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The Vision and Inception of the Legal Aid Clinic at SMU School of Law
Get PDFThis paper examines the impetus behind the creation of the SMU Clinic and analyzes how the clinic actually worked in its early years and whether the clinic accomplished its objectives. I wrote this paper during my last semester of law school while participating in the SMU Clinic as a student attorney. While researching this paper, I had the pleasure of speaking with some of the first student attorneys that participated in the SMU Clinic, many of whom went on to practice law for decades afterwards. I greatly enjoyed hearing their perspectives, and love that I was able to similarly provide legal services to members of the Dallas community through my work with the SMU Clinic
Insurance Law
Get PDFThis Article describes and analyzes major developments in insurance law that occurred in Texas between December 1 and November 30 of 2022
Make America Healthy: Reducing High Pharmaceutical Prices Without Reducing Innovation
Get PDFCost of medication in the United States has historically remained one of the highest in the world. The conundrum that the United States has faced in balancing innovation with affordability of life-saving medications is palpable, especially when faced with the reality of patent monopolies conflicting with healthcare obligations. The result is an overflow of issues, which emphasize the need to delineate limits on innovation to balance pharmaceutical novelty with robust public health within the United States. This has increasingly shifted the focus of patent law into the realm of healthcare issues. Naturally, it leads to an inquiry about how best to engage in an exercise of prioritizing affordability to enable access to life-saving medications to all people as opposed to a select few. The casualty of the conundrums and conflicts that prevail between patent law and its interludes into healthcare access and trade law is unfortunate and leaves the American consumer literally unhealthy. Meanwhile, a lack of health equity has forced legislators to engage with the public health issues of their constituents to explore solutions that improve affordability and access to high-priced pharmaceuticals. One such legislative solution, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, forms the backdrop for this paper.
With that background, this paper engages with simple questions. How did prices get so high in the first place? What can be done to dismantle barriers to make America healthy, literally? To answer this, the paper addresses the root causes of high drug prices. It explores how established policies and practices, which Americans fund in the first place, limit affordability and access to life-saving medications. In tracing high drug prices to their source, this paper identifies burdensome legal barriers that prevent both generic and biosimilar medications from entering the market in a timely manner. It also identifies solutions. Specifically, the paper explores whether, and if so, how, agency action between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can intervene to alleviate the burdens. To do this effectively, this paper uses the insulin story and the Humira story to discuss market-entry barriers and to provide suggestions for market entry of generic and biosimilar medications
Forging the Future of Business Education: Rigor, Relevance, and Impact in a Changing World
No full textIn an era of relentless technological disruption and complex global challenges, business education stands at a critical inflection point. This paper introduces a transformative formula for sustained excellence: Rigor x Relevance = Impact. By 2035, the leading business schools will be those that seamlessly integrate academic rigor with practical relevance to drive meaningful change across industries and societies.The future demands more than merely “job-ready” graduates; it calls for leaders who are “future-prepared”—equipped with adaptability, ethical grounding, critical thinking, technological proficiency, and a global mindset, to excel in an increasingly complex and unpredictable world. Envision a paradigm where AI-powered tutors and immersive virtual reality redefine classrooms, global partnerships erase borders, and executive education evolves into a lifelong commitment to learning.This paper offers a bold roadmap for business schools to reimagine their mission: to shape resilient, innovative leaders who can solve humanity’s most pressing challenges and navigate the complexities of the future workforce. It challenges educators, students, and industry leaders to view change not as a threat but as an opportunity to lead. This vision positions business schools not only as educational institutions but as catalysts of global progress and drivers of transformative leadership in the 21st century.The stakes have never been higher: adapt, innovate, and inspire—or risk irrelevance
Internet Appendix to: The Road to False Positives: Sample Selection and Specification Choice in Randomized and Natural Experiments
No full textThis Appendix contains additional results and discussions to accompany Black, Desai, Litvak, Yoo, and Yu, The Road to False Positives: Sample Selection and Specification Choice in Randomized and Natural Experiments. It contains sample details; graphs for each of the specifications and regression details for our specification, the best-match specifications for the re-examined papers and results for step-by-step moves from our specification to the best-match specification along with reported results for each of the 10 re-examined papers
Solar Eclipses and the Law
Get PDFThis Article provides a comprehensive overview of the legal issues that appear with a solar eclipse. These include the sale of defective or fake eclipse glasses, vehicle accidents, liability claims for personal injuries against school districts, as well as questions involving the freedom of religion. Finally, this Article concludes by considering the juxtaposition between a perennial event such as a solar eclipse and the evolving nature of law
Remote Court Hearings (Past, Present, and Future): Arizona’s Next Steps for a New World to Enhance Access to Justice
Get PDFIn this article, the Arizona Supreme Court COVID-19 Continuity of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency Workgroup (“Plan B Workgroup”) provides an update from its prior efforts, building on the Post-pandemic Recommendations: COVID-19 Continuity of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency Workgroup, 75 SMU LAW REVIEW FORUM 1 (2022). This article focuses on the Plan B Workgroup’s February 2022 Recommended Remote and In-Person Hearings in the Arizona State Courts in the Post-Pandemic World and developments after those Recommendations. The article highlights the consideration and adoption of the Recommendations by the Arizona Judicial Council and the Arizona Supreme Court, as well as adaption, adoption, and implementation by Arizona’s trial courts. It then analyzes various surveys regarding remote hearings in 2023 in Arizona, both of members of the State Bar of Arizona and Arizona’s state courts. The article then describes potential next steps for remote court proceedings, including accounting for the fast-changing world of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential for enhancing access to justice
Building Effective Large Language Model Agents
Get PDFThe advancement of large language models (LLMs) has significantly expanded the influence of artificial intelligence across various sectors. This paper explores building LLM agents to power applications and examines what is necessary to build an efficient and helpful AI assistant. The research investigates the core components necessary to create specialized agents, facilitate collaboration in problem-solving, and improve human task performance. The development and application of tools designed to augment the capabilities of LLM agents are also explored. The paper addresses the potential risks of the unknowns, such as hallucinations, which can compromise the success of agent-based solutions within LLM applications. The potential application areas for LLM agents and the broader implications of these findings on AI research and application development are discussed