Submissions from 2025
Air Strikes in Myanmar - An Analysis Under International Law, Jacob Davis
High Crimes in Low Airspace: The Rise of Drones in Cross-Border Drug Trafficking, Hannah Haight
The Sky’s Not the Limit: Navigating Starlink’s Impact on Global Connectivity and Regulation, Michael N. Hillebrand
Let’s Jettison Some Executive Perks: Exploring the SEC and IRS Approaches to Personal Use of Corporate Aircraft, Christine Lane
Transportation Security Administration Use of Facial Recognition Technology: Turbulence Surrounding Traveler Rights, McKenly Redmon
Fake Parts, Real Threats: Combating the Infiltration of Counterfeit Parts in the Aviation Industry, Jennifer Su
Submissions from 2024
Navigating Passenger Compensation: Implications for Airlines and Consumers, Noor Ain
A Hard Pill to Swallow: Privacy Implications of Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Services, Varsha Challapally
Curiousity Killed the (Fat) Cat: Promoting Safety Over Profit in the Space Tourism Industry, Ryan Puente
Unveiling the Dark Side of Innovation: Sustainability, Cobalt Mining, and Modern-Day Slavery, Kaitlin Schleich
The Fall of Z-Library: The “Burning of the Library of Alexandria” or Protection for Authors Against AI Companies, Lisa Silveira
Proposed Methodologies to Cure the No-Fly List’s Current Violations of the Due Process Clause for Affected U.S. Citizens, Sierra Stone
It Comes with Baggage: The Heavy Weight Implications of Weighing Airline Passengers, Brooke Sutter
The Game-Changer: Legal Issues Surrounding Wearable Technology in Sports, Jack Vande Berg
Submissions from 2023
Autonomous Archaeological Authority: The Future of Drone Use and Privacy Laws in Cultural Heritage Preservation, Kara Anderson
Rethinking Spectrum Governance After the FAA and FCC’s Turf War Over 5G, Jace Breedlove
When Federal Standards Crash and Burn: The Need to Distinguish Aviation Product Liability Claims from In-Air Operations Cases, Olivia Cahill
Flying Towards Extinction: The Role of the Aviation Industry in Perpetuating International Wildlife Trafficking, Isabelle Dominguez
The Department of Transportation’s Failures in Regulating Emotional Support Animals, Jillian Doughty
Crash Landing: The Airline Industry’s Failing Efforts to Remedy Its Sexist and Discriminatory Practices Towards Flight Attendants, Elise Gonzalez
The Drone Star State: How a Challenge to Texas Drone Law Became the Latest Battleground Between the First Amendment and the Right to Privacy, Edward W. "Ted" Tooley
Navigating Through Cloudy Skies: The Montreal Convention & Article 17 “Accidents” Post-Moore, Elan Wilson
Submissions from 2022
Public Safety Concerns and Meeting the Dudenhoeffer Pleading Standard, Douglass G. Brown
Remaining Human: How the Airline Deregulation Act Shields Commercial Air Carriers From Legal Liability for Mishandling Human Remains, Abigail A. Lahvis
Regulating Science Fiction: The Regulatory Deficiencies in a Rapidly Growing Commercial Space Industry, H. Austin Simpson
Submissions from 2021
Delivery Drones: Inapt for Application of Current Negligence Theory, Hyewon Hannah Choi
Keeping Watch from Liftoff to Landing: A Call for Increased Public Education on the Intersection of Human Trafficking and Commercial Air Travel, Gretchen Mahoney
Immunity Doesn’t Fly: The Case for Federal Responsibility for Torts Committed by Transportation Security Officers, Courtney Rimann
Using the Artemis Accords to Build Customary International Law: A Vision for a U.S.-Centric Good Governance Regime in Outer Space, Walker A. Smith
“A Defendant’s Paradise”: Failings of the Brooke Group Test in the Airline and E-Commerce Industries, Kaitlyn Thorson
Turbulence Ahead: Why the First Domestic Aircraft Carbon Emissions Regulations Are a Danger to Climate Protection, Taylor Williams
Submissions from 2020
Air Ambulances and State Contract Claims: The Opening to Avoid ADA Preemption, John David Janicek
The Ninth Circuit’s Left Hook: Criminal Venue in the Skies and Why Lozoya Hits the Mark, Christopher Thomson
Minimum Wage Requirements: Seventh Circuit Perpetuates Employer-Friendly FLSA Interpretation, Ashley Jo Zaccagnini
Submissions from 2019
Not in My Backyard: State v. Quiday and Warrantless Aerial Police Surveillance, Hayden Brown
Flying in the Face of Suspicionless Cell Phone Searches: Fourth Circuit Grants Airline Passengers Heightened Protection From Searches by Customs Officers, Andrea deLorimier
Taking an Independent Look at the Air Carrier Access Act: Why No Private Right of Action Exists, Madison Gafford
