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 2023
The Power of Influence: Standardizing the Influencer Marketing Industry through Alternative Dispute Resolution, Michele Lehat
Mute Eloquence: A Gallery of Contracting Emojis, Courtney Leon
Pay No Attention to the Influencer Behind the Curtain, Eliza Logan
All the Way to Hell: An Artist's Legal Descent into the Underworld of Oil and Gas, Madison S. Marlow
Combating False Election Information in a Section 230 Protected World: to Moderate or Not to Moderate, Caitlin Muraca
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
Net Positive: Imposing a Duty to Warn on Baseball Stadium Operators, Eric Rothman
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
Name, Image and Likeness: Giving College Athletes the Clearest Guidance to Best Profit off Their NIL, Scott Semaya
Protecting Ravenstail: Cultural Appropriation and the Outer Limits of Copyright Law, Nosson Sternbach
Zoned In: How Residence Restrictions Lead to the Indefinite and Unconstitutional Detention of New Yorkers Convicted of Sex Crimes, Rebecca Tunis
Blockchain, the Superhero that the Healthcare Industry Needs, Victor Wang
And a Second Opinion for All... And Anything Else? The Jack Eichel Saga and Issues of Medical Autonomy, Seth Warshaw
Putting Trust in Technology: A Pandemic's Effect on Remote Estate Planning, Amy Weiss
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
Corrupt or Charitable? Patient Assistance Programs and the Case for Narrowing the Breadth of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Isaac Strauss
Hamptons Aesthetics vs. Shinnecock Rights: How the Federal Government is Failing to Protect Indigenous Sovereignty from State Judicial Infringement, Lindsay M. Brocki
Far-Fetched Uses of Drug Detection Dog Alerts: A Case Note on United States v. Braddy, Daniel Kaseff
Expanding the Idea to Mitigate Disproportionality of English Language Learners in Special Education, Hannah R. Kramer
The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield: The Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine in In re Diocese of Lubbock, Kerri A. Matulis
Sanctions, Financial Regulation, and Crypto in Latin America, Camilla Oliva
A Comparative Look at the Response to Organized Crime in the Ports of New York-New Jersey and Vancouver, Julia Pjevach
The End of Forced Arbitration of Sexual Violence and the Uncertain Future, Heidi M. S. Sandomir
The Various Problems and Instabilities With the Implementation of the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Statute, Calli Schmitt
Solitary Confinement: What the United States Can Learn from England and Norway, Markus Wieshofer
Acts of Justice: Restoring Justice for Immigrants Through State Pardons, Sadie M. Casamenti
Where Do We Draw the Line? The Deliberate Indifference Standard and Why Vulnerability to Sexual Harassment Matters in Title IX Liability, Laëtitia Krisel
Redefining Risk: Judicially Heightened Risk Standards and HIV-Specific Criminal Laws, Bryan Olert
Sex Work Is Real Work: The Implications of U.S. Strippers Winning the Right to Unionize, an International Comparative Study, Katherine Fustich
Crime Doesn't Pay but Neither Can Ex-Offenders: A Comparative Analysis of Criminal Restitution in the United States and Canada, Justin Gendler
Duty to Rescue in the Digital Age: A Comparative Analysis, Cameron Kellett
Advance to the Nearest Dispensary: How Quebec's Marijuana Monopoly Is a Model for Future Legalized States, Jason Levine
Why Do You Care About My Hair? A Proposal for Remedying Hair Discrimination in the Workplace on a Federal Level, Grayson Moronta
How the Farm Bill May Be the Key to Healthier Cities, Fatima Ouedraogo
Blackouts and Holes: Analyzing Cross-Market Geographic Mergers in the Healthcare Services Market, Hankyul Song
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
Fourth Amendment Issues and COVID-19 Tracking, Brooke A. Banks
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
#FreeBritney: The Importance of Public Access to the Guardianship System, Cecily D'Amore
The Need for Adopting Mass Arbitration Waivers in the Online Sports Betting Industry, Samuel Ditchek
A Bull in a China Shop: How CFIUS Made TikTok a National Security Problem, Adina Feder
How to Resolve Capital Cases through Pretrial Mediation, Clare Haugh
Section 230: The Internet's Most Important and Most Misunderstood Law is Unfairly Under Attack, Málfríður A. Helgadóttir
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
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
The Monetization of Childhood: How Child Social Media Stars are Unprotected from Exploitation in the United States, Jessica Pacht-Friedman
Smoke without Fire: Employing Mediation to Create Workplace Accommodations for Medical Cannabis Use by Disabled Armed Forces Veterans, Brendan William Potocki
Polarization and Reform: Rethinking Separation of Emergency Powers, Kevin Rizzo
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
Land, Legacy, and Law: Amending CERCLA to Account for Environmental Contamination of Tribal Cultural Resources, Alexander Toke
Water Privatization and the Case for a Public Model, Jessica Wang
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
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
The Right to Dine: Why New York City's Restaurant Culture Is Worth Saving, Evelyn Baert
Title VII Prohibits Employment Discrimination... except When It Doesn't: Eliminating the Small Firm Exemption, Hayley Bronner
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
Hamiltonian Shifts in State Aid and the Coming Breakdown of the Internal Market: Can the European Union Survive Its COVID-19 Response?, Richard Dacher
The Right to Education Under State Constitutions as Applied to Juvenile Delinquents, Laurenne Ferber-Kaufmna
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
A New Age of Surveillance: Facial Recognition in Policing and Why it Should be Abolished, Annslee Perego
RLUIPA’s Hidden Third-Party Harms on Landowners and Local Governments, Menachem Polishuk
Bleeding from the Holes in the Theory: How Flawed Deterrence in Federal Tort Claims Enables Police Brutality, Andrew Reisman
