Current 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
2011-12 Senior Research Projects
| Supervising Faculty | Student | Project Topic |
| Allen, Ronald | Fry, Timothy; Notebaert, Jessica; VanDam, Jeffrey | Reforming The Law Of Evidence: A Case Study Of Tanzania |
| Allen, Ronald | Stapleton, Thomas | A National Strategy For Global Stability |
| Barron, Esther | Gulati, Kunal | The Evolution Of Property Rights In Cuba Title For Brian Zelner: Entrepreneurship In Cuba In 2012 |
| Barron, Esther | Zelner, Brian | Entrepreneurship In Cuba In 2012 |
| Bienen, Leigh | Enright, Sean | Prosecutorial Discretion On The Ground In Cook County, Illinois |
| Bienen, Leigh | O'Flynn, Megan | Towards Gender Equity in the Middle East: Evaluating Models of Women's Rights |
| Brennan, Thomas | Pahl, Joseph | Taxing Exchange-Traded Notes And The Future Of Variable Prepaid Forward Contracts. |
| Brennan, Thomas | Schwartz, Yosef | Carried Interest In Private Equity: A Giant Leap Back And A Small Step Forward |
| Brennan, Thomas | Victor, Joseph | Mortgage Securitization And A Case For Contractual Credit Risk Retention |
| Burns, Robert | Turkish, Jason | Impact Disability Litigation In An Academic Setting: A Field Observation Report On The Viability Of A Disability Rights Clinic At Northwestern |
| Calabresi, Steve | Salander, Abraham | The Fourteenth Amendment, Religion, And Ramifications For American Education |
| Calabresi, Steven | Owens, Jasmine | Origins Of Judicial Review: Why Ran Hirschl Is Wrong |
| Calabresi, Steven | Price, Larissa | Government Monopolies & Grants Of Special Privilege In U.S. Constitutional Law |
| Calabresi, Steven | Taddei, John | The Meaning Of Unreasonable Search And Seizure And Cruel And Unusual Punishment From The Founding To The Fourteenth Amendment |
| Cohn, Lynn | Giovanni, Lia | Discontinuity In Our Glorio-U.S. Contiguous States |
| Crane, Charlotte | Chao, Joshua | Tax Incentives For Innovation In A Modern Ip Ecosystem |
| Dia, Shari | Snyder, Danya | Shopping For Less Confusion In The Post-Sale Confusion Marketplace |
| Diamond, Shari | Meixner, John | Do Criminal Trial Rates Affect The Vanishing Trial? |
| Ferguson, James | Churnet, Dargaye | Redefining Patent Claims: A Proposal To Reform Patent Law |
| Ferguson, James | Wong, Michelle | The Pathway To Biosimilars: The Road Less Traveled |
| Finke, Tom | Gold, Matthew | Finding The Paradigm: Business Executives And Their Relationships With The Lawyers That Serve Them |
| Francis, Clinton | Siegel, Graham | Healthcare Price And Quality Information: A Survey Of Pathways, Value And Regulation |
| Gandert, Daniel | Buoniconti, Daniel | A Tale Of Time: How Patience Paid Off During The Nba Lockout |
| Gandert, Daniel | Hansen, Luis | Rebelling Against Sports Colonialism: How The International Baseball Federation Should Use U.S. Federal Courts To Exert Its Authority Over Major League Baseball |
| Harris, Alton | Adekoya, Akin | Reallocation Of Risk: The Pitfalls Of Congress's Second Attempt To Regulate Otc Derivatives In Title Vii Of The Dodd-Frank Act |
| Horwich, Allan | Nicolosi, Costanza | Disclosure of Information Under the Securities Law and Antitust Law: A fraternal Battle or an Irreconcilable Fight? |
| Hutchison, Andrea | Sweeney, Michael | The America Invents Act: Its Effects On Different Types Of Entities (With Accompanying Updated Patent Law Slides) |
| Jacobi, Tonia | Norman, Matthew | The Institutional Origins Of Judicial Independence |
| Jacobi, Tonja | Auditore, Stephanie | Problems Of Application In University Speech Codes |
| Kessler, Hal | Miller, Marc | 'Runaway Train On A One-Way Track': The History, Current Status, And Future Prognosis Of The Use Of State Film Tax Incentives As An Attempt To Keep And Attract Movie Production In The United States |
| Koehler, Jonathan | Bollinger, Robert | Statistical Issues In Employment Discrimination |
| Koehler, Jonathan | Cairns, Jason | Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence: A Comparison Of Public And Judicial Opinion |
| Koehler, Jonathan | Jeavons, Jessica | Neuroscience and the Law |
| Landeo, Claudia | Keber, Jennifer | A New Class Of Attorneys: An Economic Analysis Of The Evolution Of The Attorney Career Model |
| Lepp, Alan | Wang, Yan | Interpretation III Of China's Marriage Law And Its Impact On Gender Equality. |
| Lindgren, Jim | Grant, Patricia | Affirmative Action In Professional Schools |
| Lubet, Steven | Diegel, Clare | Rescuing Recusal: A Response to Chief Justice Roberts |
| Lubet, Steven | Whitaker, Sara | Clarence Darrow, Neuroscientist: What Trial Lawyers Can Learn From Decision Science |
| Margulies, Joseph | Novak, Mary | The Anxiety of Hope: Criminal Defenders' Fears for their Clients |
