Peri FeldsteinApr 56 minGetting Blunt About Civil Commitment: How NJ’s Institutionalized Cannabis-Users Are Systematically Denied Civil Liberties Some of New Jersey’s state-institutionalized...
Katherine DunayevichMar 283 minNYC 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...
Elka Wiesenberg BlonderMar 235 minFrom 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...
Justin DanzigerMar 215 minHighlighting 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...
Emma BruderMar 164 minPartial Decriminalization of Prostitution: Sex Workers Still Aren’t WorkersIn April 2021, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, then led by Cyrus Vance, announced that the Office would stop prosecuting...
Hillary BorkerMar 145 minThe 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...
Lindsay BrockiMar 34 minHamptons 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...
Paloma BlochFeb 143 minThe Latest on Abortion: How the Supreme Court Has Jeopardized a Woman’s Right to ChooseOn December 1st, 2021, thousands gathered outside of the Supreme Court of the United States as the Justices prepared to hear arguments in...
Calli SchmittFeb 93 minThe Reality of America’s Inhumane Alternatives to Detention ProgramSince 2004, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) have heavily relied on alternatives to detention (“ATDs”) to monitor...
Payten SlaughterFeb 85 minSeparation of Church and Bodily AutonomyAround the age of twenty-two, Nicole Lemley went to her gynecologist with hopes of bringing permanency to her preference of never having...
Davis VillanoFeb 38 minStonewalling Democracy:Demanding the Elimination of the Senate Filibuster in the Pursuit of ProgressAt the close of his first year in office, President Biden and his administration have claimed to have “delivered results for the American...
Anda TotoreanuJan 3110 minHow 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...
Salisha Kayum Jan 293 minArtifact-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...
Simran KaurDec 1, 20215 minConsequences of Seeking Environmental Justice: The Lawyer Who Took on Chevron and Paid the PriceIn February 2011, the environmental and human rights lawyer, Steven Donziger, won a landmark judgment against Chevron Corporation, on...
Julia PatzNov 24, 20215 minAbolishing the Corporal Punishment Exception to Child Abuse in New YorkDo you condone child abuse? Upon hearing the question, the presumably immediate answer is an unequivocal “no.” This presumption would...
Brooke Hodgins Nov 22, 20214 minRap Lyrics and Evidence of Guilt: The Racial Impact Of The Weaponization Of Evidence RulesMany who study the Unites States criminal justice system are quick to note that racial discrimination in the specific contexts of...
Danielle BluthNov 22, 20214 minThe Use of Solitary Confinement as a Form of COVID-19 Quarantine in PrisonsThe COVID-19 pandemic has proven deadly and extremely challenging to control, making the need for rigid guidelines vital in maintaining a...
Hannah KramerNov 15, 20213 minNYC’s Immunocompromised Children Forgotten as City’s Children Return to SchoolNew York City’s public schools reopened their doors in mid-September 2021, welcoming back many students to in-person learning for the...
Bailey AppelNov 15, 20215 minCoercive 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...
Niara MorrisonNov 9, 20214 minThe Prejudicial Impact of Federal Rule of Evidence 609 on Black DefendantsFederal Rule of Evidence 609, Impeachment by Evidence of a Criminal Conviction, allows the litigating parties to attack a witness’s...