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 2019
The "Natural" Response to Adjudicating Current Litigation When the Creation of a Related Agency Rule Is Simultaneously Underway, Lauren Kostman
Dying While Trans: A Critical Analysis of Respect After Death Laws, Kara Nowakowski
The Right to Appointed Counsel: The Case for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Amanda Kavita Sewanan
Lawful Neutral: The Justice System and Dungeons and Dragons, Laura Lea Williams
Child Marriage in America: An Interim Solution Pending a Total Ban, Raquel Wildes Genet
The Courtroom Turned Classroom: A Model Procedure for Educating the Gatekeepers of Expert Evidence in Complex Toxic Tort Cases, Izabelle Tully
Private School Placement for the Twice Exceptional Child Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Matthew Alessandri
Sexual Ageplay in Virtual Reality: Practicing Free Speech or Producing Child Pornography?, Lillian Esposito
Familial Searching: How Implementing Minimum Safeguards Ensures Constitutionally-Permissible Use of This Powerful Investigative Tool, Alexandra Nieto
Re-Examining Custody and Incarceration Requirements in Postconviction DNA Testing Statutes, Ian J. Postman
Straight Actors in LGBT Roles: Creative Casting or Employment Discrimination?, Erica Ruff
War Torts, Autonomous Weapon Systems, and Liability: Why a Limited Strict Liability Tort Regime Should Be Implemented, Elizabeth Fuzaylova
How Playlists Broke the Internet: An Analysis of Copyright in Playlist Ownership, Tori Misrok
Too Big for Personal Jurisdiction? A Proposal to Hold Companies Accountable for In-State Conduct in Accordance with Due Process Principles, Polina Pristupa
Mediation as an Alternative to Litigation for Child Custody Disputes for Incarcerated Parents, Maria Abbruzzese
The Universal Periodic Review as a Form of Alternative Dispute Resolution: Strengths & Shortcomings, Sara Alvarez
Kids Say the Darndest Things: Minors and the Internet, Emily DiRoma
A Cashless Economy: How to Protect the Low-Income, Samuel Erlanger
Kill or Be Killed: Why New York's Justification Defense Is Not Enough for the Reasonable Battered Woman, and How To Fix It, Abigail Finkelman
Beeware of the Consequences: The Importance of Urban Apiaries and Environmental ADR, Chelsea Gallay
Editor's Note & Acknowledgments, Nicholas Gliagias
Abolishing the Private Prison Industry's Evolving Influence on Immigrant Oppression, Antonio Iglesias
Using Restorative Dialogue as an Assimilation Technique for Unaccompanied Children Escaping Gang Violence, Naomi Jawahar
The Role of Transformative Mediation in Family Business Disputes, Jacob Lebovics
Remodifying Colombian Peace Process: A Critical Perspective and a Demand for Justice, Armando Martinez
Novel Adaptation to Stage and Screen: Rethinking the Contractual and Creative Process, Jennifer Rainville McCabe
Emergency Removals: Does the Statutory Language of N.Y. Fain. Ct. Act § 1024 Safeguard Vulnerable Families From Foster Care Panic?, Sydney Myones
Solving the Problem-Solver Problem: How a Revamp of Arbitral Ethics Will Encourage Plaintiffs and Benefit Defendants, Lindsey Rubinstein
A Solution to The Silencing and Denial: How ADR Can Harmonize Catholic Law with the International Communities Demand to End the Sexual Victimization of Children in the Catholic Church, Danielle Shayne Shapero
Arbitration as the Ideal Method of Labor Law Dispute Resolution: A Case Study Using 14 Penn Plaza LLC, et al. v. Steven Pyett, et al., Douglas Shribman
When the Rich Regret: The Case of Non-payment in Art Auction Sales, Allison Trupp
Submissions from 2018
Combating the Actor's Sacrifice: How to Amend Federal Labor Law to Influence the Labor Practices of Theaters and Incentivize Actors to Fight for Their Rights, Shelley Attadgie
Conspiracy: Contemporary Gang Policing and Prosecutions, Keegan Stephan
The Futility of Futility: An Analysis of the Charlie Gard Case Within the Framework of U.S. Law, Elana Bengualid
The Modern Public Square: Digital Viewpoint Discrimination in the Age of @RealDonaldTrump, Jonathan Groffinan
Missing the Point(s): "Raise-ing" A Bias Against Extraordinary Talent in the Arts, Ting Ting Lu
A Fish Out of Water: Why the GAO's Approach to Finding Agency Propaganda Is Inadequate in the Social Media Age, Jennifer Pierce
The Fatal Shortcomings of our Good Samaritan Overdose Statutes and Proposed Model Statute, Nicole Schill
O.K. Computer: The Devolution of Human Creativity and Granting Musical Copyrights to Artificially Intelligent Joint Authors, Jared Vasconcellos Grubow
A Clear and Present Danger: The Need for Regulated Accountability for Online Service Providers to Preserve and Promote Free Speech, Notice, and Due Process, Benjamin H. Winters
Babies Having Babies: Advocating for a Different Standard for Minor Parents in Abuse and Neglect Cases, Emily Barry
Lease Terminations as Fraudulent Transfers: Reconciling Bankruptcy Code Sections 548 and 365(c)(3), Patrick J. Glackin
Facilitating the Intent of Deceased Social Media Users, Yael Mandel
Framed by Forensics: Fulfilling Daubert's Gatekeeping Function by Segregating Science from the Adversarial Model, Kayla Marie Mannucci
