Articles:

Is Fracking the Next Financial Crisis?: A Development Lens for Understanding Systematic Risk and Governance
- Shalanda Helen Baker – Associate Professor of Law, University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law
- This Article argues that the “narrow frame of the current fracking debate misses important features of the problem,” that “fracking is best understood within the much broader context of development in the United States, and more specifically as an example of an approach to development called ‘hybridity.'”

The Gap Between Rights and Reality: The Intersection of Language, Disability, and Educational Opportunity
- Claire Raj – Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law
- English Language Learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing group in America’s schools. Like any other student population, the ELL cohort includes students with disabilities who need special education services. This Article provides a specific analysis for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Equal Educational Opportunities Act (EEOA) to be read together, in order to rectify inadequate support for ELLs with disabilities.

Comments:

The Aereo Loophole: A Retrospective Inquiry into the Legality of Antenna Farms and Internet-Based Television
- Kevin W. Yoegel, J.D. Candidate, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2015
- This Comment examines the Copyright Act, with a keen eye on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. Ultimately, this Comment agrees with the Supreme Court that Aereo’s Internet-based television system was infringing under the Copyright Act, but it also provides a statutory proposal that could possibly help avoid future copyright issues with emerging technology.

Treating Professional Athletes Like Wall Street Executives: The Potential for Clawback Provisions in Sports Contracts
- Bradley R. Smith, J.D. Candidate, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2015
- Anyone who pays even casual attention to sports or entertainment media is aware that athletes frequently find themselves in scandal. This Comment explores the potential for clawback provisions (similar to those used in employment agreements for executives at financial institutions and corporations) to be implemented into the morals clauses of athletic endorsement deals and college coaching contracts.

Excavating Expungement Law: A Comprehensive Approach
- Anna Kessler, J.D. Candidate, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2015
- The purpose of this Comment is to explore the legal framework surrounding criminal records, bringing to light necessary elements of expungement law reform. Through an examination of current expungement law, this Comment argues for a holistic approach to expungement that aims to minimize the collateral consequences of contact with the criminal justice system. Expungement law has the potential to chip away at our goliath system of mass incarceration while protecting the overlooked constitutional rights of those branded with a criminal record.

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* Brynn C. Chafin, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2024. Introduction On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump was sworn into office for his second term as President of the United States of America.[1] Although his administration has and will continue to affect all parts of American life, it will impact the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act […]

By Fiona Burke, Temple Law Review Volume 96 Staff Editor Liberals have, as exit polls and Bernie Sanders point out, largely lost the working class and, in fact, most of America. There are many reasons for this, all of which have been dissected and analyzed ad nauseum in the past few weeks and likely will be for even years. One such […]

Author: Jasnoor Hundal In early August 2023, the Supreme Court stayed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision, In re Purdue Pharma L.P., and granted certiorari to hear oral argument in December of 2023. The parties were asked to brief and argue “[w]hether the Bankruptcy Code authorizes a court to approve, as part of a […]