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IALR Proudly Presents its 2020-2021 Executive Board

The Inter-American Law Review proudly announces its 2019-2029 Executive Board! Congratulations to these dedicated members of our law review. Editor in Chief: Alex Duffant Executive Editors: Rafael Paz & Joyce Wu Managing Editor: Amber Couzo Student Writing Editor: Vincent Halloran Online Publications Editor: Gabriela Falla Articles and Comments Editors: Abigal Plouf, Annie Rosenthal, Lauren Silk, & Gabriela Valentín Díaz Alumni Advisor Editor: Andrea Ochoa […]

COVID-19 and International Travel: Why Closing the U.S. Canadian Border may not have been the Right Decision

By: Justin Weatherwax, 2L The recent decision to limit travel between the United States and Canada in response to COVID-19 is an unusual precaution that is made all the more remarkable by the lack of expert support. The 5,525 mile border between the United States and Canada was largely settled on June 15, 1846, when […]

Supreme Court Holds That Border Patrol Agent Who Killed a Mexican Teen Faces No Legal Consequences

By: Gabriela Fall, 2L On June 7, 2010, 15-year-old Mexican national Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca was fatally shot by Jesus Mesa Jr., a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a concrete culvert separating El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. According to court documents, Hernández and his friends were playing a game where they would cross […]

Insolvency, Arbitration, and the Odebrecht Corruption Scandal

By: Hunter Grasso, 2L In 2016, Brazilian construction and contracting firm Odebrecht SA pled guilty to a charge of conspiring to violate U.S. foreign bribery laws. The charge stemmed from allegations that the firm paid hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to Brazilian public officials to secure valuable infrastructure contracts. These contracts included major […]