This collection showcases articles and notes authored by students of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. These works reflect the depth of research, critical analysis, and innovative thinking contributed by our student community across a wide range of legal topics. Many of these pieces originate from student-run journals and reflect the authors’ engagement with current legal debates, emerging areas of law, and scholarly discourse. By preserving these works in our institutional repository, we ensure that student scholarship remains accessible to future researchers, practitioners, and the broader legal community.
Submissions from 2025
Digital Danger for People with Visual Disabilities: Online Adhesion Contracts and the Lack of Web Accessibility Standards, Narmina Aliyev
Burying the Burden: A Sovereign’s Duty of Investigation Post-Republic of Turkey v. Christie’s Inc., Caitlin H. French
An Unfair Chance for the Formerly Incarcerated: Yim v. City of Seattle and the Commercial Speech Doctrine, Emilee Kaminski
Airlines, Sick Time, & Interstate Commerce: The Dormant Commerce Clause and Its Impact on State and Municipal Paid Sick Leave Laws, Zachary McGarry
From Manuscripts to Monopsonies: Revisiting United States v. Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGAA, Matthew Petrouskie
Equity and Clarity: The Impact of Tyler v. Hennepin County on Property Taxation and Homeowners’ Rights, Analy Feigel
The Truth Should Set You Free: The Case for Removing State Knowledge Requirements from False Testimony Standards, Alexa Pietrowsk
"Be Thankful I Don't Take It All ('Cause I'm the Taxman)": Music Transactions, Catalog Sales, and Tax Treatment, Hannah M. Bartfield
The British Museum's Deceit in the Parthenon Marbles Controversy, Hannah M. Bartfield, Morgan E. Spencer, and David Rudenstine
Antitrust And Console Gaming: Preventing Macrocompanies with Microtransactions, Cameron Brody
Duped: The Implications of The Proliferaiton of Superfake Luxury Goods and What Consumers May Not Have Considered, Riann Colbert
Time For a Clean Finish? Analyzing a New Path to Collective Bargaining at the WWE, Paige Green
Al Assisted Inventing and its Impact on the Patent System, Ben Gross
Spotify's DJ Algo: An Analysis of Copyright Infringement Risks in A.I.- Powered Music Curation, Eddie Halwani
Harmonizing Copyright: Navigating Pop Music's Creative Landscape in the Era of Arnstein and Krofft, Evan Joseph
Can Commercials Be Art? An Analysis of Intellectual Property PreAwareness In The Barbie Era, Shreya Kalidindi
Flexing the Celebrity Muscle: Celebrity Leverage in Trademark Law and Why Small Businesses Deserve Equitable Treatment, Victoria M. Lopez
"The Gift of a Golden Voice": Shaping the Right of Publicity to Protect Performers from A.I. Abuses, Sebastian Saavedra
Submissions from 2024
Predetermined Event Wagering and Betting on the Past, Emmaline Friederichs
A One-Egg Wonder: Working to Cure Judicial Gender Bias and Increase Access to Pre-Embryos for Infertile Parties, Nicole Marks Kaufman
“Split My Award with Whom?” A Case for Plaintiff Incentive Awards and Plaintiff-Attorney Fee Splitting in Class Action Lawsuits, Ilana Kruchenetskaya
The Forever Family’s Legal Loophole: A 50-State Survey on Adoption Dissolution, Kira Kilstein
Anyone You Are Related to Can Be Used Against You: Criminal Discovery Statutes and Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Caroline Levine
A Missed Opportunity: Clarifying Presidential Power Under the Procurement Act, Anthony Porcelli
The Death of the GID Exclusion: Williams v. Kincaid Revitalizes the ADA for Trans Litigants, Alexandra Newman
The U Visa: A Remedy for Vulnerable Immigrants Scammed by Unscrupulous Attorneys, Jennifer Piñeros
Is Grammar Religious Exercise? Addressing Transgender Students and the Limits of the Complicity Doctrine, Saul R. Thorkelson
Speaking Authorship: Honoring Indigenous Language Sovereignty in Joint Authorship Doctrines, Nancy Fu
Bound to Misfortune: Protecting Juvenile Abortion Through the Right to Travel, John H.C. Hughes
Who Gets to Reap What They Sow? Addressing the Exclusion of Undocumented Immigrants from Income Tax Benefits and Designing a Solution, Gabriela Amaral
It Takes a Special Person to Raise a Special Needs Child: How New York's Existing Family Regulation Systems Are Not Equipped for Children with Autism, Alexandra DeBenedictis
The Need for Fentanyl-Specific Drug Education in Schools, Emma Guggenheimer
No Child Left Online: Influencer “Sharenting” as a Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Caroline Harrod
All for One, One for None: Arrington v. Burger King Worldwide and the Single-Entity Defense for Franchises, Tyler Nappo
Unconscionability & Involuntary Arbitration Agreements: The Systemic Exploitation of Immigrant Labor in the United States, Isabel Ortega-Romero
Whither Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in New York? The AFFH Mandate in an Era of Land Use Reform, Timothy Gentles
“Swifties” or Swift Suppression? How Police Officers Exploit Copyright Law and Practice Online to Evade Public Accountability, Jeremy Lamstein
