The publications found in this collection are drawn from some of Hofstra's most exceptional student writing. Works here have been honored in both state and national writing competitions or have been identified by our faculty as noteworthy examples of the intellectual output of this institution.

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Submissions from 2024

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Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools by Lawyers in Criminal Advocacy, Jamie Bernstein

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Leveling the Playing Field: Addressing the Crisis in Indigent Defense Through Resource Parity, Evan Itzkowitz

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The Role of Leniency Offers in Correcting Wrongful Convictions, Lee Ann Masters

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I Called for Help, and No One Answered: How Government Attorneys Still Lack Ethical Protection in Whistleblowing Loyalist-Adversarial Political Prosecutions, Robert Harry Saylor III

Submissions from 2023

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Redefining the Lawyer's Role in Calls for a Dignified Death, Patricia Bober

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Artificial Intelligence in the Criminal Justice System: The Ethical Implications of Lawyers Using AI, Taylor Brodsky

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The Spear and Shield: Governmental Intervention in White-Collar Crimes and Defendants' Privileges, Harry Chen

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Forensic Science; Far From "Scientific Certainty", Kathleen Dewitt

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Beyond Dusky: Developing A Statutory Affirmative Defense For Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sara Murphy

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As Long As There is Money Involved in Justice, There Will Be No Justice: The United States' Criminalization of Poverty and the Need to Demonitize our Criminal "Justice" System, Amanda Piccione

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Voiceless Victims: Addressing the Issues of Prosecuting Intimate Partner Violence Without Victim Cooperation, Carolyn Powers

Submissions from 2021

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Anything They Say: Will Be Used Against Them, Amanda Bruchhauser

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The Role of the Zealous Advocate: Implementing LGBTQIA+-Conscious Ethics in Juvenile Criminal Defense to Combat the School-To-Prison Pipeline, Mia Tyminski

Submissions from 2020

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The Ethics of Guardians ad Litem in Family Law, Taylor Imbasciani

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Effects of Immigration Status on the Criminal Process, Gleb Ivanov

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Letting the Cat Out of the Bag: How New York's Discovery Reform Removes the Secrecy From the Grand Jury, Amber Kempermann

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Appointing an Independent Prosecutor in Cases of Police Misconduct: Repairing Trust in the Criminal Justice System, Samantha Levitz

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The Permissible Scope of Attorney Speech: Constitutional Challenges, The Current Standard, and the Need for Clarity, Sean Sciubba

Submissions from 2018

Creating the Perfect Human Race: How Far Will We Go for Designer Families?, Lisa Fenech

A Need Not Being Met: Providing Paid Family and Medical Leave for All Americans, Seth K. Kornfeld

Our Baby, Her Choices: The Need for Enforcement of Gestational Surrogate Contracts, Samantha Lollo

Submissions from 2017

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Report: Tying Teacher Evaluation to Student Test Performance in New York State, Anthony Ciaccio, Richard DeMaio, Ashley Flynn, Sean Hanssler, Michelle Malone, Steven Mare, George Santiago, and Victoria Short

Submissions from 2016

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Black and Blue Bloods: Protecting Police Officer Families from Domestic Violence, Rafaqat Cheema

Submissions from 2015

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American Bar Association Commission on Youth at Risk, Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, Health Law Section Report to the House of Delegates: Overuse of Psychotropic Medication Among Children and Youth in State Custody, Allison Flood

Submissions from 2013

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There’s Still a Chance: Why the Clean Air Act Does Not Preempt State Common Law Despite the Fourth Circuit’s Ruling in North Carolina v. TVA, Thomas J. Alves

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Adaptation to Climate Change and the Everglades Ecosystem, Frank Piccininni

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How the Medicate-to- Execute Scheme Undermines Individual Liberty, Offends Societal Norms, and Violates the Constitution, Caitlin Steinke

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Male Asylum Applicants Who Fear Becoming the Victims of Honor Killings: the Case for Gender Equality, Caitlin Steinke

Submissions from 2010

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An Assessment of U.S. Responses to Greenwashing and Proposals to Improve Enforcement, Ashley Lorance

Submissions from 2009

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That's Ok, It's Only A Rental: The Business of Renting Dogs, Rachit Anand

Submissions from 2008

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The Enhanced Arbitration Appeal Amendment: A Proposal to Save American Jurisprudence from Arbitration, Modeled on the English Arbitration Act of 1996, Drew M. Gulley

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The African Elephant and The United States’ Effect on The Survival of The Species, Laurel McNeill

Submissions from 2007

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Economics of Electronic Waste Disposal Regulations, Heather L. Drayton

Submissions from 1995

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At the Crossroads of Environmental Laws and the Bankruptcy Code: Abandonment and Trustee Personal Liability, Joseph S. Maniscalco

Submissions from 1990

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Great Ironies of History: The Peculiar Historic Fable of Marbury v. Madison, Eric J. Beckerman