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Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Fall Issue 2025

This is the first official issue of the UMass Undergraduate Law Review Journal. As a law journal for undergraduates, by undergraduates, this publication showcases a wide range of topics that matter to the UMass community. We would like to thank all of the students who submitted articles for their hard work, dedication, and thoughtful scholarship. We also extend our sincere gratitude to Professor McCarthy for her guidance and oversight throughout the process. We hope you enjoy this first issue!

 

The UULRJ Editorial Team

Morgan LaValley, Charlotte Lucas, Peter DeMichele, Lara Gutierrez

 

 

Articles


A Case Study: Child Influencers on Social Media & Their Rights  

Prisha Rachakatla

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The Constitutional and Ethical Concerns over Predictive Policing and Criminal Profiling

Isabel Tobey

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Reforming Gender Bias in Police Recruitment and Hiring

Hailey Higgins-Figueroa

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The Rise of AI: New Frontiers in Fair Use

Inaara Bhaidani

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Troubled Times for The U.S. Supreme Court

Jennifer Slawson

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Due Process Implications in Sexually Violent Predator Hearings  

Lily Lapidus

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Flag Burning: Ashes of First Amendment Protections

Leo Gosdanian

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Dangerous Roads Paved by the 2025 Government Shutdown Regarding the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019

Valerie Zheng

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Mors Chevron, Vita Loper: Its End, Effects, and Implications  

Siddharth Ramesh

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Justice on Life Support: The Federal Defunding of Specialty Courts and Its Human Toll  

Megan McDonough

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Welcome to the Jungle: a Potential New System for Massachusetts Primaries

Ethan Feldman

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Public Trust and Market Integrity: How Insider Trading and Power Distort Fairness

Max Glik

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What Trump’s Federal Actions Mean for the Future of Environmental Policy:  A Reflection on Changes to NEPA, and Their Potential Implications  

Kira O'Brien

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