Winter 2024

"In the courtroom where the fate of convicted individuals is decided by jurors, groupthink is destructive. It drives out good problem solving, varying approaches to evaluating evidence, and the creation of well developed verdicts." 

written by Clara Son, '27

"Gun violence in New York City has been a focal point since the 1990s. Starting with the campaign and subsequent election of Rudy Giuliani, tough on crime messaging put gun violence on center stage. That focus has remained, creating a 30-year-long campaign of varying strategies to tackle gun violence, including severely limiting access to legal guns and eagerly seizing illegal ones. Different administrations have taken a wide variety of approaches, but overall, change since the 1990s indicates that they have been relatively successful in this task, driving down gun violence in New York City dramatically over time."

  written by Ben Connor, '25

"The debate of the use and implementation of net neutrality has been discussed by legal scholars extensively. However, the mechanisms behind net neutrality law changes have been analyzed less so. To accurately discern the future of net neutrality, one must take a critical approach to the process of federal regulations."  

 written by Eniola Olabode, '27

"Before 2021, there were few people who were afforded professional business opportunities for athletics at the collegiate level. In 2021, the NCAA caved to decades of pressure and allowed for Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) business deals for athletes. These deals allow athletes to profit off of their collegiate athletic ability by selling the use of their image in advertising and merchandise."  

written by Harry Whitman, '24

"This article explores the consequences of the Court’s determination that identifying abortion as a fundamental liberty interest required defining the point at which a state interest in protecting fetal life becomes “compelling.” As detailed in Part I, both Roe and the following Planned Parenthood v. Casey made it legally wrong to find certain balances between bodily autonomy and the preservation of potential life persuasive, leading to a seismic level of ideological tension. Part II explores how much of this tension remains within existing abortion jurisprudence in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center, and what new tensions are created by the Dobbs decision."  

written by Alice Wanamaker, '25