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 2018
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
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 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
Using Crisis Negotiation Team Methods to Decrease Violence in Prisons, Emily Katz
Zealous and Effective Advocacy: An Assessment of the Constitutional Right to Counsel Within a Drug Court Proceeding, Sarah Kirschenheiter
Early Non-Military Intervention to Prevent Atrocity Crimes, Sarah Lesser
Transforming Business Through Proactive Dispute Management, Deborah Masucci and Shravanthi Suresh
Utilizing Alternative Dispute Resolution to Foster Comprehensive Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Michael Meyers
Holocaust-Era Art Restitution Claims: Is the HEAR Act a Game Changer?, Rachel Sklar
Hollywood Accounting: Profit Participation and the use of Mediation as A Mode of Resolving these Disputes, Eric Strum
Is it Time to Pay Attention? Critiquing the Cognitive Enhancement Drug Policies and Appeals Process in United States Collegiate Sports, David Swiedler
The History and Legacy of the Pound Conferences, Lara Traum and Brian Farkas
Developing Improved Tactics for Advance Pricing Agreements to Decrease Negotiation Lead Time, Ryan Vines
Submissions from 2016
Where Techs Rush in, Courts Should Fear to Tread: How Courts Should Respond to the Changing Economics of Today, Melanie DeFiore
Fallacies in the Current Methods of Prosecuting International Commercial Bribery, Ira Handa
The Insular Citizens: America's Lost Electorate v. Stare Decisis, Nathan Muchnick
Bullying and the Individuals with Disabililities Education Act (IDEA): A Framework for Provising Relief to Students with Disabilities, Sarah H. Ganley
Till v. SCS Credit Corporation: A "Prime-Plus-Plus" Method Tilling Courts to Consider Efficient Market Evidence, Emma J. Guido
A Tri-Partite Classification Scheme to Clarify Conceptual Separability in the Context of Clothing Design, Giovanna Marchese
Doe v. O'Donnell and New York's Sex Offender Registration Act: The Problem of Continued Registration Under SORA After Leaving the State, Samantha R. Millar
The Mann Act and Crossing State Lines: Maybe You Should Have Known, Alison Gross
Creditor Claims for Postpetition Attorneys' Fees Incurred in Bankruptcy Litigation and the Role of State Law, Laith Hamdan
Cracking the Code: Implementing Internet Accessibility Through the Americans with Disabilities Act, Carly Schiff
The Vicious Cycle of Hate: Systemic Flaws in Hate Crime Documentation in the United States and the Impact on Minority Communities, Harbani Ahuja
The Uniform Trust Code and the Common Law: An Analysis of Three Sections of the Code That Deviate from the Common Law and Why the Drafters Changed the Law, Christina Bogdanski
"ETA?" Estimated Time of Arrival: An Analysis of New Jersey's Remote Texting Liability, Jennifer Edelson
NEPA and Uncertainty in Low-Risk, High-Impact Scenarios: Nuclear Energy as a Case Study, Irene Weintraub
No Better Instrument: The Necessity of Notice and an Opportunity to Be Heard and the Due Process Deficiencies of Nuisance Abatement, Elise Bernlohr
Obesity Regulation Under Home Rule: An Argument That Regulation by Local Governments Is Superior to Administrative Agencies, Patrick M. Steel
Reining in Recalcitrant Broker-Dealers: Customers Negotiating With Broker-Dealers to Arbitrate Before Seeking Interpleader, Rushelle Bailey
Race-Based Reverse Employment Discrimination Claims: A Combination of Factors to the Prima Facie Case for Caucasian Plaintiffs, Shirley W. Bi
Heads Up: The Concussion Crisis, Gabriel Blum
A Limited Right to be Forgotten to Protect the Privacy Rights of Juvenile Offenders, Danyaw Chen
Classwide Arbitration: A Method of Resolving the "Natural" Food Label Litigations, Angelina Dalia
Back Down to Bullying? The Detrimental Effects of Zero Tolerance Policies on Bullied Adolescents, Devon L. DiSiena
Shifting from 'Consent' to Advice: Reimagining the Role of the Senate in Foreign Affairs, Benjamin Dynkin
Thou Shall Not Adopt: Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Adoption Process, Peter Gallucci
Evaluating Opportunity in College Sports (Title IX), Brandon Kai Golden
Collective Bargaining in Rent Stabilized Buildings: How New York City's Rent Regulated Market Can Benefit from the Fundamentals of Labor Law, Stephanie Gorin
Utilizing ADR in Domestic Adoptions for Same-Sex Couples, Nicole Hertzberg
Unlock the Music: Replacing Compulsory Music Licenses with Free Market Negotiation, Karen (Kai-Wen) Hsieh
Housing Intersex Juvenile Offenders, Janae Hunte
Keeping Our Kids in School and Out of Court: Rooting Out School Suspension Hearings and a New Alternative, Rachel Klein
Taiwan's Path to Independence: Resolving the "One China" Dispute, Kristine Yeh Koopman
