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Greening Criminal Legal Deserts In Rural Texas, Pamela R. Metzger, Claire Buetow, Kristin Meeks, Blane Skiles, Jiacheng Yu

Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center

Texas’ rural communities urgently need more prosecutors and public defense providers. On average, Texas’ most urban areas have 28 lawyers for every 100 criminal cases, but rural areas only have five. Many rural prosecutor’s offices cannot recruit and retain enough staff. The Constitution’s promise of equal justice for all remains unfulfilled. Rural Texans charged with misdemeanors are four times less likely to have a lawyer than urban defendants. In 2021, only 403 rural Texas lawyers accepted an appointment to represent an adult criminal defendant. In 65 rural counties, no lawyer accepted an appointment. And the problem is getting worse. Since …

Patriarchy’S Link To Intimate Partner Violence: Applications To Survivors’ Asylum Claims, Daniel G. Saunders, Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Natalie Nanasi, Iris Cardenas

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Eligibility for asylum for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) has recently been contested. We summarize social science evidence to show how such survivors generally meet asylum criteria. Studies consistently show a relationship between patriarchal factors and IPV, thereby establishing a key asylum criterion that women are being persecuted because of their status as women. Empirical support is also provided for other asylum criteria, specifically: patriarchal norms contribute to state actors’ unwillingness to protect survivors, and survivors’ political opinions are linked to an escalation of perpetrators’ violence. The findings have implications for policy reform and supporting individual asylum-seekers.

The Quad (The 2022 Alumni Magazine), Southern Methodist University, Dedman School Of Law

The Quad (Law Alumni Magazine), 1988-present

• SMU Law Welcomes New Dean Jason P. Nance

• Thank you Dean Collins

• Jennifer M. Collins Women's Leadership Initiative: Making strides in gender inequality in the legal profession

• Corporate Counsel Externship Program: 10 Year Anniversary

• Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center receives $5 million from local and national philanthropies for public defense research and advocacy

• Underwood Law Library’s 50th Anniversary Celebrated

How Should The Statute Of Frauds Apply To Reliance-Based Contracts?, Gregory Scott Crespi

SMU Law Review Forum

The “sufficient writing” requirements of the Statute of Frauds were formulated with bargain-based contracts in mind. It is often difficult if not impossible for persons to meet those requirements for reliance-based contracts, since this would require them to produce a writing signed by the promisor that not only sufficiently evidenced the promise, but also provided sufficient evidence of the other elements of such reliance-based contracts: the foreseeability of their subsequent reliance upon the promise, the fact of their reliance, and that failure to enforce the promise would be unjust.

There are several ways that courts can avoid the harsh results …

“Firm Offers” Under Ucc Section 2-205 Should Be Treated The Same Way As Are Offers Included In Option Contracts, Gregory Scott Crespi

SMU Law Review Forum

“Firm offers” under Section 2-205 of the Uniform Commercial Code are irrevocable for a period of time in accordance with the terms of that provision. But should those statutorily irrevocable offers be treated the same way as offers that are included in option contracts, and that are thereby contractually irrevocable, for the application of the “death or legal disability of the offeror” doctrine, or the “rejection or counteroffer” rules, or the “mailbox rule”? Or should firm offers be treated in a different fashion, as are offers not included in option contracts, for those purposes? This article argues that firm offers …

Grading Injustice: Initial Appearance Report Cards, Malia N. Brink, Jiacheng Yu, Pamela R. Metzger

Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center

Arrested people across the United States often wait in jail for days, weeks, or even months before seeing a judge or meeting an attorney. In November 2021, the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center published Ending Injustice: Solving the Initial Appearance Crisis, a comprehensive report about this ongoing crisis in pre-trial due process. That report described the devastating consequences of delayed and uncounseled initial appearances.

Now, these Initial Appearance Report Cards offer a closer look at the laws governing post-arrest procedures in each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. While the Deason …

South Asia/Oceania & India, Kavita Mohan, Amy Tolbert Harris, Aseem Chawla, Chandni Javeri, Jonathan Blank, Nikhil Narayanan, Shruti Singh, Tarang Shashishekar, Supratim Chakraborty, Sumantra Bose, Namrata Patodia Rastogi, Katherine Maddox Davis

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Russia/Eurasia, Kimberly Reed, Marina Akchurina, Natalia Andreeva, Alexander Artemenko, Timur Bondarev, Maria Grechishkina, Viktoriia Hut, Dmitry Kaysin, Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Oles Kvyat, Alexander Nazarov, Bohdan Shmorhun, Mykhailo Soldatenko, Serhii Sviriba, Ksenia Tarhova

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Middle East, Rebecca Lee Katz, Adam Al-Sarraf, Mustafa Ali, Hannah Jung, Farrah Qazi, Myriam Khedair, Seyed Mohsen Rowhani, Benjamin Leventhal, Omar Nimri, Ibrahim Sattout, Dania Dib, Fouad Debs, Howard Stovall, Farooq Bsharat, Salah Shawa

