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The Supreme Court And New Frontiers In Religious Liberty, Floersheimer Center For Constitutional Democracy

2023 Event Invitations

The Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy is proud to present The Supreme Court and New Frontiers in Religious Liberty. Join us for a conversation with First Amendment experts to discuss the future of First Amendment Free Exercise and Establishment Clause jurisprudence.

Professor Michael Pollack will lead a discussion on the Court’s jurisprudence and its impact on civil liberties, religious liberty, and separation of church and state.

Panelists:

• Nelson Tebbe, Cornell Law School
• Mark L. Movsesian, St. John's University School of Law
• Elizabeth Reiner Platt, Columbia Law School
• Giselle Klapper, Sikh Coalition

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Should Canada’S Expansion Of Its Medical Assistance In Dying Program Concern Americans?, Tova Wolkenstein

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review (CICLR) Blog

After suffering from severe chronic back pain and fearing losing his home, 54-year-old Canadian Amir Farsoud applied to Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program (MAID) to alleviate the stresses of his life. Farsoud is just one instance of an individual choosing to die with a physician’s help under the new criteria of MAID. As Canada is America’s “neighbor to the North,” the expansion of physician-assisted suicide there might be a canary in the coal mine as to what will happen in the United States, unless there is an active pushback to stop it.

This post was originally published on the …

The Rise Of Virtual Talent, Frances Bandas

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (AELJ) Blog

As web3 and the metaverse expand, casting horizons have broadened to allow virtual talent to participate in the fashion and entertainment industries. The use of digital avatars in the fashion industry, for one, is reported to be “all the rage.” A case in point: the fashion industry ushered in its first Metaverse Fashion Week (“MVFW”) in March of last year. Tommy Hilfiger, Etro, Selfridges, Dolce & Gabbana, Guo Pei, and Paco Rabanne, among other brands, participated in the launch. The second annual MVFW is scheduled to return in March of this year, promising events that include runway shows, exclusive wearable …

The Fame Center, Sports Law Society Host “50 Years Of Title Ix: The Pivot To Justice In Women’S Gymnastics”, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2023

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX, The FAME Center and the Sports Law Society held a virtual panel on January 30 featuring three women who advocate for change in the world of women's gymnastics. One of Title IX’s most visible impacts is the inclusion of women in sports. According to a study by the Women’s Sports Foundation, female participation in high school sports rose from 290,000 in 1972 to 3.4 million in 2019. The impact of Title IX has extended to professional athletics as well, with major advancements such as the creation of the Women’s National Basketball Association …

The Supreme Court And New Frontiers In Religious Liberty, Floersheimer Center For Constitutional Democracy

2022–2023 Flyers

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Sticky Situations: Understanding The Law And Life, Krystal Banks

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Law and life go hand in hand. Understanding the law and how it connects to life can be an effective tool in teaching youth and adults the value of making good decisions when it comes to life and the law. Sticky Situations places real-world situations in the context of learning how to apply the law and effectively respond to life's sticky situations.

Develop Restorative Capacity, Don't Defund Your Safety Network, Louis L. Fletcher Phd, David Watson

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

The Executive Director of Facilities & Operations and the Director of Safety & Security for a Colorado School district with 27,000 students will share tools, techniques, and experiences, which have cultivated restorative practices (RP) in their district. The presenters will discuss the effectiveness of proactive techniques for training SROs and school security officers to provide successful restorative alternatives to traditional discipline approaches with the goal of helping participants evaluate whether getting rid of SROs versus retraining their approach to student discipline is the best alternative.

Fashion, Beauty And Retail, Cardozo Fame Center, Cardozo Fashion Law Society

2022–2023 Flyers

Cardozo's FAME Center and Fashion Law Society present a panel on mergers and acquisitions in the fashion industry.

