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Submissions from 2024 2024

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

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

Emotionally Harmed? It Might Not Matter: An Analysis of Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller and Its Implications for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Sotir Zhupa

Condensing the Alphabet Soup: Missed Administrative Rulemaking Concerns in U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Alpine Securities Corporation, David Davani

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

Multi-Track Diplomacy & the Abraham Accords: A Blueprint for Broader Middle Eastern Peace between Israel and the Arab World Based upon Shared Economic Interests, Security, and Grassroots Peacebuilding, Eliott Dosetareh

Farewell to Cultural Superiority: Resolving the Alleged Chinese Misappropriation of Korean Cultural Heritage through UNESCO's 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, Daniel Hyungtae Kim

Incorporating Alternative Dispute Resolution at the United Nations: Establishing and Implementing and Arbitration Panel to Determine Whether a Permanent Member of the Security Council Can or Cannot Veto Proposed Resolutions Potentially Involving Human Rights Violations and Mass Atrocities, Jillian Leavey

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 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

Wrong Search at the Wrong Time: Keyword Search Warrants and the Fourth Amendment, Nicole Chan

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

To Protect or Not to Protect?: Unveiling the Courts’ Failures to Hold Law Enforcement Accountable for Inadequate Responses to Mental Health Crises After Wilson v. Gregory, Carly Zdankowski

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

The Due Process Owed to Noncitizens: Standardizing the Burden in Sec. 1226(a) Bond Hearings with the Help of Hernandez-Lara and Velasco Lopez, Sharon Shaji

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

Can Artists Recapture Their Copyrights in Musical Compositions That Have Been Lost to the Public Domain? Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin Applied, Brianna Bell

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

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

Improving New York City's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Public Sector Workers: A Collaborative Framework for Labor-Management Relations in High Impact Circumstances, Chelsea Hill

Easing Evictions: The Need for Mediation and Formal Eviction Guidelines between New York City Landlords and Rent-Stabilized Tenants, Halle Jaffe

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

A Means to an End: A Way To Curb Bias-Based Policing in New York City, Garanique N. Williams

Submissions from 2022 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

Corrupt or Charitable? Patient Assistance Programs and the Case for Narrowing the Breadth of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Isaac Strauss

Far-Fetched Uses of Drug Detection Dog Alerts: A Case Note on United States v. Braddy, Daniel Kaseff

The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield: The Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine in In re Diocese of Lubbock, Kerri A. Matulis

Acts of Justice: Restoring Justice for Immigrants Through State Pardons, Sadie M. Casamenti

Drug Court Discrimination: Discretionary Eligibility Criteria Impedes the Legislative Goal to Provide Equal and Effective Access to Treatment Assistance, Kalyn Heyen

Where Do We Draw the Line? The Deliberate Indifference Standard and Why Vulnerability to Sexual Harassment Matters in Title IX Liability, Laëtitia Krisel

The Prison Litigation Reform Act Exhaustion Requirement: How a Legislative Decision from 1996 Is Controlling COVID-19 Conditions Inside Correctional Facilities, and What Can Be Done to Fix It, Hannah E. Mirzoeff

Redefining Risk: Judicially Heightened Risk Standards and HIV-Specific Criminal Laws, Bryan Olert

Driving the National Labor Relations Act Forward: Analyzing Abusive Conduct that Occurs in the Course of Protected Activity After General Motors LLC, Kurt Stumpo

Reparations for a Public Nuisance? The Effort to Compensate Survivors, Victims, and Descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre One Hundred Years Later, Adam Coretz

Why Do You Care About My Hair? A Proposal for Remedying Hair Discrimination in the Workplace on a Federal Level, Grayson Moronta

Bans with No Bite: Why Racial Profiling Bans Are Unable to Create Racial Justice in Policing, Rebecca Yin

Separating Governance Tokens from Securities: How the Utility Token May Fall Short of the Investment Contract, Kyle Bersani

The Revival of Student Loan Discharge in Bankruptcy by the Tenth and Second Circuits, BiQi Chen

Licensed to Rock the Campaign Trail: Are the ASCAP and BMI Political Campaign Licenses Violating Their Antitrust Consent Decrees?, Leah Scholnick

