Education
- J.D., Harvard Law School
- B.A., Michigan State University
Biography
A long-serving faculty member (1983-2013), Professor Rains is one of the most widely published and traveled faculty members of our Law School. In addition to teaching academic courses in Family, Disability, and Juvenile Law, Professor Rains supervised students in practice in both the Family Law Clinic and the Disability Law Clinic, which he founded in 1985. For many years, he also taught a summer course in Florence, Italy, on Comparative and International Family Law.
-
A long-time member of the Board of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR), he authored several amicus briefs to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of that organization. An active member of the International Society of Family Law, he has made presentations at their conferences in Australia, England, Utah, and, in 2014, Israel. He speaks frequently at meetings of the practicing bar, as well as at academic conferences. On behalf of the Journal of Comparative Law (UK), he organized a workshop in July 2014 in London on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. In the fall of 2014, in addition to making CLE presentations at two county bar associations, he addressed the “Symposium on The Future of Families and of Family Law” at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. Since January 2016, Professor Rains has been the editor of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, the scholarly journal of the PBA.
Professor Rains is a legal versifier and fabulist whose law verses have appeared in numerous academic and professional journals. He is the author of True Tales of Trying Times: Legal Fables for Today (2007). Rains’ volunteer community activities include serving on the Cumberland County Youth Aid Panels, a diversionary program for juveniles charged with misdemeanors.
-
I. LAW AND LAW-RELATED
Books/Journals
Editor, The 1980 Hague Abduction Convention: Comparative Aspects, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill (London, 2014).
Guest editor, Journal of Comparative Law, symposium issue on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Vol. 9, No. 1 (2014).
True Tales of Trying Times: Legal Fables for Today, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK, 2007), published in the United Kingdom by Wildy, Simmonds and Hill (London) and in the United States by Willow Crossing Press (Carlisle, PA).
Articles/Book Chapters
“Lady Audley’s Secret Crimes,” Hedgehogs and Foxes, Dec. 7, 2022), https://hedgehogsandfoxes.org/...
“Disinheriting Pennsylvania’s Children,” The Pennsylvania Lawyer, Vol. 44, p. 28 (Sept./Oct. 2022).
“The Need for Speed in International Child Abduction Cases,” The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 67, p. 48 (Sept./Oct. 2020).
“The Medicare Observation Status Scam,” The Pennsylvania Lawyer, Vol. 40, p. 42 (Sept./Oct. 2018).
“Icing on the Wedding Cake: Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Objections—Is There an Accommodation That Will Make Everyone Equally Happy (or Unhappy)?” 42 Vermont Law Review 191 (Winter 2017).
“The Duty to Submit All(?) Evidence,” in Thomas E. Bush, Social Security Disability Practice, Revision 24, James Publishing (2017).
“The Future of Justice Scalia’s Predictions of Family Law Doom,” 29 BYU J. Pub. Law 353 (2015).
(07/23)
2
“Possession is 9/10 of the Law: The Need for Strict Procedural Rules in Hague Abduction Convention Cases,” Journal of Comparative Law (UK), Vol. 9, Issue 1, 253 (2014), republished as book chapter in The 1980 Hague Abduction Convention, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill (London, 2014).
“The Legal Status of Same-Sex Married Couples in Pennsylvania after the U. S. Supreme Court Decision in the DOMA Case,” 85 PBA Quarterly 1 (Jan. 2014).
“A Minimalist Approach to Same-Sex Divorce: Respecting States that Permit Same-Sex Marriages and States that Refuse to Recognize Them,” Utah L. Rev. Vol. 2012, No. 1, p. 393.
“The American Bar Association Rejects Collaborative Law Guidelines: A Temporary Setback or a Sign of Things to Come?” chapter, Law of the USA (Ukraine), No. 1, p. 143 (2012); reprinted as “Il rigetto delle linee guida sul divorzio collaborativo da parte dell’American Bar Association: un passo indietro o una premessa per il future?” in Le Ragioni degli Altri: Mediazione e Famiglia tra Conflitto e Dialogo, Firenze University Press, Italy (2013).
“Scapegoating Social Security Disability Claimants (and the Judges Who Evaluate Them),” co-authored with Jon Dubin, Issue Brief, American Constitution Society, March 2012, available at http://www.acslaw.org/publicat...; republished at 34 Social Security Forum No. 3, p.8 (March 2012).
