Faculty News

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February 2026

Amy Saji
Panelist, Special Education Law and Supporting Students with Disabilities, Albany Law School Government Law Review and Government Law Center - Symposium on Symposium on K-12 Education Law: Transforming Futures: Education, Law, and Youth Wellbeing, Feb. 27

Doron Dorfman
Presented, "The A in DEIA - Honoring the Work of Ruth Colker,” Symposium, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Feb. 27

Robert Boland
Host and Moderator, Culture in Sports, Culture Webinar: the Unfolding (with Doug Logan, founding Commissioner at Major League Soccer and Executive Director of USA Track & Field; Andy Dolich, former President of Oakland A's, San Francisco Forty Niners, Memphis Grizzlies; and Dr. Jeremy Piasecki, CEO of Culture in Sports), Feb. 26

Marina Lao
Published, “Antitrust & Gig Workers: Labor Exemption as Protection,” Antitrust Chronicle, Competition Policy International (CPI), Feb. 2026, Vol. 1

Jenny-Brooke Condon
Quoted in, “Supreme Court to Hear Back-to-Back Energy Cases This Week,” Politico, (referencing amicus brief on behalf of foreign relations and separation of powers scholars authored in Exxon v. Cimex), Feb. 23

Robert Boland
Interview, Overview of Milano-Cortina Olympics, China Global Television Network (CGTN) America, Feb. 20

Marina Lao
Published "Antitrust & Gig Workers: Labor Exemption as Protection," Antitrust Chronicle, Competition Policy International (CPI), Feb. 19 

Lesley Risinger
Invited as an expert to comment on the New Jersey Law Revision Commission’s proposal addressing the Tort Claims Act’s verbal threshold (N.J.S. 59:9-2(d)) and its application to wrongful conviction compensation claims. Director of the Last Resort Exoneration Project, Risinger submitted an extensive analysis of the issues presented, which the Commission relied on heavily in adopting the final report, Feb. 19

D. Michael Risinger (Emeritus)
"Compensation for the Convicted Innocent in New Jersey: Problems and Recommended Solutions," co-authored with Lesley C. Risinger, 49 Seton Hall Journal of Law & Public Policy 158, cited in the New Jersey Law Revision Commission 's final report, February 19.

Elizabeth Carter
Presented, “The New Global Economy: Transforming Real Estate Through an Alternative Neighborhood System Rooted in Libertarian Socialism,” 2026 Planning, Law, and Property, Rights Conference, International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights, Feb. 19

Jonathan Hafetz
Appointed Treasurer, Human Rights Law Committee of the International Bar Association, Feb. 19

Robert Boland
Quoted in, “MSG Sports to Explore Splitting Knicks and Rangers into Separate Companies,” Newsday, Feb. 18

Lori Nessel
Panelist, "Is There a Border Crisis?" Villanova Law School, Feb. 18

Jonathan Hafetz
Published, “A.R. P. v. Trump: The Uncertain Future of Presidential Power in Removal Cases” (co-author with David Sloss), in SCOTUS 2025: Major Decisions and Developments of the US Supreme Court (Palgrave Macmillan), Feb. 16

Jonathan Hafetz
Quoted in, “US Presidency: Killings by Immigration Enforcement Agents in Minnesota Expose Deepening Rule of Law Crisis,” International Bar Association, Global Insights, Feb. 13

Jacob Elberg
Quoted in, “Amid Controversy, Meet the 3-Member Team Running the U.S. Attorney's Office,” New Jersey Law Journal, Feb. 12

Amy Saji
Quoted in, “OCR Enforcement Gaps Put Students’ IDEA Rights at Risk,” American Bar Association's Commission on Disability Rights, Feb. 12

Anjali Deshmukh
Quoted in, “Hims Is in the Crosshairs. Is a Crackdown Coming for Compounding?,” StatNews, Feb. 11

Gaia Bernstein
Presented, “Technologies of Loneliness - Project Presentation,” Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency, Feb. 11

Isis Misdary
Presented "System-shifting: Parents as Shadow Respondents and Shadow Enforcers in Quasi-Criminal and Family Adjudication," Mid-Atlantic Region Clinical Conference Incubator Series, Feb. 7

