May 2026
About
May 2026
Publications:
Rodger D. Citron, The Civil Rights History of New York Times v. Sullivan: A Conversation with Professor Samantha Barbas, Verdict (May 29, 2026).
Ilene S. Cooper, United States: Entering a New Season, Mondaq Bus. Briefing (May 8, 2026).
Mark Goldfeder, Israel Knows a Defamation Case Won’t Fly. That’s Not the Play. National Rev. (May 15, 2026).
Mark Goldfeder, No, Foreign Officials Do Not Get First Amendment Immunity from U.S. Sanctions, National Rev. (May 21, 2026).
Melina Healey, Sharing the Tuna Platter: A Uniform System of Assessment for Clinical Education, in Wally Mlyniec, Teaching Law in the Trenches (Carolina Academic Press, 2026).
Michael Lewyn, The Trouble with QUIMBY, Revisited – A Rebuttal to a Rebuttal, Planetizen (Apr. 28, 2026).
Michael Lewyn, The Rise of Parking Reform, 54 Real Est. L.J. 493 (2026) (reviewing The Shoup Doctrine: Essays Celebrating Donald Shoup and Parking Reforms (Daniel Baldwin Hess ed., 2026)).
Gabriel A. Weil, ‘Punitive Damages as Societal Damages,’ by Catherine M. Sharkey, Truth on the Market Blog (May 11, 2026).
Jolie Bodner Zangari, Recent Reads, 41 Crim. Just. 51 (2026).
Honors, Awards & Appointments:
Marjorie A. Silver, 2026 Career Achievement Award, AALS and CLEA Externship Award Committee (2026).
Presentations:
Melina Healey, Assessment, Workshop for New Law School Clinical Teachers, AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Portland, OR. (May 2, 2026).
Joan C. Foley, judge and panelist, Mock Medical Malpractice Trial, Touro Law Center and Touro’s New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM), New York (May 13, 2026).
Ann L. Nowak, The Persistence of Foundational Reading Deficits Among Law Students, Massachusetts Reading Association 55th Annual Conference, Newton, MA (Apr. 10, 2026).
Ann L. Nowak, Reframing Writing Support: How Development Teams Increased Student Participation, Empire State Legal Writing Conference, Fordham Law School, NY (May 21, 2026).
Patricia E. Salkin, Artificial Intelligence and the Ethical Implications for Attorneys, Local and State Government Law Section Spring Forum 2026, New York State Bar Association (May 8, 2026).
Citations:
Harold I. Abramson, Time Pressured Negotiations, 30 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. 141 (2025), was cited in, CRP News, The Winners: Highlights from the CPR Institute’s 43rd Annual ADR Awards, 44 Alternatives to High Cost Litig. 90 (May 2026).
Eileen Kaufman, Deborah Jones Merritt & Andrea Anne Curcio, Enhancing the Validity and Fairness of Lawyer Licensing: Empirical Evidence Supporting Innovative Pathways, 73 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 96 (2024), was cited in, Brian R. Gallini, Symposium: The Rule of Law Under Pressure: Executive Power, the Role of the judiciary, and Democracy’s Future: Licensure Reform, Not Alternative Pathways, 57 U. Pac. L. Rev. 395 (2026).
Deseriee A. Kennedy, Judicial Review and Diversity, 71 Tenn. L. Rev. 287 (2004), was cited in, James Grimmelmann, Benjamin L.W. Sobel & David Stein, Generative Misinterpretation, 63 Harv. J. on Legis. 229 (2026).
Samuel J. Levine, Emerging Applications of Jewish Law in American Legal Scholarship: An Introduction, 23 J. L. & Religion 43 (2007) & Samuel J. Levine, Emerging Applications of Jewish Law in American Legal Scholarship, Part II: A Preface, 23 J. L. & Religion 147 (2007), were cited in, Marie A. Failinger, The Journal of Law and Religion – Second Life, 40 J. L. & Religion 6 (2025).