“A Prenup for Prince William and Kate? England Inches Toward 20th Century Law of Antenuptial Agreements; How Shall It Enter the 21st?” 23 Florida J. Intl Law 447 (2011).
“DOMA and the Social Security Act: An Odd Couple Begetting Disfavored Children,” 55 St. Louis L. J. 811 (2011).
“Marriage in the Time of Internet Ministers: I Now Pronounce You Married, But Who Am I To Do So?” (64 U. Miami L. Rev. 809 (2010)), reprinted in abridged format, 14 J. Internet Law, No. 4 (Oct. 2010), reprinted in Law of the USA (Ukraine), No. 1, p. 95 (2012).
“What the Erie ‘Surrogate Triplets’ Can Teach State Legislatures About the Need to Enact Article 8 of the Uniform Parentage Act (2000),” 56 Cleveland State L. Rev. 1 (2008).
“Three Parents?” 20 Denning Law J. 197 (2008).
“Professional Responsibility and Social Security Representation: The Myth of the State Bar Bar to Compliance with Federal Rules on Production of Adverse Evidence,” 92 Cornell L. Rev. 363 (2007).
“A Response to Block, Lubbers, and Verkuil, ‘The Social Security Administration’s New Disability Adjudication Rules,’ A Cause for Optimism ... and Concern,” 92 Cornell L. Rev. 249 (2007).
3
“Disability and Family Relationships: Marriage Penalties and Support Anomalies,” 22 Georgia State U. L. Rev. 561 (2006); republished in abbreviated format as “Marriage Penalties Affecting Disabled Persons in the United States,” Family Law: Balancing Interests and Pursuing Priorities, 354, Lynn D. Wardle and Camille S. Williams, eds., Hein and Co., 2007.
“Legal Recognition of Gender Change for Transsexual Persons in the United Kingdom: The Human Rights Act 1998 and Compatibility with European Human Rights Law,” 33 Georgia J. Int’l & Comp. L. 333 (2005).
“To Rhyme Or Not To Rhyme: An Appraisal,” 16 Law and Literature 1 (Cardozo Law School) (Spring 2004), reprinted at 26 Pa. Family Lawyer 53 (Sept. 2004).
“The Clash of the Right to Identity of Adoptive Children vs. the Right of Privacy of Biological Parents,” webpublished on the website of the 11th World Conference of the International Society of Family Law, at http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/isfl..., reprinted in abridged version, Family Life and Human Rights, 581, Peter Lodrup and Eva Modvar, eds., Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS, Oslo (2004).
“Comparison of Delivery Systems for Protective Services and Related Legal Services for Victims of Domestic Violence Within a Major American State,” (co-authored with Jane Muller-Peterson and Andrea C. Jacobsen), webpublished on the website of the Griffith University Family Law Research Unit at http://www.gu.edu.au/centre/fl...., reprinted in Family Law Processes, Practices and Procedures, at 61, John Dewar and Stephen Parker, eds., Hart Publishers, United Kingdom (2003).
“A Discursive Essay on The Nature of Marriage and Divorce in Italy and the United States,” (co-authored with Avv. Gianluca Benedetti), 10 The Digest 1, National Italian American Bar Association Law Journal (2002).
“The Reform of the Italian System of International Private Law with Particular Regard to Domestic Relations Issues,” (co-authored with Avv. Andrea Russo), 23 North Carolina J. Int’l L. and Comm. Reg. 271 (2000).
“Vermont Bends the Same-Sex Marriage Barrier: Baker v. State,” 4 Contemporary Issues in Law 97 (United Kingdom, 2000).
“The Evolving Status of Same-Sex Unions in Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont and Throughout the United States,” 4 Contemporary Issues in Law 71 (United Kingdom, 2000).
“Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F.: Scope of Related Services under American Special Education Law,” 11 Education and the Law 121 (United Kingdom, 1999).
"A Primer on Special Education Law in the United States - Part 1: The Development of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, Public Law 94-142," 10 Education and the Law 5 (United Kingdom, 1998).
4
"A Primer on Special Education Law in the United States - Part 2: Major Supreme Court
Interpretations of Federal Special Education Law and the Evolving Statutory and Case
Law," 10 Education and the Law 135 (United Kingdom, 1998).
