The Student Scholar Series was founded by CUA Law Professor A.G. Harmon in 2009. It was established in order to recognize notable legal scholarship produced by students during the academic year and to foster the practical skills associated with presenting and defending that scholarship in a professional conference-style setting.
Submissions from 2024
The Thunder Basin Boom: Rethinking the Doctrine of Implied Jurisdictional Preclusion, Isabelle Colaiezzi and Susanna Frederick Fischer
Keep Your Hands to Yourselves: A Hands-Off Plea to Reconsider the Supreme Court’s Decision in Ingraham v. Wright, Hope Gouterman and Elizabeth Kirk
Submissions from 2023
The Demise of Stock-Drop Claims in the Wake of Dudenhoeffer, Mary Delaney and Regina T. Jefferson
Eychaner v. City of Chicago: Repercussions after The Supreme Court refuses to take up a Takings Clause Reconsideration, Mark Tocchio and Mark S. Bourbeau
Eyeing the Next Revolution of Wearable Technology: How the Law Should Frame Smart Glasses, Liam Fulling and Clifford S. Fishman
Submissions from 2022
In Favor of Deregulating Medication-Assisted Treatment for the Telemedical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, Kerry O'Donnell
Ransomware Attacks on City Governments: Past, Present, and Future, Mercedes Wilson-Barthes and Jovanna Hadley
Rural Broadband Buildout: How the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Anti-Competitive Practices Collided in the 5G Fund Proceeding, Kelly Laughlin
Submissions from 2021
Bet On It: The Complicated History and Uncertain Future of Sports Betting in the United States and How the Growing Industry Might Affect Technological Advancements, Mark Nobile and Susanna Frederick Fischer
Air Aware: Crimes in the Air and the Circuit Split That Could Change How and Where Air Crimes are Prosecuted, Aimee Solano and Dan Zachem
Cross-Examining Someone Who Says ‘Me Too:’ Effect of Haidak on University Due Process, Rachel Simoneau
Submissions from 2020
Shortcomings of the Clean Water Act and Potential for Progress in the Chesapeake Bay, Rebecca Schisler
Direct to DNA Websites: Are they Becoming De Facto Universal Databases?, Claudia Shannon
Submissions from 2019
The DreamHost Freedom: The Right to Redact, Elizabeth Ulan
Antitrust in an Information Age, Paul St. Clair
Political Contributions Through Text Message, Ashley Greaf
Submissions from 2018
A Practical Approach: Applying the Privileges or Immunities Clause to Intrastate State Commerce Disputes, Kevin Tamul
The Driving Force behind International Maritime Disputes, Raymond Magorien
Submissions from 2017
Child Labor on Your Televisions, Brianna Mitchell
The Enforceability of In Terrorem Clauses, José Espejo
Sentenced to Life in a Foreign Country: Distinguishing Between Aggravated Felon, Significant Misdemeanants, and Innocent Immigrants, Adilene Rosales
Submissions from 2016
The Future of the Compulsory License in Copyright Law, Debbie Chu
A La Carte Channels: Big Ideas Take Some Getting Used To, Molly O'Conor
A Regulatory Balancing Act: Ensuring That Fracking Can Thrive in America's Future, Brendan Johns
Submissions from 2015
The Shift from the Constitutional Right to Equality in Education to Quality Education in California, Melissa Mulrey Soares
State Laws and the Fight against Child Sexual Exploitation on Backpage.com, Erin Callahan
Regulation of Facial Recognition Technology: Protection for an Individual’s Privacy, Jonathan Jacobs
Submissions from 2014
Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Programs, Zachary Navit
The Commerce Clause and the FDA Regulation of Stem Cells, Kathryn Spates
Regulating Pay to Play Practices, DeCarlo McLaren
Submissions from 2013
Prosecutorial Indiscretion, Amy Kokot
Subjected to Torture, Elyssa Lacson
Enhancing Disclosure and Corporate Responsibility Following Citizens United, Roger Abbott
Submissions from 2012
Resolving the Split: Independent Contractors and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Tara Beech
A New Standard for Reliance in Inefficient Primary Markets, Emily Rubino
Frozen in Time, Kelsey Darnell
Submissions from 2011
The Continuing Pursuit of a General Public Performance Right in Sound Recordings, Jay All
Enough is Enough: India’s Fight Against Seizures of Lawful Generic Medicine, Melissa Nonaka
Combating China’s Undervalued Currency: A Subsidy In Fact and In Law, Ted Bush
Submissions from 2010
Leashing the Internet Watchdog: Legislative Restraints on Electronic Surveillance in the U.S. and U.K., John Heekin
Ensuring the Tail Doesn’t Wag the Dog, Nantz Rickard
Changing Executive Compensation: Widening the Lens and Focusing on Directors, Tiffany Rowe
Submissions from 2009
United States v. Hayes: The Fourth Circuit's Interpretation of a 'Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence, Shira Lazinger
The FCC's Regulatory Mulligan: Exploring the Options in the Wake of a Failed D Block Auction, Alejandro Valencia
Roommate Wars: Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates.com Has Signaled the Need for Change, Jessica DeSimone