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Celebrating WCL Student Authors

The Celebrating WCL Student Authors series presents scholarly articles written by Washington College of Law students.

Submissions from 2024 2024

“Show Me the Money”: The SEC’s Use of Distribution as a Tool for Investor Protection, Coleman Gilkey Newton

Policing the Strait: How China’s Policing of the Taiwan Strait Violates the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, Elizabeth C. Parker

The Chicken or the Egg: The Proper Order of Analysis when Determining the Enforceability of a Delegation Clause and the Broader Arbitration Agreement in Consumer Contexts, Parker Reynolds

A Common Law Corporate Crisis: The Status of Common Law Criminal Immunities for Foreign State-Owned Enterprises in a Post-Halkbank Era, Sydney E. Robson

Plausible to Proper: Clarifying Federal Circuit Jurisdiction over Walker Process Appeals, Peter James Rozewicz

The Domestic and International Limitations of the Third-Party Doctrine in the Digital Age, Miguel E. Serrano

Successors in Interest and PTAB Estoppel, Spencer Seufert

Constructing Solutions: Addressing Liability and Ownership Risks Associated with Business Information Modeling, Connor Sheehy

Towards a New Orbit: Addressing the Legal Void in Space Mining, Rebekah Shields

Addressing Base Erosion: Impact of the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act on Tax Inversions and Profit Shifting, T. Scott Shogren

Regulating the Psychedelic Renaissance: FDA’s Critical Role in the Push for Scheduling Reform to Expand Research into Psychedelic Medicines, Saumya Sinha

Destruction and Discrimination: How France Violated the Fundamental Rights of Irregular Migrant Children in Mayotte, Molly E. Smith

The Constitutionality of Barring Undocumented Immigrants from Second Amendment Protections, Abby Vorhees

When Platforms Infringe: Defining the Scope of Section 230’s Intellectual Property Carve-Out, Annabel Weinbach

Communication Decency Act and the Intellectual Property Exception, Casey Windsor

Restructuring Undefined Assets: Valuation of Stablecoins and Their Impact on the Bankruptcy Process, Olivia Woodmansee

Finding Rights in the Fine Print: How Terms of Services Agreements can Turn Consumer Search History into Digital Property, Dalia Wrocherinsky

The Presumption Against Suicide as the Standard for ERISA Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefit Cases, Krista Zamurs

Submissions from 2023 2023

Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight: How the Philippines' Halted Media Speech Despite Its Commitment to the ICCPR, Alexis Mozeleski

Exposing Sedated Legal Responses to Non-Consensual Pelvic Exams Under Anesthesia, Ashleigh Austel

The Revolution Will Not Be Moderated: Examining Florida and Texas's Attempts to Prohibit Social Media Content Moderation, Caroline Jones

One Choice is No Choice At All: Indonesia is Violating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Requiring Political Parties to Adhere to Its national Ideology of PANCASILA, Daniel Brezina

Maintaining Due Process By Extending Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. To Federal Class Actions, Felicia D. Sych

The Endangered Species Are Not Alright: The EPA’s Recent Progress Trying to Reconcile FIFRA and the ESA Does Not Go Far Enough, Katherine Foley

The Push to Grow the Capacity of Inspectors General: What Should Be Next for the Inspector General Community, Madison Gestiehr

A Reckoning For Religious Freedom: India's BJP and the International Implications of Anti-Muslim Leadership, Heather Holman

No Harm No Foul?: The Remnants of Pure Consumer Harm in Monopsony Cases under the Sherman Act, William Jackson

Ransomware Groups on Notice: U.S. Cyber Operation Against REvil is Permissible Under International Law, Justin Singh

The Collateral Effects of Reproductive Restrictions: Dispensing Methotrexate Violates Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri's Public Accommondation Laws, Kanta Mendon

Outer Space Resource Extraction: The Regulation of Commercial Space Actors, Katie Parnow

French-Tipped Formaldehyde: Why FDA’s Statutory Framework Enables Toxic Chemical Exposures in Manicure Products; How Rulemaking or Congressional Action Can Curb Its Detrimental Effect on Occupational Health, Ahn-Thi Le

Deathly Delegation: Analyzing Mississippi's Execution Statute Under the Nondelegation Doctrine, Megan Meissner

Biting the Hand that Feeds?: The Need for Independence and Impartiality in the Title IX Sexual Misconduct Investigation Process at Colleges and Universities, Mehraz Rahman

Fear and Loathing in the American Workplace: Paving the Bog of Logomachy, Sam Salinger

Stars, Stripes, and Surveillance: The United States' Failure to Regulate Data Privacy, Sam Begland

In Controversy: The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act Federal Jurisdiction Requirements and Why the 9th Circuit Is Right that Reasonable Attorneys’ Fees Should Count Towards the Amount in Controversy, Gabrielle Scanlin-Sherman

