June 2025
About
June 2025
Publications:
Rodger D. Citron, Foreword: The Opioid Litigation Conference, 40 Touro L. Rev. 315 (2025).
Rodger D. Citron, Symposium Transcript, In re Opioid Litigation: The Pretrial Phase, 40 Touro L. Rev. 320 (2025).
Rodger D. Citron, Symposium Transcript, In re Opioid Litigation: The Trial Phase, 40 Touro L. Rev. 341 (2025).
Rodger D. Citron, Separation of Powers Conflict and Conciliation: President Trump and Chief Justice Roberts Defend Their Institutions and Arrive at a Détente, Verdict (June 17, 2025).
Mark Goldfeder, Opinion, President Trump Should End Iran’s Endless War on the World, The Hill (June 20, 2025).
Mark Goldfeder, Opinion, Backing Israel Against Iran Is “America First”, Daily Wire (June 18, 2025).
Mark Goldfeder, John Spencer & Arsen Ostrovky, Israel’s Preemptive Strikes Were Legal and Necessary. You’re Welcome, Daily Wire (June 14, 2025).
Melina Healey et al., A Holistic Treatment Team for Autism: The Professional Education Benefits of a Medical-Legal Partnership for Autism Involving Students from Graduate Programs in Law, Applied Behavior Analysis, and Occupational Therapy, 13 J. Race, Gender & Ethnicity 101 (2025).
Lauren R. Roth, Cause of Death? – It’s Probably Not What’s Reported on the Death Certificate, 29 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 121 (2025).
Gabriel Weil, The Case for AI Liability, AI Frontiers (June 12, 2025).
Honors, Awards & Appointments:
Tiffany C. Graham, co-chair, ABA Associate Deans Conference: Stability in a Time of Transition, American Bar Association, Salt Lake City, UT (June 25, 2025).
Elena B. Langan, 2025 Influencers: Most Dynamic Women Leaders, Long Island Business News (June 20, 2025).
Presentations:
Ann Nowak, presenter, The Hidden Obstacle: How Reading Disfluency Impact Law School Performance, 2025 AASE Annual Conference, Association of Academic Support Educators (May 20, 2025).
Citations:
Harold I. Abramson, Mediation Representation: Advocating as a Problem-Solver in Any Country or Culture (2d ed., 2010), was cited in, Roselle L. Wissler & Art Hinshaw, Participant Actions and Intermediate Outcomes in Initial Joint Sessions and Initial Caucuses, 2025 J. Disp. Resol. 43 (2025).
Myra E. Berman, Transforming the Traditional Law School Curriculum into Portals to Practice, in Experiential Education in the Law School Curriculum (Emily Grant et al., eds. 2018), was cited in, Kendall Kerew, The Rule of Law, The Lawyer’s Role as a Public Citizen, and Professional Identity: How Fostering the Development of Professional Identify can Help Law Schools Address the Crisis Facing American Democracy, 75 Mercer L. Rev. 1449 (2024).
Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus, Portability of the UBE: Where Is It When You Need It and Do You Need It at All?, 37 Touro L. Rev. 655 (2021), was cited in, Marsha Griggs, Bar Examination: A Verb, Not a Noun, 77 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 6 (2025).
Laura Gaston Dooley, National Juries for National Cases: Preserving Citizen Participation in Large-Scale Litigation, 83 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 411 (2008), was cited in, Michael E. Solimine & Hailey E. Martin, Judicial Review of Settlements Under the Class Action Fairness Act and Deference Due to the Department of Justice and State Attorney’s General, 51 J. Legis. 291 (2025).
Tiffany C. Graham, Conversion Therapy: A Brief Reflection on the History of the Practice and Contemporary Regulatory Efforts, 52 Creighton L. Rev. 419 (2019), was cited in, Brief of the Anglican Church in North America; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; the Coalition of Jewish Values; and the National Association of Evangelicals as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner, Chiles v. Salazar, 2025 WL 1722139 (June 13, 2025).
