Concordia University School of Law, Faculty Scholarship
Submissions from 2020
Balancing Religious Liberty and Anti-Discrimination Interests in the Public Employment Context: The Impact of Masterpiece Cakeshop and American Legion, Brenda M. Bauges
An Economic Unit Approach to Evaluating the Payment of Undergraduate Educational Expenses as Fraudulent Tranfers, B. Summer Chandler
Submissions from 2019
Avoiding Gatekeeper Bias in Hiring Decisions, Brenda M. Bauges and Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Concordia Law Panel Will Discuss Amending the Constitution with a "Con-Con”, McKay Cunningham
Exposed, McKay Cunningham
Beyond the “Practice Ready” Buzz: Sifting through the Disruption of the Legal Industry to Divine the Skills Needed by New Attorneys, Jason G. Dykstra
The Structural Underpinnings of Access to Justice: Building a Solid Pro Bono Infrastructure, Latonia Haney Keith
Idaho Supreme Court Rules on Misdemeanor Arrests, Jodi Nafzger
The Legalities of Hemp and Cannabis in Idaho, Ryan Stoa
Submissions from 2018
Gerrymandering and Conceit: The Supreme Court's Conflict With Itself, McKay Cunningham
Index to Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff's Advocate Articles, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Legal Citation Part I: The Basics of Legal Citation, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Taking the 30,000-Foot View: Seeing What You've Written, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
To That or Not to That: When to Use and When to Omit "That", Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Beyond the Basics: Lesser-Used Punctuation Marks, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff and Jason G. Dykstra
Legal Citation Part III: Using Citation to Convey Textual Meaning, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff and Jason G. Dykstra
Legal Citation Part II: Tips & Tricks to Avoid Common Errors, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff and Jason G. Dykstra
Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries: Highlights from Hangzhou, Ning Han, Evelyn Ma, and Wei Luo
Leveling Felony Charges for Withholding Evidence, Jodi Nagzger
Submissions from 2017
Govern Yourself Accordingly: Crafting Effective Demand Letters, Jason G. Dykstra
Connections Count Part I: Generic Transitions, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Connections Count Part II: Orienting and Substantive Transitions, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Three Tips for Concise Writing, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Writing for E-Readers: Tips and Tricks to Craft Effective Briefs, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Legal Research Instruction and Law Librarianship in China: An Updated View of Current Practices and a Comparison with the U.S. Legal Education System, Ning Han, Liying Yu, and Anne Mostad-Jensen
African Judicial Review, the Use of Comparative African Jurisprudence, and the Judicialization of Politics, Joseph M. Isanga
Professionalism and Ethics Section Takes Its Turn, Jodi Nafzger
Comparative Cannabis: Approaches to Marijuana Agriculture Regulation in the United States and Canada, Ryan Stoa
Marijuana Agriculture Law: Regulation at the Root of an Industry, Ryan Stoa
Marijuana Appellations: The Case for Cannabicultural Designations of Origin, Ryan Stoa
Water Governance in Haiti: An Assessment of Laws and Institutional Capacities, Ryan Stoa
Submissions from 2016
Women on State Boards and Commissions: Is Idaho Where It Wants to Be?, Brenda M. Bauges
Complying with International Data Protection Law, McKay Cunningham
Free Expression, Privacy, and Diminishing Sovereignty in the Information Age: The Internationalization of Censorship, McKay Cunningham
Bridging the Gap: Transistioning Law School Legal Writing Skills to Practicing Law, Jason G. Dykstra
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Your Legal Writing with Plain English, Jason G. Dykstra
Good Old-Fashioned Editing, Jason G. Dykstra
Alphabet Soup: More Confusing Word Pairs, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
A Quick Reference: Tricky Prepositions and Confusing Adjectives, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Beyond the Basics: Typographic Symbols in Writing, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Help the Reader Swim Downstream: Create Flow in Your Writing, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Rule of Law and African Development, Joseph M. Isanga
Poverty, the Great Unequalizer: Improving the Delivery System for Civil Legal Aid, Latonia Haney Keith
The Elimination of Child "Custody" Litigation: Using Business Branding Techniques to Transform Social Behavior, Elena B. Langan
Bridging the Justice Gap: Judicial Promotion of Pro Bono, Jodi Nafzger
Cooperative Federalism in Biscayne National Park, Ryan Stoa
Weed and Water Law: Regulating Legal Marijuana, Ryan Stoa
中国法律检索教育新发展, Liying Yu and Ning Han
Submissions from 2015
