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The Quinnipiac Law Review provides analysis and commentary on all areas of the law. The work published in our pages provides critical examinations of everything from recent groundbreaking civil and criminal cases to the shifting paradigms in corporate law structure and the moving parts behind environmental and food regulation. Published four times annually, the Law Review includes articles written by faculty, judges and practicing attorneys from all over the country as well as notes and case notes from students.

The Quinnipiac Law Review is a wholly student-run organization. Membership on the Quinnipiac Law Review provides students with an opportunity to develop legal scholarship skills that give them an edge in the legal market. Membership requires a great deal of time and effort but the rewards are invaluable.

Volume 44

 

Issue 1

Commentary

  1. The Enduring and Unfinished Promise of Equal Protection—Forward; Natasha Silva

  2. Symposium Speakers

Articles

  1. Reversing Progress: The Political and Legal Ramifications of the 2025 DEI Policy Rollback; Bridgette Baldwin

  2. Celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of the National Bar Association and the Warriors in the Court Who Employed the Strategy and Legal Framework Developed in Gaines v. Canada, Applied It in Brown v. Board of Education, and Fought the Battle to Secure Freedom, Civil Rights, and Equal Justice Under Law for All; Gary Ford

  3. Honoring Iowa’s Pioneering African American Lawyers and Navigating Today’s Civil Rights Challenges; Henry Hamilton III

  4. The Special Solicitude of Stare Decisis in Civil Rights; Wayne Unger

Essay

  1. All Americans Have the Right to Have Rights: Reflecting on More than a Century of Civil Rights and Wrongs in United States Territories; Dolace McLean

Issue 2

Articles

  1. Legalizing Abundance; Kevin Frazier

  2. It’s Not Personal, It’s Precedent: The Supreme Court’s Duty to Protect Public Health Against Vaccine Challenges; Alexandra Koulouris

  3. Not Really a Lawyer: Unauthorized Practice of Law and Client Protection Fallacy; Margaret Raymond

Note

  1. The Rule of Reason: Can We Really Call It a “Rule”?; Kelly Roba

Issue 3

Articles

  1. Legislative Poison Pills, Information Monopolies, and the False Dawn of State Tech Regulation; Matthew U. Scherer

  2. Outside the Bounds: A Unifying Theory of the First Amendment and Unprotected Speech; Eric T. Kasper & Nilesh Sinha

Note

  1. Olmstead Unfulfilled: Facign the Adequate Housing Shortage for Individuals with Disabilities in Connecticut Through Entitlements, Subsidies, and Land Use Law; Matthew Iannantuoni

Issue 4

Letter

  1. Reflections from the Editor-in-Chief: Onwards and Upwards; Olivia M. Ventura

Articles

  1. When the Call is Coming from Inside the House: New Risks for Tech Platforms’ Data-Sharing Programs in the DOGE Era; Ben Neumeyer

  2. Reflections on the Codification Debate in American Criminal Law; David Wolitz

Notes

  1. Getting to the Substance: An Efficiency Analysis of the Economic Substance Doctrine as a Judicial Tool in the War Against Tax Shelters; Jhoana T. Merino Martinez

  2. How the “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity” Defense Is Outdated and Underinclusive: An Analysis of Legal Standards, Mental Health, and Jury Decision-Making; Jordyn H. Powell

Previous Volumes

Issue 1

Articles

  1. Skip to my Lou, but don’t Skiplag; Nanci K. Carr

  2. Knowledgeless Practice; Dr. Chance Meyer & Nicole Noël

Book Review 

  1. Attached and Interested; Mark J. Cowan & Joshua Cutler

Note

  1. Navigating the Legal Waters Post-Sackett; Maryanne MacIsaac

Issue 2

Articles

  1. The Nondelegation Doctrine and the Administrative State: A Public Choice Approach; Scott A. Boykin

  2. Drawing Hard Lines: Should an Unwanted Kiss Be a Sexual Assault?; Michael Vitiello

  3. The Supreme Court’s Brain Trust; Justin Burnworth

Note

  1. The Elusive Genus: Antibody Genus Claims Are an Endangered Species; Andie King

Issue 3

Articles

  1. Dobbs Need Not Be the Death Knell for Abortion Rights; Mark A. Leinauer

  2. Originalism in the Year Three Thousand; Michael L. Smith

  3. The Digital Nomad Visa: Filling the Gap in the U.S. Immigration System in the Era of Remote Employment; Emily C. Callan & Garrett May

Note

  1. Remedying the Impact: A Comprehensive Analysis of Connecticut’s Anti-Blight Regulations and Their Key Implications on Local Governments; Jeremy A. Gustafson 

Issue 4

Letter

  1. Letter from the Editor: To the People Who Made Volume 43 Possible; Rose Levine

Articles

  1. Are Mandatory Minimum Sentences Cruel and Unusual? Canada Revisits the Question; Donald L. Beschle

  2. Child Support from Conception?: An Analysis of and Argument for Enacting a Model Code for the Provision of Child Support Prior to the Birth of the Child; Richard Waugaman

  3. Intention and Interpretation; Daniel Austin Green

Note

  1. Overcoming the Personal in Persecution: Barriers to Establishing ‘Nexus’ in Domestic Violence Asylum Cases; Heather Mansfield