Tiffany C. Graham, The Shifting Doctrinal Face of Immutability, 19 Va. J. Soc. Pol’y & L. 169 (2011), was cited in, Kaz Lane, Building Bridges: Queer Rights in and Out of the Courts, 109 Minn. L. Rev. 2407 (2025).
Mark Goldfeder, Robert T. Smith, William W. Bassett & W. Cole Durham, Religious Organizations and the Law (2022), was cited in, Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. et al. v. Wisconsin Labor and Indus. Rev. Comm’n, No. 24-154, 605 U.S. __ (June 5, 2025).
Eileen R. Kaufman, A Race by Any Other Name: The Interplay Between Ethnicity, National Origin and Race for Purposes of § 1981, 29 Ariz. L. Rev. 259 (1986), was cited in, William R. Corbett, Into the Twilight Zone: Reverse Citizenship Discrimination, Damage Caps, and Escalating Incoherence, 90 Brook. L. Rev. 1059 (2025).
Deseriee A. Kennedy, Access Law Schools & Diversifying the Profession, 92 Temp. L. Rev. 799 (2020), was cited in, Sarah McConnel & Leah Lunetta, Paradoxical Pedagogy: Teaching Trauma-Informed Principles Within a System Built on Emotional Detachment, 30 Roger Williams U. L. Rev.311 (2025).
Deseriee A. Kennedy, Consumer Discrimination: The Limitations of Federal Civil Rights Protection, 66 Mo. L. Rev. 275 (2001), was cited in, Meirav Furth-Matzkin, Banning Contractual Performance Discrimination, 43 Yale L. Pol’y Rev. 482 (2025).
Richard Daniel Klein, The Constitutionalization of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, 58 MD. L. Rev. 1433 (1999), was cited in, Carlie Ware Horne, Pre-Arraignment Promise, 66 B.C. L. Rev. 1523 (2025).
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) & Samuel J. Levine, The Supreme Court’s Hands-Off Approach to Religious Doctrine: An Introduction, 84 Notre Dame L. Rev. 793 (2009), were cited in, Xiao Wang, Sacred Thoughts, Secular Harms, 125 Colum. L. Rev. Forum 133 (2025).
Samuel J. Levine, Looking Beyond the Mercy/Justice Dichotomy: Reflections on the Complementary Roles of Mercy and Justice in Jewish Law and Tradition, 45 J. Cath. Legal Stud. 455 (2006), was cited in, Nihal Aeyasingha, Synodality: Concept, Reality and Promise (2025).
Samuel J. Levine, Haacha and Aggada: Translating Robert Cover’s Nomos and Narrative, 1998 Utah L. Rev. 465 (1998), was cited in, Vincent Dalpé, The Normative Influence of International Criminal Justice: A Symbolic Approach (2025) (Dr. of Civil Law Dissertation, McGill University).
Samuel J. Levine & Russell G. Pearce, Rethinking the Legal Reform Agenda: Will Raising the Standards for Bar Admission Promote or Undermine Democracy, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law?, 77 Fordham L. Rev. 1635 (2009), was cited in, Bruce A. Green & M. Ellen Murphy, Replacing This Old House: Certifying and Regulating New Legal Services Providers, 76 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 45 (2025).
Michael Lewyn, Zoning and Land Use Planning: Pedestrians Under Attack, 49 Real Est. L. J. 365 (2021), was cited in, Taylor J. Black, Walking the Line on Safety and Free Speech: Sidestepping First Amendment Challenges to Median Bans, 55 N.M. L. Rev. 463 (2025).
Meredith R. Miller, Contract Law, Party Sophistication and the New Formalism, 75 Mo. L. Rev. 493 (2010), was cited in, Chloe E. Bonds, I’ll Huff, and I’ll Puff, and I’ll Blow Your Parole Evidence Down: The Eleventh Circuit Explains Why the Plain Text of an Insurance Policy Wins in the Face of Contractual Ambiguity, 75 Mercer L. Rev. 1343 (2024).
