Northern Illinois University
College of Law

The online journal is a supplement to the three print editions of the Law Review published annually. It specifically highlights the work of NIU College of Law students and is generally published once a semester. Articles are in PDF format.

Vol. 13, no. 2 - Spring 2023

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Alexandria N. Short, Comment, Are Third Parties Creating a Loophole for Police Investigations?

Vol. 13, no. 1 - Fall 2022

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Robert A. Kudlicki III, Comment, The New Rule to Deter SLAPPs

Vol. 12, no. 1 - Fall 2020

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Margaret Kramer, Comment, State Prisons Turning into De Facto Mental Health Institutions: A Comparative Look at the Illinois and Nebraska State Prison Systems

Vol. 11, no. 1 - Fall 2019

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Kelsey Burge, Comment, Bridging the Gap Between Immigration Detainment and Parental Rights: A Constitutional Consideration of Migrant Children Separation
• Emily C. Neely, Note, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District: A Fumble the Supreme Court Needs to Recover

Vol. 10, no. 2 - Spring 2019

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Brittany A. Miller, Comment, Title IX After 45 Years: Overlooked Disparities in the National Junior College Athletic Association and California Community College Athletic Association

Vol. 10, no. 1 - Fall 2018

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Anastasia Coppersmith, Comment, Lost in Translation: Persons with Limited English Proficiency and Police Interaction in the United States

Vol. 9, no. 2 - Spring 2018

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Laura E. Schrauth, Comment, Law is a Battlefield: Why Musicians and Politicians Both Lose with Blanket Licensing

Vol. 9, no. 1 - Fall 2017

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Abby Cunningham, Note, Purpose, Prudence, and Path: Reevaluating the Primary Jurisdiction Doctrine in the Context of Opioid Litigation

Vol. 8, no. 2 - Spring 2017

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Jennifer Beebe, Comment, Injuries from Foul Balls, Broken Bats, and Railing Fall-Overs: Who is Liable?
• Nicole Page, Note, The Predatory Hiring Standard for Section 2 Violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act

Vol. 8, no. 1 - Fall 2016

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Brian E. Wilson, Comment, Respite for Tantalus: Illinois’s Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act – Due Process in (In)Action
• Adam N. Lichtenauer, Comment, THE FATAL FIALA FLAW: Hey! Why Not Just Make Arbitration Agreements Mandatory?

Vol. 7, no. 2 - Spring 2016

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Cole DeBlaey, Comment, The Great De-Bait: America, Deer Hunting, and the Camouflage of Anti/Pro-Baiting Regulations
• Tad Juilfs, Comment, Muddy Waters: Why Polluted Groundwater Infiltrating Navigable Waters Should Not Be Excluded From National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permitting

Vol. 7, no. 1 - Fall 2015

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Rikkilee Moser, Comment, As If All The World Were Watching: Why Today’s Law Enforcement Needs To Be Wearing Body Cameras
• Cora Moy, Comment, Equal Access: A Proposal For Homeschooled Students And Athletics

Vol. 6, no. 2 - Spring 2015

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Morgan Johnson, Comment, A Circuit Split Involving Ten Federal Circuits: Why Copyright Infringement Actions Should Be Allowed to Proceed After an Application for a Copyright is Filed
• Hailey Rehberg, Comment, Homeless Bill of Rights: How Legislators Get to Feel Pro-Homeless Without Effort or Money

Vol. 6, no. 1 - Fall 2014

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Samuel Perkins, Note, ‘Fixing’ the First Sale Doctrine: Adapting Copyright Law to the New Media Distribution Paradigm
• Kelli Schmidt, Comment, Protecting the Sanctity of Family: An Argument for the Equitable Parent Doctrine

Vol. 5, no. 2 - Spring 2014

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Corey Hickman, Comment, Pay-for-Delay and Interstate Commerce: Why Congress or the Supreme Court Must Take Action Opposing Reverse Payment Settlements
• Lars Okmark, Comment, “You Can’t Handle the Truth” . . . Well, the States That Is: The Legality of State-Imposed Transfer Taxes on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency

Vol. 5, no. 1 - Fall 2013

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Matthew Broucek, Comment, “Correcting” the Foreclosure Crisis?
• Robert Finegan, Comment, Debtors Deserve the Dischargeability of Tax Liability to be “Honest and Reasonable"

 Vol. 4, no. 2 - Spring 2013

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Elizabeth George, Comment, The “Cowardly Counsel” Exception: Eliminating the Contemporaneous Objection Rule
• Dorota Gibala, Note, The Error in Finding that Undocumented Persons are Not “The People”: A Deeper Look at the Implications of United States v. Portillo-Munoz

Vol 4, no. 1 - Fall 2012

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Samantha Hardt, Comment, Beyond the Womb: An Argument for Fundamental Rights in Vaccination Exemption Law
• Seth McClure, Comment, Illinois’s Drug-Induced Homicide Statute: Injecting Some Sense Into a Misinterpreted Law

Vol. 3, no. 2 - Spring 2012

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Edward J. Boula III, Note, Grounding the Preemptive Effect of the Federal Aviation Act: A Look at the Third Circuit’s Recently Modified Field Preemption Ruling in Elassaad v. Independence Air, Inc. and the Effect of Wyeth v. Levine
• Daniel Nunney, Note, Illinois Supreme Court: Overturn Thompson v. Gordon and Protect Design Professionals from Unbargained-For, Extra-Contractual Obligations

Vol. 3, no. 1 - Fall 2011

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Joseph Pumilia, Comment, The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules and Mobile Networks: Who Really Rules the Air?
• Patricia Ruiz, Comment, “If You Could Say It In Words, There’d Be No Reason to Paint”: Recovering Beloved Works of Art Through Civil Forfeiture

Vol. 2, no. 2 - Summer 2011

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• Jessica Fiocchi, Comment, Particularly Serious Crimes and Withholding of Removal: An Aggravating Question
• Devin Noble, Note, Misinterpreting the Child’s Best Interests Standard: A Closer Look at In re Marriage of Guthrie and Illinois Child Removal Law

Vol. 2, no. 1 - Spring 2011

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Shannon R. Barnaby, Comment, The Times They Are a Changin’: Enactment of Historic Civil Union Act Is the Right Step for Illinois
• Benjamin W. Meyer, Note, Nolan & Ready—“Settling” for Less than Perfect in Illinois when Determining the Role Defendants Play in the Litigation After They Settle

Vol. 1, no. 2 - Spring 2010

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Mariam L. Hafezi Qualman, Comment, Illinois Does Not Care About Caregivers as Evidenced by the Ineffective and Exclusionary Custodial Claims Statute of the Probate Act
• Purvi Shah, Comment, Iraq Veterans’ War with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims Under a Procedural Due Process Analysis

Vol. 1, no. 1 - Fall 2009

• Table of Contents and Masthead
• Steven L. Boldt, Note, TOY STORY: Being Right for the Wrong Reasons in the Search for a “Greater Freedom”—A Critical Analysis of the Dissenting En Banc Opinions in Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle
• Joshua M. Austin, Comment, Current Trends in Inequitable Conduct are Adverse to Patent Policy as Seen Through the Exemplary Case of Big Pharma