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 2015
Corporate Rights and Individual Interests: The Corporate Right to Privacy as a Bulwark Against Warrantless Government Surveillance, Kayla Robinson
On the Permanence of Permanent Law: An Argument for the Continued Presence of the Permanent Law Provisions in the Farm Bill, Kate Giessel
Estelle v. Gamble in a Post-Affordable Care Act World, Hallie E. Mitnick
Adopting Upward Pricing Pressure Indices in FTC Merger Simulation Analysis: Tales from the US Airline Industry, Sean M. Riegert
The Domestic Asset Protection Trust and Its Federalism Implications, Alexander B. Shiffman
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
Verbal Speech Versus Visual Art: Evidence of Unequal First Amendment Protection in Right of Publicity Jurisprudence, Daniel Forman
Keeping the Gates Open for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Ren-How Harn
Intrastate Interventions: The State Executive's Response to Local Nonenforcement, Rebecca D. Maller
The Fall of Net Neutrality: The End of an Era and a Call for Reform, Nisha Ragha
In the Aftermath of Resolution 1373: Tackling the Protective Veil of Counter-Terrorism, Johanny Santana
The Implications of Exclusion: How Pregnancy Exclusions Deny Women Constitutional Rights, Hannah Schwager
Why Can't I Know How the Sausage Is Made?: How Ag-Gag Statutes Threaten Animal Welfare Groups and the First Amendment, Daniel L. Sternberg
Crowdfunding Human Capital Contracts, Max Vogel
Utility Model Patent: An Essential and Improving Patent Scheme in China, Victor Wang
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
Can You Work It? Or Flip It and Reverse It?: Protecting LGBT Youth from Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Sanam Assil
Blockchain: A Proposal to Reform High Frequency Trading Regulation, Christina Batog
"Is That Me I See on the TV?" An Analysis of the O'Bannon Decision, Zachary S. Beal
Piecemeal State Legislation: The Wrong Way to Divide the Internet Poker Pie?, Peter T. Busch
"Pay-For-Delay" Settlements Post-ACTAVIS: Why Mediation Can Tackle the "Unreasonable" Antitrust Settlements, Sheena Ching
This Book is Not Yet Rated: Age Ratings in the Literary Market vs. Minors' First Amendment Right to Receive Information, Nathalie De Choudens Baez
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
Treating the Disease: A First Amendment Prescription for the U.S. Patent System, Stephanie A. Diehl
Safe and Sound: How ADR Can Protect Aquatic Life and National Security, James Diskint
UNRWA and the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Who is Responsible for Violations in Education?, Alexandra M.C. Douglas
Religious Freedom: Why States Are Unconstitutionally Burdening Their Own Citizens as They “Lower” the Burden, Jason Goldman
Biometric Passwords and the Privilege against Self-Incrimination, Kara 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
Innovation Worth Sharing: Seeking Balance Between Innovation Policy and National Security, Alexandra H. Katich
Repatriation of Korean Cultural Property Looted by Japan-Can a Sincere Apology Resolve the Centuries-Old Korea/Japan Disputes?, Melissa (YoungJae) Koo
Post U.S. v. Apple.: How Should Most-Favored Nation Clauses Be Treated Now?, Jennifer D. Lee
Where Do We Fight?: A Way to Resolve the Conflict Between a Forum Selection Clause and FINRA Arbitration Rule 12200, Suleman Malik
A Legislative Pendency Proposal to Address the Consumer Harm Caused by the Broken Retransmission System, Marla S. Merchut
School of Hark Knocks - The Impact of the NFL Concussion Litigation, Elise Michael
"Playoffs?! Are you kidding me, playoffs?": An Antitrust Analysis of College Football's New Playoff Format, Brandon C. Miller
What's Love Got to Do With It? The Value of Celebrity Status in Divorce Proceedings, Shanice Naidu
Infiltration or Immigration: The Legality of Israeli Immigration Policy Regarding African Asylum Seekers, Eliott Rimon
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
To Pee or Not to Pee? "Where" is the Question: Transgender Students and the Right to Use Public School Restrooms, Melissa Sterling
The Bomb Keeps the Lights On: The Use of Final-Offer Arbitration in Failed Retransmission Consent Negotiations, Daniel J. Weiss
Introduction: Data Breaches: Moving Forward, Practically, Cindy E. Zuniga
Submissions from 2014
Should Class Be Dismissed? The Advantages of a One-Step Class Certification Process in Unpaid Intern FLSA Lawsuits, Julia Morpurgo
Foul Play: Tennessee's Unequal Application of Its Jock Tax Against Professional Athletes, Kirk Berger
Brew Free or Die? A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and E.U. Craft Beer Regulations, Tammy Lam
Gene Patents in the Wake of Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.: An International Perspective on Pharmacogenomics, Stephanie S. Lim
Prosecuting a Festival: Holding Electric Dance Music Festivals Liable for Drug-Related Deaths Occurring Therein, Rebecca Lomazow
Eminent Domain Law and "Just" Compensation for Diminution of Access, Ashley Mas
Reasonable Consideration of Non-Shareholders: Redrafting State Constituency Statutes to Encourage Socially-Minded Business Decisions, Maxwell Silver-Thompson
Non-Dischargeability of Mixed Student Debt, Jordan Weiss
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
Cultural Pluralism in Criminal Defense: An Inner Conflict of the Liberal Paradigm, Sam Beyea
Mandatory Life Without Parole Sentences for the Intellectually Disabled: A Violation of the Eighth Amendment, Nick Bonham
I Thought He Had a Gun: Amending New York's Justification Statute to Prevent Police Officers from Mistakenly Shooting Unarmed Black Men, Toussaint Cummings
Unauthorized Practice of Law and Meaningful Access to the Courts: Is Law Too Important to Be Left to Lawyers?, Matthew Longobardi
The Role of the E-Book in the Library System: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Fair Use and U.K. Fair Dealing in the E-Lending Universe, Michelle Connelly
Failing to Warn in the Context of Rare Side Effects, Morris Dweck
Big MACs: Not-so-Happy Deals and the Eurozone Crisis, Lindsay Edelstein
"Over-Accommodation" in Higher Education: An ADA Sanctioned Injustice Exposed, Elliot Hamlet
The Pitfalls of the Pittman-Robertson Act: Threats to an American Wildlife Act That Ensnare Hunters and Hikers Alike, Greg Huffaker
Reasonable Accommodation of Mixed Motives Claims Under the ADA: Consistent, Congruent, and Necessary, Bryan Joggerst
Resident Evil: A Reformation of U.S. Civil Confinement Law, Jessica Morak
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
Fair or Foul? Major League Baseball's Use of a Tortious Interference Lawsuit as a Means of Investigation, Michael S. Beck
Symposium Issue Introduction and Dedication, Shawna Benston
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
