Professor Jill Hasday discussed new legislation that bans Minnesota employers from asking job applicants about their pay history in an article published by Minnesota Monthly.  She testified in favor of this legislation, explaining that asking about pay history perpetuates pay discrimination.

Professor June Carbone was featured on the New Books in Economics podcast discussing the book she co-authored, “Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy.” The book is described as a comprehensive look at the state of women in the workforce – why women’s progress has stalled, how our economy fosters unproductive competition, and how we can fix the system that holds women back.

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in CNN Politics about a criminal case that was once viewed as the most open-and-shut prosecution against former President Donald Trump but has been mired in delay, unresolved logistical questions, and fringe legal arguments that appear to have hijacked the judge’s attention. U.S.

An Amicus Brief about a dispute between Starbucks and the National Labor Relations Board was co-written by Professor Charlotte Garden and quoted in Law360. They defended the National Labor Relations Board’s ability to dodge certain injunction requirements placed on private parties in a brief to the U.S.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was interviewed on Australia’s SBS News about Syrian prisons currently holding Australians. As U.N. Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Ní Aoláin visited northeastern Syria in July 2023 to inspect the Kurdish-run prisons and camps holding tens of thousands of foreign I-S suspects and their families, including at least 55 Australians.

A United Nations report written Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin that described a refugee camp in Syria was quoted in the Wall Street Journal. Tens of thousands of civilians are being kept in camps including in Al-Hol, which are filled with the families of Islamic State militants and others inadvertently swept up in the chaos of northeast Syria. Ní Aoláin visited that camp last July as part of her role as U.N. Special Rapporteur.

Professor Jill Hasday was quoted in the New York Times about an antiquated but seldom-enforced state law in New York that categorizes adultery as a crime. Professor Hasday said that when New York first outlawed adultery in 1907, it was common for states to pass laws criminalizing sex outside of marriage. These laws technically applied to everyone, but they were often used to target women and LGBTQ people. When the law is enforced, it can be used to target and embarrass women and that women accused of infidelity tend to face harsher social consequences than men.