Beyond Duress: Supporting the Admissibility Of Evidence Of Battered Woman Syndrome to Aid the Defenses of Battered Mothers Charged with Failing to Protect Their Children Against Their Common Abuser, Emily Small

Cuban Immunity Crisis: How Sovereign Immunity Impacts Enforcing the Helms-Burton Act Against Business Ventures in Cuba, Walter Spak

Maintaining Due Process by Extending Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to Federal Class Actions, Felicia D. Sych

Wine About It: Why Croatia's Historic Wine Prosek Should be Granted A Protected Designation of Origin by the European Union, Sydney Kiefert

Cancel the Debt, Cancel the Tax: Exclude Student Loan Debt Relief from Gross Income Using the General Welfare Exclusion, Hao Tony Xu

Submissions from 2022 2022

Ganging Up On Terrorism: Transnational Gangs and Tier III Terrorist Organizations, Adam S. Domitz

The Seal Has Been Lifted: NCAA and Predominantly White Colleges Must Soon Stop Exploiting Their Black Athletes, Daniel Bartlett

Movies to Fall Asleep to: The Antitrust Implications of Terminating the Paramount Consent Decrees, Isha C. Biswas

Item 105 and the Third Circuit’s Crystal Ball Standard: I See Regulatory Risk in Your Future, Cooper D’Anton

Fintech: A Field Day of Arbitrage Gone Awry, Grace Fraser

Common Law Rules: Applying Common Law Principles to Reassigned Phone Number Disputes Under the TCPA, Monica Fritsch

Florida Court Fees Cost the Vote, Annemarie Gregoire

Unequal Justice: Why Federal Courts Should Adopt the Individualized Approach to Sentencing Defendants Convicted of Drug Conspiracy, Alexis S. Hughes

Character Copyrightability in Chaos: How Unclear Character Copyrightability Tests Lead to Improper Result, Kathleen Hanley

Jack Daniel’s Highlights the Second and Ninth Circuit’s Divide on the Application of the Rogers Test, Hannah Knab

An Apple a Day Keeps Educational Malpractice Lawsuits at Bay: Applying Principles of Medical Malpractice's "Locality Rule" to Deconstruct the Academic Abstention Doctrine, Madeline Bergstrom

Poor Gabriel: How Ambiguous State Immunity Policies for Child Protection Agency Workers Fail Children of Color, Samiksha Manjani

America’s New Death Sentence: Lack of Action to Protect Incarcerated People from Covid-19 Amounts to Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Jane Manwarring

Inherently Coercive Entry: ICE’s Use of Unconstitutional Ruses, Karla J. Manzanares

"Youth Matters": Why Demanding the Same Heightened Level of Mitigation in Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentencing Proceedings as is Required in Capital Sentencing Proceedings is the only Constitutional Option, Margaret Helein

Faulty Pipeline and the Holey Shale: The Fundamental Trespass of Fracking, J.E. Mills

Defining "Habitat" Post-Weyerhaeuser: Critical Habitat Regulations Under the Endangered Species Act Must Promote Species Recovery, Nate McCabe

Denouncing the Revival of Pre-Roe v. Wade Abortion Bans in A Post-Dobbs World Through the Void Ab Initio and Presumption of Validity Doctrines, Nora Greene

When a Second Change Gets a Second Chance: Reasonableness Review Reigns for Motions Under Section 404 (B) of the First Step Act on Appeal, Patrick W. Riley

Spider-Man: Work from Home and Retain No Copyright Under the Instance and Expense Test, Shahnoor Kamal Khan

Keeping Trans Kids SAFE: The Constitutionality of Prohibiting Access to Puberty Blockers, Beck Sigman

Punishment and Prejudice: Reproductive Coercion in Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Centers, Inka Skłodowska Boehm

Toxic Therapy: Examining the Constitutionality of Conversion Therapy Bans in Light of Otto, Kathleen Stoughton

Inhospitable: Third Party Liability for Sex Trafficking in the Hospitality Sector, Tessa Zavislan

Submissions from 2021 2021

The FECA’s Foreign Nationals Prohibition in United States v. Singh: Criminalizing Campaign Contributions without the Requisite Mens Rea and the Ramifications for Foreign Corporations with Domestic Subsidiaries, Abigail Gampher

Comparing Dadd v. Anoka County with Corbitt v. Vickers: Why Defendants Should Bear the Burden of Establishing Qualified Immunity in a Motion to Dismiss, Aisha Green

Piercing the Veil: Reconciling FISA and the State Secrets Privilege in the Schrems II Era, Chris Baumohl

Detention of At-Risk Individuals during COVID-19: Humanitarian Parole and the Eighth Amendment, Kaylette Clark

