LawJournalVolume11


Brandeis University Law Journal 2023-2024, Volume 11

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Dear Reader,

Your Executive Board is proud to present the 2023-24 issue of the Brandeis
University Law Journal. This year has been one of many firsts for our Journal. Chief
among these is the transition from a bi-annual to an annual publication. The
following nine undergraduate-penned articles explore a range of legal issues: from
the legal history of coverture and the precedent governing flag desecration to the
legal protections needed to safeguard immigrant workers’ civil rights.

This publication is indebted to our exceptional team of authors and editors. We are
grateful to our gifted editorial team who consistently volunteer their finite time to
edit submissions. The E-Board is equally grateful to our authors who have devoted
their time and care to revisiting their work over many arduous editing cycles.

Longtime readers may notice a new referencing style in some of this year’s articles.
Indeed, in a trailblazing initiative at the undergraduate level, the Journal is adopting
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation to conform to the citation system used
by the legal profession and other academic legal publications. To accommodate this
transition and support our authors, we allowed citations to be completed in either
Chicago 17th ed. or Bluebook. The articles written in Bluebook comprise the first half
of the issue and those written in Chicago comprise the second. We are appreciative
of our Government Information & Social Sciences Librarian, Aimee Slater, for
lending so much of her time and expertise to enact this strenuous transition.

The E-Board extends its utmost gratitude to our faculty advisors, Professors Breen
and Kabrhel, for their invaluable expertise. Their support has been instrumental in
keeping the Journal faithful to its original mission established by Judah Marans. We
thank the Student Union’s Allocations Board for contributing the funds necessary to
publish this issue.

The Journal’s E-Board, which has grown to its largest size yet, is staffed by a team
of gifted undergraduates who have dedicated many hours to the Journal’s success.
They are deserving of the utmost praise for their hard work and commitment.

Finally, I must thank my Co-Editor-in-Chief, Emanuel Glinsky. Manny, you’re
among the most hard-working people I have ever met. Your unwavering
commitment to our shared project has pushed me to become a better and more
accountable leader. You are the best teammate I have ever had; I wish you the best.

Sincerely yours,
Gonny D. Nir

Co-Editor-in-Chief

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