Panelists:

• Claudine Meredith-Goujon (IP Partner at Paul, Weiss)
• Laura Turano (Corporate Partner at Paul, Weiss)

Section 230: The Legal Shield Perpetuating Algorithmic Discrimination In Big Tech, Arifa Abrahim

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice (ERSJ) Blog

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields “providers of interactive computer services” against liability arising from content generated by third parties. In a generation marked by the prolific use of social media platforms that operate on user-generated content, the immunity conferred by Section 230 endows platforms like Meta and Twitter with an implicit license to field discriminatorily-targeted ads.

This post was originally published on the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice website on March 6, 2023. The original post can be accessed via the Archived Link button above.

An Unsustainable Process: A Proposal To Expand Work Authorization To Prospective Asylees, Gabriela Amaral

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice (ERSJ) Blog

In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the universal right of safety from persecution for the first time in history. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was a response to the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust and set out fundamental human rights that states ought to protect. Among them, the right to seek asylum – or safety from persecution. This right was enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention and again in the 1967 Protocol. The core principle of this right is non-refoulment: a refugee should not be returned to a country where they face serious threats …

Mmu: 03/06/23–03/12/23, Student Bar Association

Monday Morning Update

This Week @ NDLS

Mass Times

Commons Daily Menu

General Announcements

NDLS Faculty & Staff Spotlights

1L of the Week: Jennifer Lee

2Ls Taking Ls: Kathleen Ryan

Ask a 3L: Matt Delfino

Sport Report by Stephen Nugent

Jackie's Corner

Vol. 64, No. 08 (March 6, 2023)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

Zooming In: Analyzing Annual Meeting Format Changes Amidst A Global Pandemic, Mark T. Wilhelm, Danielle Clifford

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

Beginning in March of 2020, public companies in the United States were forced to take unprecedented measures to observe corporate formalities while following the government-mandated health and safety measures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Those measures made in-person activities and meetings either incredibly challenging or, in certain jurisdictions, illegal. Because “proxy season,” the time when public companies typically hold their annual meetings of stockholders, followed shortly after the mass implementation of COVID-19 lockdowns and quarantines, public companies that had historically held these meetings in-person were left scrambling to find an alternative means to meet. Nearly overnight, the pandemic caused an …

Fraud-On-The-Market Liability In The Esg Era, Kevin S. Haeberle

Popular Media

No abstract provided.

A Compulsory Solution To The Machine Problem: Recognizing Artificial Intelligence As Inventors In Patent Law, Cole G. Merritt

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already disrupting and will likely continue to disrupt many industries. Despite the role AI already plays, AI systems are becoming increasingly powerful. Ultimately, these systems may become a powerful tool that can lead to the discovery of important inventions or significantly reduce the time required to discover these inventions. Even now, AI systems are independently inventing. However, the resulting AI-generated inventions are unable to receive patent protection under current US patent law. This unpatentability may lead to inefficient results and ineffectively serves the goals of patent law.

To embrace the development and power of AI, Congress …

Policing, Stories, Problems, And Solutions, Katherine Mims Crocker

Popular Media

No abstract provided.

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 03.06.23, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• Women Lead 2023: Emily Bremer
• Bob Jones was quoted in an Indiana Lawyer article about a housing law report published by IU McKinney law students. The article also mentions the eviction report that ND Law clinic students recently published.
• Avishalom Tor presented his forthcoming article "The Private Costs of Behavioral Interventions," 72 Duke Law Journal (forthcoming 2023) as part of the 53rd Duke Law Journal Administrative Law Symposium.
• Mary Ellen O'Connell was one of the panelists at the Notre Dame Forum event with Cardinal Robert McElroy last week.
• Diane Desierto has published a book review on "Human …

Artificial Intelligence And The Future Of Law, Cardozo Startup Society, Cardozo Fame Center, Cardozo Law And Data Science Society

2022–2023 Flyers

No abstract provided.

Force Majeure & Covid-19: A Clause Changed?, Claudia Petcu

DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Kinder, Gentler Irs? Where?, Harvey Gilmore

DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Employee Of The Month: Exploring Whether An Employee's Act Of Fraud May Be Imputed To His Employer Under Agency Principles, Max Birmingham

DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Avatar Mediation, John Lande

Faculty Blogs

This post speculates about how AI systems might mediate (or assist in mediation) in the not-too-distant future.