Artificially Intelligent Lawyers: Updating the Model Rules of Professional Conduct in Accordance with the New Technological Era, Katherine Medianik
Deconstructing the DAO: The Need for Legal Recognition and the Application of Securities Laws to Decentralized Organizations, Laila Metjahic
"Too Big to FOIA": How Agencies Avoid Compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, Stephanie Alvarez-Jones
Preserving Film Preservation From The Right of Publicity, Christopher Buccafusco, Jared Vasconcellos Grubow, and Ian J. Postman
The Search for Third Options in a Two-Bathroom Society, Sharon R. Cruz
The Violence Against Women Act, Implicit Bias, and Judicial Training, Lorena Espino-Piepp
Utilizing ADR Between Automakers, the European Union, and the United Kingdom to Avoid Automobile Tariff Increases Arising from Brexit, Nicholas Gliagias
Utilizing ADR as a Vehicle for Effective Communication and Success of Payment in Urgent Care, Stephanie R. Goldberg
Music Videos: The Gray Area in First Amendment Protected Speech And The Resulting Trademark Consequences, Lindsey Gold
Resolving Self-Driving Car Patent Conflicts: Arbitration in Waymo v. Uber and Future Autonomous Vehicle Patent Disputes, Ilya Gorelik
The Impact of Parental Narcissistic Personality Disorder on Children and Why Legal Intervention is Warranted, Samantha Jacobson
Access to Justice: Accelerating the Abandonment of FGM/C, Gretchen Kail
Faith-Based Mediation in the Pakistan-India Conflict, Sarah Khan
Proposing a Federal Post-Natural Disaster Mediation Program, Michelle Shaykevich
How Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clauses Chill Whistleblowing and End-Run Dodd-Frank Whistleblowing Protections, Noah Weingarten
Lessons from the South China Sea Ruling: Med-Arb as the Recommended Dispute Resolution Method for Asia's Maritime Disputes Under UNCLOS, Julia Y. Yang
Submissions from 2017
Beyond Gifting: Harmonizing the Devolution of Reorganization Plan Gifts and the Evolution of Sale Gifts, Reuben E. Dizengoff
Successor Liability in the Bankruptcy Context: The Problem or the Solution?, Chelsea Donenfeld
Copyrighting the Quotidian: An Analysis of Copyright Law for Postmodern Choreographers, Jessica Goudreault
No Parents Allowed: The Problem with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Javeria Ahmed
The War on Rape? The Implications of Setting Mandatory Minimum Sentencing for Rape and Sexual Assault Convictions, Daniel Belcher
Tribal Sovereignty and Gaming: A Proposal to Amend the National Labor Relations Act, Regina Gerhardt
How a Class Action Plaintiff's Request for Attorney's Fees Can Prevent Mootness Despite a Defendant's Tender of Damages, Lyuba Shamailova
Prohibiting Child- Parent Visitation After Parental Rights Are Terminated by Trial in New York: A Denial of Parental Due Process, Rachel Turetsky
Fighting the Troll Toll: The Case for Judicial Review of the U.S.P.T.O. Director's Denial of a Petition to Institute an Inter Partes Review, Renoj Zachariah
Pre-Embryo Custody Battles: How Predisposition Contracts Could Be the Winning Solution, Ashley Alenick
From Pay-for-Delay to Product Hopping: The Limited Utility of Antitrust Law in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Joseph Fielding
When an Educational Process Becomes a Kangaroo Court: University Judicial Proceedings in Cases of Sexual Assault, Rachel Azarow
Religion in the Time of Measles: Prescriptions for Minimizing the Public Health Threats Associated with Religious Exemptions from Mandatory Vaccinations, Victor Diego Gonzalez
The "CSI Effect": TV Crime Dramas' Impact on Justice, Michael Johnson
Virtual Whats?: Defining Virtual Currencies in the Face of Conflicting Regulatory Guidances, Stephanie A. Lemchuk
Judicial Dissolution Under New York's Limited Liability Company Law: Should Breaking Up Be this Hard to Do?, Roxanne Makoff
What's the [Irreparable] Harm?: Incentivizing Creativity Through Preliminary Injunctions in Copyright Law, Arielle Matza
The True Price for Your Fake Gucci Bag is a Life: Why Eliminating Unsafe Labor Practices is the Right Answer to the FashionCounterfeit Problem, Angela Terese Timpone
The Constitutionality of SEC Administrative Proceedings: The SEC Should Cure Its ALJ Appointment Scheme, Kaela Dahan
Responsibly Irresponsible?: An Analysis of the Medically Noncompliant Offender’s Federal Insanity Defense, Geoffrey Andreu
Introduction: Immigration Crackdown: Examining the Impact of “Enforcement First” Immigration Policies, Kristina Aragon
Activist Investors and Mediation, Juliana Bleiberg
Rwanda and the Kigali International Arbitration Centre: The Future Faces of East African Arbitration and Growth, Jeremy Cantor
Why Wait So Long: The Cornelius Gurlitt Collection and the Need for Clear ADR Mechanisms in the Restitution of Looted Art, Samantha Elie
Suspended Sentence Contingent Upon Participation in Victim Offender Mediation for Juveniles Who Commit Violent Crimes, Lindsay Goldbrum
One Country, Two Systems: Hong Kong's Unique Status and the Development and Growth of Arbitration in China, Jiali (Keli) Huang
