Articles by Justine Mikaloff, Former Senior Staff Writer

About Justine Mikaloff, Former Senior Staff Writer (4 Articles)

Justine graduated from Campbell Law School in 2013. Justine also completed her undergraduate degree at Campbell University and holds an M.A. in English from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her legal experience includes working as a research assistant for Campbell Law professor J. Bryan Boyd. She also completed legal externships for the Federal Bureau of Prisons at FCI-Butner and for the North Carolina Court of Appeals under the Honorable Ann Marie Calabria.

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No Honor Among Thieves: The Legacy of U.S. v. Alvarez and the Stolen Valor Act

March 19, 2013

Believe it or not, we are still living in a time of war. While the White House has declared an end to the war in Iraq, and the war in Afghanistan is “winding down,” the truth is that we still have American soldiers deployed in hostile areas. Many of our service members return from deployment with experiences the rest of us at home will never see. To recognize these unusual experiences, the United States has a system of military honors to recognize those service members who conduct [...]

A Safety Dance: The School Violence Protection Act and Electronic Communication

October 11, 2012

This article is part of a series addressing cyberbullying and related issues. The previous installment can be found in The Campbell Law Observer archives. The last article in this series briefly discussed the problem of cyberbullying and how states are attempting to address the issue. This installment takes a closer look at North Carolina’s bullying statutes. The art of bullying begins at home. Siblings pick on one another, tease each other, and sometimes fight. From this perspective, [...]

Through a Webpage Darkly: Cyberbullying and the Darker Side of Social Media

August 27, 2012

The more things change, the more they stay the same. People go to work, they go to school, and they go home. Every day. The Industrial Revolution gave us factories, Henry Ford gave us the assembly line, and Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are household names. But despite the radical changes Western Civilization has seen, there are some things that technology cannot change. As technology advances, people often laud the positive. It’s cool! It’s sleek! It makes our lives easier, [...]

“Don’t Teach Me, Bro!”: Educational Responsibility in the Age of Wikipedia

July 2, 2012

Every college student who worked his or her way through freshman composition has done it. The research paper is a rite of passage on American university campuses. It is a project that teaches students the nature of academic thought and writing: utilizing credible sources to support an argument or point of view. There is an emphasis not only on citing sources, but also on evaluating the sources the student uses to support her argument. But what actually counts as “research”? And [...]