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Student Articles & Notes

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 2016 2016

Mediating Domestic Violence Disputes in Chinese Immigrant Families in the U.S.: The Case for Court-Appointed Mediation Programs, Kevin Lam

Adult Entertainment Film Contracts: To Enforce or Not To Enforce?, Elizabeth Lin

Race, Religion, and RFRA: The Implications of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. in Employment Discrimination, Hanna Martin

Rectifying a Wrongful Reaction: Policy Alternatives to Family Detention and Expedited Migration Proceedings Without Representation for Unaccompanied Minors and Other Migrants Seeking Asylum, Noquel A. Matos

It Takes a Village: Using Seniors to Help Divorcing Families, Forrest S. Mosten and Lara Traum

Same-Sex Parenting Among a Patchwork of Laws: An Analysis of New York Same-Sex Parents’ Options for Gaining Legal Parental Status, Alexander Newman

Enhancing the Community Relations Service Arsenal: A Restorative Justice Solution for Community Conflicts with Local Law Enforcement That Have A Race-Relations Basis, David B. Rabbani

Reducing Recidivism of Violent Offenders Through Victim-Offender Mediation: A Fresh Start, Laura Ravinsky

Parental Kidnapping: An Epidemic That is Escalating, Michael Samson

Religion's Power Over Reproductive Care: State Religious Freedom Restoration Laws and Abortion, Sophia Martin Schechner

Dude, Where's My Changing Table?: The Fight for Fathers' Rights Is in the Restroom, Steven J. Shafer

Cutting Female Genital Mutilation from the United States: A European-Influenced Proposal to Alter State and Federal Legal Responses when Affording Relief to Somali Victims in Minnesota, Pooja Shah

Introduction: New Models for Prosecutorial Accountability, Russell Shapiro

Gentrification: Yes ... My Community Is Improving, But for Who?, David B. Shepherd

Time to Pay College Athletes? Why the O'Bannon Decision Makes Pay-For-Play Ripe for Mediation, Andrew Steckler

"Boys Will Be Boys, and Girls Will Get Raped": How Public School Dress Codes Foster Modern Day Rape Culture, Stephan Wah

Submissions from 2015 2015

Title IX Giveth and the Religious Exemption Taketh Away: How the Religious Exemption Eviscerates the Protection Afforded Transgender Students Under Title IX, Amanda Bryk

Taxing Legalized Marijuana: How Courts Should Treat Drug Tax Statutes in Light of the Fifth Amendment's Self-Incrimination Clause and Executive Non-Enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, Joseph A. Goldstein

Confining Control: Narrowing the "Control" Standard Under New York's Mental Hygiene Law Article 10, Michael Maizel

Essays in Response to Michael Waldman's The Second Amendment: A Biography: Introduction, Adam Riff

The Deceptive Promise of Vergara: Why Teacher Tenure Lawsuits Will Not Improve Student Achievement, Michele Aronson

The Eminent Domain Path Out of a Public Pension Crisis, Adam Riff

A Safe Harbor for Communicating or Trading on Material Nonpublic Information Obtained Through "Replicable" Methods or Strategies: Proposed SEC Rule 10b5-SH, Bernard Tsepelman

The Broken System of Parallel Patent Proceedings: How to Create a Unified, One-Judgment System, Christopher Ilardi

Holding the Line: Customs and Border Protection's Expansion of the Border Search Exception and the Ensuing Destruction of Interior Fourth Amendment Rights, Hannah Robbins

Corporate Rights and Individual Interests: The Corporate Right to Privacy as a Bulwark Against Warrantless Government Surveillance, Kayla Robinson

Adequacy of Notice Under CAFRA: Resolving Constitutional Due Process Challenges to Administrative Forfeitures, Rebecca Hausner

Bills, Bills, Bills: The Effect of a Rejected Settlement on Attorney's Fees Under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976, Melissa Ibrahim

Constitutional Constraints on Asylum Termination by the United States Department of Homeland Security, Jonathan Raz

Intrastate Interventions: The State Executive's Response to Local Nonenforcement, Rebecca D. Maller

Crowdfunding Human Capital Contracts, Max Vogel

Hijacking Justice: Assessing the Emergency Driven Analysis of Confrontation Clause Jurisprudence, Steven C. Berlowitz

The Case for Prosecuting Arms Traffickers in the International Criminal Court, Leigh Rome

Dressed to Oppress? An Analysis of the Legal Treatment of the First Amendment and its Effect on Muslim Women Who Wear Hijabs, Nida Alvi

Can You Work It? Or Flip It and Reverse It?: Protecting LGBT Youth from Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Sanam Assil

