Law Reviews Announce Executive Boards and Student Publications

All five of the law reviews elected their executive boards for the 2024-2025 academic year and announced the students who were selected for publication.
Law Reviews Announce Executive Boards and Student Publications

The University of Miami School of Law recently announced the newly elected executive boards of the University of Miami Law Review, Business Law Review, Inter-American Law Review, International and Comparative Law Review, and Race and Social Justice Law Review.

University of Miami Law Review

Editor-in-Chief: Julianne Rudkin

Executive Editors: Taylor Buffa, Emily Grady, and Alex Viola

Senior Articles Editor: Damon Duchenne

Student Notes & Comments Editors: Samuel Hirsch and Dillon Richards

Senior Writing Editor: Amanda Gonzalez

Eleventh Circuit Editor: Olivia Zukowski

Digital Editor: Lauren Schneider

Symposium Editor: Spencer Peek

Managing Editor: Brianna Sanchez

Articles & Comments Editors: Heather Braverman, Eba Hendrickson, Andrew Mascia, Miles Polley, Samara Spiler, and Joel Zemach

Business Law Review

Editor-in-Chief: Roselyn Castillo

Executive Editors: Matthew Mallon and Aisha Jehaludi

Managing Editor: Erika Grossbard

Senior Notes and Comments Editors: Macarena Bazan and Dante Groppo

Articles and Comments Editors: Frances Alaina Rodriguez, Greg Marcus and Ygnacio Garcia-Saladrigas

Senior Articles Editor: Tyler Lowman

Senior Writing Editor: Cristina De Castro

Alumni Editor: David Sosa

Online Media Editor: Amelia White

Symposium and Events Editor: Zakary Benjelloun

Inter-American Law Review

Editor-in-Chief: Monserrat Garcia

Executive Editors: Max Rothman and Anthony Puntasecca

Managing Editor: Lauryn Holliday

Student Writing Editors: Ariana Kravetz and Monica Diaz

Articles & Comments Editors: Lindsey LaCamera, Lia Rosado, Elizabeth Arritola and Blake Hawthorne

Online Publications Editor: Margo Jarjoura

Alumni Advisor Editor: Camila Real

Symposium Editor: Nicole Vahlkamp

International and Comparative Law Review

Editor-in-Chief: Jaelin Figueroa

Executive Editors: Mica Karanovic and Gabriela Ibanez

Managing Editor:  Arianna Amato

Senior Notes & Comments Editors: Alyssa Huffman and Nathalie Adams

Articles Editor: Jeff Haham

Events & Symposium Editor: Alex Llanos

Alumni Editor: Michael Borell

Online Editor: Emily Gross

Articles & Comments Editors:  John Dennis and Asia Ifill

Race and Social Justice Law Review

Editor-in-Chief: Kennedy Byrd

Staff Managing Editor: Emily Finch

Submissions Editor: Aaron Gluck

Business and Online Managing Editor: Lily Arslanian

Senior Articles Editor: Maddie Wessell

Chief Notes and Comments Editor: Jacob Bruner

Writing Competition Editor: Krystell Fienco

Symposium Chair: Mandy Martin

Articles & Comments Editors: Kristina Bergman, Justin Alexander, Emma Page, and Vincent Fan

Additionally, the five law reviews selected the following students for publication.

University of Miami Law Review

Damon Duchenne, “The Legal Acrobatics of Dealing with International Arbitral Awards Rendered in the United States.” Advisor: Paula Arias

Emily Grady, winner of the University of Miami Law Review’s Volume 78 Soia Mentschikoff Award for Excellence in Scholarly Writing, “Florida’s Privacy Paradox.” Advisor: Shara Kobetz Pelz

Eba Hendrickson, “The ‘Amateur’ Division I Athlete May Be a Thing of the Past, so Now What?: Addressing the Action Needed to Preserve Amateurism in College Sports.” Advisor: Michael Kelly

Dillon Richards, “The Three Elements of 303 Creative and How They Limit the Decision’s Impact.” Advisor: Caroline Mala Corbin

Ethan Schwab, “How Safe is Safe Enough? Analyzing the Incentive Structure of the Products Liability Scheme on Commercial Aviation Manufacturers.” Advisor: Rebecca Ocariz

Julia Steiner, “Beware of the Dangers of the State-Created Danger Doctrine: A Look at the Ninth Circuit’s Approach.” Advisor: Cheryl Zuckerman

Business Law Review

Macarena Bazan, “Navigating Turbulent Skies: Class Action Waivers in the Airline Industry and the Quest for Passenger Justice.” Advisor: Andrew Dawson

