Published Staff Members
Members of the Law Journal have covered topics ranging from white-collar crime to domestic assault in recent issues of the 老司机福利网 Law Journal.
- Brian Ahle--The Play on the Field is Under Further Review: An Argument in Favor of Federal NIL Legislation
- Beatrice Connaghan--A New Tool in Police-Civilian Mediations: Conflict Coaching and Its Potential Benefits
- Grant Gamm--Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Law: A Chat with ChatGPT
- Manni Jandernoa--Prioritizing Student Well-Being in Name and Pronoun Policies in K-12 Schools
- Miranda Nolan--Prada Bag or Fraud-A Bag: The Impacts of Knockoffs and Counterfeits on the Fashion Industry
- Joe Retzer--The Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule and Why It Deserves Chevron Deference
- Mary Webb--The Role of Historic Preservation in St. Louis Vacancy Solutions
- Josh Zoeller--Status to Be Determined: Analyzing Indian Status Within the General Crimes Act in a Post-Castro-Huerta Landscape
- Chandni Challa--Yes, We Klan: Reviving the Ku Klux Klan Act to Punish Insurrectionists
- Brianna Coppersmith--What Cash Bail Left Behind: St. Louis鈥� Bail System, Three Years After Reform
- Olivia Dixon--The Constitutionality of DACA: Balancing the Rights of Undocumented Individuals and Constitutional Considerations
- Colleen Essid--To Tax or Not to Tax: Internal Revenue Code 162(f), Tax Loopholes, and Unjust Enrichment
- Mary Fletcher--Preventing Gamesmanship: BIPA Class Action Litigation in the State and Federal Forums
- Katie Hoffecker--The Heat is On: Will Climate Change Suits Pressure the Supreme Court to Evolve Its Federal Question Jurisdiction?
- Mikayla J. Lewison--Consequentialist Retribution鈥檚 Real-World Ramifications and How It Impacts Judicial Credibility
- Glenn Lutzky--Covid and Consequences: How the Pandemic Changed Contract Interpretation and Litigation
- --The Duty to Correct Another鈥檚 Material Misrepresentations: A Contextual Approach for Analyzing Fraudulent Behavior Under Rule 10b-5
- --Missouri鈥檚 Chance at Low-Cost Renewable Energy 鈥楪one with the Wind鈥�?
- --The Future of the ADA: Understanding Title III鈥檚 Application to Websites
- --Turning Over Stones: Advocating for Stronger Reporting Requirements for Opportunity Zones
- --A New Kind of MMA Fight: Balancing Statutory Damages for Works in Compilations After the Music Modernization Act and the Rise of Streaming Services
- --Pretrial Release in Domestic Violence Cases: How States Handle the Notoriously Private Crime
- --Breaking the Cultural Cycle of Sexual Harassment in the Professional Sports Industry: Time to Step Up Prevention & Punishment
- --Legislative Push Towards Supersession in Missouri: Why the State Attorney General Should Not Be Statutorily Granted Concurrent Jurisdiction with Locally Elected Prosecutors
- Chioma Chukwu-Smith--The International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination: An Analysis of Article 4鈥檚 Implementation on Hate Speech in the United States, Japan, and Germany
- Ben Davisson--Exodus from the Land of Confusion: Why Hughes v. United States Supports the Overruling of the Unworkable Marks Doctrine and a Change in Court Practice
- Van DeGregorio--Reversing Progress: The Trafficking of Cuban Baseball Players Continues After Cancellation of MLB-FCB Agreement 103
- Hannah Hope--Leveling the Playing Field for Remote Sellers: Missouri鈥檚 Response in a Post-Wayfair World
- Tiffany Light--Data Privacy: One Universal Regulation Eliminating the Many States of Legal Uncertainty
- Michael McMahon--Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Litigation in Federal Courts: Evaluating the Standing Doctrine in Privacy Contexts
- Zackary C. Nehls--Death is Certain but Probate is Optional: How to Transfer Wealth and Dodge Creditors Using a Revocable Trust
- Shontee M. Pant--Calculating the Gender Gap in Legal Scholarship: An Empirical Study
- Kristen S. Spina--Missouri鈥檚 Path Towards 鈥淎 Meaningful Opportunity for Release.鈥� Should Remedying Unconstitutional Sentences Permit Judicial Review of Parole Board Decisions?
- Daniel Blair--One Step Away: How Hern谩ndez II Signals the Elimination of Bivens
- Onalee R. Chappeau--Trusting the Tribe: Understanding the Tensions of the Indian Child Welfare Act
- Maysa Hassan Daoud--America鈥檚 Continued Fair Housing Crisis and the Ignored Solution: The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule
- Jessica Gottsacker--Waging War Against Prior Pay: The Pay Structure That Reinforces the Systemic Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
- Katherine Hubbard--Breaking the Myths: Pain and Suffering Damage Caps
- Zachary W. Langrehr--Can Tax Sales Be Avoided in Bankruptcy Cases?