"Pay-For-Delay" Settlements Post-ACTAVIS: Why Mediation Can Tackle the "Unreasonable" Antitrust Settlements, Sheena Ching

Welcome to the Jungle, Where the Rent is Too Damn High: Using Rent Regulation in New York City to Maintain an Affordable Housing Stock, Gabrielle DeNaro

Sleeping? Comatose? Only Mandatory Consideration of Mediation Can Awake Sleeping Beauty in the European Union, Giuseppe De Palo and Romina Canessa

Safe and Sound: How ADR Can Protect Aquatic Life and National Security, James Diskint

Religious Freedom: Why States Are Unconstitutionally Burdening Their Own Citizens as They “Lower” the Burden, Jason Goldman

Coddling the Internet: How the CDA Exacerbates the Proliferation of Revenge Porn and Prevents a Meaningful Remedy for its Victims, Layla Goldnick

Equity in Substantial Evidence, or Using Article 78 Judicial Review to Achieve Justice for Public Housing Occupants, Janelle Greene

Bound by Law: A Roadmap for the Practical Legalization of BDSM, Daniel Haley

The Compensation Conundrum in Partial Takings Cases and the Consequences of Borough of Harvey Cedars, Brittany Harrison

Repatriation of Korean Cultural Property Looted by Japan-Can a Sincere Apology Resolve the Centuries-Old Korea/Japan Disputes?, Melissa (YoungJae) Koo

"It Doesn't Seem Very Fair, Because We Were Here First": Resolving The Sioux Nation Black Hills Land Dispute and the Potential for Restorative Justice to Facilitate Government-to-Government Negotiations, Rita Lenane

Where Do We Fight?: A Way to Resolve the Conflict Between a Forum Selection Clause and FINRA Arbitration Rule 12200, Suleman Malik

The Sisyphean Course of Combating Gender Discrimination in the Federal Marketplace for Prime Contracts: Rolling the Boulder of Small Business Size, Anna S. Molina

Copyright Alert System: Six-Strikes and Forced Arbitration Might Not be the Answer, Brett Schiff

Breaking the Impasse: A Two-Pronged Approach for Resolving Sovereign Debt Holdout Disputes, Alexander Shapos

Title IX-A New Frontier for the Rights of Transgender Youth? The Demand for Federal Regulations Clarifying the Act's Applicability, Elias Shebar

To Pee or Not to Pee? "Where" is the Question: Transgender Students and the Right to Use Public School Restrooms, Melissa Sterling

Involved, Empowered and Inspired: How Mediating Halakhic Prenuptial Agreements Honors Jewish and American Law and Builds Happy Families, Lara Traum

The Bomb Keeps the Lights On: The Use of Final-Offer Arbitration in Failed Retransmission Consent Negotiations, Daniel J. Weiss

What Can I Do for You, My Damaged Angel: Ways to Better Protect Special Needs Children Adopted from China, Kaidi Yu

Introduction: Data Breaches: Moving Forward, Practically, Cindy E. Zuniga

Submissions from 2014 2014

Not Behind Bars, Not a Prisoner: An Analysis of Guardians, Conservators, and Protection & Advocacy Organizations Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Deborah Frisch

Should Class Be Dismissed? The Advantages of a One-Step Class Certification Process in Unpaid Intern FLSA Lawsuits, Julia Morpurgo

Depressing Diagnosis: Stringent Particularity Requirement of the Rule 9(b) Pleading Standard as a Critical Bar to Off-Label Promotion Fraud Whistleblowers, Emily T. Chen

Eminent Domain Law and "Just" Compensation for Diminution of Access, Ashley Mas

Adoptive Admissions and the Duty to Speak: A Proposal for an Appropriate Test for the Admissibility of Silence in the Face of an Accusation, Bret Ruber

Employer Perceptions of Trans Women's Sex and Behavior in Title VII Sex Stereotyping Claims: The Case for Reading Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins as a Blanket Prohibition of Gender Policing by Employers, Alexandra Fiona McSpedon

Striking a Pose: Protecting the Welfare of Child Models, Kelli Ortega

Unauthorized Practice of Law and Meaningful Access to the Courts: Is Law Too Important to Be Left to Lawyers?, Matthew Longobardi

Disparate Treatment of Disparate Treatment: Harmonizing Title VII Pretext and Mixed-Motive Jury Instruction Causation Standards in Light of Staub v. Memorial Hospital, Eric Rosoff

The Social Model's Case for Inclusion: "Motivating Factor" and "But For" Standards of Proof Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Impact of the Social Model of Disability on Employees with Disabilities, Lisa Schlesinger

