Please join us in congratulating the following students for having their notes chosen for publication in the 2016 volume of the University of Illinois Law Review.
Best Note: Heidi Brady, Putting a Thumb on the Scales of Justice: How the Effort to Eradicate Sexual Assault in the Military Unbalanced the Military Justice System
Kristen Bradley, Assisted Reproductive Technology After Roe v. Wade: Does Surrogacy Create Insurmountable Constitutional Conflicts?
Fang Bu, Searching for a Better Constitutional Guarantor for FRE 413–415: The Conflicts Among Circuits in Applying FRE 403 Balancing Test and a New Solution
Amy Ceranowicz, Time to Clean up the Confusion: Reeling in the Extension of CERCLA Contribution to Parties Settling Their State Law Liability
Matt Chang, Mobile Banking: The Best Hope for Cybersecurity Development
Todd Cherry, The Bargain that No One Wants: Why Unionization Should Not Be the Ultimate Goal for Collegiate Athletes
Betsy Farrington, Federally Mandated Discrimination: The Irreconcilability of Civil Rights and Export Control
Tara Feld, States Hold the Sword to Force “Patent Trolls” Back Under Their Bridges
Ben Ganellen, When Marching to the Beat of the Drum Means Beating the Drummer: An Analysis of Hazing in University Marching Bands
Allie Gecas, Gunfire Game-Changer or Big Brother’s Hidden Ears?: Fourth Amendment and Admissibility Quandaries Relating to Shotspotter Technology
Anna Gotfryd, The Safeguards of the Constitution: Fundamental Rights Not Disposable Gifts
Amy Harwath, When Labels Would Mislead: Why Vermont’s Health Justifications of its GMO Disclosure Law Wither Under Zauderer
Libby Martin, Getting a Second Bite at the Apple: The Res Judicata Exception for Seeking Foreclosure Deficiencies in Illinois
Amy Maslar & Prachi Mehta, Is the PTO Taking the Law into Its Own Hands? An Empirical Analysis of Bilski’s Fractured Impact on the Law of Patentable Subject Matter
William Schmitz, A Fix for the Smartphone Glitch: Consumer Protection by Way of Legislative “Kill Switch”
Scott Vail, Slapping the Hand at the Dinner Table: A Practical Tax Solution to Employer-Provided Meal Benefits
Michael Wester, Drawing a Line Between Rambo & Barney Fife: Overhauling the Department of Defense’s Excess Property Program in Order to Halt the Overmilitarization of America’s Police Forces