A Body Without A Soul: Why Print Still Matters In Legal Research, Mari Cheney, Heather Simmons

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

This article argues that print still has a place in legal research pedagogy and that some materials should still be collected in print in addition to online should the budget allow for it due to five primary reasons: (1) stability of legal information; (2) context; (3) information literacy; (4) algorithm bias; and (5) the discovery of information. Since many law library budgets are shrinking, there are creative ways for online legal publishers to make online material more print-like should libraries be unable to purchase both print and online material.

Session Iiic: Political Science/History Presentation 4 - The Supreme Court’S Jurisprudence From Roe To Dobbs, Rebekah Vaughn

Life of the Scholar Multidisciplinary Conference

An explanation of why the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The cases that preceded Roe and lead up to Dobbs. It will also explain exactly what Dobbs does.

Arbitration Clauses In The Field Of Life Science And Cannabis Law, Zachary Chaikin

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Blog

Federally, the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) governs the manufacture, importation, possession, and use of drugs. Cannabis is currently included on Schedule I of the CSA, which effectively prohibits profiting from its possession, cultivation, or distribution. However, this stands in direct conflict with certain state laws that expressly allow for the possession, cultivation or distribution of marijuana. California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996. Since then, medical marijuana has been legalized in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The recreational or adult-use of cannabis has been legalized in the District of Columbia and 21 states. The …

The Role Of Ethical Principles In Ai Startups, James Bessen, Stephen Michael Impink, Robert Seamans

Faculty Scholarship

Do high-tech startups benefit from developing more ethical AI? AI startups implement policies and take actions to manage ethical issues associated with data collection, storage, and usage and adapt to the norms of their industry. This paper describes these startups' ethics-related actions, including ethical AI policy adoption, and examines how these actions relate to startup performance. We find that merely adopting an ethical AI policy (i.e., a less costly signal) does not relate to increased performance. However, there is evidence that investors reward startups that take more costly preventative pro-ethics actions, like seeking expert guidance, training employees about unconscious bias, …

Cardozo Law News Brief: March 3, 2023, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2023

Featured Faculty:

• Jessica Roth
• Michael Herz
• Pamela Foohey
• Young Ran (Christine) Kim
• Dmytro Vovk
• Victor Wang
• Matthew Wansley

Events:

• The 2023 Cardozo-Columbia Colloquium on Sovereignty, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in an Era of National and International Turmoil
• Arts & Entertainment Law Journal Spring Symposium
• A Tribute to Professor Mitch Engler
• Gloria Steinem To Receive 22nd International Advocate for Peace Award

Name, Image, Likeness: The Evolution Of College Athletics, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Cardozo Fame Center, Cardozo Sports Law Society

2022–2023 Flyers

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Name, Image, Likeness: The Evolution Of College Athletics, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Cardozo Fame Center, Cardozo Sports Law Society

2023 Event Invitations

The Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal is pleased to host our spring symposium: “Name, Image, Likeness: The Evolution of College Athletics.” This symposium will bring together leading scholars and practitioners to discuss the current state of “NIL,” emerging legal and policy issues, and the future of the right to publicity law for college athletes. The event will consist of a keynote address followed by two moderated panels. Professor Andrew Zimbalist will begin the event with a keynote address where he will provide an overview of “NIL,” discussing where it came from, what it is turning into, and where it …

The "Independent" State Legislature In Republican Theory, Franita Tolson

Texas A&M Law Review

The independent state legislature theory provides that state legislatures are not constrained by their respective state constitutions in exercising the authority that the U.S. Constitution delegates to states over federal elections. In its most extreme form, the doctrine permits state legislatures, in overseeing the mechanics of federal elections, to disregard state court interpretations of state constitutions. Scholars have offered a number of criticisms of this doctrine, noting that it runs counter to the Founding Generation’s concerns about the lawlessness of state legislatures; is contrary to historical practice at the Founding; and undermines the constitutional structure in which the more democratically …