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Congratulations to Professor Mazzurco on her upcoming article, "Style Marks"!

Don’t miss out on the newest edition of the SMU Law Review!

It’s Dream Week at SMU—a time to reflect on the enduring legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The week kicked off with Unity Circle, bringing students, faculty, staff and administrators together for a powerful moment of reflection and to honor those who came before us. Keynote speaker and @smulawschool Professor Jessica Dixon Weaver reflected on Dr. King’s final book, "Chaos or Community," urging an all-embracing, unconditional love for all and reminding us that, no matter our background, we are called to love one another.

I wrote about the quest for mineral wealth in #Greenland, #Antarctica & outer space in "Property, Sovereignty, and Customary Governance in Outer Space Resource Extraction" in 2023 @GaLRev. Article here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Kicking off #AALS2026 with a session from the unincorporated business entities section on unincorporated entities in the digital age, led and moderated by my @SMULawSchool colleague @ProfChristyHurt

Excited that my new article, Facilitating Mortgage Modification to Save Homes and Mitigate Lender Losses, available at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… will be published in Duquesne Law Review @DuquesneLaw @SMULawSchool

@VolunteerTwit To round out the panel, my @SMULawSchool colleague @Andrea_Tosato presents his fantastic article on DAO’s & bankruptcy co-authored w/ @TAMULawSchool’s @ChrisOdinet & @unc_law’s Kara Bruce. Find it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

My @SMULawSchool colleagues are taking #AALS by storm! @ShaniShisha presented as part of the #IP works in progress session today, and totally rocked it!

SMU Dedman School of Law faculty will have a strong presence at the 2026 AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Our professors will serve as speakers, moderators, commentators, section leaders, and award recipients across a wide range of subject areas, including business and securities law, constitutional law, health law, intellectual property, and legal history. We are proud to see Dedman Law faculty contributing scholarship, leadership, and service at the national level. Faculty participating in AALS 2026 include: Christine Hurt, Andrea Tosato, Seema Mohapatra, Carla Reyes, Joshua Tate, Eric Ruben, Marc Steinberg, Natalie Nanasi, Shani Shisha, Christina Sautter, Carliss Chatman, and Joanna Grossman. Faculty serving in AALS section leadership roles include: Christine Hurt, Marc Steinberg, Natalie Nanasi, Jessica Dixon Weaver, Eric Ruben, Carla Reyes, Seema Mohapatra, Cassie Walker, and Carliss Chatman.

Meet Shamoil Shipchandler! In our online M.L.S. program, he teaches White Collar Crime and Internal Investigations, translating real investigations and regulatory actions into practical lessons you can use at work. Get to know more about his impressive background: bit.ly/44sJ50g

New @BLaw column: Texas is showing how to teach AI in law the right way—innovation with guardrails. At @SMULawSchool, we’re training students to evaluate AI, not replace judgment with it. Efficiency without integrity isn’t competence. Full column: news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange…

Join us for "The True Status of Corporate Directors and Officers – “Discretionaries” Not Fiduciaries" on 3 Dec with Professor Marc I. Steinberg from @SMULawSchool at @HkuLaw Details: aiifl.law.hku.hk/events/upcomin…

ADL Texoma honored Tom Leatherbury, Dir. of the First Amendment Clinic at SMU School of Law, with the Larry Schoenbrun Jurisprudence Award. The award is presented annually for outstanding leadership, exemplary contributions to the community, and a commitment to the ideals of ADL.

At the 2025 Public Scholar Lecture, @SMULawSchool Prof. Jessica Dixon Weaver showed how freedom, equality, and justice are not abstract—they live in our laws, our institutions, and our choices. Read the lecture recap at: blog.smu.edu/maguireethics/…

We’re proud to share that Professor Jenia Turner has been appointed to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules. In that capacity, she will help advise federal courts on criminal procedure rules amendments through 2028. Read more: bit.ly/43bNJis

Public defenders continue to face excessive workloads. But what impact does that have on case outcomes? On 11/19, Dr. Amy Mahler presents new research on how public defender workloads influence the experiences of the clients they serve. Register>> bit.ly/42DQ0C

SMU Dedman School of Law (@SMULawSchool) Prof. Marc Steinberg joins Fordham Law Prof. Amelia Martella ’07 on the latest episode of Fordham Law’s Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast (@fordhamcorpcntr) to discuss corporate fiduciaries & “discretionaries.” 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Texas is putting its “business-friendly” brand in the constitution. My @BloombergTax piece looks at how a ban on securities and exchange taxes could reshape where capital markets call home. 🔗 news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-a… #TaxPolicy #Texas #CapitalMarkets

These results speak to the strength of @SMULawSchool's student body, our relentless focus on student outcomes, and the ability of our graduates to hit the ground running! Congratulations to our students, faculty and alumni who exemplify what legal excellence looks like, in Texas and beyond!

Professor Marc Steinberg spoke at @Cambridge_Uni this week on his new Oxford University Press book, "Corporate Director and Officer Liability: 'Discretionaries' Not Fiduciaries." Next stop: @KingsCollegeLon 🔗Read more: smu.edu/law/news-event…