Professor Richard Frase was quoted in an article in the Star Tribune concerning the postponement of an upcoming Hennepin County murder trial. Prof.
Prof. Kristin Hickman was quoted by Bloomberg in an article discussing an AFL-CIO lawsuit filed March 6 claiming that the National Labor Relations Board violated the Administrative Procedure Act with a new regulation modifying the agency's procedures for union elections. The agency relied on the procedural rule exception from public notice and comment procedures in adopting the regulation. The article quoted Prof.
In a Unique Collaboration with Cornell, Prof. Smith Provides Remote Tax Assistance to Migrant Farm Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many things about the United States, not least of which is the frayed condition of its societal safety nets. But a collaboration between the University of Minnesota Law School and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., is putting at ease some worries for farm workers in upstate New York.
Robina Institute Executive Director Kelly Mitchell has coauthored a paper in the National Commission on Correctional Health Care's Journal of Correctional Health Care. The paper, titled "Physical Health and Disability Among U.S.
Professor Hasday’s Intimate Lies and the Law Wins Scribes Book Award
Professor Jill Hasday’s book, Intimate Lies and the Law, has won the 2020 Scribes Book Award “for the best work of legal scholarship published during the previous year.”
Scribes, the American Society of Legal Writers, has presented this award since 1961. Each year, the honor goes to a single work selected from a highly competitive field.
Two 2Ls Help Create ‘Civic Freedom Tracker’ Reporting on Worldwide COVID-19 Responses
When Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin reached out to her research assistants and asked who would be interested in helping to develop a worldwide tracker of governmental responses to the COVID-19 outbreak, 2Ls Abby Oakland and Seiko Shastri jumped at the opportunity.
Professor Monahan Named a Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Amy Monahan, Melvin Steen & Corporate Donors Professor and associate dean for research & planning at the Law School, has been named a Distinguished McKnight University Professor.
The Distinguished McKnight University Professorship program honors the University's “most distinguished and highest-achieving mid-career faculty who have …. made significant advances in their careers at the University of Minnesota, whose work and reputation are identified with the University, and whose accomplishments have brought great renown and prestige to Minnesota."
Professor Wolf to Co-Lead Statewide COVID Ethics Collaborative
Professor Susan Wolf will co-lead a statewide Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative created to rapidly share expertise and support sound ethical policy to cope with the moral challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis.
The collaborative brings together experts from organizations across the state including ethics, law, public health, medicine, nursing, disaster planning, and spiritual care. It is a joint venture of the Minnesota Department of Health, the State Health Care Coordination Center, Minnesota Hospital Association, and the University of Minnesota.
Law School Mourns the Passing of Longtime Benefactor Mary Louise Lockhart
Mary Louise Lockhart, who with her husband Greer Lockhart ’53 generously supported the Law School for many years, passed away at the age of 90 on Feb. 14, 2020.
Asked & Answered: Yen Florczak ’98, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at 3M
Yen Florczak ’98 worked at 3M as an engineer for a couple of years before she enrolled at Minnesota Law. During her student years, she served as a law clerk at 3M, joining the company as an intellectual property attorney after graduation. Today, she is 3M’s chief intellectual property counsel.
Can you describe your day-to-day work as chief intellectual property counsel at 3M?
