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October 2024

Publications:

Mark Goldfeder, Arsen Ostrovsky & John Spencer, Opinion, Sorry, AOC: Israel’s Precision Attack Against Hezbollah Was Humane – And Legal, Newsweek (Sept. 20, 2024).

Michael Lewyn, Incomplete Streets, 58 Ind. L. Rev. 47 (2024).

Cynara Hermes McQuillan, How to Impeach a Verdict: A Response to Melanie C. Regis, 97 Temple L. Rev. 1 (2024).

Martin A. Schwartz, The Supreme Court Revisits Retaliatory Arrests, NYLJ (Oct. 24, 2024).

Presentations:

Rachelle Alterman, Improving Laws and Regulations for Landscape Planning: A Cross-National “Reality Check”, Landscape Planning Towards 2050, Leibniz University (Hannover, Germany, Sept. 2024).

Mark Goldfeder, witness, A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on the Judiciary, 118th Cong. (Sept. 17, 2024).

Joan C. Foley, Enhancing Legal Education Through Scholarly Partnerships with the Bench and Bar, Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, Seattle University School of Law (Sept. 13, 2024).

Samuel J. Levine, Exploring Jewish Traditions This October, Coffee Chat – Building Community: Values of Inclusion and Social Responsibility, Helen Keller National Center (Oct. 10, 2024).

Marjorie A. Silver, Integrating Professionalism, Well-Being, and Student-Centered Experiences Across Diverse Externship Placements, Externships 12 Conference, New England Externship Consortium, Boston (Oct. 19, 2024).

Gabriel A. Weil, speaker, Incentivizing Accountability Through AI Liability and AI Labor Issues, UN Policy Network on AI (PNAI) Multistakeholder Working Group, Internet Governance Forum (Oct. 10, 2024).

Honors, Awards & Appointments:

John Quinn, awarded the Judge George C. Pratt Award for contributions to the Moot Court Honors Board, 42nd Annual Bainbridge Intramural Moot Court Competition, Touro Law Center (Oct. 7, 2024).

Citations:

Rodger D. Citron, The Nuremberg Trials and American Jurisprudence: The Decline of Legal Realism, the Revival of Natural Law, and the Development of Legal Process Theory, 2006 Mich. St. L. Rev. 385 (2006), was cited in, Jim Huang, Rationalizing “Absurdity”, 133 Yale L.J. 2380 (2024).

Deseriee A. Kennedy, Access Law Schools & Diversifying the Profession, 92 Temp. L. Rev. 799 (2020), was cited in, Amna Qamer, Torn Between the Two: Practicing Law or Religion, 75 UC L. J. 1097 (2024).

Samuel J. Levine & Bruce A. Green, Disciplinary Regulation of Prosecutors as a Remedy for Abuses of Prosecutorial Discretion: A Descriptive and Normative Analysis, 14 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 143 (2016), was cited in, Rebecca S. Goldstein, Toplash: Progressive Prosecutors Under Attack from Above, 61 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 1157 (2024).

Samuel J. Levine, Teshuva: A Look at Repentance, Forgiveness, and Atonement in Jewish Law and Philosophy and American Legal Thought, 27 Fordham Urban L.J. 1677 (2000), was cited in, Reuvan Travis, Between the Laws of God & Man (2024).

Samuel J. Levine, The Potential Utility of Disciplinary Regulation as a Remedy for Abuses of Prosecutorial Discretion, 12 Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol’y 1 (2017), was cited in, Perry Moriearty, Kat Albrecht & Caitlin Glass, Race, Racial Bias, and Imputed Liability Murder, 51 Fordham Urb. L.J. 675 (2024).

Samuel J. Levine, Recent Applications of the Supreme Court’s Hands-Off Approach to Religious Doctrine, in Law, Religion, and Health in the United States (Holly Fernandez Lynch, I. Glenn Cohen & Elizabeth Sepper eds., 2017), was cited in, Evelyn Doran, Commandments Before Amendments: The Ministerial Exception & How the Court Prioritizes Religious Rights Over Other Constitutional Protections, 42 Minn. J.L. & Ineq. 211 (2024).

