In the News

March 2026

Jonathan Hafetz
Interviewed guest Alexandra Meise about the episode “The Killing Fields,” Law on Film podcast, episode 55, March 10.

Jacob Elberg
Quoted in “Trump’s Team Keeps Appointing Illegal Prosecutors in N.J., Courts Rule. Here’s the Latest Blow,” NJ.com, March 10.

Jenny-Brooke Condon
Quoted in “Experts See Immunity Defense Reset After NJ Transit Ruling,” Law360, March 6.

Anjali Deshmukh
Panelist, 2026 Health Law & Policy Brief Symposium, March 4.

Jacob Elberg
Presented “The Relationship Between Ethics & Compliance,” Seton Hall Law Gaming Law Bootcamp, March 3.

Anjali Deshmukh
Quoted in “Study: Patients May Not Understand Evidentiary Differences for Conditionally Approved Drugs,” Regulatory Focus, March 3.

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February 2026

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

D. Michael Risinger (Emertius)
“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.

Lori Nessel
Panelist, “Is There a Border Crisis?” Villanova Law School, February 18. 

Jonathan Hafetz
Interviewed guest Monsignor Raymond Kupke, regarding "Conclave," Law on Film Podcast, episode 54, February 10.

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, February 7.

Glykeria Teji
Lectured "Immigration/Asylum Evaluations," Psychiatry Residency Forensics Series, New York State Office of Mental Health at the Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx, N.Y. (virtual lecture with Howard L. Forman), February 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, February 4.

Angela Carmella
Moderated Faith, Reason, and Law panel, Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law: An Interdisciplinary Conference at Seton Hall Law School, February 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, February 4.

Paula Franzese
Presented "Virtues, Values and Practices: An Interfaith Dialogue," Faith, Values and the Rule of Law: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall Law School, February 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, February 4.

Edward Hartnett
"Legislative Calibration of Constitutional Remedies," article reprinted in Civil Rights Litigation and Attorneys Fee Annual Handbook, National Lawyers Guild National Police Accountability Project, January 1 (reprinted in volume with authors David Rudovsky, Ruth Colker, Reva Siegel, and article paired with one by Richard Fallon from the Harvard Law Review).

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January 2026

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Hafetz
Co-Counsel with ACLU and CCR in Burnely v. United States (D. Mass), first federal lawsuit demanding accountability for Caribbean boat strikes, January 27.

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

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

Jonathan Hafetz
Interviewed guest Renana Keydar on "Inglourious Basterds," Law on Film Podcast,episode 53, January 20.

Carl Coleman
Quoted in "Preemption as a Risk Factor: How Product Labelling Is Redefining Exposure,"Lexology, January 20.

Ronald Weich
Delivered keynote address "The Rule of Law in Changing Times," Newark Regional Business Partnership Leadership Summit, January 16.

John Kip Cornwell
Quoted in "Nick Reiner Was in a Mental Health Conservatorship in 2020," The New York Times, January 15.

Jake Elberg
Quoted in "Alina Habba Hopes the Court Saves Her—But Observers Doubt It," N.J. Law Journal, January 15.

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

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

Galina Abdel Aziz
“The Social Construction of Precedent” accepted for publication in Critical Legal Information Literacy: From Theory to Praxis, Carolina Academic Press in the Teaching Titles Collection, January 8, 2026.

Robert Boland
Published with co-author Meaghan McNeely, "Paying College Athletes: How Did We Get To This Point?" in Paying College Athletes: A Reference Handbook, Bloomsbury Press, January 8.

Robert Boland
Published with co-author Diana Florence, "Battling with the NCAA over NIL in Court," in Paying College Athletes: A Reference Handbook, Bloomsbury Press, January 8.

Ronald Weich
Panelist, "Working with Faculty and Deans for Institutional Advancement," AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, January 7.

Amy Saji
Panelist, Pillars in Peril: Civil and Disability Rights Laws Under Attack," 2026 AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, January 7.

Solangel Maldonado
Published a book chapter, "The Power of Caregivers from the Child’s Community," in Centering Families of Color: Identifying Systemic Inequalities and Social Change Leadership, NYU Press, 2025.

Stephen Lubben
Published book, To Protect Their Interests: The Invention and Exploitation of Corporate Bankruptcy, January 5.

Amy Saji
Elected Secretary, Association of American Law Schools, Section on Children and the Law (January 2026 - January 2027).

Amy Saji
Elected to the executive committee, Association of American Law Schools Education Law Section 2026-2027.

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December 2025

Angela Carmella
Published, "Catholic Institutions and the Religion Clauses: Faith in a Liberal Democracy," Chicago-Kent Law Review 100 Chi-Kent L. Rev. 533 (2025), December 22.

Stephen Lubben
Quoted in "Foreign Airlines Rely on Chapter 11 as Bankruptcy Tourists in US," Bloomberg Law, December 22.

Robert Boland
Quoted in "Liberty Are No. 1 In Forbes List of Most Valuable Women's Sports Teams," Newsday, December. 19.

Robert Boland
Panelist "Enforcement of NCAA Rules and NIL Enforcement in the New and Dynamic World of Intercollegiate Athletics," The Drake Group Educational Fund- Critical Issues in Collegiate Athletics Webinar Series, December 18.

Gaia Bernstein
Review of Professor Bernstein’s article, "Gatekeeping Screen Time: Configuring the Regulation of Addictive Technologies and Kids' Privacy Rights," University of Pennsylvania's Regulatory Review, December 18.

Robert Boland
Presented "Bad Bets: Examining the Recent Crisis in Sports Betting Integrity & Professional Sports (CLE Program)," National Academy of Continuing Legal Education (NACLE), December 16.

Gaia Bernstein
Selected by the Rockefeller Foundation as a 2026 Bellagio resident, December 2025.

Gaia Bernstein
Commentary: Why AI Companions Need Public Health Regulation, Not Tech Oversight, Brookings Institute, December 16.

Jonathan Hafetz
Interviewed guest Isabela Amaral about I’m Still Here (Brazil) (2024), Law on Film Podcast, episode 52, December 16.

Amy Saji
Served as treasurer, January 2025-January 2026; section awarded "Section of the Year" at the AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Glykeria Teji
Published book chapter "Migration, Detention, and Dignity," in A Research Agenda for Human Dignity and the Law (Erin Daly ed., Edward Elgar 2025), Elgar Research Agenda Series,  January 2025.