It’s All Going to Pot Is Relief Available for Debtors in the Marijuana Business?, Summer B. Chandler
Back to Basics, Part V: Adjectives, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Beyond the Basics: Transitive, Intransitive, Ditransitive and Ambitransitive Verbs, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Confusing Word Pairs III: D Words, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Fairness, Clarity, Precision, and Reaction: Gender-free and Bias-free Word Choice, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Feeling Possessed: The Use of the Genitive Case, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Know Your Audience: Writing to Non-Lawyers, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Odds and Ends: My Inbox Part II, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Robust Writing: Crafting Better Sentences, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Spring Cleaning Part II, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Droughts, Floods, and Wildfires: Paleo Perspectives on Diaster Law in the Anthropocene, Ryan Stoa
Modernizing the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to Harmonize with the Affordable Care Act to Improve Equality, Quality and Cost of Emergency Care, Katharine A. Van Tassel
Submissions from 2014
Class Action Settlement Residue and Cy Pres Awards: Emerging Problems and Practical Solutions, Wilber H. Boies and Latonia Haney Keith
Is It Fair to Discriminate in Favor of Pensioners in a Chapter 11 Plan?, Summer B. Chandler
Next Generation Privacy: The Internet of Things, Data Exhaust, and Reforming Regulation by Risk of Harm, McKay Cunningham
A Pro's Woe: Overcoming Writer's Block in a Hurry, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Back to Basics III: Noun-Sense, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Back to Basics [IV]: Subordinate Word Groups, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Confusing Word Pairs: Part II, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Creating Clarity: Careful Use of Contronyms, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Some February Fun: F Words, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Time Savings: E-editing Tricks and Tips, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Typography Matters: Document Design, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Words on the Page: Font Matters, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Technical Services Going Mobile, Ning Han
Subsidiarity in Principle: Decentralization of Water Resources Management, Ryan Stoa
The United Nations Watercourses Convention on the Dawn of Entry into Force, Ryan Stoa
Intellectual Property and Public Health: A White Paper, Katharine A. Van Tassel
Submissions from 2013
Maybe Taxes Aren't So Certain: What Is "Fair and Equitable" in a Chapter 9 Plan?, B. Summer Chandler and Mark S. Kaufman
Diminishing Sovereignty: How European Privacy Law Became International Norm, McKay Cunningham
To Verb or Not to Verb, Jason G. Dykstra
Adding Eloquence to Your Legal Writing with Figures of Speech, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Back to Basics II: Parts of Speech, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Crafting Clear, Correct Sentences, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Five Tips to Combat Verbosity, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Problems with Pronouns Part III: Gender-Linked Pronouns, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Ten Steps to Build Better Briefs: Part I, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Ten Steps to Build Better Briefs: Part II, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
The Other Four-Letter Words, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
The Constitutive Act of the African Union, African Courts and the Protection of Human Rights: New Dispensation, Joseph M. Isanga
The International Criminal Court, Ten Years Later: Appraisal and Prospects, Joseph M. Isanga
The Looming Chapter 9 Battle over State Protection of Vested Public Employee Pension Benefits, Mark S, Kaufman and Summer B. Chandler
Keeping Pace with Technology-Driven Profession, Jodi Nafzger
Harmonizing the Affordable Care Act with the Three Main National Systems for Healthcare Quality Improvement: The Tort, Licensure, and Hospital Peer Review Hearing Systems, Katharine Van Tassel
Using Clinical Practice Guidelines and Knowledge Translation Theory to Cure the Negative Impact of the National Hospital Peer Review Hearing System on Healthcare Quality, Cost, and Access, Katharine Van Tassel
Submissions from 2012
Privacy in the Age of the Hacker: Balancing Global Privacy and Data Security Law, Cunningham, McKay, McKay Cunningham
Back to Basics: Subject and Verb Agreement, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Capitalization Conundrums Clarified, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Confusing Word Pairs, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff