Month: November 2022
Partisan Gerrymandering: All or None 
Victoria Lee is a JD Candidate at Cornell Law School in the class of 2024. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in Hospitality & Event Management in 2020. Aside from her involvement with Cornell Law School’s Journal of Law and Public Policy, Victoria serves as the co-president of the Society…
Nov 2022
Impropriety of the Reid Technique on Developing Brains
What is the Reid Technique? Custodial police interrogations have long walked the line of legality in terms of just how far officers are allowed to go to obtain a confession. Throughout the last several decades, laws have been established prohibiting physical force, denial of counsel, and other blatantly coercive tactics from being used. However, police…
Nov 2022
Is Corporation Book Minimum Tax an Optimal Government Revenue?
Ray Fang is a second-year law student at Cornell Law School. Ray studied financial accounting in college and earned a Master of Accounting emphasizing in taxation before coming to Cornell Law.
Nov 2022
Toward a U.S.-Cuba Détente
Sasha Brigante is a second-year student at Cornell Law School, where, in addition to her involvement with the Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic, she also serves as President of Cornell’s Cuban American Bar Association and Co-Director of Cornell’s International Refugee Assistance Project.
Nov 2022
Mandatory Motor Vehicle Inspections: Keeping the Roads Safe or Unduly Impacting the Poor?
Emily Lambert is a J.D. candidate for the class of 2024 at Cornell Law School. Prior to attending Cornell, she worked in children’s mental health as a behavioral interventionist in Vermont. She completed her B.S. in International Business and B.A. in Spanish at Norwich University. Emily is a member of the Cornell Christian Legal Society…
Nov 2022
Pay-per-read: The Cost of Revitalizing the Newspaper Industry
Ciannah Gin is a second-year law student at Cornell Law School. She obtained her degree in English at the University of Southern California. Prior to starting law school, Ciannah wrote and produced affiliate marketing content for Forbes and Business Insider.
Nov 2022
Foul: The Inadequate NFL Response to Player Violence
Marie is an NYU alumnus and current 2L at Cornell Law School. She has experience working in psychiatric mental health and incarceral settings and is interested in the criminal justice system. She loves the Buffalo Bills, her dog Khaleesi, and Chipotle.
Nov 2022
Dust to Dust: Why We Should Legalize Human Composting
Maura Pallitta is a second-year law student at Cornell Law School. She grew up in New Jersey, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied history and political science. She is an associate for Cornell Law School’s Journal of Law and Public Policy.
Nov 2022
The Lingering Effects of Trump’s Family-Separation Policy
Sasha Brigante is a second-year student at Cornell Law School, where, in addition to her involvement with the Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic, she also serves as President of Cornell’s Cuban American Bar Association and Co-Director of Cornell’s International Refugee Assistance Project.
Nov 2022