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 2013
Rethinking ReDigi: How a Characteristics-Based Test Advances the "Digital First Sale" Doctrine Debate, Gregory Capobianco
But It Wasn't My Fault! The Scope of the Zoning Estoppel Doctrine, Simon J. Elkharrat
Protecting Juveniles' Right to Remain Silent: Dangers of the Thompkins Rule and Recommendations for Reform, Lauren Gottesman
Quasi-Judicial Prosecutors and Post-Conviction Claims of Innocence: Granting Recusals to Make Impartiality a Reality, Rachel Pecker
"That's the Guy!": Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(C) and Out-of-Court Statements of Identification, Gilbert M. Rein
"Every Move That She Makes": Copyright Protection for Stage Directions and the Fictional Character Standard, Deana S. Stein
Why Can't We Be Friends?: How Far Can the State Go in Restricting Social Networking Communications Between Secondary School Teachers and Their Students?, Elise Rosen Puzio
Grossly Overbroad: The Unnecessary Conflict over Mixed Motives Claims in Title VII Anti-Retaliation Cases Resulting from Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Robert Tananbaum
What's Law Got To Do With It?: Why We Should Mediate, Rather Than Litigate, Cases of Wrongful Life, Shawna Benston
From The People's Court to American Idol: The Relationship between Reality Television and Arbitration, On-Air and Off, Jared Bloch
Role-Modeling: How the Americans with Disabilities Act Blocks BMI-Based Hiring Bans in the United States, Sarah Budow
Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Impeding the Right to Informed Decision Making, Alice X. Chen
The "State Of Necessity" Defense: A Burden, Not a Blessing to the International Investment Arbitration System, Kelley Chubb
The Extension of the Presumption of Legitimacy to Same-Sex Couples in New York, Alexandra Eisman
Docs Versus Glocks: N.R.A. Takes Aim At Florida Physicians’ Freedom of Speech: Leaving Patients’ Health, Safety, and Welfare At Risk, Michelle Foody
The Right to Palimony: Why New York Should Change its Law to Enforce Claims Between Unmarried Cohabitants, Ashley Frankel
Tzedek Tzedek Tirdofi: How Female Religious Court Advocates Can Mitigate a Lack of Judicial Review of the American Beth Din System, Raquel J. Greenberg
Front-of-Package Nutrition Claims: Trustworthy Facts or Deceptive Marketing? Closing the Loopholes in Labeling, Kathryn E. Hayes
Waiving Goodbye to Due Process: The Juvenile Waiver System, Rachel Jacobs
The Goldilocks Principle and Informed Consent in Joint-Spouse Representation, Madison Kaplan
Finding Reality in the Right of Publicity, Lindsay Korotkin
Introduction: China Re-Rising: Innovation and Collaboration for a Successful Twenty-First Century, Lindsay Korotkin
The Second Circuit’s En Banc Crisis, Mario Lucero
The Savior of Aggregate Litigation: The Giving Green Tree, Matthew Maggiacomo
Family Court Mediation After the Financial Crisis: A Struggle Worth New York's Attention, Jessica G. Mayer
The Age of (Guilt Or) Innocence: Using ADR to Reform New York's Juvenile Justice System in the Wake of Miller v. Alabama, Morgan Molinoff
Hawaiian Land Disputes: How the Uncertainty of the Native Hawaiian Indigenous Tribal Status Exacerbates the Need for Mediation, Donna S. Salcedo
The Crisis of Over-Medicating Children in Foster Care: Legal Reform Recommendations for New York, Jessica Setless
Employee Benefits Law: The Hidden Gap Enabling Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Employment, Jason E. Shapiro
Unlikely Partners: Tort Law as a Tool for Trans Activism, Courtney Sirwatka
Defamation and False Rape Claims: Policies, Attitudes, and Suggested Reform in the United States and the United Kingdom, Claire Steinman
Exchanging Shares to Settle a Lawsuit: Should a Confidentiality Agreement Bar Evidence of Securities Fraud?, Christopher Tao
Sex-parate But Equal? The Legality of Single-Sex Public Schools and their Discriminatory Effect on Transgender Students, Bryana Turner
Is ADR the Solution? How ADR Gets Around the Get Controversy in Jewish Divorce, Aviva Vogelstein
Symmetry For Symmetry’s Sake: Why Bose Does Not Require Independent Review of a Trial Court’s First-Amendment-Favorable Findings of Fact, Joshua Wurtzel
Submissions from 2012
A Power and a Duty: Prosecutorial Discretion and Obligation in United States Sentencing Guideline § 3E1.1(B), Laura Waters
Terminating Beyond the Limits: CMS Is Overreaching in Its Attempt to Regulate ACOs According to Antitrust Standards, Benjamin M. Zegarelli
Alternative Litigation Finance and the Usury Challenge: A Multi-Factor Approach, Sheri P. Adler
Employing Arbitration: FLSA Collective Actions Post-Concepcion, Iliza Bershad
Who Watches the Watchmen? Big Brother's Use of Wiretap Statutes to Place Civilians in Timeout, Travis S. Triano
Read Between the Lines: Why Recent ILSA Litigation Is Bad for Business and Contravenes Congressional Intent, Joseph Einav
Administrative Justice: Using Agency Declaratory Orders in the Fight to Staunch the Financing of Terrorism, J. David Pollock
Plaintiff Anonymity During Civil Litigation of Childhood Sexual Abuse Cases, Amit Shertzer
Preemptive Ex Parte Seizure Orders and Substantive Relief: A Far Cry from Congressional Intent, Daniel Grobman
