Future Issues

Each year, the Law Review publishes four issues.  The Law Review is currently developing issues for publication in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years. Below are brief synopses of issues in development.

Volume 54:1
New York Law School Law Journal Alumni Issue
This issue presents the scholarship of New York Law School alumni who specialize in a wide array of practice areas. The papers, first presented at a Symposium held at the school in the fall of 2008, discuss issues of international, comparative, constitutional, and corporate law, as well the challenges faced by modern day legal practitioners.

Volume 54:2
Locating the School-to-Prison Pipeline
This issue will feature scholarship from the participants of a symposium to be held at New York Law School in March 2009. Panelists will address the problematic trend in New York City public schools of overly harsh disciplinary policies that push students out of the classroom and into the juvenile justice system. This issue will include scholarship from current civil rights lawyers as well as education policy experts.

Volume 54:3
Insider Trading
In April 2009, the Law Review and the Center on Business Law & Policy will host a symposium, at New York Law School, that will explore the various issues surrounding insider trading. Volume 54:3 will feature scholarship from the participants of the symposium and student-written pieces.

Volume 54:4
D is Digital: A Conference on the Google Book Search Lawsuit
The issue is about the lawsuit by publishers against Google alleging copyright infringement from the Google Book Search Project and the settlement that resulted. The settlement represents a re-shaping of the publishing industry; perhaps the biggest change since Gutenburg. The two-day Symposium featured practioners and scholars presenting ideas and discussing both the practical, short-term significance as well as the long-term implications of the settlement.

Volume 55:1
This issue will feature scholarship from the participants of a symposium to be held at New York Law School in November 2009. Panelists will address the definition of due care, fiduciary duty and the concept of good faith after Disney. This issue will feature scholarship from the participants of the symposium and student-written pieces.

Volume 55:2
Fictionalizing the Criminal Law
This issue will be comprised of scholarship examining how criminal law is depicted in television, film, and works of literature. Not only will these portrayals be examined for accuracy, but scholars will also discuss how these portrayals affect the practice of law and the perception of the legal system by the general public.

Volume 55:3
Future of Legal Education
This issue will feature papers from presenters at the Legal Education Symposium to be held at New York Law School in November 2008. The symposium will highlight a number of new developments in legal education and attempt to forecast the future of legal education in a changing profession.
 

This information is based on our current publication schedule and is subject to change.