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 2002
A Question of Revenge: Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy and a Proposed Diminished Capacity Defense for Homicidal Mothers, E. Selene Steelman
Victimizing the Victim: Evicting Domestic Violence Victims from Public Housing Based on the Zero-Tolerance Policy, Tara M. Vrettos
Preventing Inequities in Divorce and Education: The Equitable Distribution of a Career Absent an Advanced Degree or License, Sebastian Weiss
Submissions from 2001
Application of the Rational Basis Test to Treaty-Implementing Legislation: The Need for a More Stringent Standard of Review, Virginia H. Johnson
"Counselor, Proceed with Caution": The Use of Integrated Evidence Presentation Systems and Computer-Generated Evidence in the Courtroom, Elan E. Weinreb
True Threats: Evolving Mens Rea Requirements for Violations of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), Justin Myer Lichterman
Ziggy Stardust Reborn: A Proposed Modification of the Bowie Bond, Adam Grant
Inadvertent Disclosure and the Attorney-Client Privilege: Looking to the Work-Product Doctrine for Guidance, Ken M. Zeidner
One for My Baby, One More for the Road: Legislation and Counseling to Prevent Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol, James Drago
Has the Computer Revolution Placed Our Children in Danger? A Closer Look at the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996, Alison R. Gladowsky
Expedited HIV Testing: An Unnecessary Test that is Allowing the State to Trample on a Woman's Constitutional Rights, Sheree Gootzeit
In-Prison Day Care: A Correctional Alternative for Women Offenders, Jessica Y. Kim
Taming the Pernicious Creature that Is § 523(a) (15) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, Jeffrey Margolin
Function, Nonfunction, and Monumental Works of Architecture: An Interpretive Lens in Copyright Law, Melissa M. Mathis
The Homosexual-Advance Defense and Hate Crimes Statutes: Their Interaction and Conflict, Scott D. McCoy
Fetal Neglect and State Intervention: Preventing Another Attleboro Cult Baby Death, Marilyn L. Miller
Requiring Accountability Among Those Who Sell Firearms: Ignorance of the Law Should Not Be an Excuse, Uri Matthew Myerson
Drug Tests, Arrests & Fetuses: A Comment on the U.S. Supreme Court's Narrow Opinion in Ferguson v. City of Charleston, Brigitte M. Nahas
Submissions from 2000
Must-Carry Rules in the Transition to Digital Television: A Delicate Constitutional Balance, Albert N. Lung
Redefining the Refugee: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a Basis for Refugee Protection, Michael J. Parrish
Down on the Corner: An Analysis of Gang-Related Antiloitering Laws, Jocelyn L. Santo
Come and Knock on Our Door: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's Intrusion into New York's Summary Proceedings Law, Kara B. Schissler
Thirty-Day Restrictions on Attorney Direct-Mail Solicitation: The United States Supreme Court Went for It, Steven M. Field
Determining Ownership of Foreign Copyright: A Three-Tier Proposal, Binyomin Kaplan
Ganging Up on Police Brutality: Municipal Liability for the Unconstitutional Actions of Multiple Police Officers Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Adam S. Lurie
ERISA Qualified Pension Plans as Part of the Bankruptcy Estate After Patterson v. Shumate, Lisa M. Smith
To Thine Own Claim Be True: The Federal Circuit Disaster in Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc. v. Lubrizol Corp., Jason M. Okun
Electronic Media Discovery: The Economic Benefit of Pay-Per-View, Marnie H. Pulver
Bringing Down the Bar: Accountants Challenge Meaning of Unauthorized Practice, Susan B. Schwab
Criminal and Civil Parental Liability Statutes: Would They Have Saved the 15 Who Died at Columbine?, Eric P. Ebenstein
Parental Liability and the Criminal Misconduct of Children in the Wake of an Unregulated Internet: Who Should Pay?, Katherine R. Richardson
Liberal Discovery of Non-Party Records: In Defense of the Defense, Melissa E. Rosenthal
Submissions from 1999
The Heist of Feist: Protection for Collections of Information and the Possible Federalization of "Hot News", Jason R. Boyarski
Wage Garnishments in Bankruptcy: Riddervold Revisited, Matthew Frankle
Assets in Wonderland: The IRS's Inconsistent Policy on Software Costs, Vsevolod L. Maksin
Reclaiming Our Public Schools: A Proposal for School-Wide Drug Testing, Joanna Raby
Time Is Running Out for Customized Software: Resolving the Goods Versus Service Controversy for Year 2000 Contractual Disputes, Jennifer B. Cannata
Honey, I Shrink-Wrapped the Consumer: The Shrink-Wrap Agreement as an Adhesion Contract, Batya Goodman
Environmental Justice: From Partial Victories to Complete Solutions, Valerie P. Mahoney
Laymen Cannot Lawyer, but Is Mediation the Practice of Law?, Joshua R. Schwartz
The Second Circuit's Attack on Jury Nullification in United States v. Thomas: In Disregard of the Law and the Evidence, Ran Zev Schijanovich
A Progression Toward Freedom: Protecting the Disabled Under the Ku Klux Klan Act, Gabriella A. Davi
A Solomonic Decision: What Will Be the Fate of Frozen Preembryos?, David H. Fiestal
Rule 45(b): Ambiguity in Federal Subpoena Service, Orlee Goldfeld
Employers and Employees Beware: The Duties Imposed by the Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Their Impact on Sexual Harassment Law, Jill Kreisberg
