Getting Blunt About Civil Commitment:
How NJ’s Institutionalized Cannabis-Users Are Systematically Denied Civil Liberties Some of New Jersey’s state-institutionalized...
Katherine Dunayevich
- Mar 28
- 3 min
NYC Housing & COVID-19: More Rent Burdened Than Before
Affordable housing is a major concern in New York City, now more than ever. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, half of all NYC renters were...
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Elka Wiesenberg Blonder
- Mar 23
- 5 min
From Lovers to Litigants: Is There No Better Way to Divorce?
One crisp September afternoon, two young souls collide in the pasta aisle of the Whole Foods on 97th and Columbus, as both make a grab...
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Justin Danziger
- Mar 21
- 5 min
Highlighting the Drug Policy Reform Act:
Should the United States push for drug decriminalization at the federal level? In the early 1970s, President Nixon initiated an “all-out...
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Emma Bruder
- Mar 16
- 4 min
Partial Decriminalization of Prostitution: Sex Workers Still Aren’t Workers
In April 2021, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, then led by Cyrus Vance, announced that the Office would stop prosecuting...
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Hillary Borker
- Mar 14
- 5 min
The Purdue Pharma Settlement: Should it have been overturned?
On December 16, 2021, Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York overturned the Purdue Pharma...
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Lindsay Brocki
- Mar 3
- 4 min
Hamptons Aesthetics vs. Shinnecock Rights:
How the Federal Government is Failing to Protect Indigenous Sovereignty Within the opulent Hamptons community located on the east end of...
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Paloma Bloch
- Feb 14
- 3 min
The Latest on Abortion: How the Supreme Court Has Jeopardized a Woman’s Right to Choose
On December 1st, 2021, thousands gathered outside of the Supreme Court of the United States as the Justices prepared to hear arguments in...
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Calli Schmitt
- Feb 9
- 3 min
The Reality of America’s Inhumane Alternatives to Detention Program
Since 2004, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) have heavily relied on alternatives to detention (“ATDs”) to monitor...
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Payten Slaughter
- Feb 8
- 5 min
Separation of Church and Bodily Autonomy
Around the age of twenty-two, Nicole Lemley went to her gynecologist with hopes of bringing permanency to her preference of never having...
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Davis Villano
- Feb 3
- 8 min
Stonewalling Democracy:Demanding the Elimination of the Senate Filibuster in the Pursuit of Progress
At the close of his first year in office, President Biden and his administration have claimed to have “delivered results for the American...
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Anda Totoreanu
- Jan 31
- 10 min
How the Migrant Protection Protocols were Put in Place, and Where We Are Now
On December 20, 2018, the Trump administration created the Migrant Protection Protocols (“MPP”)[1], followed by formal guidance issued on...
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Salisha Kayum
- Jan 29
- 3 min
Artifact-checking: FinCEN could be on the verge of ending Artifact Appropriation
“These objects are not just decorations, but have spirits and are considered as lives,” “[w]ithout the soul, like the human body, we are...
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Simran Kaur
- Dec 1, 2021
- 5 min
Consequences of Seeking Environmental Justice: The Lawyer Who Took on Chevron and Paid the Price
In February 2011, the environmental and human rights lawyer, Steven Donziger, won a landmark judgment against Chevron Corporation, on...
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Julia Patz
- Nov 24, 2021
- 5 min
Abolishing the Corporal Punishment Exception to Child Abuse in New York
Do you condone child abuse? Upon hearing the question, the presumably immediate answer is an unequivocal “no.” This presumption would...
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Brooke Hodgins
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Rap Lyrics and Evidence of Guilt: The Racial Impact Of The Weaponization Of Evidence Rules
Many who study the Unites States criminal justice system are quick to note that racial discrimination in the specific contexts of...
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Danielle Bluth
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
The Use of Solitary Confinement as a Form of COVID-19 Quarantine in Prisons
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven deadly and extremely challenging to control, making the need for rigid guidelines vital in maintaining a...
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Hannah Kramer
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
NYC’s Immunocompromised Children Forgotten as City’s Children Return to School
New York City’s public schools reopened their doors in mid-September 2021, welcoming back many students to in-person learning for the...
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Bailey Appel
- Nov 15, 2021
- 5 min
Coercive Control: Crucial Legal Changes and Police Training
The disappearance of Gabby Petito in late August of 2021 received nationwide coverage, so much so that it led some to wonder why she was...
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Niara Morrison
- Nov 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Prejudicial Impact of Federal Rule of Evidence 609 on Black Defendants
Federal Rule of Evidence 609, Impeachment by Evidence of a Criminal Conviction, allows the litigating parties to attack a witness’s...
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