Charge Of Being Texas's First Public Law School In The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Aric K. Short

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Post-Acquisition Harassment And The Scope Of The Fair Housing Act, Aric Short

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Explaining The Supreme Court's Fair Housing Decision, Rhonda Fanning

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Challenges And Opportunities In Legal Education, Aric Short

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