The Ties That Bind, Melissa F. Savage
Defusing New York's 120-Day Time Bomb: The Meaning of New C.P.L.R. 306-b, Brian A. Waldbaum
Submissions from 1998
Resolving the Paradox Between Legal Theory and Legal Fact: The Judicial Rejection of the Theory of Efficient Breach, Craig S. Warkol
Fictional Persona Test: Copyright Preemption in Human Audiovisual Characters, Peter K. Yu
Bankruptcy Appeals and Equitable Mootness, Ross E. Elgart
The Pennsylvania Rule: Murky Waters Revisited, Michael Ben-Jacob
Attributing Too Much: The Fifth Circuit Perverts the Scope of Diversity Jurisdiction, Richard A. Simon
Alcoholics Anonymous: Anonymous Theists? Griffin v. Coughlin and the "Wall of Separation Between Church and State" in the New York State Prison System, James E. McBride
Neonaticide and the "Ethos of Maternity": Traditional Criminal Law Defenses and the Novel Syndrome, Judith E. Macfarlane
Reaching Beyond the Bars: An Analysis of Prison Nurseries, Nicole Mauskopf
The Young Women's Leadership School: A Viable Alternative to Traditional Coeducational Public Schools, Erin A. McGrath
Fairness of Contract v. Freedom of Contract: The Problematic Nature of Contractual Obligation in Premarital Agreements, Faun M. Phillipson
The Mandatory Arbitration of a Woman's Title VII Claim in the Securities Industry, Vincent J. Roldan
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Virginia Military Institute: A Culmination of Strategic Success, Scott M. Smiler
Invasion of Privacy Tort: Does the Deference Given to the Press Ignore the Family, T. Michael Wickersham
Submissions from 1997
From Containment to Cooperation: Collective Action and the Wassenaar Arrangement, Kenneth A. Dursht
Professionals in the Health Care Industry: A Reconsideration of NLRA Coverage of Housestaff, Hilary Jewett
Inequities of the Drug War: Legislative Discrimination on the Cocaine Battlefield, Andrew N. Sacher
The Second Circuit "Estopped": There Is No Promissory Estoppel in New York, Arthur B. Schwartz
Relation Back of "John Doe" Complaints in Federal Court: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, Steven S. Sparling
When Is a Mortgage Guarantee Not Worth the Price of a Notary? - The Incongruent Judicial Application of New York’s Deficiency Judgment Statute, Benjamin Gruberg
The Inner-Morality of Juvenile Justice: The Case for Consistency and Legality, Adam D. Kamenstein
Patenting Medical Procedures: A Search for a Compromise Between Ethics and Economics, Beata Gocyk-Farber
Undue Influence and Gender Stereotypes: Legal Doctrine or Indoctrination?, Veena K. Murthy
Ensuring Meaningful Jailhouse Legal Assistance: The Need for a Jailhouse Lawyer-Inmate Privilege, Julie B. Nobel
To V or Not to V - That is the Regulatory Question: The Role of the V-Chip in Government Regulation of Broadcast and Cable Indecency, Marie A. Ryan
Submissions from 1996
Des Third-Generation Liability: A Proximate Cause, Tracey I. Batt
Judicial Plagiarism: It May be Fair Use But Is It Ethical?, Jaime S. Dursht
Is It Inside or Out? - A Proposal to Clarify the Misappropriation Theory of Unlawful Trading, Lawrence A. Rosenbloom
The Fate of “Megan’s Law” in New York, Alison Virag Greissman
The Flimsy Yardstick: How Many Employees Does It Take To Defeat a Title VII Discrimination Claim?, Jacqueline Louise Williams
The Politics of Pediatric AIDS, Jennifer Cooper
Jiggetts v. Grinker: Does It Establish a Right to "Adequate Shelter Allowance" in New York State?, Kurt Emhoff
Child Care: The Forgotten Tax Deduction, Efrem Z. Fischer
Susan Smith and Other Homicidal Mothers-In Search of the Punishment that Fits the Crime, Janet Ford
Compensating Caregiving Relatives: Abandoning the Family Member Rule in Contracts, Jonathan S. Henes
No Leg to Stand On: The General Retainer Exception to the Ban on Nonrefundable Retainers Must Fall, Pamela S. Kunen
The Mark of Cain: No Second Chance for Teachers Convicted of Sex Offenses against Students, Eric J. Kuperman
While Ignorance May Not Be Bliss, It Is a Mother's Right: Constitutional Implications of Testing Newborn Babies for HIV, Julie D. Levinson
Circuit Court Erie Errors and the District Court's Dilemma: From Roto-Lith and the Mirror Image Rule to Octagon Gas and Asset Securitization, Nikiforos Mathews
Submissions from 1995
The Mortgage Contingency Clause: A Trap for the Residential Real Estate Purchaser Using a Mortgage Broker, Craig Steven Delsack
“A One Way Ticket to Palookaville”: Supreme Court Takings Jurisprudence After Dolan and Its Implication for New York City’s Waterfront Zoning Resolution, Jill Illan Berger Inbar
The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990: American Artists Burned Again, Robert J. Sherman
A New Use for an Old License: Who Owns the Right?, Barbara D. Griff
ronald@mcdonalds.com - “Owning a Bitchin’ ” Corporate Trademark as an Internet Address - Infringement?, James West Marcovitz
Assembling a Theory of Infringement: Third Party Liability Based on in Vivo Production of Patented Pharmaceuticals, Eitan Alexander Ogen
She’s Gotta Have It Now: A Qualified Rape Crisis Counselor-Victim Privilege, Euphemia B. Warren
The Virtues of Interpretation in a Jural Society, Mike Robert Horenstein
The Robinson-Patman Act Sections 2(d) and 2(e): Promotional Allowances and the Per Se Rule of Illegality, Julian Chung
Uncertainty in the Empire State: A Reevaluation of New York’s Takings Jurisprudence After Dolan v. City of Tigard, Clifford B. Olshaker
