August 2026

August 2026

Publications:

Rodger Citron, A Deep Dive into the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Decision, Verdict (Aug. 19, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, Op-Ed., An Antisemitism Task Force Whistleblower Refutes Herself, Wall St. J. (Aug. 24, 2026).

Tiffany Graham, Who Gets to Play? Equality, Sex, and School Sports After West Virginia v. BPJ, in the 28th Annual Supreme Court Handbook (PLI 2026).

Samuel J. Levine, Foreword to Beth L. Raiola, Jewish American Parents Navigating Autism Supports: Exploring Culturally Responsive Services, Advocacy, and Schooling (2026).

Samuel J. Levine, Disability Rights and Inclusion in the Jewish Community, Shalom Mag., Fall 2026, at 24.

Michael Lewyn, How to Teach Land Use in a Property Course, 55 Real Est. L.J. 148 (2026).

Mauricio Noroña & Peter Markowitz, Who Decides Who Gets Deported?, 78 Fla. L. Rev. 87 (2026).

Jolie Bodner Zangari, Recent Reads, 41 Crim. Just. 43 (2026).

Presentations:

Rodger Citron, Discussant, Failure, Fear, and Self-Doubt: The Emotions We (as Professors) Dare Not Name; Presenter, Judge Bazelon & Administrative Law, Works-in-Progress Workshop-Administrative Law; and Discussant, Civil Procedure Discussion Group: Federal Courts/State Courts, SEALS Conference (July 2026).

Tiffany Graham, panelist, Law of the Land: The Supreme Court Year in Review, 92^nd Street Y (Aug. 21, 2026).

Tiffany Graham, panelist, The American Constitution at 250, State of America Summit: American Constitution at 250, 92^nd St. Y (July 28, 2026).

Tiffany Graham, Supreme Court October 2025 Term: Speech, Voting, and Equal Protection & Separation of Powers: Focus on Executive Power, Practicing Law Institute's 28th Annual Supreme Court Review (Aug. 5, 2026).

Samuel J. Levine presented, We the People: The Torah's Role in American Law, Chabad of Malibu. (August, 2026)

Thane Rosenbaum, moderator, Law of the Land: The Supreme Court Year in Review, 92^nd Street Y (Aug. 21, 2026).

Martin A. Schwartz, Overview of the Supreme Court October 2025 Term & Second Amendment and Criminal Procedure, Practicing Law Institute's 28th Annual Supreme Court Review (Aug. 5, 2026).

Citations:

Hal Abramson, Nelson Mandela as Negotiator: What Can We Learn from Him? 31 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 19 (2016), cited in Jennifer S. Stevenson, Leave Diplomacy Out of It: Teaching Negotiations to U.S. Law Students, 33 Willamette J. Int'l L. & Disp. Resol. (2026). 

Tiffany C. Graham, The Shifting Doctrinal Face of Immutability, 19 VA. J. SOC. POL'Y & L. (2011), cited in Mohammad Khalilzadeh, Deconstructing the Immutability and Political Powerlessness Standards in Justice Barrett’s Skrmetti Concurrence on Transgender Rights,U. Ill. L. Rev. Online (2026).

Deseriee Kennedy, Pleading and Antiracism, in Guide To Civil Procedure (2022), cited in Suzette M. Malveaux, Procedural Apartheid? How Racial Harassment Cases and Their Proponents are Subject to Separate and Unequal Due Process, 61 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 557 (2026).

Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus, Testing the UBE: Portable but Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores, Law360 July 26, 2016, cited in Elizabeth Usman & Andrea Gemignani, Silos, Gaps, and Bridges: A Call to Action for Law Schools to Facilitate Collaboration Across the Curriculum at the Dawn of the NextGen Bar, 29 U.D.C. L. Rev. (Spring 2026).

Samuel J. Levine, The Law and the “Spirit of the Law” in Legal Ethics, 2015 J. Prof. Law. 1 (2015), cited in Athanasios G. Chymis, International Competitiveness Indicators as a Proxy for Socially Responsible Public Administration, in The Social Responsibility of Public Administration: Cases, Models and Nuances (Paolo D’Anselmi et al. eds., 2025).

Samuel J. Levine, Was Yosef on the Spectrum?: Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources (2018), cited in Hadar Aviram, Behind Ancient Bars: Narratives of Incarceration in the Hebrew Bible (2026).

Samuel J. Levine, Was Yosef on the Spectrum?: Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources (2018), cited in Louise A. Gosbell, Disability Studies, in The Routledge Handbook of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Biblical Studies (2026).

Samuel J. Levine, Rethinking the Supreme Court's Hands-Off Approach to Questions of Religious Practice and Belief, 25 Fordham Urb. L. J. 85 (1997), cited in Brief of Amici Curiae Legal Scholars in Support of Equality in Support of Respondents, St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy (2026) (No. 25-581).

Jorge R. Roig, Decoding First Amendment Coverage of Computer Source Code in the Age of YouTube, Facebook, and the Arab Spring, 68 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L., 2012, cited in Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Defense Distributed v. Davenport (2026) (No. 26-184).

