Past Senior Research Projects
2019-20 Senior Research Projects
| Supervising Faculty | Student | Project Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Allen, Ronald | Edmonds, Christian | Fourth Amendment Protections for Pastoral Work Product |
| Allen, Ronald | Etemadi, Donna | Constitutional Challenges in the Rise of Smart Cities |
| Barsa, Michael | Morgan, Emily | Challenging the Executive's Deconstruction of the Administrative State through an Environmental Law Lens |
| Barsa, Michael | Simon, Steven | Legal Issues Around the Discovery, Development and Sale of Non-Earth Resources |
| Calabresi, Steven | Agarwal, Mohit | Originalism and the Chinese Exclusion Act Cases |
| Calabresi, Steven | Ingram, Brian | Originalism and the Eighth Amendment |
| Clopton, Zachary | French, William | Horizontal Choice of Law in Federal Courts |
| Drizin, Steven | Hoose, Samara | False Confessions to Loved Ones (or similar) |
| Gandert, Daniel | Figueroa, Emilio | The NCAA Needs to Take a Stand Against Student-Athletes Engaged in Acts of Sexual Violence |
| Geraghty, Thomas | Henson, Shane | Criminal Defense of Human Rights Activists: An International Comparison of Myanmar and Ethiopia |
| Geraghty, Thomas | Tarabishy, Noor | Liberation or Persecution? Human Rights Abuses Against Civilians in Former ISIS Territory |
| Horwich, Allan | Dau, Thi Huyen My | The Actual and Potential Uses of Offensive Collateral Estoppel in Securities Litigation |
| Jacobi, Tonja | Clafton, Riley | Topic in Constitutional Criminal Procedure |
| Jacobi, Tonja | Stonecipher, Dustin | Hey Alexa, Do I Still Have Fourth Amendment Rights?: How Rediscovering Katz Creates a Third Party Doctrine for the Twenty-First Century |
| Kang, Michael | Agarwal, Mohit | Judicial Campaign Finance Regulation |
| Lee, Alex | Kang, Min | Shareholder Advantages and Disadvantages of Direct and Hybrid Listing |
| Lee, Alex | Kingra, Anisha | The Aftermath of Repealed Regulations |
| Lindgren, James | Sherley, Casey | Attitudes & Views |
| Lindgren, James | Whitehead, Timothy | Slave Power and the Effect of the Three-Fifth's Compromise on Elections |
| McGinnis, John | Sun, Linda | A Tale of Two Agencies - The Case for Unification of Antitrust Law Under One Agency |
| Pfander, James | Borrasso, Andrew | Murray's Lessee—Public Rights, Private Rights, Antebellum Common Law, and Article III |
| Pfander, James | Joffroy, Elena | “Now Existing”: The Original Grandfather Clause |
| Redish, Martin | Monaghan, Colin | The Power of Congress to Control Judicial Remedies to Enforce the Constitution |
| Rodriguez, Daniel | Perez, Angel | How High is Too High: The Taxation of California's Cannabis Industry |
| Scheffer, David | Frye, Reilly | Sentiment Analysis of Recent CEO Engagement on Human Rights and Public Policy Issues |
| Sorensen, Juliet | Serafini, Oliver | The Continuing Need for Local Governmental Ethics Reforms: Cook County, a Case Study |
2018-19 Senior Research Projects
| Supervising Faculty | Student | Project Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Bedi, Sheila | Benjamin, Theo | Criminological Impact of Cannabis Offenses in Illinois |
| Bedi, Sheila | Janzen, Kiera | State Bail Variation and Reform Across the U.S. |
| Biehl, Julie | Duff, Robert | Statutory Analysis of Illinois Expungement and Sealing Laws and Evaluation of the Implementation of New Statutory Scheme |
| Biehl, Julie | Englund, Emma | Challenges to Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Statutes |
| Burns, Robert | Lopez, Leah | Law, Fragmentation and Difference: How the Multiplicity of Voices in Legal Jurisprudence Influences Judicial Decisionmaking |
| Calabresi, Steven | Deal, Joshua | An Analysis of Executive Power in Colonial America |