| Margulies, Joseph | Underwood, Matthew | Report On Research Into Documents Withheld Under The State Secrets Doctrine |
| McGinnis, John | Moorman, Ryan | Fragmentation And Fungible Zoning As An Alternative To Regional Government |
| McGinnis, John | Wasick, Steven | Law: An Information Technology |
| Njike, Jacinda | Pulido, Jannette | Elephant in the Courtroom: A Critical Analysis of Trends in the Supreme Court's Legal Reasoning in Cases Affecting Racial Minorities |
| Nzelibe, Jide | Kost, Thomas | Reconstructing Emergency Powers For The Modern World |
| Nzelibe, Uzoamaka | Kim, Jina | The Limits Of Prosecutorial Discretion In Immigration |
| Pfander, James | Lee, Christopher | The Failed Discourse Of Minimum Contacts: Foreign Commerce And State Court Adjudicatory Power |
| Pfander, James | Nazemi, Nassim | Federal-State Judicial Relations In The Early Republic And The Origins Of The Anti-Injunction Act |
| Presser, Stephen | Dunbar, Lindsay | You Make And Dey Take: Martha Stewart, Insider Trading, And The American Dream |
| Presser, Stephen | McGovern, Owen | Nationalized Healthcare, the Commerce Clause, and the 16th & 17th Amendment |
| Provenzano, Susan | Camillucci, Karl | Regretting Roth? Why And How The Supreme Court Could Deprive Tenured Public Teachers Of Due Process Rights In Employment |
| Redish, Martin | Gliksberg (aka: Rubenstein), Jamie | Disgusting Speech” And The First Amendment |
| Redish, Martin | Siegal, Peter | Constitution, Inc.: Corporate Theory And The Recognition Of Corporations Under The U.S. Constitution |
| Reed, Stephen | Guevarra, Nikki | The Effects Of Organizational Form On A Microfinance Institution's Ability To Access Capital |
| Reed, Stephen | Man, Jonathan | The Impact Of National Legal Systems On Foreign Direct Investment: An Empirical Approach |
| Reed, Stephen | Wilson, Jeremy | Legal Issues Facing The Education Matters Project And Other Tax-Exempt Social Media Organizations |
| Roberts, Dorothy | Chapman, Sarah Jane | A More Natural Selection |
| Roberts, Jerome | Kim, Minar | The Troll Toll: The Impact of Patent Trolls |
| Roberts, Jerry | Fitterer, Jason | Winning The Battle, But Losing The War: Why The America Invents Act Deals A Major Blow To Patent Trolls, But Also To The Small Inventor |
| Rubinowitz, Leonard | Cunningham, Angela | Family Law Center Of Kenosha: One Law Student's Journey Towards Starting A Civil Legal Services Agency |
| Rubinowitz, Leonard | Terada, Christine | The Benefits Of Gender-Informed Diversion Programs For Female Offenders |
| Ruder, David | Nemets, Yuriy | The Role Of The International Organization Of Securities Commissions In Cross-Border Enforcement Of Securities Laws |
| Sawyer, Stephen | Lee, Ji Hee | Comparative Study Across Countries of the Adherence to the UN Convention and Protocol Regarding the Status of Refugees of 1951 and 1967 |
| Sawyer, Stephen | Riordan, Kathleen | The Value Of Truth: Northern Ireland, Unionism, And Truth Recovery |
| Schrup, Sarah | Springett, Simon | Waiving Goodbye to the Public's Interest in a Speedy Trial |
| Sorensen, Juliet | Cunningham, Charlotte | The Case For Voluntary Adoption Of Measures Guaranteeing The Right To Free, Prior And Informed Consent For Indigenous Peoples By Multinational Corporations Involved In Natural Resource Extraction |
| Sorensen, Juliet | Henkelman, Breanne | Not Worth The Hassle: Why American Real Estate Firms Don'T Buy In To Morocco's Vision |
| Speta, James | Won, Jennifer | The FCC Indecency Regulation And The First Amendment |
| Speta, James | Yaeger, Ryan | Finality Constraints On Judicial Review Of Agency Guidance Documents: Acknowledging The Lack Of Legal Effect |
| Stroth, Andrew | Krishnan, Ashwin | A Survey Of The Scope And Impact Of The Morality Clause In Professional Sports Contracts |
| Tenenbaum, J. Samuel | Joseph, Andrew | Corporate Governance And Competition Law Reform In Israel |
| Tepfer, Joshua | Smeryage, Colleen | Litigating Confessions in the Recording Age |
| Tiller, Emerson | Kaplan, Ivan | An Empirical Analysis Of Chevron Step 1 Manipulation |
| Wilson, Audra | Warren, Hillary | Recognizing The Rights Of Non-Biological Lesbian Mothers And Their Children Through Statutory Reform: Why The Upa, Common Law, And Gay Marriage Are Not Enough |
| Winslow, Heather | Nofal, Christopher | A Field Study In Crime, Technology, And Law |
| Yuracko, Kimberly | Walden, William | Flsa.Com: Why The Rise Of Modern Retail Requires That Congress Amend The Commissioned Employee Exemption |
| Zulanas, Lisa | Fitterer, Jason | Managing A Different Kind Of Trust: An Analysis Of The Uniform Mediation Act's Approach To Mediation Confidentiality |
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