"A Primer on Special Education Law in the United States - Part 3: Remedies for
Misdiagnosis and Misplacement of Special Education Students,” 10 Education and the Law 205 (United Kingdom, 1998).
"The Advocate's Conflicting Obligations Vis-A-Vis Adverse Medical Evidence in Social Security Proceedings," 1995 Brigham Young U. L. Rev. 99. [Summarized in Social Security Forum, Vol. 17, No. 7/8, p. 7 (July/Aug. 1995). Cited in North Carolina State Bar Ethics Decision 291. Reprinted at 50 West's Social Security Reporting Service 3 (May 1996). Reprinted in edited and updated format in Thomas E. Bush, Social Security Disability Practice (James Publishing, 1996, 2002, 2005 eds.].
"A Pre-history of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Some Initial Thoughts as to Its Constitutional Implications," 11 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 185 (1992). [Cited in Brief for Respondent Heller v. Doe, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 92-351.]
"Sullivan v. Zebley - New Disability Standards for Indigent Children to Obtain Government Benefits," (co-authored with Richard Weishaupt), 35 St. Louis U. L.J. 539 (1991). [Reprinted at 35 West's Social Security Reporting Service 1 (March 1992).]
"Protecting Children and Their Families from Abuse: The 'Cleveland Crisis' and England's Children Act 1989," 23 Case Western Reserve J. Int’l L. 255 (1991).
"A Specialized Court for Social Security? A critique of recent proposals," 15 Florida State U. L. Rev. 1 (1987). [Reprinted in West's Social Security Reporting Service, Vol. 19, No. 3 (February 1988); Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges, Vol. IX, No. 2 (Fall 1989); 12 Soc. Sec. Forum 4 (Dec. 1987).]
Book Reviews
The Strange Case of Dr. Paul Schoeppe, 127 Dickinson Law Review 783 (2023).
The Expelled Law Student—A Case Law Survey, forthcoming, 71 Journal of Legal Education 558 (2022).
An Attempt to Bring Modern Workplace Realities to the Social Security Disability Adjudication System: Social Security Disability Law and the American Labor Market, 126 Dickinson L. Rev.585 (2022).
Review: New Book on Disability Law and the Labor Market, NOSSCR Social Security Forum, Vol. 43, No. 9, p. 3 (Sept. 2021).
Holmes Reads Holmes, (co-authored with William E. Butler), Law and Literature, 33 (3) (2021).
5
Musings from Another Time, 21 Green Bag 2d 361 (2018).
Constitutional Courts, Gays, and Lesbians, Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 13, No. 1, p, 233 (2018).
The Perils and Pitfalls of Marital Agreements in Multiple Legal Systems, 46 ABA Family Law Quarterly 385 (Fall 2012).
Of Cantos and Clerihews, 13 Green Bag 2d 453 (2010).
Hindu Divorce, 4 J. Comparative Law 192 (U.K. 2009).
Modern British Family Law in One Accessible Volume, 25 Penn State Int’l L. Rev. 707 (2007).
Technical Writings
“Merryman Decision Was Judge’s Alone, Not Supreme Court’s” (letter to editor) The Pennsylvania Lawyer, July/Aug. 2019, p. 9.
“Bite Mark Identification—A Reliable Forensic Tool or Junk Science?” with Samuel D. Hodge, Jr. and Alexandra Ewing, PBA Quarterly, July 2017, reprinted as “The Growing Controversy Swirling Around Bite Mark Evidence,” The Practical Lawyer, August 2017.
“A Zebley Remembrance,” July 2015, available at http://povertylaw.org/clearing... (last visited 8-03-2015).
“Same-Sex marriage ban unlikely to return in Pa.” LNP LancasterOnline Op-ed (June 18, 2015), available at http://lancasteronline.com/opi... (last visited 7-03-2015).
“Could a Supreme Court ruling decide the same-sex marriage argument or set off another round in the culture wars?” (co-authored with Dara Purvis), The Conversation, April 30, 2015, available at: http://theconversation.com/cou... (last visited 4-30-2015).
“Estate Planning for Pennsylvania Families with a Disabled Family Member,” (co-authored with Shaya Rubenstein), 82 PA Bar Assoc. Quarterly 16 (Jan. 2011).