Jeffrey B. Morris, The Fiftieth Anniversary of Warren Burger’s Appointment as Chief Justice, Richard Nixon Found. (June 18, 2019), was cited in, Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Failure, 123 Mich. L. Rev. 1229 (2025).
Jeffrey B. Morris, Calmly to Poise the Scales of Justice: A History of the Courts of the District of Columbia Circuit (2001), was cited in, Yonatan Gelblum, The Myth that Agency Adjudications Cannot Address Constitutional Claims, 32 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 223 (2025).
Patricia E. Salkin, Powers and Duties of Planning Board, in N.Y. Zoning L. & Prac. (2024) & Patricia E. Salkin, Exclusionary Zoning Defined, in N.Y. Zoning L. & Prac. (2024), were cited in, Isaac R. Burke, The Most Exclusive Real Estate: Breaking Through Exclusionary Zoning on Long Island, 90 Brook. L. Rev. 1275 (2025).
Patricia E. Salkin, Am. L. Zoning (5th ed., 2024), was cited in, Pres. Our Cody Neighborhoods v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2025 WY 64, 2025 Wyo. LEXIS 65 (June 13, 2025).
Patricia E. Salkin & Jennie C. Nolan, Land Use Law in a Nutshell (3rd ed., 2021) & Patricia E. Salkin, Development of Zoning, in Am. L. Zoning (5th ed., 2025), were cited in, Benjamin Duddy, The Litigator’s Guide to Short-Term Rental Opposition, 94 Miss. L. J. 1015 (2025).
Patricia E. Salkin & John Nolan, Land Use in a Nutshell (1st ed., 2007) & Patricia E. Salkin, John R. Nolan, Stephen R. Miller & Johnathan D. Rosenbloom, Land Use and Sustainable Development Law (9th ed., 2017), were cited in, Laura E. Scholl, One Size Does Not Fit All: The Importance of a Multifaceted Zoning Approach to Solving New York’s Affordable Housing Crisis, 48 Zoning & Planning L. Rep. 1 (2025).
Patricia E. Salkin & Amy Lavine, Community Benefits Agreements and Comprehensive Planning: Balancing Community Empowerment and the Police Power, 18 J.L. & Pol’y 157 (2009), was cited in, Jehan El-Jourbagy, Elissa Underwood Marek & Jeff Todd, Preventing Disaster Through Corporate-Community Agreements, 103 Or. L. Rev. 429 (2025).
Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation (3rd ed., 2014), was cited in, Ndjuoh MehChu, “Specializing” Section 1983, 14 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 571 (2025).
Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation (3rd ed., 2014), was cited in, “Can I Sue This Place – Just for the Food?”: Private Enforcement of Quality of Life Regulation in Nursing Facilities, 33 Elder L. J. 305 (2025).
Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation (3rd ed., 2014), was cited in, Emily Nicole Janikowski, The Illusion of Absolute Prosecutorial Immunity: The Supreme Court’s Legislative Magic Trick, 22 Geo. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 675 (2024).
Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation: Claims and Defenses (4th ed., 2025), was cited in, Robert G. Schwemm, Gilead: Municipal Liability for Punitive Damages Under the Fair Housing Act, 57 Conn. L. Rev. 1053 (2025).
Thomas A. Schweitzer, Justice Scalia, Originalism and Textualism, 33 Touro L. Rev. 749 (2017), was cited in, Daniel Austin Green, Intention and Interpretation, 43 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 453 (2025).
Marjorie A. Silver, Emotional Competence, Multicultural Lawyering and Race, 3 Fla. Coastal L.J. 219 (2002) & Marjorie A. Silver, Love, Hate, and Other Emotional Interference in the Lawyer/Client Relationship, 6 Clinical L. Rev. 259 (1999), were cited in, Sarah McConnel & Leah Lunetta, Paradoxical Pedagogy: Teaching Trauma-Informed Principles Within a System Built on Emotional Detachment, 30 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 311 (2025).