Reasonable Accommodation of Mixed Motives Claims Under the ADA: Consistent, Congruent, and Necessary, Bryan Joggerst

Limiting Unfettered Challenges to Patent Validity: Upholding No-Challenge Clauses in Pre-Litigation Patent Settlements Between Preexisting Parties to a License, Nicholas Roper

Protecting the Family Home by Reunderstanding United States v. Bajakajian, Yan Slavinskiy

An Uncertain Privilege: Reexamining Garner v. Wolfinbarger and Its Effect on Attorney-Client Privilege, Benjamin Cooper

Everybody Wins! Elimination of the Absolute Priority Rule for Individuals Under BAPCPA: A Middle Ground, Liliya Gritsenko

Bridging the Cellular Divide: A Search for Consensus Regarding Law Enforcement Access to Historical Cell Data, Zachary Ross

Symposium Issue Introduction and Dedication, Shawna Benston

Jock Straps vs. Bra Straps: Is a Battle of the Sexes Still Necessary? A Surprising Perspective on the Effects of Title IX on Male Athletes in the NCAA, Alana Berrocal

Flying Into Mecca: When Gender Should be a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification for Expatriation Assignments in Female-Hostile Host Countries, Richard F. Brueckner

You Can Get Fired for Flirting: Critique of Sex Discrimination Law in the Workplace Through Nelson v. Knight, Kibum Byun

We Are Not Who We Pretend to Be: ODR Alternatives to Online Impersonation Statutes, Kori Clanton

The War on Drugs is Over (If You Want It): State Drug Courts as an Alternative to Criminal Courts for Low-Level Nonviolent Drug Offenders, Blake Courlang

Chaperoning Love Online: Online Dating Liability and the Wavering Application of CDA § 230, Lindsey A. Datte

A New Approach to Judicial Scrutiny of Voter Registration Laws, David Feinstein

Liberty and Justice for All? Protecting the Right to Privacy for Incapacitated Individuals: The Need for Comprehensive Sterilization Legislation in All Fifty States, Mindy K. Fersel

Chapter 9 Bankruptcy in California: The Efficacy of Mandating Alternative Dispute Resolution in Municipal Bankruptcy Filings, Michael Galen

Thinking Outside the Box: Limiting the Collection of Rape Kit Evidence in Acquaintance Rape Trials, Taylor Gamble

Prisoner Facilitated Mediation: Bringing Peace to Prisons and Communities, Laurel Kaufer, Douglas E. Noll, and Jessica Mayer

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction: Using Restorative Justice to Satisfy Victims' Rights, Jessica M. Marshall

Shopping for Gender: The Unlawfulness of an Unregulated Market for Prenatal Gender Selection and Selective Gender Abortion, Eujean Park

Women, Water & Privatization: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Global Water Governance, Tara Pistilli

Fear and Failing in Family Court: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and the State Court Problem, Jessica R. Pulitzer

Harm and the Fluid Nature of Identity in Wrongful Life Cases Involving Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Matthew Reisman

Equal Opportunity to Parent: The Case for Offering Teenage Moms and Dads Family Leave in Secondary Schools, Jaryn Haskell Saritzky

Back to Basics: Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction in the Violence Against Women Reactivation Act of 2013 and the Expansion of Inherent Tribal Sovereignty, Laura C. Sayler

FRCP 26 vs. FRE 408: Why Settlement Negotiations Should Be Privileged Against Third-Party Discovery, Andrew Sher

Brazil's Legacy of International Parental Child Abduction: Mediation Under the Hague Abduction Convention as a Solution, Paula Shulman

The Real World: Child Labor and Reality Television, Ariel Tacher

Give Me Internet or Give Me Death: Analyzing the Constitutionality of Internet Restrictions as a Condition of Supervised Release for Child Pornography Offenders, Laura Tatelman

The Stop Online Piracy Act: The Latest Manifestation Of A Conflict Ripe For Alternative Dispute Resolution, Steven Tremblay

International Commercial Arbitration, Anticipatory Repudiation, and the Lex Mercatoria, Kyle Winnick

Submissions from 2013 2013

Beyond Bing: The Arthur Rule Lives on as the Touchstone for the New York State Right to Counsel, Adrienne Levy

Art or Signage?: The Regulation of Outdoor Murals and the First Amendment, Christina Chloe Orlando

Curbing Overzealous Prosecution of the Espionage Act: Thomas Andrews Drake and the Case for Judicial Intervention at Sentencing, Pamela Takefman