Future Issues

Each year, the Law Review publishes four issues.  The Law Review is currently developing issues for publication in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years. Below are brief synopses of issues in development.

Volume 55:4 
Media & Criminal Law
This issue will be comprised of scholarship examining how criminal law is depicted in television, film, and works of literature. Not only will these portrayals be examined for accuracy, but scholars will also discuss how these portrayals affect the practice of law and the perception of the legal system by the general public.

Volume 56:1
Civil Liberties 10 Years After 9/11
The NYLS Law Review will host a special symposium, mere blocks from the former World Trade Center, to reflect on how the terrorist attacks and the government’s response have impacted our civil liberties.

Volume 56:2
The Future of Clinical Education Workshop
This issue will feature scholarship from the participants at the 25th anniversary of the Clinical Theory Workshop series to be held at New York Law School from October 1 through October 2, 2010. Focusing on what the participants have learned and where they should aim to go, the theme of this workshop will be: “Twenty-five years of clinical scholarship: What have we learned, and what should we work on next?”.
 

Volume 56:3
Innocence Procedures for Innocent Persons
This issue will feature articles from a full-day symposium exploring ideas for a viable procedural mechanism for innocent criminal defendants, especially the indigent, to establish their innocence prior to or at trial. Innocence procedures would entitle a criminal defendant to plead "innocent" and require a governmental entity to engage in an impartial innocence inquiry. This is potentially a revolutionary idea in U.S. criminal law, which currently only seeks to establish whether a defendant is "guilty" or "not guilty."

 

This information is based on our current publication schedule and is subject to change.