Category: Blog News
We Need an Afghan Adjustment Act
About the Author: Amy Godshall is a second-year law student at Cornell Law School. She has worked on various Afghan immigration cases under the supervision of Cornell Law School professor Stephen Yale-Loehr.
Apr 2022
Reforming Stock Trading Inside the Beltway
About the Author: Cody Colton is a 2L at Cornell Law School. He graduated from the University of California Irvine, where he majored in political science with an emphasis on legal studies. Cody is interested in securities litigation and white-collar crime. He is an associate for Cornell Law School’s Journal of Public Policy and its…
Mar 2022
Twin Crises – Abortion During Covid-19
About the Author Aaditi Pradeep is a dual degree candidate for the B.A L.L.B/ J.D program at Cornell Law School. She works as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Justice, Law and Society and is involved in working with reproductive justice.
Dec 2021
Stockholders Rejoice: The Changing Landscape of Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
About the Author: Trevor Thompson is a 2L at Cornell Law School. He graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He is an online associate for the Journal of Law and Public Policy. In his free time, he enjoys reading, writing, and hiking with his miniature goldendoodle, Cornelius, who is…
May 2021
Optimizing Sports Gambling: A Case for Deregulating the Sports Gambling Industry
(Source) Sports gambling has existed in North America since 1665 when the first horse-racing track was opened. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, gambling became more prevalent as card rooms began to operate and many started gambling on boxing matches and baseball games. However, a series of scandals, such as the 1919 Black…
May 2021
Why Tuition Is Skyrocketing: An Inconvenient Truth
About the Author: Mike Oaks is a JD/MBA candidate at Cornell for the class of 2022. Before attending Cornell, Mike earned a bachelor’s degree in English Language from Brigham Young University and worked as an operations analyst at Morgan Stanley, account executive at Qualtrics, and congressional intern for House Representative Mia Love. Mike is currently…
May 2021
360 Music Contracts, COVID-19, and the Future of the Music Industry
About the Author: Jonathan Gonzalez is a 2L at Cornell Law School and Co-President of the California Law Students Association. He obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis in French and Political Science – Public Service and worked previously at Cornell’s Legal Information Institute.
May 2021
To the 117th Congress: Pass the FAIR Act
About the Author: Nicholas Swan is a J.D. candidate in the class of 2022 at Cornell Law School. He graduated from Cornell University in 2019.
May 2021
Making Mandatory: Vaccines in the Workplace
About the Author: Austin Peng is a J.D. candidate in the class of 2022 at Cornell Law School. As a University of Miami graduate with a degree in Economics, Austin is interested in issues involving financial regulation and tax law. He is an Online Associate for Cornell Law School’s Journal of Law and Public Policy,…
Apr 2021
So, What Actually Is the Rule of Law?
(Source) Over the past year, public discourse increasingly cited the value of the rule of law. In response to the January 6 insurrection, then-President Trump claimed that “Making America Great Again has always been about defending the rule of law.” About a month later, President Biden remarked that one of “America’s most cherished democratic values….
Apr 2021