Bellarmine Law Society Review

For this fall edition of the Bellarmine Law Society Review, we are featuring four papers from authors inside and outside of the Boston College community. First, Valerie Kandel of Cornell University undertakes a topical exploration of the use of AI in hiring and how it may perpetuate discrimination against disabled individuals, ultimately presenting a thorough policy framework for ensuring that these communities are not disparately affected by AI tools. Next, Joseph Murphy of Boston College, a second-time author for the Review, discusses how arbitration clauses in terms of service agreements can restrict legal action against companies, raising important questions about the scope and fairness of these clauses. After that, Kiruthiga Balamurugan of Georgetown University examines the constitutional issues around the ban of TikTok, utilizing both state and federal cases to unpack and understand the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Biden administration’s ban of the app. Finally, Cindy Toh of Stanford argues that the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson (2022) created a new rule of law rooted in new textualism and characterized by skepticism towards stare decisis.