Professor Charlotte Garden was quoted in Inkstick about possible consequences of employees who actively dissent while working for defense contractors. Dissent over U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza has rocked workplaces across the country, where firings, rescinded job offers, canceled assignments, and workplace retaliation have been reported by a variety of professionals.
Prof. Charlotte Garden Elected a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Prof. Charlotte Garden, the Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, has been elected a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (CLEL), the CLEL Board of Governors announced. She will join other elected fellows at CLEL's annual meeting in New York City in November when the class of 2024 will be formally inducted.
Breaking New Ground
United Nations Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights Fionnuala Ní Aoláin concludes her role at the U.N.
Righting A Wrong
The Great North Innocence Project and Minnesota Law’s Innocence Clinic Help Overturn the Wrongful Conviction of Marvin Haynes
Getting Down to Work
Six Minnesota Law alumni who focus on labor and employment law discuss the business of work.
Professor Nicholas Bednar ’16 researches the need for investment in the capacity of federal agencies
What helps presidents achieve their policy agendas: presidential control or administrative capacity?
Professor Alan Rozenshtein spoke on the Scholars’ Circle podcast about what the criminal conviction of Donald Trump will mean for his ability to run for president and to govern if he wins, as well as why the U.S. has such a challenge in prosecuting former presidents when it has a history of prosecuting other former office holders.
Professor Richard Painter was quoted by USA Today about how the Hunter Biden conviction may affect the presidential campaign rhetoric. President Biden has frequently referred to Donald Trump as a “convicted felon” but the same term can now be applied to Biden’s son. Prof. Painter, who was chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, said he doesn’t believe the Hunter Biden case has any relevance on Biden attacking Trump as a convicted felon. “Hunter Biden is not running for president.
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted in a CNN report about the continued detention of children in prison camps in northern Syria. Ni Aoláin visited the camps as a U.N. Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights in 2023. Among the nearly 4,000 ISIS male detainees held there are an estimated 600 boys and young men detained as boys, according to Amnesty International. Many were brought to Syria by their parents to live under ISIS rule. Many have no idea why they are being held, or what will happen to them.
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in the New York Times about the tactics of Lauren Windsor, a documentary filmmaker who secretly recorded Supreme Court Justices Roberts and Alito at a recent gala event. Posing as a Catholic conservative, her conversation with Justice Samuel Alito resulted in him saying that compromise in America between the left and right might be impossible and he agreed with the view that the nation should return to a place of godliness. His comments contrasted with those of Chief Justice John Roberts.