Volume 52, Issue 2

March 2026

  • Article

    The Patroon System of New Netherland and Its Lasting Influence on Landlord-Tenant Law

    by
    Liam Edward Cronan

    In 1839, Stephen van Rensselaer IV assumed the role of a Dutch aristocrat in the place his family had ruled since 1629: upstate New York. Stretching across more than one thousand square miles of what is today New York’s Hudson…

  • Article

    Put Me In, Coach: Enhancing Foundational Lawyering Skills Across the Curriculum with Neurodivergent Law Students in Mind

    by
    Erica M. Lux

    In 2022, 12 percent of students entering law school and approximately 19 percent of students across all years of law school self-reported having a disability. Both the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Matriculant Survey and the Law School Survey of…

  • Article

    Amicus Incorporated

    by
    Adam N. Eckart

    Emboldened by the political climate surrounding the election of President Trump in 2024, the 68th Idaho legislature passed a resolution calling on the United States Supreme Court to reexamine the seminal case Obergefell v. Hodges and declare that marriage equality…

  • Article

    Lifetime Tenure, Aging, and Cognitive Decline

    by
    David H. Churchwell

    For millennia, commentators have noted the correlation between age and cognitive decline. This relationship highlights an inherent link between aging and specific cognitive functions, such as memory recall. This connection is not always a negative: Aging also correlates with recognized…

  • Article

    Combating Forced Labor: Why Trade Laws Work Better

    by
    Julia Steggerda-Corey

    In 2021, undocumented workers employed by the French postal service, La Poste, filed a lawsuit under the French Law of Vigilance to challenge the exploitation and unfair labor conditions to which they had been exposed while their employer looked the…