• Brief of amici curiae legal scholars in support of appellant 

  Brief of Amici Curiae Legal Scholars in Support of Appellant, State v. Mata, No. 18-0740 (Neb. June 21, 2019) (co-authored by Tracy Hightower-Henne, G. Michael Fenner & Kevin Barry).

• District attorneys, discretion, and dialogue: How the culture of a prosecutor's office frames the relationship between superiors and subordinates 

  Gregory J. O’Meara, District Attorneys, Discretion, and Dialogue: How the Culture of a Prosecutor’s Office Frames the Relationship Between Superiors and Subordinates, 51 Creighton L. Rev. 729 (2018).

  INTRODUCTION|Failings in legal reasoning echo the failings of the Enlightenment project. The Creighton Law Review asked me to address the relationship between superiors and subordinates in a legal ethics context. In this ...

• Nebraska jury instructions: Second edition 

  Nebraska Jury Instructions: Second Edition (2018-19 ed. 2018).

• Some states adopt conditional admission 

  Richard E. Shugrue, Some States Adopt Conditional Admission, State Bar (Neb. State Bar Ass'n, Lincoln, Neb.), Aug. 1995, at 5.

• CADA seeks first-person accounts of recovery from addictive behavior 

  Richard E. Shugrue, CADA Seeks First-Person Accounts of Recovery from Addictive Behavior, State Bar (Neb. State Bar Ass'n, Lincoln, Neb.), May 1996, at 9.

• Roscoe Pound, Commissioner 

  Richard E. Shugrue, Roscoe Pound, Commissioner, Neb. Law., Aug. 2000, at 18.

• CADA proposal would fund Lawyer Assistance Program 

  Richard E. Shugrue, CADA proposal would fund Lawyer Assistance Program, State Bar (Neb. State Bar Ass'n, Lincoln, Neb.), July 1995, at 6.

• Law students at risk from alcohol, drug abuse 

  Richard E. Shugrue, Law Students at Risk from Alcohol, Drug Abuse, State Bar (Neb. State Bar Ass'n, Lincoln, Neb.), Jan. 1995, at 12.

• Patchak v. Zinke - Brief of amici curiae Federal Courts and Federal Indian Law Scholars in support of respondents 

  Brief of Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Federal Indian Law Scholars in Support of Respondents, Patchak v. Zinke, No. 16-498 (U.S. Feb. 27, 2018) (co-authored by G. Michael Fenner)(Available at 2017 WL 4483910).

  Holding: David Patchak filed suit challenging the authority of the secretary of the Interior Department to take into trust a property (Bradley Property) on which Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians wished ...

• Inquiry into a principle of "speech plus" 

  Richard E. Shugrue, An Inquiry into a Principle of "Speech Plus," 3 Creighton L. Rev. 267 (1970).

  Unfortunately, Americans have been ambivalent with regard to freedom of expression and nonverbal dissent. Nonverbal conduct which is intimately linked with expression of opinions has often been considered wholly unprotected ...

• DC currents: TEC initiatives 

  DC currents: TEC initiatives, 36 Tax Adviser 297 (2005) (Thomas J. Purcell III ed.)

  Provides information on the Tax Executive Committee (TEC), a senior technical committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which is authorized to speak for the Institute on tax matters and is also ...

• Nebraska jury instructions: Second edition 

  Nebraska Jury Instructions: Second Edition (2017-18 ed. 2017).

• Nebraska jury instructions: Second edition 

  Nebraska Jury Instructions: Second Edition (2016-17 ed. 2016).

• Inapplicability of traditional tort analysis to environmental rists: The example of toxic waste pollution victim compensation 

  Palma J. Strand, Note, The Inapplicability of Traditional Tort Analysis to Environmental Risks: The Example of Toxic Waste Pollution Victim Compensation, 35 Stan. L. Rev. 575 (1983).

  Toxic waste disposal injuries are fundamentally different - in the time lag between disposal and injury and in the indeterminacy of causation of the injury - from the immediate, individualized wrongs for which tort law ...

• Arlington's changing story: civic engagement in Arlington County, Virginia 

  Melinda D. Patrician & Palma J. Strand, Arlington's Changing Story: Civic Engagement in Arlington County, Virginia (2003).

  This report describes an assessment of civic engagement practices in Arlington County, Virginia - the processes, the results, and the themes that emerged. The report also contains recommendations for improving these practices ...

• Civic engagement: A guide for communities 

  Palma J. Strand & Melinda D. Patrician, Civic Engagement: A Guide for Communities (2006).

  Civic engagement is a healthy way to solve problems, is good for community leaders, and is worth the inconvenience or bother that might be encountered along the way. The guide to civic engagement is neither an in-depth ...

• Forced to bowl alone? 

  Palma J. Strand, Forced to Bowl Alone? Nation, Feb. 10, 2003, at 25 (reviewing Matthew A. Crenson & Benjamin Ginsberg, Downsizing Democracy: How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public (2002)).

  The state of civic participation in the U.S. is the subject of much hand-wringing. The lament is generally that citizens are withdrawn - that civic life is less vibrant than it once was and should be. This book review ...

• East Palo Alto: A community divided 

  Palma J. Strand, Note, East Palo Alto: A Community Divided, 4 Stan. Env. L. Ann. 119 (1982).

  East Palo Alto is an anomaly in the Mid-Peninsula. The community houses a primarily minority and low-income population. The economic miracle which brought development and tax revenues to the rest of the Silicon Valley has ...

• Gaining on the gap: Changing hearts, minds, and practice 

  Robert G. Smith, Alvin L. Crawley, Cheryl Robinson, Timothy Cotman Jr., Marty Swaim & Palma Strand, Gaining on the Gap: Changing Hearts, Minds, and Practice (2011).

• School climate 

  Palma Strand & Melinda Patrician, School Climate, Educ. Wk., June 13, 2001, at 38.

  The hot-button issue of the gaps in achievement in education between white students on the one hand and black and Latino students on the other has multiple aspects: tracking; enrollment in accelerated classes; referral to ...

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