The New York Law School Law Review

Volume 53:4
Faculty Presentation Day Issue
This issue showcases works in progress and scholarly interests of many members of the New York Law School faculty. Every two years, members of faculty give brief presentations and participate in panel discussions regarding research in their areas of interest. This volume covers a wide range of topics including developments in legal education, the regulation of emerging technologies, First Amendment questions regarding indecent speech, and the subprime mortgage crisis.

Volume 53:3
Corporation Counsel: A History of the New York City Law Department
This issue features selected papers and remarks from the symposium on the New York City Law Department held at New York Law School in February 2008. The symposium celebrated the history and accomplishments of the Law Department. Among the papers is number of reflective pieces from nearly every living Corporation Counsel, as well as adapted remarks from Symposium's keynote speaker, former New York City mayor, Edward Koch.

Volume 53:2
The Community Reinvestment Act: Still Relevant at 30?
This issue features scholarship from the participants of a symposium held at New York Law School in October 2007. Symposium panelists examined whether the Community Reinvestment Act is a relic of a bygone era or whether its protections can (and should) be extended to continue the democratization of capital into the twenty-first century. Among the papers is an article calling on Congress to enact the CRA Modernization Act of 2007 as well as a student-written article arguing for courts not to limit the use of FOIA requests to obtain information regarding a bank's lending and investment practices.

Volume 53:1
The Perspectives on Mental Disability Law
This issue features the scholarship of participants in the International Academy of Law and Mental Health’s 30th Annual Congress which took place in Padua, Italy. Authors include legal practitioners, academics, mental health care advocates, and professionals, discussing a wide array of topics such as the role of counsel in the Protection and Advocacy system, the "framing" of sex offenders in statutes like Megan’s Law, and the ramifications of involuntary commitment on the rights of patients.

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