| Diamond, Shari | Page, Andrew | Authority and Persuasion on the Grand Jury |
| DiCola, Peter | Hahn, Sujung | The Role of AI in U.S. Copyright for the Music Industry |
| DiCola, Peter | Svedman, Megan | Putting the Art in Artificial: AI & the Creation of Visual Artwork |
| Fiebig, Andre | Erlain, William | Property Rights to Consumer Data and Impact on Mergers and Acquisitions |
| Friedman, Ezra | Webber, Andrew | Fuzzy Thinking: Liability for Concussion Injuries in an era of Weakening Civil Immunity |
| Gandert, Daniel | Pashos, Anthony | Hail Mary: Federal Regulation of College Sports & Justice for Student Athletes |
| Gandert, Daniel | Schmidt, Ryan | Professional Sports Gambling in a Post-PASPA World |
| Horwich, Allan | Gong, Yixue | The Link Between State Derivative Suits & Fed. Sec. Class Actions |
| Horwich, Allan | Wang, Zhuo | Loss Causation in Private Damages Actions |
| Kugler, Matthew | Hurley, Meredith | Privacy Law in the Evolving Energy Industry |
| Lindgren, James | Harris, Kimberly | The Prevalence and Significance of Godparents in 21st Century America |
| Lindgren, James | Harris, Kimberly | Contemporary Treatment of Incorporation by Relationship in Estate Planning Documents |
| Loeb, Nancy | DeAmico, Kathleen | The Environmental Impact of Lithium-Ion Batteries and How to Face Them |
| Loeb, Nancy | Jones, Jared | Traversing the Barriers to Electric Vehicle Adoption in the United States |
| Lupo, James | Messinger, Kathleen | Fake News and the Regulation of Truth |
| Lupo, James | Monjar, Anne | Law as Literature: The Transcendentalist Movement in 19th Century Jurisprudence |
| McGinnis, John | Erickson, Matthew | A New Test for Compelling Interests |
| McGinnis, John | Lalani, Khadija | Decentralizing Financial Risk |
| Peery, Destiny | Taylor, Kyla | Where Are the Black Lawyers? |
| Pfander, James | McBride, Meredith | Federal-State Court Parity as Empirical Question |
| Pfander, James | Wentzel, Jacob | The Common Law Origins of Ex parte Young |
| Redish, Martin | Day, Edward | Class Action Standing & Article III’s Case-or-Controversy Requirement |
| Redish, Martin | Pereyra, Julio | The First Amendment and Political Fraud |
| Redish, Martin | Pope, Lauren | The Converse Erie Doctrine |
| Redish, Martin | Stimple, Kelsey | Rethinking the Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Rountree, Meredith | Smith, Kelyn | 15 Years Later: Sentencing in the aftermath of U.S. v. Booker |
| Rubinowitz, Leonard | Katz, Mendy | William Robert Ming: The Contributions and Challenges of a Civil Rights Lawyer |
| Rubinowitz, Leonard | Melcer, Moshe | A Chronological Analysis chronological analysis of Hills v. Gautreaux |
| Scheffer, David | Elder, Allison | Disseminating International Detention Standards through International Criminal Tribunals |
| Schwartz, David | Ellenberger, Michael | Moving Targets: Patentability Standards Before the USPTO |
| Schwartz, David | Giroud, Xaviere | Design Patent Trolls and NPE's |
| Schwartz, David | Sample, Ryan | Legal Issues in Biosimilar Regulation, Particularly Settlements |
| Shoked, Nadav | Mamon, Miles | Legal Issues in Real Estate Development |
| Shoked, Nadav | Rosenthal, Justin | Designing Economic Development Packages: How Did We Get to Amazon HQ2 and What May be Next |
| Speta, James | Ogren, Alexander | Snap Removal & the Supreme Court's Role in the District Courts |
| Tenenbaum, J. Samuel | Tzivas, Amanda | Preemptively Dealing with Fraud: Proactiveness Over Reactiveness |
| Yuracko, Kimberly | Reay, Mason | The Northwestern Difference |
2017-18 Senior Research Projects
| SUPERVISING FACULTY | STUDENT | PROJECT TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| Allen, Ronald | Koenigsfeld, Benjamin; Krebsbach, Andrew; Lartey, Steven Kwabena Aye; Lee, Tae Hee; Quamme, Palmer; Savabi, Heidi | Criminal Justice Reform in Tanzania |
