Submissions from 2025
Privatizing Child Welfare: Texas’s Gamble With Community-Based Care, Grace Byers
Air Strikes in Myanmar - An Analysis Under International Law, Jacob Davis
The Homeowner Strikes Back: The Rise of Antisquatter Laws, Sam Fowler
You’ve Got Mail—Or Not? The Deepening, Decades-Long Circuit Split Surrounding the Tax Filing Mailbox Rule, Colton Franks
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
Protect My Property, Not My Privacy!: How a Recent Circuit Split Illustrates the Need to Reinstate the Traditional Property-Based Fourth Amendment Framework, Mary Katherine Smith
Fake Parts, Real Threats: Combating the Infiltration of Counterfeit Parts in the Aviation Industry, Jennifer Su
Crypto Chaos in the Courtroom: Navigating Bankruptcy’s Digital Gold Rush, Grayson Timmins
The Granny Flat Rebellion: Preempting Local ADU Restrictions, Andrew Welch
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
The War[hol] Between Artistic Creativity and Commercial Use within the Fair Use Defense, Morgan Houghtlin
A Critique of the Current Epidemic in our Criminal Justice System: “Guilty Until Proven Innocent”, Jaclyn Marsh
At Least Make it Adequate: The Constitution Should Better Protect Public Education, Cristina J. Mauldin
If Held Holds: Held v. Montana and the Future of Constitutional Environmental Litigation, Leonora Owsley
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
Tailoring Biometric Innovation to Privacy Law in the Retail Industry, Bailey White
Social Media and Social Reform: Why States Should Consider Protecting the Rising Kidfluencers, Rina Wong
A Tale of Two Sams: Effective Altruism’s Threat to the Security of Emerging Technology, Mackenzie Young
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
TikTok’s Fall From Grace: How Growing Security Concerns in Chinese Technology Affect U.S. Courts and Presidential Successors, Madeline Cartwright
Data for Sale: Navigating the Role of Data Brokers and Reproductive Health Information in a Post-Dobbs World, Heather Chong
Health Monitoring From Home: Legal Considerations of Wearable Technology in Telemedicine, Polina DeClue
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
Houston Security Camera Ordinance: Reasonable Safety Measure or Orwellian Surveillance, Clint Nuckolls
Revoking Trademark Consent: Can It Be Done?, Keegan Pearl
Data Milkshakes: The Rule of Capture and the Constitutionality of Data Mining, Bryce Pilawski
Employee Monitoring: As Technology Advances Yet the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Stays in the Past, Isabela Possino
Texas’s Water Future: Legal, Business, Environmental, and Regulatory Concerns, Robert Royce
Cryptocurrency’s Clash with Bankruptcy: Insolvent Crypto Exchange Companies Create Difficulties for Courts & Customers, Mary Taylor Stanberry
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
Psychologically Bound: Why Expert Evidence Regarding Battered Woman Syndrome Should Be Admissible, Christa Bunce
Blockchain Disruption: Digital Assets Are Changing How We Do Business, Nick Curley
Death of The Limited License to Data: United States v. Van Buren, Nick Curley
Creating a United Front: Harmonizing the United States Regulatory Policies Surrounding Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Sydney Kossow
Remaining Human: How the Airline Deregulation Act Shields Commercial Air Carriers From Legal Liability for Mishandling Human Remains, Abigail A. Lahvis
In the Midst of a Global Pandemic: Benefits of a Biomedical Patenting Regime, Amy Q. Nguyen
The Mysteries of NFT Taxation and the Problem of Crypto Asset Tax Evasion, Amy Q. Nguyen
Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing: Privacy Issues & Impacts on Biological Relatives, Quinn Prchal
Working Toward Break Point: Professional Tennis and the Growing Problem with Employee and Independent Contractor Misclassifications, Elizabeth Priest
Regulating Science Fiction: The Regulatory Deficiencies in a Rapidly Growing Commercial Space Industry, H. Austin Simpson
Boss Mom: Why Texas Should Revise Its Legislation to Allow Gestational Surrogacy Contract Enforcement for Social Surrogacies, Krista Thompson
The Deficiencies of Oregon Ballot Measure 110, Jacob Towles
Cryptocurrency and Security Issues: The Tide Awaiting Ripple’s Decision, Robel Tsegu
Will NFTs Solve Some of the Age-Old Problems in Art Law?, Ursula von Schlenhenried
The Law’s Role in Ending the Suicide Crisis: Liability for Suicide Under the State-Created Danger Doctrine, Brittany White
Submissions from 2021
Delivery Drones: Inapt for Application of Current Negligence Theory, Hyewon Hannah Choi
Kisor’s Chaos: Conflicting Meanings of the Clean Air Act’s “Applicable Requirements” in the Fifth and Tenth Circuits, Marissa Corry
The Constitutional Basis for Inmate Gender Confirmation Surgery, Bryce Couch
Howdy, Partner: Challenges with State Takeovers and Charter Partnerships in Texas School Districts, Hannah Luke
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 Solution to the Murkiness of Nonparent Visitation Rights in Texas, Morgan Tauscher
“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
Genetically Customized Generations—A Need for Increased Regulatory Control over Gene Editing Technology in the United States, Morgan Mendicino
Beware of the Drug Detection Dog: The Fourth Amendment, Drug Detection Dogs, and State Legalization of Marijuana, Morgan Smith
Imposing Identity: Why States Should Restrict Infant Intersex Surgery, Laura Sundin
Off on a Technicality: The Proper Remedy for Improper Venue, Chris Thomson
The Ninth Circuit’s Left Hook: Criminal Venue in the Skies and Why Lozoya Hits the Mark, Christopher Thomson
Tweet, Post, Share. . .Get Haled into Court? Calder Minimum Contacts Analysis in Social Media Defamation Cases, Ellen Smith Yost
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
