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March 2025

Publications:

Rodger D. Citron, The Rusty Chronicles: Notes on Scott Turow’s Presumed Guilty, Verdict (Mar. 11, 2025).

Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus & David R. Marshall, On Appeal: The Case for a Rigorous N.Y. Bar Exam, NYSBA (Feb. 7, 2025).

Michael Lewyn, West Virginia v. EPA: Maybe a Big Deal, But Maybe Not, 98 St. John’s L. Rev. 643 (2025).

Michael Lewyn, Green Amendments, Land Use, and Transportation: What Could Go Wrong?, 41 Pace Env’t L. Rev. 204 (2024).

Michael Lewyn, Density and Disorder: The Imaginary Link, Planetizen (Mar. 9, 2025).

Presentations:

Patricia Baia, panelist, Online and Hybrid Teaching in Legal Education, Teaching Workshop Series, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Mar. 20, 2025).

Myra Berman, moderator, Law and Society, Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation, Jewish Law Institute and Touro Law Center (Mar. 7, 2025).

Rodger D. Citron, moderator, Cultural and Societal Perspectives (I), Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation, Jewish Law Institute and Touro Law Center (Mar. 6, 2025).

Rebecca Feinberg, moderator, Cultural and Societal Perspectives (II), Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation, Jewish Law Institute and Touro Law Center (Mar. 6, 2025).

Rebecca Feinberg, symposium organizer, Institute for Health Law, Bioethics, and Policy First Annual Symposium, Touro Law Center (Mar. 20, 2025).

Melina A. Healey, moderator, Education, Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation, Jewish Law Institute and Touro Law Center (Mar. 6, 2025).

Tiffany C. Graham, moderator, Employment (I), Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation, Jewish Law Institute and Touro Law Center (Mar. 6, 2025).

Tiffany C. Graham, symposium organizer, Welcome & Closing Remarks, the Governance, Law, and Regulation of the Body, Journal of Race, Gender & Ethnicity, Touro Law Center (Mar. 27, 2025).

Deseriee A. Kennedy, moderator, Employment (II), Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation, Jewish Law Institute and Touro Law Center (Mar. 6, 2025).

Elena B. Langan, Women’s History Month: Women Law School Deans, Women Economic Developers of Long Island (WEDLI) (Mar. 13, 2025).

Elena B. Langan, Welcome Remarks, Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation, Jewish Law Institute and Touro Law Center (Mar. 6, 2025).

Samuel J. Levine, Conference Organizer, Closing Remarks, Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation, Jewish Law Institute and Touro Law Center (Mar. 6, 2025).

Samuel J. Levine, Jewish Law and American Law: A Comparative Study, Feed the Soul Senior Group, Berkeley, CA (Mar. 4, 2025).

Rena C. Seplowitz, moderator, Religion, Disability Rights and Inclusion: Expanding the Conversation, Jewish Law Institute and Touro Law Center (Mar. 7, 2025).

Gabriel Weil, Climate Change and the Inflation Reduction Act: How We Got Here, Tax Law, the Environment and Climate Change, American Tax Policy Institute and Pace Environmental Law Review Symposium (Mar. 21, 2025).

Honors, Awards & Appointments:

Patricia Baia, Lead Instructional Designer, Mind for Law, Aspen Publishing (2025).

Myra Berman, 2025 Women’s History Month Celebration Honoree, District Administrative Judge Andrew A. Crecca and the Suffolk County Women in the Courts Committee (Mar. 21, 2025).

Patricia E. Salkin, 2025 Recipient of the Kaplin Award for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy Scholarship, 46th Annual National Conference on Higher Education Law & Policy, Stetson University College of Law (Mar. 7, 2025).

Citations:

Rodger D. Citron, Herman Melville’s Billy Budd: Why This Classic Law and Literature Novel Endures and Is Still Relevant Today, 36 Touro L. Rev. 17 (2020), was cited in, Wes Henricksen, Citing Jorge Luis Borges, 14 Brit. J. Am. Legal Stud. 53 (2025). 

Joan C. Foley, Robin Boyle-Laisure & Troy L. Kessler, Merging the Bench, Bar, and Law Schools: How a Student Scholars Program Achieves Professional Identity Through Scholarly Writing, Mentorship, and Presentation, 93 UMKC L. Rev. 1 (2024), was cited in, Alan S. Trust, FBA Student Scholars Program Coming to a Law School Near You!, 71 Fed. Law. 13 (2024).

Eileen R. Kaufman, The Second Amendment: An Analysis of District of Columbia v. Heller, 25 Touro L. Rev. 703 (2009), was cited in, Michael L. Smith, Is Originalism Bullshit?, 28 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 779 (2025).

Eileen R. Kaufman, Deborah Jones Merritt & Andrea Anne Curcio, Enhancing the Validity and Fairness of Lawyer Licensing: Empirical Evidence Supporting Innovative Pathways, 73 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 96 (2024), was cited in, Nachman N. Gutowski, NextGen Licensure & Accreditation, 22 U. N.H. L. Rev. 311 (2024).

Eileen R. Kaufman, The Lawyers Justice Corps: A Licensing Pathway to Enhance Access to Justice, 18 U. Saint Thomas L. J. 159 (2022), was cited in, Sara J. Berman & Chance Meyer, Major Reform with Minor Risk: Implementation of Change Initiatives as a Learning Challenge, 22 U. N.H. L. Rev. 151 (2024). 

Deseriee A. Kennedy, Marketing Goods, Marketing Images: The Impact of Advertising on Race, 32 Ariz. St. L.J. 615 (2000), was cited in, Jessica M. Kiser, Tradition in a Trap, 85 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 817 (2024).