Issue 1

Insider Trading Symposium: Texas Gulf Sulphur at 55

Commentary

  1. A Letter from the Symposium Advisor; Marilyn J. Ward Ford

  2. Texas Gulf Sulphur at 55 Symposium — Forward; Garrett A. Borden

  3. Symposium Speakers

Articles

  1. The Most Important Decision in Federal Securities Law — Texas Gulf Sulphur; Marc I. Steinberg

  2. The Statutory Authority for Court-Ordered Disgorgement in SEC Enforcement Actions; Donna M. Nagy

  3. Chiarella v. United States and its Indelible Impact on Insider Trading Law; Donna M. Nagy

  4. Unintended Consequences: The Link Between Judge Friendly’s Texas Gulf Sulphur Concurrence and Recent Supreme Court Decisions Misconstruing Rule 10b-5; Margaret V. Sachs

  5. Texas Gulf Sulphur and the Genesis of Corporate Liability under Rule 10b-5; A.C. Pritchard and Robert B. Thompson

  6. Beyond the Personal Benefit Test: The Economics of Tipping by Insiders; Jonathan R. Macey

Issue 2

Articles

  1. Reasoning Legally and Mathematically: Insights from Contemporary Philosophy of Set Theory; Dr. Mangesh Patwardhan

  2. Explanation, Narrative, and Legal Argument; Jeffrey L. Johnson

  3. What Does Impeachment Disqualification Mean and Does It Have a Remedy?; M. Henry Ishitani

  4. New Evidence: When is it Admissible in a Post-Conviction Claim of Actual Innocence?; Rebecca Zeuschner

Note

  1. A Rational Common Law: The Second Circuit Should Hold That Evidence of Battered Woman Syndrome is Admissible to Support a Duress Defense; Connor Reed

Issue 3

Articles

  1. Challenging Medicine: Ivermectin Cases, Medical Futility Cases and the Patient-Physician Relationship; Janet L. Dolgin

  2. From HIV to COVID-19: How Communicable Diseases of Public Health Significance Affect U.S. Immigration Policy; Emily C. Callan

Notes

  1. Preserving Sacred Ground: Valuing Culture in Compensation for Indigenous Peoples; Jessica L. Gibree

  2. The Impossibility of Settler Colonialism and Its Influence on the Supreme Court; Mia Gratacos-Atterberry

  3. Full Faith and Credit: But Only If You Are Cisgender and Straight; Dakota Flint

Issue 4

Letter

  1. Bittersweet Goodbyes—A Letter from the EIC; Samantha M. Passanante

Articles

  1. Superficial Textualism in Wisconsin: The State Supreme Court Applies the Fair Dealership Law to Municipalities; Alexander M. Meiklejohn

  2. Artificial Intelligence and “Flags of Convenience:” Reasons to Hope for a More Enforceable “Duty to Rescue?”; Daniel Breen

Book Reviews

  1. Guido Speaks; Jill E. Martin

  2. Inadvertently Demonstrating the Importance of Consistency in Feminist Jurisprudence: Julie C. Suk’s After Misogyny; Michael Conklin

Issue 1

Articles

  1. The Shopkeeper’s Morality in The Age of Automation; Bret N. Bogenschneider

  2. The Disconnect Between State Laws Regarding Medical Marijuana Legalization and Employee Protections; Gita Sharma and Vanessa L. Johnson

Note

  1. Title IX – Where Is It Now and Where Should It Go?; Alexa Massad

  2. Should We Establish A Duty of Care for Individuals to Not Spread Covid-19 and Under What Circumstances Should This Duty Arise?; Londyn K. Zografakis

Issue 2

Articles

  1. Humble Conservatism: Stewardship, The Rule of Law, And A Consistent Life Ethic; Chad G. Marzen
  2. The ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Crisis That Isn’t: Liberal Faculties, Conservative Victims, And the Cynical Effort to Undermine Higher Education for Political Gain; Sean M. Kammer

Note

  1. To Regulate, Or Not to Regulate? The Court’s Expansion of The Federal Employers Liability Act and The Federal Arbitration Act to Supplant Employment Law; Meaghan C. Kirby

Board of Editors, 2026-2027

Editor-in-Chief

  • Madison Gonsalves

Executive Managing Editor

  • Ariel McRorey

Business Managing Editor

  • Faith Vuoso

Manuscript Editors

  • Maria Butrimas
  • Kassidy Planas
  • Emily Vail

Research & Symposium Editor

  • Dylan Sartor

Publication Coordinators

  • Brendan Horan
  • Lucas Nixon
  • Emma Panarella

Note & Casenote Editors

  • Isaiah Chavez
  • Gianna Strazzulla
  • Maria Volonte

Publication Editors

  • Maximus Bean
  • Matthew Biscoglio
  • Emily Flanagan
  • Katie Fritz
  • Alexandria McCormick
  • Katie Mountcastle

Faculty Advisors

  • Jeffrey Cooper
  • Brian Gallini
  • Dolace McLean
  • Leonard Long
  • Kathy Kuhar
  • Jessica Hynes
  • Wayne Unger

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