- Tyler Ash 鈥� Can All Murders Be 鈥楢ggravated鈥�? A Look at Aggravating Factor Capital-Eligibility Schemes
- Megan Crowe 鈥� Can You Relate? Bristol-Myers Narrowed the Relatedness Requirement but Changed Little in the Specific Jurisdiction Analysis
- Carter Gage 鈥� Removing a Splinter by Amputating the Limb: How the SEC Misses the Mark (Again) on Executive Compensation with the Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule
- Maggie Hummel 鈥� Missouri鈥檚 Ag-Gag Laws Know No Constitutional Bounds
- Edward Radetic 鈥� State v. Prince: A Standard of Application for Mo. Art. I, 搂18(c) or An Evidentiary Trump Card?
- Brian Sableman 鈥� Holding Private Military Contractors Accountable Under the Alien Tort Statute in the Wake of Jesner v. Arab Bank
- Jake Schmidt 鈥� Not Your Grandparents鈥� Intellectual Property: How Rightsholders Are Using License Agreements to Avoid Exhaustion and Ensure Their Products Stay Out of the Secondary Market
- Breanna Wexler 鈥� Let鈥檚 Call It What It Is: Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is Sex Discrimination Under Title VII
- Keegan J. Shea 鈥� Tweaking the Twenty-First Amendment: An Argument Against Durational-Residency Requirements for Alcohol Beverage Wholesalers and Retailers
- Claire Mispagel 鈥� Resolving a Copyright Law Circuit Split: The Importance of a De Minimis Exception for Sampled Sound Recordings
- Brad Tharpe 鈥� FTC v. AT&T: Black Mirror Brought to Life?
- Caitlin Fagan 鈥� Corporate Social Responsibility and Foreign Contractors: Corporate Accountability for Worker Safety Abroad
- Travis R. McLain 鈥� The Constitutionality of Fish and Wildlife Related Searches and Seizures Conducted by Conservation Agents in Missouri
- Charlie Rosebrough 鈥� The Voluntary Act Requirement in Prison Contraband Cases
- Melissa Powers 鈥� Drifting Away from Terrorism: Downward Departure from the Terrorism Enhancement in Cases of Mental Illness
- Maureen Hanlon 鈥� Biased Adults, Brash Youth, and Uneven Punishment: The Need for Increased Legal Protections for Youth
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Taylor Essner 鈥� Insider Trading in Flux: How the Second Circuit Erred in United States v. Newman and Why the Supreme Court Should Correct that Error in United States v. Salman
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Amina Musa 鈥� 鈥楢 Motivating Factor鈥� 鈥� The Impact of EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. on Title VII Religious Discrimination Claims
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Amanda Porter 鈥� Law Enforcement鈥檚 Use of Weaponized Drones: Today and Tomorrow
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Grant Ford 鈥� Bringing United States v. Harden to Its Conclusion: How the Flawed Decision Could Unlock Cells in the Seventh Circuit
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Steven Levitt 鈥� The Challenge of Achieving Discovery from Third Party, Non-Retained Experts
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Kevin Kifer 鈥� Law Firms are People, Too? Law Firm Sanctions Under 28 U.S.C. 搂 1927 and the Strained Reading of 鈥淧erson鈥�
- Cierra Simpson 鈥� Inevitable Horrors: Sexual Assault in Prison
- Sara Robertson 鈥� Lane v. Franks: The Supreme Court Frankly Fails to Go Far Enough
- Lauren N. Rouse 鈥� How Templemire v. W & M Welding, Inc. Creates Unfair Job Security
- Will Clark 鈥� Intermediate Scrutiny as a Solution to Economic Protectionism in Occupational Licensing
- Amy Berg 鈥� Understanding the Relationship between the Doctrine of Patient Exhaustion and Self-Replicating Technologies after Bowman v. Monsanto Co.
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Maxwell Murtaugh 鈥� The PLRA鈥檚 Dividing Language: Statutory Interpretation and Applying the Attorney鈥檚 Fees Cap at the Appellate Level
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Courtney Lang 鈥� The Maverick Theory: Creating Turbulence for Mergers
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Jonathan Hoerner 鈥� A Failing School District and a Failing Statute: How Breitenfeld v. School District of Clayton and the Unaccredited District Tuition Statute Nearly Destroyed a Struggling School District and Disrupted the Education of its Students
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T.J. Mathes 鈥� The Armed Career Criminal Act: A Severe Implication Without Explanation
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Joyce LaFontain 鈥� Show-Me the Sun: How Missouri Can Support its Commitment to Renewable Sources of Energy Through Preemption of Local Zoning Ordinances
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Jenna Huenger 鈥� University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar: The Supreme Court鈥檚 鈥淗eads the Employer Wins, Tails the Employee Loses鈥� Decision
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Scott Meyers 鈥� Who鈥檚 the Boss: The Definition of a Supervisor in Workplace Harassment Under Vance v. Ball State University
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Jim Ribaudo 鈥� Lane Change: The Need to Clarify McHaffie and Accept a Punitive Damages Exception
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Ray Syrcle 鈥� Recess is Over: Narrowing the Presidential Recess Appointment Power in NLRB v. Noel Canning
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Vincent Heitholt 鈥� Meramec River Killing: State v. Crocker and Missouri鈥檚 First Foray into the National Debate on Self-Defense
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Liz Washam 鈥� Diffusing Deadly Situations: How Missouri Could Effectively Remove Firearms from the Hands of Domestic Abusers