Vaughn Gendron, “A New Frontier: The Music Industry’s Struggle Against Generative AI.” Advisor: Paula Arias

Matthew Mallon, “Embracing the Heat: “Hot Labor Summer” Rekindles NLRB Authority, and the Need for Strategic Enforcement.” Advisor: Andrew Elmore

Greg Marcus, “Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve, Whether You Like it or Not: How Federal Regulation Can Address Advances in Biometric Technology.” Advisor: Marcia Narine Weldon 

Frances Rodriguez, “If You Can’t Beat Hemp, Join Hemp: A Policy Argument for a Federal Regulatory Framework Encompassing Intoxicating Hemp Derivatives and Marijuana and Why Re-scheduling Marijuana Isn’t the Answer.” Advisor: Andres Sawicki

Aisha Jehaludi, “Like Oil and Water: How the Guyana-Venezuela Border Dispute Impacts Foreign Oil Investors.” Advisor: Cheryl Zuckerman

Erika Grossbard, “The AI-Robotic Prescription: Legal Liability When an Autonomous AI Robot is Your Medical Physician.” Advisor: Cheryl Zuckerman

Roselyn Castillo, “The Mic Drop: The Urgent Call for SCOTUS to Settle the Discord on Right of Publicity Preemption and the Split that Never Was.” Advisor: Cheryl Zuckerman

Inter-American Law Review

Théo de Sá-Kaye, Grey Guill Award winner, “Examining the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court’s Expanded Powers in the Bolsonaro Era: A Win for Democracy or a Nod to Autocracy?” Advisor: Christie Anne Darias Daniels

 Ariana Kravetz, “Rectifying Historical Wrongs: The Case for the Indigenous’ Inherent Right Child Welfare in Canada.”

 Margo Jarjoura, “The Rise and the Eventual Fall of El Salvador’s Mano Dura.” Advisor: Cheryl Zuckerman

 Katherine Murray, “America's Footnote: International Intervention Required to Decolonize Guam.” Advisor: Ileana Porras 

 Nicolas Perez-Battistini, “Between Litigation and Sanctions: Analyzing Economic Pressures on Venezuela and the Battle for Citgo.” Advisor: Christina Frohock

 Anthony Puntasecca, “The Akwesasne Black Hole: America’s Hidden Border Crisis.” Advisor: Cheryl Zuckerman

 Sean Werkheiser, “Yo no conozco a ninguna Miranda y quiero mi abogado: The Constitutional Inadequacies of Translated “Miranda Cards” in Police Interrogations.” Advisor: Paula Arias

 International and Comparative Law Review

 Arianna Amato, “Power and Finesse: How The United States’ and Australia’s Women’s National Soccer Teams Score For Equal Pay.” Advisor: Andrew Elmore

 Kostika Kosova, “How Eastern Europe Can Protect Their Cultural Heritage via Copyright Protection of Folk Music and How This Compares to Copyright Protection of Music in the United States.” Advisor: Andres Sawicki

 Lakshmi Sanmuganathan, “Silent Shores: The ASEAN Human Rights Response to Refugee Protections.” Advisor: Tamar Ezer

 Alyssa Huffman, “Strategic Insights from Antarctic MPAs: Navigating the Future Framework for High Seas MPAs under the BBNJ Agreement.” Advisor: Jessica Owley

 Gabriela Ibanez, “Exploring Statehood Through the Lens of Palestine and Puerto Rico.” Advisor: Ileana Porras

 Amanda Gomez, “The Parts that Don’t Glitter: A Comparative Analysis Between Switzerland and the United States on the Regulations of the Importation of Gold and its Effect on Human Rights in Gold Mining Countries.” Advisor: Elizabeth Iglesias

 Race and Social Justice Law Review

 Justin Alexander, “’Living Local’ by State Regulation: Land Use Preemption and Florida’s ‘Live Local Act’ as a Pro-Housing Solution.” Advisor: Thomas Nealon

 Krystell Fienco, “Hoodwinked by Rucho: The Illusion of Protection for Racial Gerrymandering in Federal Courts.” Advisor: Donald Jones

 Manuel Hernandez, “Diminishing the Fourth Amendment in the Name of Law Enforcement: Kansas v. Glover.” Advisor: Donald Jones

 Anna Irving, “An Examination of the Standard of Judgment for Court-Ordered Electroshock Therapy.” Advisor: Marc Fajer

 Elena LaCorte, “Civil Rights v the First Amendment, and the Erosion of the Belief-Action Dichotomy.” Advisor: Stephen Schnably

 Emma Page, “Medicaid Unwinding, Notice Requirements, and Implications for Medicaid in Florida.”

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