Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences has named Professor Susanna Blumenthal as one of its 2020-21 fellows.
Blumenthal, William Prosser Professor of Law and Professor of History and co-director of the Program in Law and History, is one of 38 selected scholars representing 20 U.S. institutions and 11 international institutions and programs.
The Innocence Project of Minnesota (IPMN), working with Minnesota Law students, recently helped overturn the conviction of a man who steadfastly maintained his innocence throughout five years of incarceration.
Javon Davis had been sentenced to 28 years in prison after he was convicted in 2015 on attempted murder charges arising out of a shooting outside of Target Field. The conviction came despite a dearth of evidence tying Davis to the scene and highly inconsistent witness accounts.
Clinton A. Schroeder ’55, a lifelong leader and innovator in the field of charitable estate planning, died March 12 at his home in Edina, Minnesota. He was 89.
Hailing from west-central Minnesota, Schroeder graduated from Fergus Falls High School, where he was class president and salutatorian. At the University of Minnesota, he graduated from both the Carlson School of Business Administration and the Law School in 1955. He joined the Minneapolis-based firm of Gray Plant Mooty (now Lathrop GPM) in 1957; he remained a principal with the firm until 2016.
Professor Jill Hasday testified before the Minnesota House Committee on the Judiciary, Finance, and Civil Law. The Minnesota Legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit employers from questioning job applicants about their pay history. Professor Hasday’s testimony focused on explaining how asking about pay history perpetuates pay discrimination.
Professor Paul Vaaler has been elected as a fellow by the Academy of International Business.
AIB Fellows consist of a select group of distinguished AIB members recognized for their outstanding contributions to the scholarly development of the field of international business or have made significant contributions to the AIB.
On March 4, 2020, Professor Perry Moriearty testifed before the Minnesota House of Representatives Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee in support of HF 3976, which would establish a bi-partisan task force of criminal justice stakeholders, experts, and impacted persons and families to study and make recommendations to the Legislature about ways to reform Minnesota’s felony murder and aiding and abetting laws. Professor Moriearty’s testimony begins at the 1:02:00 mark of the session’s video recording.
Richard G. “Dick” Lareau ’52, a longtime leader in the Twin Cities’ legal and business communities, died Feb. 22 at his home in Fort Myers, Florida. He was 91.
Kristin Trapp, 2L, recently had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of testifying before a committee of lawmakers on the merits of a constitutional amendment that she conceived of and helped draft.
Prof. Kristin E. Hickman was quoted in Feb. 25 Bloomberg Law article, Thomas Dissent Latest Sign in Battle Over Agency Rulemaking Power, regarding Justice Clarence Thomas's dissent from the denial of certiorari in Baldwin v. United States, No. 19-402, in which he called for the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision in National Cable & Telecomm. Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Services, 545 U.S. 967 (2005). The article described and quoted Prof.
Prof. Kristin E. Hickman's work on the Chevron doctrine, concerning judicial review of agency statutory interpretations, was cited by the Fifth Circuit in Ali v. Barr, No. 17-60604-CV0 (5th Cir. Feb.