Law Forum

The award-winning University of Baltimore Law Forum concentrates on developing trends and topics unique to the Maryland legal community. 

The University of Baltimore Law Forum provides unique focus on Maryland's legal decisions and issues, providing practitioners and the larger community with one-stop location for gaining insight and information on the changes shaping the practice of law in Maryland. The student-reviewed journal includes articles from University of Baltimore law students and faculty, as well as Maryland-based attorneys, judges and legislators. Please visit our blog here.

Subscriptions

The Law Forum is published twice a year. Subscriptions are available at no cost. To subscribe or for additional information, please contact the Editor in Chief. Subscriptions are renewed automatically.

This journal also is available on Westlaw or Lexis and is available in most law libraries.

• Editorial Board Members

  Editor-in-Chief:  John Simanski
  Managing Editor:  Nick Mastracci
  Assistant Managing Editor:  Michael Brown
  Manuscripts Editor:  Virginia Yeoman 
  Articles Editor:  Arien Parham
  Articles Editor:  Chris Rizakos
  Alumni & Symposium Editor:  Greg Eyler
  Comments Editor:  Ashley Simmons
  Recent Development Editor:  Alicia Kuhns
  Resource Editor:  Kelli Cover 

  Associate Editors:  Nicholas Pycha, Andrew Mazan, Shawn Gustafson, Kathleen Wickert, Sarah Jentilet, Andrew Siske and Jenell Ellison

  Faculty Advisor:  Elizabeth J. Samuels, Professor of Law

• Featured Articles

  Maryland Repeals the Death Penalty, but Leaves Five on Death Row: What Has the State Learned from Kirk Bloodsworth, by Meredith Lenore Pendergrass
  
  Citizen Journalists & the Right to Gather News: Why Maryland Needs to Acknowledge a First Amendment Right to Record the Police, by Kristine L. Dietz
  
  When Does Crawford Reach Jailhouse Phone Calls That Implicate a Co-Defendant, But Are Made by Another Non-Testifying Co-Defendant? by Matt Grogan
         
  

   

• Upcoming Articles

  A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Online: 'Do Not Track' Legislation in Maryland," by Alicia Shelton
  
  Maryland Personal Jurisdiction in the Cyberspace Context, by Saad Gul
  
  Charm City Televised and Dehumanized: How CCTV Bail Reviews Violate Due Process of Law, by Edie Fortuna Cimino, Zina Makar, and Natalie Novak

• The University of Baltimore Law Forum Journal Events -- 2017-18

  Law Forum Symposium: Wednesday, November 8, 2017