“The Family Lawyer’s Guide to Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income,” 31 Pa. Family Lawyer 23 (March 2009).
“The Impact of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on Social Security Benefits,” 30 Social Security Forum, No. 7, p. 14 (Aug. 2008).
6
“Abandon Proposed Rules—Social Security Disability Benefits,” (op-ed), National Law Journal, Feb. 18, 2008.
“The Social Security Protection Act of 2004 and the Duty to Disclose Adverse Evidence,” 26 Social Security Forum 1 (Nov. 2004). [Reprinted in Advanced Issues in Social Security Disability, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pub. No. 2005-3999.]
“Adding Uncertainty to Uncertainty about Common Law Marriage: PNC Bank Corp v. W.C.A.B. (Stamos), 813 A.2d 1269 (Pa. Cmwlth.2003),” 25 Pennsylvania Family Lawyer 101 (Dec. 2003).
“Sims v. Apfel, A Postscript and Unanswered Questions,” Federal Bar Association Social Security Section Newsletter (Spring 2003).
“Senate Bill 979: Expanding the “Jen and Dave” Act,” 24 Pennsylvania Family Lawyer 40 (June 2002).
“Issue Waiver at the ALJ Level after Sims,” Federal Bar Association Social Security Section Newsletter (Spring 2001).
“Debating Disability Design,” 47 Federal Lawyer 39 (May 2000).
“Issue Waiver” in Social Security Appeals: Sims v. Apfel in the Supreme Court, ABA Administrative and Regulatory Law News, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Spring 2000).
“In-House Clinics at the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University,” (co-authored with Thomas M. Place), PBA Pro Bono News’n Notes (Spring 1999).
"Intrastate Custody Relocation in Absence of Prior Custody Order," 20 Pennsylvania Family Lawyer 35 (June 1998).
"The 'Jen and Dave' Act, Act No. 1996-119," 19 Pennsylvania Family Lawyer 40 (1997). [Reprinted in Matrimonial Matters (Summer 1997).]
"A Time of Adjustment for Disabilities Act," (op-ed) Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 27,
1997.
"The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Social Security Act: Complementary Remedies or Catch 22?" 43 Federal Lawyer 22 (Nov./Dec. 1996).
"House Judiciary Committee Considers Amendment/Repeal of No Fault Divorce Law," 18 Pennsylvania Family Lawyer 19 (1996).
"Reengineering Social Security: SSA's Plan for a New Disability Claim Process,” 29 Clearinghouse Review 528, National Clearinghouse for Legal Services, Inc. (Aug./Sept. 1995).
7
"Social Insecurity on the Horizon for Disabled Workers? SSA proposal seeks to eliminate
the attorney fee program." 42 Federal Lawyer 32 (August 1995).
"Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co." (casenote), Social Security Forum, Vol. 16, No. 6
(June 1994).
"The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the Legal Profession" (co-authored with Robert J. Manara and Thomas L. Peeler IV), 14 Pennsylvania Lawyer 19 (November 1992).
"The American with Disabilities Act of 1990," Legally Speaking, Consumer Newsletter of
Legal Services, Central PA (May/June 1992).
"New Special Education Regulations and Hearing Panel Changes," 2 Pennsylvania Bar Association Education Law Section Newsletter 1 (Spring 1991).
"New Standards for Widows: Section 5103 of OBRA-90" (statutory note), 12 Social Security Forum, No. 10-11, p. 7 (October-November 1990).
Amicus Brief on Behalf of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives in Support of Respondents, Sullivan v. Zebley, United States Supreme Court, No. 88-1377. [Brief published at 11 Social Security Forum, No. 9 (September 1989), cited at 110 S.Ct. 894, n.17, reprinted in Reagan Wm. Simpson, The Amicus Brief, How to Write It and Use It Effectively, at 60 (Tort and Insurance Section, American Bar Assoc. 1998).]
Amicus Brief on Behalf of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives in Support of Respondents - Pierce v. Underwood - United States Supreme Court, October 1987. [Brief published at 11 Social Security Forum 10 (November 1987).]
Miscellaneous Legal Writings
“A Grave Decision,” (casenote in verse) 44 J. Legal Profession 1 (Fall 2019).