Samuel J. Levine, Law and Redemption: Expounding and Expanding Robert Cover’s Nomos and Narrative, 34 Yale J.L. & Human. 253 (2023), was cited in, Science Fiction as Legal Imaginary (Alex Green, Mitchell Travis & Kieran Tranter eds., 2025).

Samuel J. Levine, Jewish Legal Theory and American Constitutional Theory: Some Comparisons and Contrasts, 24 Hastings Const. L. Q. 441 (1997); Samuel J. Levine, An Introduction to Legislation in Jewish Law, with References to the American Legal System, 29 Seton Hall L. Rev. 916 (1998) & Samuel J. Levine, Teshuva: A Look at Repentance, Forgiveness, and Atonement in Jewish Law and Philosophy and American Legal Thought, 27 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1677 (2000), were cited in, Jonathan Hasson & Abraham Tennenbaum, Balancing Punishment in Jewish Law: Examining Conflicting Purposes and Inconsistencies Within Modern Judaism, 21 UCLA J. Islamic & Near Eastern L. 33 (2024).

Samuel J. Levine, COVID-19 and Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Tragic Realities and Cautious Hope, 52 Ariz. St. L.J. 81 (2020), was cited in, Perry Zurn, Not Everything is a Pandemic: The Challenge of Disability Justice, in Disability Justice in Public Health Emergencies (Joel Michael Reynolds & Mercer E. Gary eds., 2025).

Michael Lewyn, How Overregulation Creates Sprawl (Even in a City Without Zoning), 50 Wayne L. Rev. 1171 (2005), was cited in, Mathew J. Ruppel, A Taking by Any Other Name: Why Exclusionary Zoning Should Be Classified as a Per Se Taking, 48 Seattle U. L. Rev. 1 (2024).

Michael Lewyn, Pedestrians Under Attack, 49 Real Est. L.J. 365 (2021), was cited in, Michael Lewyn, Incomplete Streets, 58 Ind. L. Rev. 47 (2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, Am. L. Zoning (5th ed. 2024), was cited in, Winco Anchorage Investors I., L.P. v. Huffman Building P, LLC, 2024 WL 4402218 (Ak., Oct. 4, 2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, Am. L. Zoning (5th ed. 2024), was cited in, Bienz v. Bd. of Cnty. Comm’r, Albany, 556 P.3d 227, 2024 WY 102 (Sept. 25, 2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, N.Y. Zoning L. & Pract. (4th ed. 2022), was cited in, Michael Lewyn, Incomplete Streets, 58 Ind. L. Rev. 47 (2024).

Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation (2d ed. 2024 Supp. 2009), was cited in, Walker v. City of Milwaukee, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185918 (Oct. 11, 2024).  

Marjorie A. Silver, Stress, Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, and Other Emotional Realities in the Lawyer/Client Relationship (Symposium: Lawyering and Its Discontents: Reclaiming Meaning in the Practice of Law), 19 Touro L. Rev. 847 (2004), was cited in, Christina Scott & Amanda Cole, Imagination, Hope, and Joy: Building Resilience Through Trauma-Informed Teaching and Self-Care in Anti-Racist Clinics, 52 J. L. Med. Ethics 271 (2024).

Media:

Rodger D. Citron, moderator, A Discussion with Author and Attorney Joshua Perry About His Novel, Seraphim, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (Oct. 30, 2024).

Melina Healey, quoted, Anastasia Valeeva, Valley Stream Bus Driver Charged with Rape of Student Faced Prior Sex Abuse Allegation, Records Show, Newsday (Oct. 14, 2024).

Meredith R. Miller, quoted, Terri Williams, Sandra Day O’Connor: A Legacy of Firsts, American Bar Association (Oct. 23, 2024).

Gabriel Weil & Peter Zablotsky, Mitigating Catastrophic AI Risk, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (Oct. 30, 2024).

Peter Zablotsky & Gabriel Weil, Mitigating Catastrophic AI Risk, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (Oct. 30, 2024). 

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