Samuel J. Levine, Capital Punishment and Religious Arguments: An Intermediate Approach, 9 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 179 (2000), was cited in, Cat Gassiot, A Theological Treatment of Compassionate Release, 36 Yale J.L. & Human. 726 (2026).
Samuel J. Levine, Toward a Religious Minority Voice: A Look at Free Exercise Law Through a Religious Minority Perspective, 5 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 153 (1996), was cited in, Thomas C. Berg, Can First Amendment “History and Tradition” Protect Both Sides in Polarized America?, 100 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 639 (2025).
Samuel J. Levine, Taking Ethics Codes Seriously: Broad Ethics Provisions and Unenumerated Ethical Obligations in a Comparative Hermeneutic Framework, 77 Tul. L. Rev. 527 (2003), was cited in, Jon J. Lee, Sanctioning Lawyer-Criminals, 82 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1757 (2026).
Samuel J. Levine, Taking Ethical Discretion Seriously: Ethical Deliberation as Ethical Obligation, 37 Ind. L. Rev. 21 (2003), was cited in, Rachel T. Goldberg & Estelle M. McKee, Transforming Indigent Appellate Advocacy, 114 Geo. L.J. 643 (2026).
Michael Lewyn, What Would Coase Do? (About Parking Regulation), 22 Fordham Env’t L. Rev. 89 (2010), was cited in, Gabi Vizzaccaro, Parking Minimums Cement Detroit’s Care Dependence, 103 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 275 (2026).
Michael Lewyn, The Case Against the Case for Zoning, 35 Geo. Env’t L. Rev. 249 (2023), was cited in, Brian M. Miller, Standing Against Housing, 85 Md. L. Rev. 364 (2026).
Michael Lewyn, Project 2025 and Housing Policy, Planetizen (Aug. 4, 2024); Michael Lewyn, How Overregulation Creates Sprawl (Even in a City Without Zoning), 50 Wayne L. Rev. 1171 (2004); Michael Lewyn, Suburban Sprawl: Not Just an Environmental Issue, 84 Marq. L. Rev. 301 (2000) & Michael Lewyn & Judd Schechtman, No Parking Anytime: The Legality and Wisdom of Maximum Parking and Minimum Density Requirements, 54 Washburn L.J. 285 (2015), were cited in, Christopher Serkin & Ganesh Sitaraman, Post-Neoliberal Housing Policy, 174 U. Pa. L. Rev. 783 (2026).
Jorge R. Roig, Sara M. Matambanadzo & Sheila I. Vélez-Martínez, Foreword to LatCrit 2017 Symposium: What’s Next? Resistance, Resilience and Community in the Trump Era, 9 U. Miami Race & Soc. Just. L. Rev. 1 (2019), was cited in, Mario L. Barnes, Afterword: On the “Storied” History and Sustained Impact of a Thriving Social Justice Journal, 16 U. Miami Race & Soc. Just. L. Rev. 287 (2026).
Patricia E. Salkin, The Quiet Revolution and Federalism: Into the Future, 45 J. Marshall L. Rev. 253 (2012), was cited in, Michael E. Hornzell, The Big Shortage: Affordable Housing, 55 U. Balt. L. Rev. 270 (2026).
Patricia E. Salkin, Feeding the Locavores, One Chicken at a Time: Regulating Backyard Chickens, 34 Zoning & Plan. L. Rep. 1 (2011), was cited in, Cindy Vong, Municipalities, Let the People Have Their Chickens and Eat Them, Too, 21 J. Food L. & Pol’y 79 (2025).
Patricia E. Salkin & Amy Lavine, Understanding Community Benefits Agreements: Equitable Development, Social Justice and Other Considerations for Developers, Municipalities and Community Organizations, 26 UCLA J. Env’t L. & Pol’y 291 (2008), was cited in, Hannah J. Wiseman, Jennifer Baka & Kaitlyn Spangler, Renegotiating the Energy Transition, 97 U. Colo. L. Rev. 635 (2026).
Patricia E. Salkin, Zoning Ordinance Variances (2012), was cited in, Stephanie M. Stern & Cherie Metcalf, Rise of the Machines: Algorithmic Zoning for Climate Risk, 85 Md. L. Rev. 301 (2026).