Religious Mediation as a Tool to Resolve Disputes between Religious Universities and Their LGBT Students, Isaac Altman

The Semiconductor Industry's Need for Better Negotiation to Combat China's Rise, Joshua Becker

Something for Nothing: Untangling a Knot of Section 230 Solutions, Nicholas Bradley

Women's Rights and Customary Justice in Afghanistan: A Review of Jirgas under CEDAW's Access to Justice Components, Fernanda Canessa

Extra Life: An ODR Mediation System as a Moderation Tool for Live Streaming Platforms, MyeongHwan Cha

The Need for Adopting Mass Arbitration Waivers in the Online Sports Betting Industry, Samuel Ditchek

How to Resolve Capital Cases through Pretrial Mediation, Clare Haugh

Twenty Yards from the End Zone: ADR, and the Potential for Greater Levels of Gender Equality in Professional Sports Employment, Elan Kirshenbaum

Twenty Yards From the End Zone: ADR, and the Potential for Greater Levels of Gender Equality in Professional Sports Employment, Elan Kirshenbaum

Alternative Dispute Resolution in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Approaches for Minimizing Victimization, Stephanie Leavitt

Mechanical Licenses and The Willing Buyer/Willing Seller Standard: Establishing Royalty Rates in a Vacuum of Knowledge, Natalie Linn

Hook, Line, and Sinker: The Use of Subsidies, the Globalized System of Preferences, and Arbitration to Save Our Ocean's Fish, Lindsy Maglich

The Need for Mediation in Internal Whistleblowing Mechanisms, Elad Michael

Ransomware Warfare: Exploring Global and Private Negotiations to Help U.S. Victims Respond to the Threat, Karina Nad

Standardizing State Vote-by-Mail Deadlines in Federal Elections, Jason Nagel

Every Reasonable Chance plus Two: How the Red Hook Community Justice Center Bridges the Gap between the Community and the Justice System, Se Won Park

Smoke without Fire: Employing Mediation to Create Workplace Accommodations for Medical Cannabis Use by Disabled Armed Forces Veterans, Brendan William Potocki

Making Sex Work Safe: Using a Consensus-Based Approach to Create Meaningful Policy for Sex Workers, Alexandra Sandler

Don't Bet the Farm in Litigation before Considering Mediation: The Case for Agriculture Mediation Program Implementation, John Schmitz

What’s Going On? An Overview of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Dispute Resolution Initiatives in New York, Robyn Weinstein and Michelle Lavrichenko

Submissions from 2021 2021

Treat Thy Neighbor as Thyself? Equal Protection and the Scope of RLUIPA’s Equal Terms Clause, Noah Kane

War & the Constitution: Chemical Agents and the Rights of Protestors, Yomidalys Güichardo Morel

Beyond the Grave: A Fiduciary’s Access to a Decedent’s Digital Assets, Isabelle N. Sehati

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: How New York’s Bail Reform Saga Tiptoes Around Addressing Economic Inequality, Daniel Chasin

Suffering Uncompounded: Civilizing Healthcare Standards for Gender Dysphoric Prisoners, Julian S. Cohen

A Clarified Standard? A Case Note on Monasky v. Taglieri, Rebecca Jacobson

When Free Speech and Privacy Collide: Why Strict Scrutiny Is a Poor Fit for Nonconsensual Pornography Laws, Leah S. Murphy

RLUIPA’s Hidden Third-Party Harms on Landowners and Local Governments, Menachem Polishuk

Employers’ Secret Weapon: How the After-Acquired Evidence Doctrine Allows Employers to Get Away with Disability Discrimination, Emma Schwab

Contra Publius: The House as Cure for the Complaisance and Venality of the Senate, Sam Solomon

From Museum to the Auction Block: Regulating the Deaccessioning of Art, Jenny Lyubomudrova

Commandeering the Indian Child Welfare Act: Native American Rights Exception to Tenth Amendment Challenges, Jessie Shaw

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Implications of St. Bernard Parish Government v. United States on Flood Takings, Mariel Talmage