Patricia E. Salkin, May It Please the Campus (2022), cited in Timothy W. Floyd, Moral Virtues, Professional Identity, and Leadership, 74 J. Legal Educ. 201 (2026).

Patricia E. Salkin, American Law of Zoning (5th ed. 2026) cited in Warren Livestock, LLC v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Albany, 2026 WY 76.

Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation Claims and Defenses (4th ed. Supp. 1 2026), cited in, Walden v. City of Duncan, 2026 WL 2329610 (10th Cir. Aug. 12, 2026).

Marjorie A. Silver, Work and Well-Being, in Leah Wortham, Alexander Scherr, Nancy Maurer & Susan Brooks, Learning from Practice: A Professional Development Text for Externs (3d ed. 2016). cited in Timothy W. Floyd, Moral Virtues, Professional Identity, and Leadership, 74 J. Legal Educ. 201 (2026).

Marjorie A. Silver, Susan L. Brooks, Sarah Fishel & Kellie Wiltsie, Moving Toward a Competency-Based Model for Fostering Law Students' Relational Skills, 28 Clinical Law Rev. 369 (2022), cited in Brent Godfrey, What Do We Do at the End of A World?: Cultivating Emergent Leadership in A Time of Collapse, 74 J. Legal Educ. 67 (2026).

Media:

Mark Goldfeder, quoted in Menachem Wecker, Jewish Law Exempts Self-Incrimination Not Testimony, Rabbis Say After Fauci Pleads ‘No Comment’ 111 Times, Jewish News Syndicate (Aug. 3, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted in Mathilda Heller, Secret X bot Army Based in City Hall Boosting Mamdani, Jerusalem Post (Aug. 7, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted in Danielle Greyman-Kennard, US Judge Allows Terror Victims' Lawsuit Against PA, PLO Over 'Pay-for-Slay' to Proceed, Jerusalem Post (Aug. 12, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted in Ira Stoll, Judge Who Ruled Harvard Failed Its Jewish Students Dismisses a Trump Case, Wash. Free Beacon (Aug. 13, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted in Adam Kredo, Family of American Murdered in Jerusalem Sbarro Bombing Sues Female Hamas Mastermind 25 Years After Massacre, Wash. Free Beacon (Aug. 13, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted in Alex Carson, US Court: Attacking a Jew Wearing the Israeli Flag Is Racial Discrimination, Jerusalem Post (Aug. 20, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted in Aaron Bandler, Legal Expert Slams ‘Leniency’ of 30-Day Sentence for Anti-Israel Protesters Who Blocked Golden Gate Bridge Traffic, Jewish News Syndicate (Aug. 24, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted in Marc Rod, El-Sayed Avoids Naming Piker as He Tries to Distance Himself from Antisemitic Remarks; The NYTs Is Weaponizing Islamophobia, Jewish Insider (Aug. 25, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted in Rikki Zagelbaum, Justice Department Appeals Dismissal of Jew-Hatred Lawsuit Against Harvard, Jewish News Syndicate (Aug. 28, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder profiled in Jeffrey Lax, What Real Jewish Leadership Looks Like, Jewish News Syndicate (Aug. 20, 2026).

Elena B. Langan profiled in Long Island Business News (Aug. 21, 2026).

Samuel J. Levine, interviewed on Samuel Levine, Advocacy and the Law, B'Tzelem Elohim Podcast (Aug. 26, 2026).

Patricia E Salkin, quoted in Eric Kelderman, Education Department Takes First Step to Revoke Recognition of Law-Schools Accreditor, Chron. Higher Educ. (Aug. 21, 2026).

Jolie Bodner Zangari, quoted in Charlie McKenna, Witness After Witness called Lindsay Clancy a Good Mom on Thursday - Why Did Prosecutors Call Them? MassLive (Aug. 6, 2026). 

Jolie Bodner Zangari, quoted in Charlie McKenna, Question at the Heart of Lindsay Clancy trial comes into focus during second week; MassLive (Aug. 7, 2026).

Jolie Bodner Zangari, quoted in Charlie McKenna, How Lindsay Clancy's Defense Made Postpartum Mental Health Central to Her Trial, MassLive (Aug. 14, 2026).

Jolie Bodner Zangari, quoted in Charlie McKenna, Lindsay Clancy Conspiracy Theories Have Spread Like Wildfire. Experts See a Trend, MassLive (Aug. 22, 2026).

Jolie Bodner Zangari, quoted in Charlie McKenna, Lindsay Clancy’s Defense Lawyer Moved for a Mistrial He Likely Didn’t Want. Here’s Why, MassLive (Aug. 25, 2026). 

Jolie Bodner Zangari interviewed on The Michael Smerconish Program (guest-hosted by Danny Cevallos, Esq.), SIRIUS/XM Satellite Radio, POTUS Channel 124 (Aug. 28, 2026).