Deseriee A. Kennedy, Access Law Schools & Diversifying the Profession, 92 Temp. L. Rev. 799 (2020), was cited in, Nachman N Gutowski, NextGen Licensure & Accreditation, 22 U. N.H. L. Rev. 311 (2024). 

Richard Daniel Klein, Death Penalty and Right to Counsel Decisions in the October 2005 Term, 22 Touro L. Rev. 1003 (2007), was cited in, Christian Witte, The Clock is Ticking: Legal Barriers in § 1983 Execution Protocol Challenges, 89 Mo. L. Rev. 1385 (2025).

Richard Daniel Klein, The Eleventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Be Compelled to Render the Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, 68 Ind. L.J. 366 (1993), was cited in, Alisa M. Hoban, The Value of Relentless Efforts to Organize for Abolition in the South: Analyzing the Death Penalty Abolition Movements in Texas and Virginia, 20 Stan. J. Civ. Rts. & Civ. Liberties 405 (2024).

Samuel J. Levine, Untold Stories of Goldman v. Weinberger: Religious Freedom Confronts Military Conformity, 60 A.F. L. Rev. 205 (2010), was cited in, Joshua E. Kastenberg, Amicus Briefs, Retired Senior Military Officers, and the Judiciary: A Unique “Friend of the Court,” in the Constitutional Construct of Civil and Military Relations, 73 Clev. St. L. Rev. 299 (2025).

Samuel J. Levine, Taking Ethics Codes Seriously: Broad Ethics Provisions and Unenumerated Ethical Obligations in a Comparative Hermeneutic Framework, 77 Tul. L. Rev. 527 (2003), was cited in, Joe Regalia, Lex Ex Machina: Forging a New Ethical Framework for AI and Technology in the Law, 55 Cumb. L. Rev. 53 (2025).

Samuel J. Levine, Untold Stories of Goldman v. Weinberger: Religious Freedom Confronts Military Conformity, 60 A.F. L. Rev. 205 (2010), was cited in, Joshua E. Kastenberg, Amicus Briefs, Retired Senior Military Officers, and the Judiciary: A Unique “Friend of the Court,” in the Constitutional Construct of Civil and Military Relations, 73 Clev. St. L. Rev. 299 (2025).

Samuel J. Levine, A Look at the Establishment Clause Through the Prism of Religious Perspectives: Religious Majorities, Religious Minorities, and Nonbelievers, 87 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 775 (2012), was cited in, Kendal Zylstra, Respecting an Establishment of Religion: A Look at the Establishment Clause and the Accommodation Approach, 37 St. Thomas L. Rev. 111 (2024).

Meredith R. Miller, Contract Law, Party Sophistication, and the New Formalism, 75 Mo. L. Rev. 493 (2010), was cited in, Zachary Becker, With Whom is Your Issue?: Use of Investor Sophistication in Defining the Scope of Seller Liability Under § 12(A)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, 2024 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 807 (2025).

Meredith R. Miller, Time’s Up: Against Shortening Statutes of Limitations by Employment Contract, 68 Vill. L. Rev. 221 (2023), was cited in, Benjamin C. Zipursky & Zahra Takhshid, Consumer Protection and the Illusory Promise of the Unconscionability Defense, 103 Tex. L. Rev. 847 (2025).

Meredith R. Miller, Challenging Gender Discrimination in Closely Held Firms: The Hope and Hazard of Corporate Oppression Doctrine, 54 Ind. L. Rev. 123 (2021), was cited in, Jessica M. Erickson, Beyond Wall Street: Inside the Legal Battles of Private Companies, 50 J. Corp. L. 397 (2025).

Patricia E. Salkin & John M. Armentano, The Fair Housing Act, Zoning, and Affordable Housing, 25 Urb. Law. 893 (1993), was cited in, Jade A. Craig, Rate Covenants in Municipal Bonds: Selling Away Civil Rights and Fair Housing Goals, 102 Denv. L. Rev. 191 (2024).

Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation (2024), was cited in, Ellen M. Bublick & Jane R. Bambauer, Should Tort Law Care About Police Officers?, 134 Yale L.J. Forum 765 (2025).

Theodore Silver, One Hundred Years of Harmful Error: The Historical Jurisprudence of Medical Malpractice, 1922 Wis. L. Rev. 1193 (1992), was cited in, Ani B. Satz & Liza Vertinsky, Customary Corruption, 66 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 693 (2025). 

Media:

Rodger D. Citron, moderator, The First Amendment and Social Media – A Discussion with Professor Jorge Roig, Touro Law Rev. Podcast (Mar. 12, 2025).

Rodger D. Citron, So You Want to Be a Law Professor – A Discussion with Professor Tiffany Li, Touro Law Review Podcast (Mar. 25, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted, Tovia Smith, Foreign Students Say the Threat of Trump’s Executive Orders is Getting Real, NPR (Mar. 3, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, interviewed, Will Mahmoud Khalil Be Deported?, Honestly with Bari Weiss, The Free Press (Mar. 25, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, Families of Hamas Hostages Sue Mahmoud Khalil, Anti-Israel Groups, Fox and Friends (Mar. 26, 2025).

Mark Goldfeder, Pro-Israel Activist Says “Terrorists Thanked Campus Demonstrators” for Protests, Fox News (Mar. 31, 2025).

Melina A. Healey, quoted, Anastasia Valeeva & Sandra Peddie, CPS Dismissed Complaints Before Crash Killed Boy, Newsday (Mar. 9, 2025).

Jorge Roig, The First Amendment and Social Media – A Discussion with Professor Jorge Roig, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (Mar. 12, 2025).

Thanks:

Rodger D. Citron, was thanked in, Michael Lewyn, Green Amendments, Land Use, and Transportation: What Could Go Wrong?, 41 Pace Env’t L. Rev. 204 (2024).

 

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