Marjorie A. Silver, Emotional Intelligence and Legal Education, 5 Psychol., Pub Pol’y & L. 1173 (1999), was cited in, Camesha Little, Think, Reflect, Refine: Shaping the Modern Lawyer, 28 U. D.C. L. Rev. 30 (2025).
Theodore Silver, One Hundred Years of Harmful Error: The Historical Jurisprudence of Medical Malpractice, 1992 Wisc. L. Rev. 1193 (1992), was cited in, Nathan G. Cortez & Joanna L. Grossman, Who Regulates Abortion Now?, 110 Iowa L. Rev. 1579 (2025).
Sol Wachtler, After the Madness: A Judge’s Own Prison Memoir (1997), was cited in, Wynne Muscatine Graham, The Forgotten History of Prison Law: Judicial Oversight of Detention Facilities in the Nation’s Early Years, 138 Harv. L. Rev. (2025).
Gabriel A. Weil, Individual Preferences in Policy Analysis: A Normative Framework, 50 Tex. Envt’l L. J. 55 (2020), was cited in, Jeremy Kidd, LPE and the Erasure of the Individual, 20 J.L. Econ. Pol’y 197 (2025).
Gabriel Weil et al., Insuring Emerging Risks From AI, Oxford Martin School (Nov. 19, 2024), was cited in, Anat Lior, E/Insuring in the AI Age: Empirical Insights Into Artificial Intelligence Liability Policies, 31 Conn. Ins. L.J. 99 (2025).
Media:
Allison Caffarone, Reading 1984 in 2025, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (June 30, 2025).
Rodger D. Citron, Reading 1984 in 2025, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (June 30, 2025).
Gabriel Weil, quoted, Ganesh Setty, Insurance Experts Examine AI’s Challenges for Underwriting, Law360 (June 2, 2025).
Thanks:
Hal Abramson, was thanked in, Lauren R. Roth, Cause of Death? – It’s Probably Not What’s Reported on the Death Certificate, 29 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 121 (2025).
Myra Berman, was thanked in, Madison Scarfaro, Unboxing the Box: A Deep Dive Into Solitary Confinement and When It May Violate the First and Eighth Amendments, 40 Touro L. Rev. 643 (2025).
Rodger D. Citron, was thanked in, Steven B. Duke, On Becoming and Being a Criminal Defense Attorney, 40 Touro L. Rev. 509 (2025).
Mark D. Cohen, was thanked in, Madison Scarfaro, Unboxing the Box: A Deep Dive Into Solitary Confinement and When It May Violate the First and Eighth Amendments, 40 Touro L. Rev. 643 (2025).
Tiffany C. Graham, acknowledged in, Equal Rights, Equal Ethics: Ethics Reform for New York’s E.R.A., Report of Westchester County Bar Association (June 2025).
Eileen Kaufman, was thanked in, Marsha Griggs, Bar Examination: A Verb, Not a Noun, 77 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 6 (2025).
Deseriee A. Kennedy, was thanked in, Lauren R. Roth, Cause of Death? – It’s Probably Not What’s Reported on the Death Certificate, 29 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 121 (2025).
Meredith Miller, was thanked in, Lauren R. Roth, Cause of Death? – It’s Probably Not What’s Reported on the Death Certificate, 29 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 121 (2025).
Rena C. Seplowitz, was thanked in, Lauren R. Roth, Cause of Death? – It’s Probably Not What’s Reported on the Death Certificate, 29 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 121 (2025).
Rena C. Seplowitz, was thanked in, Donna Arzanipour, Enhancing the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act: The Need for Broader Use and Essential Modifications, 40 Touro L. Rev. 581 (2025).
Rena C. Seplowitz, was thanked in, Sarah M. Rizzo, The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Copyright Infringement Liability, 40 Touro L. Rev. 609 (2025).
Rena C. Seplowitz, was thanked in, Madison Scarfaro, Unboxing the Box: A Deep Dive Into Solitary Confinement and When It May Violate the First and Eighth Amendments, 40 Touro L. Rev. 643 (2025).