“Boastful Beau or Lying Lover?” (casenote in verse) 40 PA Family Lawyer 215 (Dec. 2018).
“When Lawyers Mess Up, Must They ‘Fess Up?” (verse) 22 The Green Bag 2d 97 (Autumn 2018).
“Spare the Divorce Lawyer,” 39 PA Family Lawyer 197 (Dec. 2017).
“Pants on Fire,” (verse) 20 Green Bag 2d 315 (Spring 2017).
“Goodbye to 2016: A Prayer for Peace,” 38 PA Family Lawyer 174 (December 2016).
“Maybe….,” The Pennsylvania Lawyer, July/August 2016, p. 52.
“Luigi Del Duca: Sempre Più Giovane,” 87 PBA Quarterly 4 (Jan. 2016).
8
“(I’m Dreaming of a) Calm Christmas,” 36 Pa. Family Lawyer, No. 4, p. 187 (Dec. 2014).
“The Unbillable Wages of Sin,” 35 Pa. Family Lawyer, 181 (Dec. 2013).
“The Legal Mating Call,” 34 Pa. Family Lawyer 234 (Dec. 2012).
“The Right Place for a Right Hook: Singletary v. State, 713 S.E.2d 698 (Ga. App. 2011),” (casenote in verse), 15 Green Bag 2d 111 (Autumn 2011).
“Sum Justice: Smith v. Smith, 938 N.E.2d 857 (Ind. App. 2010),” (casenote in verse), 14 Green Bag 2d 351 (2011); reprinted in revised format 33 Pa. Family Lawyer 358 (Dec. 2011).
“A Holiday Visit From???,” 32 Pa. Family Lawyer 245 (Dec. 2010).
“Second Thoughts: on the Demise of the Atlantic Second,” 33 Pa. Law Weekly 910 (Sept. 21, 2010).
“Combating Christmas Craziness,” 31 Pa. Family Lawyer 176 (Dec. 2009).
“Mama’s Got a Brand New Bag,” (casenote in verse), 12 Green Bag 2d 345 (Spring 2009).
“Let Us Sue,” 30 Pa. Family Lawyer 225 (Dec. 2008).
“Mr. Dead,” (casenote in verse) 11 Green Bag 2d 405 (Spring 2008).
“Two More Tales of Trying Times,” (legal fables) 29 Pa. Family Lawyer 153 (Dec. 2007).
“The Squirrel Who Took on the Government,” (legal fable), 10 Green Bag 2d 401 (2007).
“The Criminals Who Miscalculated,” (legal fable) 10 Green Bag 2d 145 (2006).
“Two Tales of Trying Times,” (legal fables) 28 Family Lawyer 142 (Dec. 2006).
“A Family Fable and a Festive Fable,” 27 Pa. Family Lawyer 136 (Dec. 2005).
“Three Variations on a Christmas Theme,” 26 Pa. Family Lawyer 136 (Dec. 2004).
“A Slippery Slope” (casenote in verse), 8 Green Bag 2d 117 (2004).
“The Lawyer Who Wanted to be Someone Else,” The Judicial Notice, Dickinson School of Law (Sept. 2004).
“Out on a Limb” (casenote in verse), 82 Oregon L. Rev. 933 (2003); reprinted in James and Penrose, Education Policy and the Law (Vandeplas Publishing, 2009).
9
“Nick-name,” (casenote in verse), The Judicial Notice, Dickinson School of Law (Jan. 2003), reprinted in 25 Pennsylvania Family Lawyer 121 (Dec. 2003), reprinted in Teaching the Law School Curriculum, at 216, Stephen Friedland & Gerald F. Hess, eds., Institute for Law School Teaching, Carolina Academic Press (2004).
“Courting Canine Custody, A Domestic Doggerel,” (casenote in verse), 24 Pa. Family Lawyer 112 (Dec. 2002).
“Gerber v. Hickman, A Sperm Aside,” (casenote in verse), 24 Pa. Family Lawyer 57 (July 2002).
“The Little Day Planner That Could,” (casenote in verse), 5 Green Bag 2d 231 (2002), reprinted in Administrative Law, 6th ed., at 736, Schwartz, Corrada, Brown (2006).
“The Case of the Vanishing Law Student,” (casenote in verse), 4 Green Bag 2d 463 (2002).