Meaningful or Meaningless? The Temporal Scope of the Constitutional Right of Access to Courts for Incarcerated Litigants, Alison Aimers
The Use of Mediation to Reduce Medical Malpractice Claims, Unnecessary Antimicrobial Therapy, and Resistance Rates in Patients across the Nation, Shifra Ben-Jacob
Monitoring France's Performance Under the Strategic Action Plan for Roma and Traveller Inclusion (2020-2025), Sarah Brody
Beat It: A Proposal to End Masturbation Bans in Prisons, Madison Dougherty
Death at the Door of Relief: The Criminalization of Humanitarian Work and Asylum, William Fox
Professional Norms at a Crossroads: Farhane and Its Implications for Legal Counsel, Hayley Sandoval
Justice over Finality: Compassionate Release as a Mechanism to Correct Sentencing Errors, Eliza Stup
Submissions from 2023
In Satan We Trust: The Satanic Temple’s Ongoing Crusade to Protect Abortion Rights, Bradley Koberg
No Bullying Allowed Here: Adopting a Misuse Doctrine to Defeat Trademark Bullies, Jessica Shechtman
Navigating Campaign Finance Reform Through Publicly Funded Elections on the Local Level, Emily Bernstein
A Rights-Based Approach to Determining Venue for Immigration Removal Hearings, Maleah Bradley
Wrong Search at the Wrong Time: Keyword Search Warrants and the Fourth Amendment, Nicole Chan
Arguing Arbitration Waiver After Morgan v. Sundance A Path to Hold Debt Buyers Accountable for Abusive Collection Litigation, Noa Gutow-Ellis
Juvenile Genetic Privacy in New York: DNA Collection and Maintenance Post-Francis O., Cassidy Moon
Bolstering New York’s Tenant Protection Law: Ensuring Retroactive Application Under the Heightened Regina Standard, Abigail Strange
Growth Beyond Its Limits - How Much Growth Is Too Much for the Purpose of the Local Government Antitrust Act of 1984?, Katherine Stern
The Drug Policy Reform Act: Analyzing the Potential Future of United States Federal Drug Policy, Justin Danziger
Pretrial Release, Risk Assessment, and the Failing Movement Towards a Cashless Bail System: The Need to Target the Source, Brooke Hodgins
People Over Profits: Why a Private Right of Action in the Occupational Safety and Health Act is Necessary During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Olivia Nevola
How to Alleviate the Repercussions of Wrongful Convictions: Holistically Righting the Wrongs of Inadequate Compensation Statutes, Marissa Cohen
Beyond Offense: Why the First Amendment Does Not Protect Deliberate Misgendering, Molly Dower
A No Man’s Land of Fair Use: Marano v. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sarah Landry
Battling Batson: State v. Andujar and New Jersey's Efforts to Fix a Broken Doctrine, Eli Shahar
Mission Impossible? The Case for Municipal Tort Liability Reform in a Post-Valdez World, Shelley Wu
The Art World of Digital Assets: How Non-Fungible Tokens Create a Loophole in Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, Sofia Aizenman
Bond Conditions as Fourth Amendment Seizures, Rebecca Laden
A Portrait of the Artist’s Heirs in Mediation: ADR Techniques to Prevent and Resolve Disputes Following an Author’s Death, Nicholas Beudert
Making Justice Available for Victims of Sexual Misconduct Within the Prison System, Emma L. Bruder
Digital Purgatory and the Rights of the Dead: Protecting Against Digital Disinterment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Greyson Cohen
Arbitrating Social Media Content: A Framework for Banning High-Profile Users through Third-Party Arbitration, Rachel Gershengoren
Fight for Your Life: A Study of Fairness in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Anti-Doping Policy Appeals Process, Brandon Hamroff
Conflict Resolution-Negotiation: LIV v. PGA Tour, Ross Herman
Applying Family Mediation to the Creation of Psychiatric Advance Directives, Olivia Kalsner Kershen
Don't Foreclose on Me: ADR's Role in Regulating the Foreclosure Power of Homeowners Association in the Aftermath of COVID-19, Jessica Lalehzar
The Power of Influence: Standardizing the Influencer Marketing Industry through Alternative Dispute Resolution, Michele Lehat
Big Screen or Bust?: How Contractual Negotiations in Hollywood Must Adapt in the Streaming Era, Alexis Narotzky
Victim-Offender Mediation: A Missing Component of a Multi-Pronged Approach to Reduce New York City Subway Crime, Elizabeth Neuburger
Remotely Relevant: Addressing Employment-Based Immigration Worksite Location Requirements in the Remote Workspace, Rachel Refkin
Pacifying Professional Negligence Disputes - The Prospective Path for Mediation within the Psilocybin Industry, Miranda Sapoznik
Accessibility in the Digital Age - Why the United States Needs a New Approach to the Americans with Disabilities Act, William J. Seguin
A Means to an End: A Way To Curb Bias-Based Policing in New York City, Garanique N. Williams
Submissions from 2022
The Implications of New York’s Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act for Transgender Housing in Prisons, Rebecca Barrett
Landlord Liability for Tenant-on-Tenant Harassment Under the Fair Housing Act, Mary Karapogosian
Thaler v. Vidal: Artificial Intelligence—Can the Invented Become the Inventor?, Michelle Lavrichenko
