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Learn More About Joining CUNY Law Review

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Fellow CUNY Law students,

We encourage you to pause from studying for finals to scream into the wind and learn more about joining us this fall as staff editors working together on social justice scholarship.

You can stop by our tabling sessions on the second floor of the law school from May 1 through May 10 or join us on Zoom by clicking https://bit.ly/LRSEF23. Staffing permitting, we will be at the tabling sessions and on Zoom from 12:30-1:30 pm and 5:45-6:45 pm.

Applications are due by June 1. We look forward to chatting!

Volume 26.1

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We are excited to publish Volume 26.1. The full journal is available at CUNY Academic Works. Please see below for individual articles:

Front Matter

Articles

Extradition in Post-Roe America

Alejandra L. Caraballo, Cynthia Conti-Cook, Yveka Pierre, Michelle McGrath, Hillary Aarons

High Risk Hustling: Payment Processors Sexual Proxies and Discrimination by Design

Zahra Stardust, Danielle Blunt, Gabriella Garcia, Lorelei Lee, Kate D’Adamo, Rachel Kuo

Notes

Made for Export: How U.S. and Philippine Policies Commodify and Traffick Filipino Nurses

Emlyn Dy-Cok Medalla

Comments

This Article is Considered Terrorism in the Philippines: The Role of People’s Lawyers in Class Struggle

Amanda Katapang

Public Interest Practitioner Section

Reducing Multigenerational Poverty in New York Through Sentencing Reform

Jared Trujillo

Footnote Forum

NYSPRA v. Bruen and New York: A Lost Opportunity for Racial Equity in the Polarizing Gun Conversation

Zamir Ben-Dan

Reconceptualizing Bodily Autonomy: Forging Radical Politics of Life and Livelihood

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Chaumtoli Huq

Miki Jourdan CC/Flickr

“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. Our struggles are particular, but we are not alone.”

Audre Lorde 

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Register Now for the CUNY Law Review Symposium on Bodily Autonomy

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Join us on April 1, 2023, for the CUNY Law Review Symposium, More Than Just a Pipe Dream: Re-imagining Bodily Autonomy. This is a CLE-certified event exploring the recent legal developments in reproductive health care and legislation adversely affecting transgender communities, and discussing what legal advocates should do. Registration is now open.

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Student Note on Section 230 Cited in Supreme Court Amicus Brief

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On Feb. 21, 2023, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter Inc., v. Taamneh, a set of companion cases which turn on the question of whether social media platforms can be held liable for hosting harmful terrorist material. CUNY Law Student Val Rigodon (‘22) wrote a note in our 25.2 issue that was cited in the amicus brief submitted by Tennessee and other states.

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Constructing Immorality: Abortion and Family Policing

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Jasmine Wali

When Roe v. Wade was overturned, advocates across the political spectrum declared that the foster care system would be overwhelmed by an influx of “unwanted” children. Adoption became a central talking point. Anti-abortion proponents stated that adoption was a solution for these families, and that foster and adoption systems needed to be strengthened. Supporters of reproductive choice pointed out the seeming hypocrisy of the “pro-life” movement by highlighting all the children awaiting adoption in foster care.

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Roe Is Gone. What Happens for Trans Men?

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Elias Fox Bova Schmidt

When the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was leaked on May 2, 2022, I was sitting at my desk, studying for my final exam in my last semester of law school. I had just accepted a fellowship at a reproductive justice organization but I knew that, as a trans man, I was somewhat out of place. I had already felt the hesitancy from many within the reproductive rights landscape to acknowledge that, like cisgender women, trans men require safe and legal access to abortion. As soon as I got the Twitter notification about the leak, I knew that trans men would be among some of the first communities to be further erased in the reactions to the decision. 

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Volume 26.1, Footnote Forum

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NYSRPA V. BRUEN AND NEW YORK: A LOST OPPORTUNITY FOR RACIAL EQUITY IN THE POLARIZING GUN CONVERSATION by Zamir Ben-Dan

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Enough With the Insular Cases! The Tragedy of Vaello Madero

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Lía Fiol-Matta

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court delivered a strong blow to Puerto Rico by ruling that its neediest residents are not eligible for Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI). U.S. v. Vaello Madero challenged the exclusion of otherwise eligible residents of Puerto Rico from receiving SSI, a national benefit for needy aged, blind, and disabled individuals. Jose Luis Vaello Madero, a disabled U.S. citizen, received SSI while living in New York and continued getting payments after relocating to Puerto Rico in 2013. 

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Black Migrants Need Us, Too

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Florence Otaigbe

As an immigration attorney, I have worked with people from many different backgrounds. Anyone can be an immigrant. However, whenever I see mainstream advocacy and media regarding immigration, I rarely see Black migrants. According to the International Organization for Migration, migrant is defined in part as the following:

“An umbrella term, not defined under international law, reflecting the common lay understanding of a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an international border, temporarily or permanently, and for a variety of reasons.” 

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