Glykeria Teji
Lectured on Immigration/Asylum Evaluations, Psychiatry Residency Forensics Series, New York State Office of Mental Health, Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx, N.Y. (virtual lecture with Howard L. Forman), Feb. 5

Angela Carmella

• Presented "The Vatican II Declaration on Religious Freedom: The Catholic Answer to Illiberal Movements," Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law: An Interdisciplinary Conference at Seton Hall Law School, Feb. 4
• Moderated Faith, Reason, and Law panel, Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law: An Interdisciplinary Conference at Seton Hall Law School, Feb. 4

Paula Franzese

• Presented "Catholic Social Teaching and the Right to Housing: Foundations for Justice, Human Dignity, and the Rule of Law," Faith, Values and the Rule of Law: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall Law School, Feb. 4
• Presented "Virtues, Values and Practices: An Interfaith Dialogue," Faith, Values and the Rule of Law: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall Law School, Feb. 4

Tara Ragone
Presented guest lecture "Building a Path to Sustainability for Community Health Workers in New Jersey," Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Policy Task Force Seminar, Feb. 4

Elizabeth Carter
Presented, “The New Global Economy,” 18th Annual International Conference on Contracts, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Feb. 2

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January 2026

Gaia Bernstein
Appointed to Advisory Board of Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA), Jan. 2026

Adrian Newall
Quoted in "Sherrill Keeps Her Promise to Take Action Against N.J. 'S Soaring Electric Rates. But Is It Enough?, NJ.com, Jan. 21

Jonathan Hafetz
Quoted in "Families of Two Men Killed in Trump 's Military Boat Strikes Sue US Government, The Guardian, Jan. 27

Jonathan Hafetz
Filed lawsuit as co-counsel with ACLU and CCR in Burnely v. United States (D. Mass), the first federal lawsuit demanding accountability for Caribbean boat strikes, Jan. 27

Stephen Lubben
Panelist, Roundtable, "Looking Back to Looking Ahead," National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Jan. 29

Lori Nessel
Commentator, Ninth Annual Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat, January 30.

Jenny-Brooke Condon
Quoted in "NJ Court Allows Challenge to State 's Exclusion of Farmworkers from Full Wage Protections," NJ Review, Jan. 28

Jonathan Hafetz
Quoted in "Families of Boat Strike Victims Sue U.S. for 'Manifestly Unlawful' Killings," The Intercept, Jan. 27.

Gaia Bernstein
Spoke at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Jan. 20-22

• Panelist, The Disconnect Paradox: How Hyper-Digitalization Is Contributing to the Loneliness Epidemic and Fracturing Families and Societies, Human Change House, Jan. 20
• Roundtable Participant,  How Do We Engage Educators, Business, Government, and Civil Society to Leverage AI for Developing these Capabilities? Education House, Jan. 20
• Panelist, The Automated Generation: How AI's Impact on Entry Level Work is Transforming the Early Career Pipeline, Human Change House, Jan. 21
• Roundtable Leader, Protecting What is Human: How to Deliver AI That Helps Young People Flourish, Preserves Human Connection, and Uplifts the Next Generation, Human Change House, Jan. 22
• Panelist, Monetizing Attachment: Is the Race for Artificial Intimacy Changing How We Relate to One Another? Human Change House, Jan. 22

Lori Nessel
Quoted in "ICE Taps GEO Group Subsidiary to Track Immigrants in $121 Million Deal," New Jersey Vindicator, Jan. 14

Jenny-Brooke Condon
Amicus brief cited in article and in unanimous decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court, "NJ High Court Says Inmate Record Ban Violates Constitution," Law360, Jan. 14

Carl Coleman
Quoted in "Preemption as a Risk Factor: How Product Labelling Is Redefining Exposure,"Lexology, Jan. 2

Edward Hartnett
Published "Legislative Calibration of Constitutional Remedies," reprinted in Civil Rights Litigation and Attorneys Fee Annual Handbook, National Lawyers Guild National Police Accountability Project, Jan 1