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Mexico, Estefanía Díaz González, Ana Paula Madrigal Garza, Eduardo Sánchez Madrigal, Juan Carlos Partida Poblador, Juan Ilich Pérez García, Ana Sofía Villa Hernández, Arciria Ireri Ireta Amador

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European Law, James Henry Bergeron, Matthew Soper, Isabel Montojo, Shekinah Apedo, Marc Weitz, Konstantinos Tsimaras, Henry Stamelos, Angelique Devaux, Jdrg Rehder, Elisabet Rojano-Vendrell

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Central/East Asia & China, Athena Jiangxiao Hou, Michael Dewey, Qing Lyu, Steven Shengxing Yu, Jingbing Li, Yanling Zheng, Ray Cheng Xu, Ying (Jenny) Lu, Asen Velinov

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Canada, Nathania Ustun, Julia Webster, Jesse Goldman, Jacob Mantle

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Africa, Miriam Abaya, Rahel Alemayehu Ayana, Chioma Ayogu, Susan Bishai, Anne Bodley, Frederick Abu-Bonsrah, Nicolas Bremer, Sherri Marie Carr, Yolanda Chitohwa, Michela Cocchi, Uchechi Durunna, Khaled Abou El Houda, Porpoise Evans, Sara Frazão, Ganiyou Gassikia, Tyler Holmes, Rahel Kaltiso, Rebecca Lee Katz, John Mukum Mbaku, Alexandra Meise, Luís Miranda, Jacques-Brice Momnougui, Filipa Monteiro, Richard Alves Silva, Frances Socash, Marc Weitz, Nahom Abraham Woldeabzghi

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U.S. Lawyers Abroad, Linda Strite Murnane

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International Legal Education And Specialist Certification Committee, Mara A. Smith

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National Security Law, Geoffrey M. Goodale, Lucille Hague, Matthew O'Hare, Jonathan M. Meyer, Mario Mancuso, Guy C. Quinlan, Sergio L. Suarez, Loren Voss

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Life Sciences & Health Law, Carly Toepke, Katrin Hanschitz, Yevgeniya Ocheretko, Danny Shebaclo

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International Human Rights, Shekinah Apedo, Daniel L. Appelman, Elena Ateva, Arzu Rana Deuba, Mark Du, Claudia Feldkamp, Federica Dell'orto Hadar, Corinne Lewis, Tschika Mcbean, Sophie Pouget, Caroline Renner, Judith Wood, Constance Z. Wagner

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International Art And Cultural Heritage Law, Patty Gerstenblith, Anne-Sophie Nardon, Michela Cocchi, Kevin Ray

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International Anti-Money Laundering, Harry Dixon, Nicole S. Healy, Albert Janet, Jo Ritcey-Donohue

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Anti-Corruption, Marc Alain Bohn, Collmann Griffin, Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile, Frank Fariello, Dmitri Lohvinski

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International Tax, Sunita Doobay, Peter Feros, Pamela A. Fuller, Selina Elisabeth Grossmann, Hans-Peter Hansen, Jennifer Horton, Henrique Lopes, Patrick Marley, Shigeki Minami, Kelvin Ng, Theodore Pasialis, Eugenio Romita, Niv Tadmore, Silvana M. Yanichevsky

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Immigration And Naturalization, Kevin J. Fandl, Betina Schlossberg, Stewart Chang Chang, Sabrina Damast, Anju Gupta, Pooja Mehta, Samantha Rumsey

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Cross-Border Real Estate, Avikshit Moral, Aditi Joshi, Timur Bondaryev

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Young Lawyer's Interest Network: Canada's Legalization Of Cannabis And The Impact On The American Border, Denise Calle

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Women's Interest Network, Dana Katz, Hannah Alderks, Marie Elena Angulo, Melodie Arian, Michela Cocchi, Lauren Gabuzzi, Angela M. Gallerizzo, Kristina Holm, Julianne Jaquith, Dawn Yamane Hewett, Hannah Jung, Myriam Khedair, Christine Korper, Molly O'Casey, Susan Polizzotto, Karen Sherman, Sandhya Taneja, Leanne R. E. Torres

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Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity, Mark E. Wojcik, David W. Austin, Andrea Deffenu, Jon Fortin

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International Transportation Law, Martin Abadi, Jay Junekun Choi, Attilio M. Costabel, Andrew M. Danas, Jason W. Drouyor, Gregory C. Maddaleni, Philip Peng

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Energy And Natural Resources Across The Globe: An Update To Energy Policy In Africa, South America And Asia, Ricardo Silva, Amala Nath, Christopher Pearson, Mariana Ardizzone, Mathias Dantin, Ricardo Alves Silva, Sara Frazão, William Klawonn

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