2008-09 Projects

The senior research program at Northwestern Law is made possible through the generosity of the Owen L. Coon Foundation and other donors, who provide funds to cover expenses of empirical research projects. Below is a list of the most recent projects and faculty supervisors:

2011-12 | 2010-11 | 2009-10 | 2008-09 | 2007-08

2008-09 Senior Research Projects

Supervising Faculty	Student	Project Topic
Allen, Ronald J	Guy, Alan	Conley was Wrong and Twombly was right: Rationalizing the Pleading Process
Allen, Ronald J	Nafisi, Esfand	Daubert and its Discontents
Alschuler, Albert W	Devroye, Jennifer Lynn Wyatt	The American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology: The Early Years
Babcock, Sandra L	Palmer, Amy	Plea Agreements: Relief from Extended Pretrial Detention
Baer, Simmie A	Jones, Kristen-Jon	Children in an Adult World: An Attempt to Even the Playing Field. Convergence of the Law and Science through Youth Specific Criminal Jury Instructions
Barron, Esther S	Welch, Christopher	The Convergence of Hedge Funds and Private Equity
Barron, Esther S	Welch, Christopher	Hedge Fund Regulation
Biehl, Julie L	Eubanks, Melissa	Family Engagement: Following The Path Of Delinquency
Bilz, Jennifer Kenworthey	Hubenschmidt, Matthew	Pragmatics and Textualism
Butler, Henry N	Hillel, Jonathan	Appropriate Entitlements: A Systematic Approach to the Problem of "Patent Ambushes"
Calabresi, Steven G	Skarin, Kenton	Unitary Executive Power in Pre-Revolutionary America
Cohn, Lynn P	Garbarino, Leslie	That's my Last Move.": How Mediation Impacts Parties' Decisions about their Bottom Line
Cohn, Lynn P	Vandewalle, Carly	Use of Native American Healing or Peace Circles in Resolving Community Criminal & Classroom Disputes
Dohrn, Bernardine	Cooper, Jamie	Out of the Red and Into the Gray: Puerto Rico’s Juvenile Facilities Twelve Years After U.S. v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Dohrn, Bernardine	Everett, Derrick	Save the Cheerleader, Save the World: Changing our Communities through the Creative Arts.
Dohrn, Bernardine	Gooden, Shauna-Kay	The Rise in Violence Among Jamaican Youths
Dohrn, Bernardine	Kim, Byung Kwon	Legal Approach to Intercountry Adoption
Dohrn, Bernardine	Podgorny, Diana	Discipline through Liberty: Restorative Justice in Chicago Public Schools
Epstein, Lee	Price, Peter	Science In Amicus Briefs:The Case For Higher Standards
Freed, Mayer G	Katerberg, Craig	Lawyers in Panama
Gandert, Daniel	Balderas, Rigoberto	Aztlán Dispute Resolution: Ensuring Equity in Mediation for Latinos in the U.S.
Geraghty, Thomas F	Palmer, John	After Adjudication: Two Steps Toward Making the SDPA Consitutional
Heinz, John P	Meagher, Evan	The Law Is Flat: How Pressures On The Traditional Large Law Firm Business Model Will Drive Increased Offshoring Of Legal Services And Create A Generational Schism In The Legal Profession
Huestis, Lisa A	Lopez, Angelica	Women in the Global Industrial Labor Markets: The Development and Implementation of Legal Protections for Women in the Workforce
Kontorovich, Eugene	Art, Steven	An Empirical Analysis of Universal Jurisdiction, with Evidence from Piracy.
Kontorovich, Eugene	Art, Steven	The Cost of Conquest: An Empirical Examination of International Reaction to the Acquisition ofTerritory by Force
Kontorovich, Eugene	Stabile, Nicholas	The Conquer Principles
Koppelman, Andrew M M	Thiagarajah, Janakan	Analyzing the Supreme Court's treatment of the Public's Right of Access to the Courts: The Principle of Underenforced Constitutional Norms and the Public's Right to Government Information
Lupo, James A.	English, Patrick	A Call to Forbearance: How the Abigail Alliance Should Reframe the Debate on Experimental Drug Access for Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
Lupo, James A.	Oddy, Catherine	Narrative Therapy
Maloney, Sheila M	Ahmed, Tehseen	Culture & Negotiation
Maloney, Sheila M	Hopkins, Cherice	The Impact of Western Influence on Negotiations to Resolve International Conflicts
Margulies, Joseph	Allen, Jason	American Thought in Times of Crisis: The Revoluation of Guantanamo
McChesney, Fred S	Gainer, David	Essential Facilities and Interoperability: An Analysis of New Approaches to Single- Firm Conduct in the Operating Systems Arena
McGinnis, John O	Angehr, Mark	The Treaty Clause as a Solution to the Problem of International Delegation.
Nadler, Janice	Derish, Julia	Rethinking Interrogation Procedures for Adolescents and Children: A Comparative Solution to the Problem of Juvenile False Confessions
Pfander, James E	Baltmanis, David	Rethinking Bivens: Legitimacy and Constitutional Adjudication
Pfander, James E	Truong, Long	Offices for Sale: A History of Personal and Political Patronage in Executive and Judicial Appointments
Redish, Martin H	Arnould, Matthew	Beyond Historical Straightjackets and Invisible Constitutions: The Case for Principled Non-Originalist Textualism.
Redish, Martin H	Feeley, Kristin	Obscenity, Free Expression, and the Behavior of Democratic Government: Proposing a Regulatory-Centric Model of the First Amendment
Redish, Martin H	Katt, William	Taylor v. Sturgell, Procedural Due Process, and the Day-in-Court Ideal: Resolving the Virtual Representation Dilemma
Redish, Martin H	Skarin, Kenton	Liberal Democracy and the Concept of the State: Fashioning a Normative Approach to the State Action Problem
Reed, Stephen F	Brown, Fletcher	Solving Social Problems Through Legal Advice
Reed, Stephen F	Williams, Benjamin	Comparing Executive Compensation in the United States and Europe: Is further regulatory action needed in the United States?
Sawyer, Stephen P	Merlo, Garrick	Man of the People: Uncovering Machiavelli's Pro-Democracy, Anti-Corruption Agenda
Scheffer, David J	Gomez, Michael	Road to Recovery: Establishing the United States' Legal Liability for Causing the Mass Iraqi Refugee Flow to Syria and Jordan
Scheffer, David J	Ortblad, Vanessa	The Effects of the Kadi Decision on the International Court of Justice's Right to Review Security Council Decision
Speta, James B	Pelletier, Laura	The Electronic Privacy Dilemma: Origins of the Problem and Proposed Rules for Alienation of Personal Data
Staudt, Nancy C	Jarosch, Jeffrey	Law and Policy in the Tax and Administration Law Areas
Tolson, Franita	Ahmed, Tehseen	No Room for Too Much Justice: The Dangers of the Current Administration's Attempt to Freeze in Place a Permanent War Status.
Yuracko, Kimberly A	Krekow, Brooke	Coming Soon! Equal Benefits in Missouri
Yuracko, Kimberly A	Lin, Gina Kong	Korea's Constitutional Court and Family Law: An Analysis of the Court's Decisions to Reform Korea's Family Law