Patricia E. Salkin, N.Y. Zoning L. & Prac. (5th ed., 2025), was cited in, Megan Hoefs, Public Use on the Loose: Clarifying the Takings Clause’s Public Use Requirement, 53 Pepp. L. Rev. 729 (2026).
Patricia E. Salkin et al., Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law (3d ed. 2013), was cited in, Brief of International Municipal Lawyers Association and Florida Association of County Attorneys Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, City of Marathon, Fl. V. Shands, 2026 WL 1422345 (U.S., May 15, 2026).
Patricia E. Salkin & Amy Lavine, Understanding Community Benefits Agreements: Equitable Development, Social Justice and Other Considerations for Developers, Municipalities and Community Organizations, 26 UCLA J. Env’t L. & Pol’y 291 (2008), was cited in, Nathan Porceng, Energy Demand and Justice in the Great Lakes’ Next Industrial Era, 103 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 191 (2026).
Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation: Claims and Defenses (4th ed., 2024), was cited in, Scarborough v. Twp. Of Abington, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92270 (E.D. Pa., Apr. 26, 2026).
Martin A. Schwartz, Karen Blum & Erwin Chemerinsky, Qualified Immunity Developments: Not Much Hope Left for Plaintiffs, 29 Touro L. Rev. 633 (2013), was cited in, Wing Ki Winki Chan, Civil Rights Law – Ambiguity of “Any-Crime” Rule Entitled Police Officer to Qualified Immunity in Malicious Prosecution Claim – Rivera-Guadalupe v. City of Harrisburg, 124 F.4d 295 (3d Cir. 2024), 59 Suffolk U.L. Rev. 117 (2026).
Martin A. Schwartz, Karen Blum & Erwin Chemerinsky, Qualified Immunity Developments: Not Much Hope Left for Plaintiffs, 29 Touro L. Rev. 633 (2013), was cited in, Daniel M. Tavera, The Birth of Creditor Qualified Immunity, 114 Ky. L.J. 499 (2026).
Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation: Claims and Defenses (4th ed., 2025), was cited in, Leo Rassieur, Recentering Section 1988 in Constitutional Torts, 78 Stan. L. Rev. 1079 (2026).
Gabriel Weil, Tort Law as a Tool for Mitigating Catastrophic Risk from Artificial Intelligence (Jan. 28, 2014), https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id =4694006, was cited in, Cecil Abungu, Foreseeing the Unforeseeable: How U.S. Negligence Law Should Address the Foreseeability of Harms Cause by Autonomous AI Agents, 19. J. Tort L. 1 (2026).
Gabriel Weil, Tort Law as a Tool for Mitigating Catastrophic Risk from Artificial Intelligence, 36 Stan. L. & Pol’y Rev. (forthcoming 2025), was cited in, Mark A. Geistfeld, Insurability and Liability for AI-Caused Harms, 32 Ins. L. Rev. 17 (2026).
Gabriel Weil, Efficiency, Fairness, and the Externalization of Reasonable Risks: The Problem with the Learned Hand Formula, 75 S.C. L. Rev. 155 (2023), was cited in, Andrew A. Schwartz, Finite Ventures, 2025 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 655 (2025).
Media:
Mark Goldfeder, mentioned, LaMont Jones, Jr., Q&A: Touro University Opens New Center to Prevent and Counter Antisemitism, U.S. News & World Rep. (Apr. 27, 2026).
Mark Goldfeder, Q&A, Shlomo Greenwald & Joey Aron, Training College Professors to Fight Antisemitism, Jewish Press (May 18, 2026).
Mark Goldfeder, interviewed, We’re Getting ‘Awfully Close’ to ‘No Zionists Allowed’, Fox News: Life, Liberty & Levin (May 17, 2026).
Thanks:
Michelle Zakarin, was thanked in, D’Andra Millsap Shu, Lessons Learned? Covid’s Continued Impact on Remote Work Disability Accommodations, 2026 Wis. L. Rev. 105 (2026).