Prescribing Disproportionate Punishment: The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Illegal Reentry, Zoey T. Jones
Exile Without Process: The New York City Housing Authority's Unconstitutional Trespass Notice Program, Lauren J. Zimmerman
Sex Change: Changing the Face of Transgender Policy in the United States, Amy Ballard
"U" Stands for Underutilization: The U Visa's Vulnerability for Underuse in the Sex Trafficking Context, Erin Bistricer
For Richer or Poorer: The Defense of Marriage Act's Waning Legitimacy in Bankruptcy Court, Colin M. Bowes
"The Life of the Flesh is in the Blood": State Storage and Usage of Baby's Blood Sample, Jaclyn S. D'Arminio
To Kill a Mockingbird Mediator?: Assessing the Need for Third-Party Neutrals in Federal Bankruptcy Courts' Home Foreclosure Avoidance Programs, Lancelot L. Esteibar
Old Problem, New Medium: Deception in Computer-Facilitated Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, Brian Farkas
Cyber Crime Control: Will Websites Ever Be Held Accountable for the Legal Activities They Profit From?, Ashley Ingber
Where Are They Coming From, Where Are They Going: Demanding Accountability in International Adoption, Elizabeth Long
A Meteorite and a Lost City: Mutually Beneficial Solutions Through Alternative Dispute Resolution, Sam Markowitz
Using Principles and Policies of Maritime Arbitration to Guide Responsible Parties in Oil Spill Claims Resolution, Lucy Martucci
Abuse, Mediation and the Catholic Church: How Enforcing and Improving Existing Statutes Will Help Victims Recover, Jeffrey Pruzan
Applying Privilege in International Arbitration: The Case for a Uniform Rule, Rachel Reiser
Constitutional Implications of Title IX Compliance in Colleges and Universities, Michael Rosen
Red with Envy: Why the Fashion Industry Should Embrace ADR as a Viable Solution to Resolving Trademark Disputes, Erica S. Schwartz
Predators in Paradise: Puerto Rico's Recent Sex Offender Problems and the Federal Government's Ill Suited Solutions, Adan Soltren
Untold Truths: What Adoptive Parents Should Know About Their Adoptee's In Utero Drug and Alcohol Exposure, Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad
A Moot Issue? Rethinking Holocaust Era Restitution of Jewish Confiscated Personal Property in Poland, Lara Weissman
The Use of Mediation as a Complement to the Integrated Domestic Violence Courts of New York, Lauren K. Williams
Submissions from 2011
A Mosaic Shield: Maynard, the Fourth Amendment, and Privacy Rights in the Digital Age, Erin Smith Dennis
Separating the Sheep from the Goats: Celebrity Satire as Fair Use, Nicholas D. Sirabella
Overcharge but Don't Overestimate: Calculating Damages for Antitrust Injuries in Two-Sided Markets, Daniel M. Tracer
Restoring Restitution: The Role of Proximate Causation in Child Pornography Possession Cases Where Restitution Is Sought, Dennis F. DiBari
Lien Priorities: The Defects of Limiting the "Super Priority" for Common Interest Communities, Daniel Goldmintz
Comity of Errors: The Overemphasis of Plaintiff Citizenship in Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act "Takings Exception" Jurisprudence, Todd Grabarsky
A New Breath of Life for Private Rule 10b-5(b) Litigation After Stoneridge: SEC v. Tambone and Implied Statements by Collateral Actors, David R. Allen
A Uniform Test for the Equitable Subrogation of Mortgages, Sang Jun Yoo
Such Visible Fiction: The Expansion of Scott v. Harris to Prisoner Eighth Amendment Excessive Force Claims, Nina Frank
Pseudo-Interactivity: An Appropriate Rate Scheme for Customizable Internet Radio Services, Ira Hoffman
Rebutting the Equality Principle: Adapting the Co-Tenancy Law Model to Enhance the Remedies Available to Joint Copyright Owners, Benjamin E. Jaffe
Vestiges of Jurisdiction: On the In Rem Nature of Pre-Judgment Attachment in New York, Michael A. McGarry Jr.
The Case Against Allowing Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) to Initiate Foreclosure Proceedings, Nolan Robinson
Equitable Estoppel to Compel Arbitration in New York: A Doctrine to Prevent Inequity, Matthew Berg
UN Women: Jumping the Hurdles to Overcoming Gender Inequality, or Falling Short of Expectations?, Kerry Boyne
Mismatch.com: Online Dispute Resolution and Divorce, Rebecca Brennan
Is Ze an American or a Foreigner? Male or Female? Ze's Trapped!, Annette De La Torre
Sending the Principal to the Warden's Office: Holding School Officials Criminally Liable for Failing to Report Cyberbullying, Scott Farbish
Who Takes the Heat? Criminal Liability for Heat-Related Deaths in High School Athletics, David Feingold
Contracting for Arbitration in Custody Disputes: Parental Autonomy vs. State Responsibility, Christina Fox
After the ECJ'S West Tankers: The Clash of Civilizations on the Issue of an Anti-Suit Injunction, Grace Gunah Kim
East Meets West: Introducing Sharia into the Rules Governing International Arbitrations at the BCDR-AAA, Elana Levi-Tawil
Gender-Classified Imports: Equal Protection Violations in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Jason Lewis
The Constitutionality of and Need for Retroactive Civil Legislation Relating to Child Sexual Abuse, Jenna Miller
Japan's Business Revitalization ADR: An Economic Savior or a Convenient Excuse to Avoid Bankruptcy?, Naoko Okamoto
