The Fordham Urban Law Journal addresses policy issues affecting urban areas. The Journal is Fordham Law School's second oldest publication. The Fordham Urban Law Journal is the fourth most cited student-edited specialty journal of the more than 400 specialty journals in the country.
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Current Issue: Volume 49, Number 5 (2022) Testing the Limits: Admissions Exams in Urban Public Schools
Articles
More than Merit: Reframing the Debate over Examination-Based Admissions in Public Schools
Aaron Saiger
Disrupting the Racialized Status Quo in Exam Schools?: Racial Equity and White Backlash in Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence v. The School Committee of the City of Boston
Raquel Muñiz and Sergio Barragán
The Myth of Merit: The Fight of The Fairfax County School Board and the New Front of Massive Resistance
Janel A. George
Reflections on Selectivity
Jonathan D. Glater
The Impact of Admission Policies on Racial and Socioeconomic Diversity in New Orleans’ Selective Admission Schools
Robert A. Garda Jr.
Reflections on Public Examination Schools: Is It Time to Minimize the Role of Entrance Tests in Admission to These Schools
Charles J. Russo
Academic Admissions at Elite Universities and at Specialized Public High Schools: Déjà Vu All over Again?
Maimon Schwarzschild
Limited Scope Representation When an Appearance Is Made and the Ethics of Lawyering
Peter C. Angelica
A Critique of New York Paid Family Leave
Anna Petrocelli