Second, third, and fourth-year students may apply to become members of the Empire Law Review. Successful applicants have an opportunity to research and potentially publish an article analyzing and commenting on current legal issues of significant importance. Student authors work under the guidance of an editorial board and faculty advisor, Professor Brad DeMeo.

Volume 4 of the Empire Law Review, containing the following six articles, was published in Spring 2009. Copies are available for purchase by calling the Law School office at 707-546-4000.

. The Notification Requirement of the Fair Credit Reporting Act in Insurance
  Underwriting: Clarifying the Willfulness Standard in Civil Actions
  by Maggie Brothers and Phil Hatfield

. It's Not Easy Being Green: The Absolute Pollution Exclusion and the
  Changing Climate of Doing Business in California Post-MacKinnon
  by Jane Gaskell and Victoria Lancaster

. One Free Assault: Castaneda v. Olsher Affirms the Prior Similar Incidents
  Test As the Measure of a Landlord's Liability for Gang Violence on the
  Premises by Darin Bartow and Benjamin Karpilow

. Curing Discrimination: May Doctors Refuse to Treat Lesbian Patients?
  by Christina Mortensen and Karin Stoeckenius

. California Supreme Court Strips Governor of the Right to Prevent Lifer's
  Parole by Rene Casilli

. A "Growing" Concern: Have California's Efforts to Legalize and Regulate
  Medical Marijuana Been Successful? by Tanya Scott

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