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New Citations to WVU Law Scholarship, July to September 2021

The scholarship of West Virginia University College of Law faculty members is frequently cited as authority in numerous legal disciplines. The following is a list of faculty authored works cited this year and made available on Westlaw Edge between July 1 and September 30, 2021.

Valarie Blake

WVU College of Law SSRN Paper Series Publishes Volume 7, Issue 1

The West Virginia University College of Law Research Paper Series published Volume 7, Issue 1 on January 14, 2019. The following authors were featured for their scholarship recently published to SSRN:

Joshua Fershée, The End of Responsible Growth and Governance?: The Risks Posed by Social Enterprise Enabling Statutes and the Demise of Director Primacy

Professor Joshua Weishart cited by Delaware Court of Chancery

West Virginia University College of Law professor Joshua Weishart's research was recently cited the by Delaware Court of Chancery. In Delawarians for Educational Opportunity v. Carney, the court ruled that the state constitution “obligates the state of Delaware to create and maintain a system of public schools that successfully educates Delaware’s students.” In support of its decision to deny a motion to dismiss the case, the court cites two of Professor Weishart's law review articles for the following:

“It is not possible to divorce a mandate to establish and maintain a system of public schools from the expectation that the schools will educate the students who attend them.” See Joshua E. Weishart, Aligning Education Rights and Remedies, 27 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 346, 360-61 (2018).

Professor Amy Cyphert Contributes to WV Ed Law Blog

West Virginia University College of Law professor Amy Cyphert authored a guest post on the WV Ed Law Blog, published on November 26, 2018. The blog is published by WVU Law professor Joshua Weishart.

In the post titled Some of DeVos’s New Rules on College Sexual Misconduct Not So New in West Virginia, Professor Cyphert discusses proposed regulations from the U.S. Department of Education on Title IX regarding how colleges and universities respond to allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault on campus.

Professor Joshua Weishart

Professor Joshua Weishart to speak at Arkansas Law Review Symposium on Education Reform

West Virginia University law professor Joshua Weishart will speak at the University of Arkansas Law Review Symposium tomorrow, November 2, 2018.   The symposium is titled "Hiding in Plain Sight: What Education Reform Needs". Professor Weishart will participate in the panel, "The New Impediment to School Reform."