Two Minutes for Unfair Restraint: How the NHL-CHL Player Transfer Agreement Serves as a Catalyst for Abuse of Dominance, Alex Dourian

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities: An Analysis of the Regulatory Hurdles Caused by the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Standardization of the TBA Market, Elizabeth Ashlee Kuan

White v. Hesse: Challenging an Oklahoma County's Bail Practices Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, Andrew Hamm

Institution Denied: The Evolution of Discretionary Denials of Inter Partes Review Under 35 U.S.C. § 314(A) Since Apple Inc. v. Fintiv, Inc., Kelly A. Welsh

Making the VRA Great Again: Arizona Discriminatory Voting Restrictions Cannot Stand After Brnovich, Frances Krupkin

When Thoughts and Prayers are Not Enough: Why Age-Based Restrictions on Purchasing Firearms Pass Constitutional Muster, Madeline P. Fuller

First Step Act of 2018: How Its Statutory Interpretation Limits Criminal Justice Reform, Adriana E. Morquecho

Building a Better Future in International Development: Why the DFC Should be Considered an Agency to Comply with Development Finance Standards and Maintain Influence Abroad, Rebecca M. Dresner

That's not Fair Use: Why Rule 68 Copyright Defendants Canno Recover Post-Offer Attorney's Fees, Ryan Kaiser

Property Rights: Fiercely Contested, Strongly Guarded, and Continually Defended. How the Supreme Court's Decision in Cedar Point Emphasized the Court's Devotion to Private Property Rights, Sarah Haddon

Dudenhoeffer: Why Concealment of Fraud Violates the Fiduciary Duty-of-Prudence, Kolton G. Whitmire

A Labor of Love: Finding Justice for Victims of Workplace Sexual Harassment Excluded from Title VII, Abigail M. Whitmore

My Body is Note My Choice Anymore? How Conscience Protections for Doctors Violate an Individual’s Right to Use Contraceptives and the Establishment Clause, Wanying Yang

Submissions from 2020 2020

The Tea Rose-Rectanus Doctrine's Good Faith Test, Nashrah Ahmed

Authorization of Discovery in International Commercial Arbitration: Demystifying the Sixth Circuit’s Statutory Construction of 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a), Jason Arendt

Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Why Private Parties Have Standing to Challenge an Executive Order That Prohibits ICTS Transactions with Foreign Adversaries, Ari K. Bental

Rewarding Bad Behavior in Initial-Review Collateral Proceedings: Teague Says Yes, Due Process Says No, Bethany Callahan

When Your Colonizers are Hypocrites: Federal Poverty "Solutions" and Indigenous Survival of Sex Trafficking in Indian Country, Alix Bruce

Interpreting Gobbledygook under 35 U.S.C. § 101: Does the 2019 Patent Eligibility Guidance Clarify Past Confusion?, Nicole Bruner

Rehabilitating Our Immigration System with the Rehabilitation Act: Rejecting Video Teleconferencing and Presumptively Requiring In-person Court Appearances as a Reasonable Accommodation for Mentally Incompetent Detainees, Cassandra H. Chee

Sovereign Exception No More: The Impact of Israel's Potential Annexation of the Jordan River Valley on Israel's Obligations Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Dana Busgang

A Well-Rounded Argument: How Skinner and Obergefell make Medical Requirements for Surrogacy Contracts Unconstitutional, Amanda Grau

Development Disasters: Accountability and Remedy in International Development Projects, Kate E. Morrow

A Break From Reality: Modernizing Authentication Standards for Digital Video Evidence in the Era of Deepfakes, John P. LaMonaga

Raising the Stakes: The Battle Between the First Amendment and Athlete's Publicity Rights in the Wake of Murphy v. NCAA, Alexis Nicole Lilly

Employing Smith to Prevent a Constitutional Right to Discriminate Based on Faith: Why the Supreme Court Should Affirm the Third Circuit in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Margaret Smiley Chavez

ONLYEMPLOYEES: Ending the Misclassification of Digital Sex Workers in the Shared and Gig Economy, Mary Marston

Criminalizing Asylum: DNA Testing Asylum Seekers Violates Privacy Rights, Scarlett L. Montenegro

Intergenerational Control: Why Genetic Modification of Embryos via CRISPR-Cas9 is Not a Fundamental Parental Right, Fernando Montoya

Closeted or Credible: How Misinterpretation of the Real ID Act Prevents Closeted LGBTQ+ Applicants from Establishing Credible Asylum Claims, Mary Kate O'Connell

FERC's Tether Tantrum: Why Suppressing State Support for Renewable Energy Violates the Federal Power Act and Threatens U.S. Climate Leadership, Philip N. Killeen