Leonard M. Baynes

Books
Co-Author, Telecommunications Law: Convergence and Competition, (with Allen Hammond IV and Catherine Sandoval) (Aspen) (forthcoming).

Book Contributions
PRESUMED ARAB: A Case Study of the Fluidity of Race: Southeast Asians Morphing from Nonwhites to Model Minorities to Possible Arab Terrorists, presented at Global Organization of People of Indian Origin, Guyanese East Indian Civic Association, and the St. John’s Caribbean and Latin American Studies.

Whiteout, updated and published in Philip M. Napoli, Media Diversity and Localism Meaning and Metrics

Reports
Editor, Post-Conference Report: Rethinking the Discourse on Race: A Symposium on How the Lack of Racial Diversity Affects Social Justice and Policy,  21 St. John’s J. Legal Commentary 575 (2007).

The Q-626 Report: A Study Analyzing the Diversity of the 626 Largest Businesses, and the 105 Largest Minority–Owned Businesses, in Queens, 80 St. John’s L. Rev. 1007 (2006).

Principal Articles
Race, Media Consolidation, and Online Content: The Lack of Substitutes Available to Media Consumers of Color, U. Mich. J. L. Ref. 199 (2006).

Making the Case for a Compelling Governmental Interest and Re-Establishing FCC Affirmative Action for Broadcast Licensing, 57 Rutgers L. Rev. 235 (2004).

Deregulatory Injustice and Electronic Redlining: the Color of Access to Telecommunications, 56 Adm. L. Rev 263 (2004). 

WHITEOUT: The Absence and Stereotyping of People of Color by the Modern Media, forthcoming Ariz. L. Rev.(2003).

Racial Stereotypes, Broadcast Corporations, and the Business Judgment Rule, U. Rich. L. Rev. 819 (2003).

Co-author, The Other Digital Divide: Disparity in the Auction of Wireless Telecommunications, 52 Cath. L. Rev. 351 (2003).

Falling Through the Cracks: Race and Corporate Law Firms, St. John’s L. Rev. 785 (2003).

Racial Profiling, September 11th, and the Media: A Critical Race Theory Analysis, 2 VA. SPORTS & ENT. L.J. 1 (2003).

Just Pucker and Blow? An Analysis of Corporate Whistleblowers, the Duty of Care, the Duty of Loyalty, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 76 St. John’s L. Rev. 875 (2002).

"Life After Adarand: What Happened to the Metro Broadcasting Diversity Rationale for Minority Telecommunications Ownership," 33 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 87 (1999/2000).

"Who is Black Enough For You? An Analysis of Northwestern University Law School's Struggle Over Minority Faculty Hiring," 2 Michigan Journal of Race & Law 205 (1997).

"If It's Not Black and White Anymore, Why Does Darkness Cast a Longer Discriminatory Shadow Than Lightness? An Investigation and Analysis of the Color Hierarchy," 75 Denver University Law Review 131 (1997).

"Who Is Black Enough For You? The Stories of One Black Man and His Family's Pursuit of the American Dream," 11 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 97 (1996).

"Swerving To Avoid The "Takings" And "Ultra Vires" Potholes On The Information Superhighway: An Analysis Of Whether the New York Collocation and Telecommunications Policy Requiring Access To Competitors Is A Taking Of Local Telephone Company Property Without Due Process Of Law And Ultra Vires Under The New York Public Service Law," 18 HASTINGS COM. AND ENT. L. REV. 51 (1996.)

"The On-Ramp To The Information Superhighway; A Case Study: New York Collocation and Telecommunications Policy," 7 DEPAUL BUS. L. JOURN. 1 (Fall/Winter 1994)

"How Much Is The Toll To Access The Information Superhighway? An Analysis Of The Appropriate Measure Of Compensation For The Partial Taking Of Public Utility Property," 62 TENN. L. REV. 141 ( Fall 1994.)

"Derailed From The Information Superhighway: A Case Study of the Bell Atlantic Telephone Company v. FCC Case," 21 DAYTON L. REV. 418 1996.

Symposium and Conference Contributions
The Mercedes Divide?: American Segregation Shapes the Color of Electronic Commerce, 29 West. N. Eng. L. Rev. 165 (2006).

Introduction, Symposium: The LSAT, U.S. News & World Report, and Minority Admissions, 80 St. John’s L. Rev. 1 (2006).

"An Investigation of the Alleged 'White Man's Burden' in the Implementation of an Affirmative Action Program in Telecommunications Ownership," 30 Rutgers Law Journal 731 (1999).

"Introduction, Recent Developments Telecommunications Symposium," 52 Administrative Law Review [American University] 963 (2000).

"Paradoxes of Racial Stereotypes, Diversity and Past Discrimination in Establishing Affirmative Action in FCC Broadcast Licensing," 52 Administrative Law Review [American University] 979 (2000).

"Blinded By the Light; But Now I See," 20 Western New England Law Review 491 (1998) (reviewing Judy Scales-Trent, Notes of a White Black Woman, and Gregory Howard Williams, Life on the Color Line).

"A Time to Kill, the O.J. Simpson Trials, and Storytelling to Juries," 3 Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal 549 (1997).

"The Haywood Burns/Shanara Gilbert Award," 31 New England Law Review 967 (1997).

"Foreword, First Annual Northeastern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference," 19 Western New England Law Review 1 (1997).

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