Airlines Aren’t Just Carrying Passengers and Cargo Anymore—They’re Also Carrying the Burden of the American Conflict of Laws System, Kaylee Knowlton Henson
DOT Final Rule on Air Charter Brokers: Paving the Way for the “Uberization” of Private Air Travel, Jet McGuire
#MeToo at 35,000 Feet: Reducing the Risk of In-Flight Sexual Assaults., Ryan Musser
A Brave New World: Using the Outer Space Treaty to Design International Data Protection Standards for Low- Earth Orbit Satellite Operators, Amir Saboorian
Preventing Drunk Flying: A Legislative Solution, John Sivils
Pilots Out of Uniform: How the Sixth Circuit’s Etihad Decision Undermines the Purpose of the Montreal Convention, J. Collin Spring
The 1,500-Hour Rule: When Does Quantity Outweigh Quality?, Andrea Traut
Geophysical Trespass, Privacy, and Drones in Oil and Gas Exploration, Sean Valentine
Submissions from 2018
Pioneering the Right to Breastfeed at 35,000 Feet: Workplace Accommodations for Lactating Employees in the Airline Industry, Brooke L. Hauglid
Make Airlines Great Again: Why Bankruptcy Went From a Dirty Word to a Strategy, and a Proposal to Bring It Back, Klayton Sweitzer Hiland
War and (Labor) Peace: How the Ninth Circuit Changed the Rules of Engagement for Service Providers and Organized Labor, Klayton Sweitzer Hiland
The FAA’s Mental Health Standards: Are They Reasonable?, Katie Manworren
Here Comes the Boom: Reevaluating the Merits of FAA Prohibition on Civil Supersonic Flight, Jonathan Petree
Navigating the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Considerations of Equitable Impact After United States v. Trinidad, Jonathan Petree
Tax Reform Up in the Air: Redefining the Test for Qualification of an Air Carrier for Sales Tax Exemption, Daniel W. Sepulveda
Airport Security Screeners: In Your Face and Above the Law, Luke Strieber
Safety Meets Efficiency: The Medical Device Drone’s Role in Bringing About a Workable Regulatory Framework for Commercial Drones, Luke Strieber
Presuming Patent Inventorship Without Further Examination: A Double-Edged Sword for Aerospace Companies, Jake Winslett
Submissions from 2017
Mixed-Motive Mix-Up—Non-Prevailing Party Attorney’s Fees Under Texas Antidiscrimination Law “Up in the Air” After Fifth Circuit’s Peterson v. Bell Helicopter, Alexander P. Cohen
Sharing the Skies: The Legal State of “Flight-Sharing” After Flytenow and Current Regulatory Issues with Lyfting the Sharing Economy Off the Ground, Alexander P. Cohen
“Fly The Friendly Skies”: How Implementing a Private Security System Can Improve the Safety of the Nation and an Industry, Courtney Luster
The Warsaw Convention: When Falling Is Not an “Accident”, Courtney Luster
FAA Waiver-of-Sanctions Defense—Boeta Clouds the Clearing Horizons of Inadvertent Acts, Catherine Parsley
Flying While Intoxicated: Options for Pilots, Airlines, and the FAA in Dealing with Alcohol Issues, Catherine Parsley
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction—Warning: Second Circuit Breaks with Supreme Court Trend for Stricter Presumption Against Extraterritoriality, Alexandra R. Rahn
Air Traffic Control in the United States: Is Privatization the Path Back to the Top?, Lindsey Rattikin
Securities Regulation—Tenth Circuit Allows Lying Executives to Escape Section 10(b) Liability, Leaving Investors Remediless, Robert C. Uhl
Air Ambulance Reform – Why Congress Should Exempt Air Ambulances From “Carrier” Classification and Preemption Under the Airline Deregulation Act, Andrew J. Upton
Submissions from 2016
Employment Law - A Union's Duty of Fair Representation in Pilot Seniority Negotiations, Kelly Almeter
Wright is Still Wrong: The Wright Amendment Reform Act and Airline Competition at Dallas Love Field, Barrett V. Armbruster
Hijacking Open Skies: The Line Between Tough Competition and Unfair Advantage in the International Aviation Market, Hannah E. Cline
Fingerprints: A New Means of Identification in Airport Security Screening, Chase Hilton
Unfair Treatment for Experienced Pilots— How the Ninth Circuit Promoted Age Discrimination, Dana Hilzendager
Safety in the Sky: Will Reforming and Restructuring the TSA Improve Our Security or Merely Infringe on our Rights?, Katherine A. Lowe
Federal Preemption—The Hazy Line of Common Law Claim Preemption Under the Airline Deregulation Act, Jessica Mannon
Food Allergies on Flights - How a Narrow Interpretation of "Service" Preemption Under the Airline Deregulation Act Could Give Allergic Passengers Much Needed Protection, Laci Verdusco Resendiz
Busted Benefits—The Seventh Circuit Honors Explicit Contractual Terms of United’s Mileageplus Benefits Program, Abigail Storm
