Founded in 1985 as the Journal of Legal Commentary, the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development is committed to publishing-high quality scholarship and hosting innovative symposia on issues of social, racial, and economic justice.
In 2010, the Journal became the official journal of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights at St. John’s University School of Law in Queens, New York.
The Journal publishes four issues each year, calling for submissions from scholars, practitioners, and students on a range of social, racial, and economic topics.
As a student-run publication, the Journal takes tremendous pride in the opportunities we offer students to engage with leading scholars, attorneys, and professionals in the field on cutting-edge legal topics. Through their involvement with the Journal, students develop valuable research, writing, and analytical skills that enhance their classroom learning and facilitate their work in the legal profession.
Journal members participate in Perspectives on Justice, a course on analyzing racial, social, and economic justice issues from a legal, historical, and theoretical perspective. This course also teaching students research and writing, and ultimately culminates in a comprehensive research paper addressing a current legal issue in social, racial, or economic justice.
Past Publications HIGHLIGHTS
Striking the Balance: Search Warrants and Encryption Protected Smartphones
Nicholas A. Oliva, Spring 2019Spousal Support and Domestic Violence: What Happens When the Dependent Spouse Is the Abuser?
Maria Stamatelatos, Spring 2019Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide.* Applying the Fourth Amendment to Connected Cars in the Internet-of-Things Era
Gregory C. Brown, Jr., Winter 2018But, Men and Women Are Equally Compensated, Right? An Examination of Why An Equal Rights Amendment in New York's Constitution Will End the Wage Gap
Amanda B. Slutsky, Winter 2018Shut Up. You Don't Even Go Here.* An Examination of First Amendment Rights for Noncitizens
Samantha Chasworth, Fall 2018Misogyny and Lawlessness in Afghanistan: The Women's Fight for Equal Rights
Susan Farooqi, Esq., Fall 2018
Examining the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Sending Students to Prison Instead of School
Fatema Ghasletwala, Summer 2018Against LGBT Exceptionalism in Religious Exemptions From Antidiscrimination Obligations
Carlos A. Ball, Summer 2018Now is the Time: Class-Based Affirmative Action in the 21st Century
Evan F. Jaffe, Fall 2017The Future of Microfinance in the United States: Regulatory Reforms For Economic Prosperity
Laura Raheb, Fall 2017Toward Improving Policing in African American Communities
Melvin L. Otey, Fall 2016English-Only Policies: The Need For and Benefits of the Employment Language Fairness Act
Nick Stratouly, Esq., Summer 2016Executing the Innocent: How to Remedy a State's Wrong
Nicole Megale, Winter 2015