“A Miracle Through the Mail,” (casenote in verse), 23 Pa. Family Lawyer 63 (Dec. 2001).
“The Great Zacchini,” (casenote in verse), The First Amendment, 229, Eugene Volokh, ed., Foundation Press (New York 2001).
“When You Wish To Be An R,” (casenote in verse), 4 Green Bag 2d 333 (2001).
“The Lawyer Who Saved Christmas,” 22 Pa. Family Lawyer 79 (Dec. 2000).
“Andrea’s Adventures in Law Review Land,” 50 J. Legal Education 306 (June 2000).
“No Good Deed Goes Unpunished,” (casenote in verse), 22 Pa. Family Lawyer 12 (April 2000).
“The Judge Is Always Right,” (casenote in verse), 3 Green Bag 2d 237 (2000). [Reprinted in 19 J. Nat’l. Association of Administrative Law Judges 142 (Fall 1999).]
"Merry Musings on Matter of McIntyre," (casenote in verse), 20 Pa. Family Lawyer 96 (1998).
"A Scramble for the Eggs," (casenote in verse), 50 Hastings L.J. 173 (1998). [Reprinted in 21 PA Family Lawyer 139 (Dec. 1999). Archived in collection, National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University.]
"The AALS Magazine Survey," 48 J. Legal Education 145 (March 1998).
"As Love Slips By," (casenote in verse), 19 PA Family Lawyer 85 (Dec. 1997).
"The Long and Short of a Small Case," (casenote in verse), 19 J. Legal Profession 117 (1994-95).
10
“Dealing Out Justice," (casenote in verse), 17 ABA Family Advocate 54 (Spring 1995). [Reprinted at 20 J. Legal Profession 177 (1995-96). Also reprinted in Teaching the Law School Curriculum, at 216, Steven Friedland & Gerald F. Hess eds., Carolina Academic Press [(2004).]
"From Russia With Angst," The Dickinson Lawyer, 12 (Spring 1995).
"Professional Double, Or The Twin Peaks of Professor Z's Career," (verse), 44 J. Legal Education 606 (1994).
"Boring," The Law Teacher, Institute for Law School Teaching, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall 1993), reprinted in Techniques of Teaching Law, at 115, Gerald F. Hess and Stephen Friedland, eds., Carolina Press (1999).
"Susan M. Reprised," (casenote in verse), 43 J. Legal Education 149 (1993).
"The Community Legal Clinics of The Dickinson School of Law and The Legacy of James Wilson," Dickinson Lawyer, 14 (Spring 1993).
"Robert's Rules of Litigation," 10 TRIAL, The Monthly Magazine of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America 90 (October 1992).
"Loose Lips: A Lesson in Civil Law," (casenote in verse), 23 Pennsylvania Lawyer 23 (July 1992). [Reprinted at 17 J. Legal Profession 15 (1992).]
"Three Law Students vs. The United States of America," 13 Pennsylvania Lawyer 20 (September 1991). [Reprinted in The NAPIL Connection, The National Association for Public Interest Law (March 1992) and The Dickinson Lawyer, 6 (Winter 1992).]
"The Cautionary Ballad of Susan M." (casenote in verse), 40 J. Legal Education 485 (December 1990).
"What I Didn't Do Last Term" (verse), 40 J. Legal Education 406 (September 1990).
"Sum of a Law Professor's Life," (verse), 40 J. Legal Education 406 (September 1990).
"Fair-Weather Friend of the Court: On Writing an Amicus Brief," 26 TRIAL, The Monthly Magazine of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America 57 (August 1990). [Reprinted in 15 J. Legal Profession 313 (1990).]
"Of Clocks and Things," 39 J. Legal Education 259 (1989). [Reprinted in The Dickinson Lawyer (Fall 1989).]
11
II. NON-LAW-RELATED
A. P. G. WODEHOUSE: Writings for Plum Lines (PL) (quarterly journal of The Wodehouse Society) and Wooster Sauce (WS) (quarterly journal of the P. G. Wodehouse Society of the United Kingdom)
“Rivals of P. G. Wodehouse: Ludwig Bemelmans,” PL (forthcoming).
“Wodehouse and Liberace: The Long-Lost Link,” PL Vol. 44, No. 2, Summer 2023; abridged version published in WS, No. 106, June 2023.
