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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 2023 2023

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

CVE and Constitutionality in the Twin Cities: How Countering Violent Extremism Threatens the Equal Protection Rights of American Muslims in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Sarah Chaney Reichenbach

Big Tech Makes Big Data Out of Your Child: The FERPA Loophole EdTech Exploits to Monetize Student Data, Amy Rhoades

The Not-So-Free Spirit of Coachella: Coachella's Overbearing Radius Clause and the Sherman Antitrust Act, Holly Santapaga

The Kids Are Alright? The Need for Kidfluencer Protections, Ana Saragoza

Not Another Tween Tweet: Social Media, Schools, And a Return to Tinker, Benjamin P. Schroff

Protecting Genetic Identity with the Right of Publicity: Applying California's Common Law Right of Publicity to Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing, Steven A. Fisher

Sexual Contact Between A Suspect and Police Officers: How Far Should Police Go to Prove Prostitution?, Paula Del Valle Torres

The Georgia Life Act: Limiting Women's State Constitutional Right to Privacy, Phoebe Varunok

Submissions from 2019 2019

Broken Bones and Pepper Spray: The State-Sanctioned Abuse of Immigrant Juveniles in Custody, Alex Bruce

"Enough's Enough": Protest Law and the Tradition of Chilling Indigenous Free Speech, Alix H. Bruce

ValueAct Partners and Hart-Scot-Rodino: Ending the Competition Between Investor Interest and Antitrust Law, Amy D'Avella

What Matters More: Preserving a Fundamental Right to Privacy or Tampering with Another's Dignity Through Searches Because of "Reasonable Suspicion", Darianne De Leon

Carpenter v. United States and the Emerging Expectations of Privacy in Data Comprehensiveness Applied to Browsing History, Daniel de Zayas

Modern-Day Pirates: Why Domestic Parent Corporations Should be Liable Under the Alien Tort Statute for Violations of Workers' Rights Within Global Supply Chains, Erin Downey

Legislator-Led Prayer: A Harmless Historical Tradition or an Unconstitutional Establishment of Religion?, Krista Ellis

Paypal or Plastic, Don't Matter The Court Won't Have It: Why the Case for Removing "In God We Trust" from the Dollar May Still Gain Traction Under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Olivia Firmand

DNA and Law Enforcement: How the Use of Open Source DNA Databases Violates Privacy Rights, Christine Guest

Examining the Unconstitutionality of Dilution by Tarnishment after Tam, Ryder Hogan

Life, Liberty, and a Stable Climate: The Potential of the State-Created Danger Doctrine in Climate Change Litigation, Andrew Johnson

Not All Virtual Currencies are Created Equal: Regulatory Guidance in the Aftermath of CFTC v. McDonnell, Allen Kogan

The Right to be an Asshole: The Need for Increased First Amendment Public Employment Protections in the Age of Social Media, Alexis Martinez

Following the Fifth Circuit: Title VII as the Sole Remedy for Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Educational Institutions Receiving Federal Funds, Alicia Martinez

Clear and Convincing Civility: Applying the Civil Commitment Standard of Proof to Civil Asset Forfeiture, Stephen J. Moss

Adding Insult to Injury: The Unconscionability of Alimony Payments from Domestic Violence Survivors to their Abusers, Amanda Nannarone

Armored Plating and Aluminum Foil Are Not Like Products: Consequences of the United States' Overbroad Interpretation of Article XXI of the GATT, Anthony Nardi

Tweeting with a Purpose: Interpreting "Corrupt Persuasion" in 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b), Jessica Ochoa

Native American Voting Rights: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, Patrick Roche

Coming Down the Pipeline: First Amendment Challenges to State-Level "Critical Infrastructure" Trespass Laws, Jenna Ruddock

Products Liability in the Digital Age: Liability of Commercial Sellers of CAD Files for Injuries Committed with a 3D-Printed Gun, Mika Sharpe

America's Quiet Legacy of Native American Voter Disenfranchisement: Prospects for Change in North Dakota After Brakebill v. Jaeger, Hannah Stambaugh

Dillon's Rule: A Check on Sheriff's Authority to Enter 287(g) Agreements, Gregory Taylor

American v. British Rule: The Impact of James G. Davis Construction Corp. v. HRGM Corp. on Fee-Shifting Provisions in the Maryland and D.C. Area, Maxwell Terhar

Working 9 to 5? Equal Protection and States' Efforts to Impose Work Requirements for Medicaid Eligibility, David Wasserstein

Submissions from 2018 2018

Playing Outside the Joints: Where the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Meets Title VII, Amanda Brennan

Bremaining in Vogue: The Impact of Brexit on the Fashion Industry, Natalie Cuadros

Far from Now-Settled: The Supreme Court's Decision in Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez as a Violation of Substantive and Procedural Due Process Under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, Cassandra Erler