Category: Recent Stories
Job Retraining and the Future of Work
Brandon Richards is currently a 2nd year student in the 3-year JD/MBA program at Cornell University. Brandon graduated from Villanova University in 2020 with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration in both Economics and Real Estate. After graduation in 2023, Brandon plans to leverage this strong foundation in business and law as a corporate associate attorney…
May 2022
Marking the End of Forced Arbitration in Sexual Misconduct Cases
About the Author: Gursehaj Singh is a dual degree LL.B./J.D. candidate at Cornell Law School. He is originally from New Delhi, India. Prior to joining Cornell Law, he attended Jindal Global Law School, where he pursued a bachelor’s degree in business administration and law. He will be joining the New York office of White &…
May 2022
Why is tuition rising and what can we do about it?
Spencer Li is a 2L at Cornell Law School. He grew up in Queens, NY and has a business administration degree from University at Buffalo. He worked in retail banking prior to law school and plans on pursuing corporate law in NYC after graduation.
Apr 2022
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
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
It’s 2021; Let’s Talk About Breastfeeding
Suggested Citation: Nola Booth, It’s 2021; Let’s Talk About Breastfeeding, Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol’y: The Issue Spotter, (Apr. 23, 2021), https://live-journal-of-law-and-public-policy.pantheonsite.io/its-2021-lets-talk-about-breastfeeding/.
Apr 2021
The Constantly Shrinking Fourth Amendment
(Source) “Each man’s home is his castle.” This is the notion that the Fourth Amendment seeks to enforce. The Fourth Amendment guarantees protection to Americans against unreasonable searches and seizures in their own homes. Authorities cannot search a person’s home, papers, or effects without a warrant signed by a judge, upon probable cause and particularly…
Apr 2021
Taxation Without Representation: The D.C. Statehood Question Renewed
(Source) Sirens blaring and helicopters overhead are a normal occurrence in Washington, D.C. On January 6, however, the sounds were persistent with no end in sight. The lower third of several news networks read “Trump Protestors Storm U.S. Capitol.” At around 12:00 p.m., D.C. residents received an alert issuing a curfew from Mayor Bowser telling…
Apr 2021
Zooming in on Student Surveillance: Protecting Student Privacy in the Age of COVID-19
(Source) Exams are stressful even under the best of conditions. Exams taken virtually, as so many students over this previous year have found out, have presented a brand new set of challenges that can magnify student stress. But, imagine for a moment that you cannot even get into your exam, because the exam software does…
Apr 2021
Running Out of Beds: How COVID-19 Demonstrates the Need to Repeal State Certificate of Need Laws
(Source) During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, states struggled in part because the disease caused demand for hospital beds to outstrip supply. Around one month into the pandemic, in New York City, for example, only about 300 intensive care unit (“ICU”) beds remained available. States reacted by creating more medical…
Mar 2021