“Rivals of P.G. Wodehouse: Newman Levy,” PL Vol. 43, No. 2, Summer 2022.
“Wodehouse Cover Illustrator Steven Guarnaccia,” PL Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer 2021.
“Rivals of P. G. Wodehouse: Richard Armour,” PL Vol. 41, No. 4, Winter 2020.
“Postwar Britain Deals with Three Erring Sons,” PL Vol. 41, No. 2, Summer 2020
“Rivals of P. G. Wodehouse: Ogden Nash,” PL Vol. 41, No. 1, Spring 2020.
“Riveting Talks—Morning” (Cincinnati Convention), PL Vol. 40, No. 4, Winter 2019.
“Rivals of P. G. Wodehouse: Stephen Leacock,” PL Vol. 40, No. 3, Autumn 2019.
“The Mystery of McAlister/McAllister,” PL Vol. 40, No. 3 Autumn 2019.
“Rivals of P. G. Wodehouse: Don Marquis,” PL Vol. 40, No. 2, Summer 2019.
“Rivals of P. G. Wodehouse: James Thurber,” PL Vol. 39. No. 4, Winter 2018.
“Rivals of P. G. Wodehouse: A Girl Like Anita Loos,” PL Vol. 39, No. 2, Summer 2018.
“We Fought the Law and…,” PL, Vol. 38, No. 4, Winter 2017.
“Rivals of P. G. Wodehouse: Dorothy Parker,” PL, Vol. 38, No. 4, Winter 2017.
“Good for What Ails You,” (limericks), PL Vol. 38, No. 3, Autumn 2017.
“Rivals of P. G. Wodehouse: Giovanni Guareschi,” PL, Vol. 38, No. 2, Summer 2017.
“A Sweet, Bittersweet Night at Gray’s Inn,” w/Andrea Jacobsen, WS No. 80, Dec. 2016.
“Rolling the Eye” (Woman sues over eye injury from tossed roll), PL, Vol. 36, No. 4, Winter 2015.
12
“The BBC’s Wodehouse in Exile,” PL, Vol. 36, No. 4, Winter 2015.
“PGW, the Yellow Peril, and The White Hope,” PL, Vol. 36, No. 2, Summer 2015.
“P. G. Wodehouse, Revenge Novelist?” PL, Vol. 35, No. 4, Winter 2014.
“A Brunch in the Loop,” PL, Vol. 34, No. 4, Winter 2013.
“Gladys and Ern: The Further Adventures,” w/ Andrea Jacobsen, WS No. 68, Dec. 2013.
“Post-Weekend Musings,” WS, No. 63, Sept. 2012.
“A Posting by an Online Dating Service after Jeeves’s Retirement and Subsequently Obtained by Bob Rains Through Means He Is Not Currently at Liberty to Reveal,” PL Vol. 33, No. 3, Autumn 2012.
“A Brunch in Dearborn, Just the Thing for a Lad with a Morning Head,” PL, Vol. 32, No. 4, Winter 2011.
“Jeeves, A Reappraisal,” PL, Vol. 32, No. 4, Winter 2011.
“The Great Historical Marker Contest and Challenge: Your Chance to Make Your Mark(er),” w/ Andrea Jacobsen and the TWS Board, PL, Vol. 32, No. 3, Autumn 2011.
“The Remsenburg Historical Marker Project,” w/ AJ & the TWS Bd., PL, Vol 32, No. 2, Summer 2011.
“An Unplanned Pilgrimage,” PL, Vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 2011.
“Wodehouse on the Arno,” PL, Vol. 31, No. 3, Autumn 2010.
“The Dong with the Luminous Nose,” PL, Vol. 30, No. 4, Winter 2009.
“Three Little Empresses-in-Waiting,” w/ Andrea Jacobsen, PL, Vol. 30, No. 3, Autumn 2009.
“A New Murphy Walk” w/ Andrea Jacobsen, PL, Vol. 28, No. 3 Autumn 2007.
B. LIGHT: A Quarterly of Light Verse
“Hot Times in the Islands, Mon,” LIGHT, No. 58, Autumn 2007, p. 36.
“Read This Carefully,” LIGHT, No. 24, Spring 1999, p. 40.