| Barsa, Michael | Salzman, Garrett | Bulwarks Against Regression |
| Calabresi, Steven | Shaw, Todd | The Jurisprudence of Justice Samuel Alito |
| Delaney, Erin | Taleb, Salma | The Role of Arab Expatriates in Constitutional Changes in the Middle East Post the Arab Spring |
| Delaney, Erin | Taleb, Salma | Constitutional Comparative Law |
| DiCola, Peter | Hirschfeld, Gerry | Compulsory Licensing versus Negotiated Rates |
| DiCola, Peter | Ikram, Maliha | Long-term Maintenance of Public Art and Resulting Derivative Works Rights |
| Foster, Mary | Palfi, Christopher | Artificial Intelligence and Legal Ethics: Efficiency at What Costs? |
| Gandert, Daniel | Elwanni, Khalid | State Legislative Approaches to Stadium Financing Negotiations |
| Geraghty, Thomas | Karamally, Natasha | The Role of Data and Qualitative Research in Driving Criminal Justice Reform, Cook County, Bangladesh, Somalia, and Ethiopia |
| Horwich, Allan | Liu, Weichi | A Hypothetical Supreme Court Opinion of Leidos, Inc. v. Indiana Public Retirement System |
| Horwich, Allan | Ramakrishnan, Deepa | The Application of Federal Securities Law to Activist Investors |
| Lawsky, Sarah | Menneto, Connor | Taxing the Poor (An Extension): What Donald Trump Teaches Us About Taxing the Poor |
| Lewis, Andrea | Guerrero, Frances | Women and False Confessions |
| Lindgren, James | Pizano Mejia, Pedro Roberto | The State of Human Rights |
| Lupo, James | Wiznitzer, Lisa | Another Opening Another Show: Organizing Not-for-Profit Theatre Companies to Maximize Sustainability |
| Martin, Chris | McJilton, Laura | Artificial Intelligence and Bias: Concerns in the Application to Law |
| McGinnis, John | Flanagan, Ian | Interpretation and Judicial Opinions |
| Mollen, Abby | Murray, Zachary | The Opinions in Writing Clause: The True Unitary Executive |
| Mollen, Abby | Murray, Zachary | History of the Executive Power |
| Naughton, James | Ostosh, Curtiss | Constitutional Disparity: Illinois Pension Protection Provision |
| O'Hare, John | Zhang, Xiaomeng (Rebecca) | An Evaluation of the Dual Class Stock Structure |
| Pfander, James | Lanza, Jentry | Early History and the Role of State Courts in Cases Involving Federal Law |
| Redish, Martin | Andreu, Carlos | The Right to Civil Jury Trials: An Argument in Favor of Instating Civil Juries in Puerto Rico |
| Redish, Martin | Johnson, Brandon | Rethinking the Privileges and Immunities Clause |
| Redish, Martin | Peterson, Gregory | Legislative Stances on the Parity Debate |
| Schrup, Sarah | Pavletic, John | Burden-Shifting on Plain Error: The Prejudice Analysis that Controls Prior Convictions under Divisible Statutes |
| Schwartz, David | Mahaseth, Tulip | Inter Partes Review and Orange Book Patents |
| Schwartz, David | Mooradian, Kristina | Continuation of Design Patent Study |
| Schwartz, David | Mooradian, Kristina | Design Patents |
| Silver, Carole | Guo, Xi | The Rises and Falls of Foreign Law Firms' U.S. Offices |
| Sorensen, Juliet | Fuller, Natale | Chicago's Low Recycling Rate: Inefficient and Open to Legal Action? |
| Sorensen, Juliet | Waterhous, Julia | Prosecution of Sexual Violence in War: Past, Present, Future |
| Speta, James | Plotkin, Carter | Judicial Review of Interpretative Rules |
| Tenenbaum, J. Samuel | Kim, Katherine | Cryptocurrencies: Behind the Speculative Bubble |
| Tuerkheimer, Deborah | Caldwell, Sheridan | Reimagining Griswold as an Equal Protection Case |
| Tuerkheimer, Deborah | Shaukat, Mehwish | American Muslim Women: Feminist theory and Fourth Amendment violations |
| Yuracko, Kimberly | Blum, Lindsey | Women in Leadership Positions |