Clinic Spotlight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Clinic

The Indian Child Welfare Act Clinic (ICWA Clinic) is a full academic year, four-credit program beginning in the fall semester. The casework focuses on litigation involving the ICWA and Tribal Code. The clinic is led by two adjunct faculty members from the Minneapolis-based ICWA Law Center—Executive Director Shannon Smith ’99 and Litigation Director Andrea Braun. Smith recently took the time to answer a few questions about the clinic and how it impacts students, clients, and the community.

Please briefly describe the work of the ICWA Clinic.

Shannon Smith ’99, executive director of the ICWA Law Center

Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in Law360 article titled "EU's 1st Fine In 16 Years Shows Predatory Pricing Challenges." The article discusses the European Commissions' recent decison to fine Qualcomm €242 million ($272 million) for allegedly engaging in a predatory pricing scheme to drive a potential competitor from the chipset market.  Cotter noted that internal documentation is usually needed to substantiate a claim that below-cost pricing was intended to exclude a rival, but that E.U.

Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in the newsletter FTC Watch in an artcle titled "In tackling high drug prices, FTC shows partisan split." The article discusses a recent Federal Trade Commission report in which the three Republican commissioners and the two Democratic commissioners disagreed on the Commission's authority to invoke section 5 of the FTC Act to combat excessive drug prices.  Cotter states that he would have been  “surprised to see the FTC start using its Section 5 authority to regulate drug prices " Cotter also said that, while "section 5 arguably does

In a piece highlighting the economic thought of Minnesota native Thorstein Veblen, an economist in the late 19th and early 20th century who developed the theory of conspicuous consumerism, Prof. Paul Vaaler is quoted on the subject of Veblen's economic ideas and their potential relevance to today's burgeoning pay of CEOs.

Professor Morrison’s 50th Teaching Anniversary Celebration

September 16, 2019, 4:00 to 6:00 pm

September 16, 1969, marked the beginning of Professor Fred Morrison’s career of teaching and service at Minnesota Law. On that first day of the 1969-70 academic year, Morrison arrived to teach at the Law School’s original East Bank location in Fraser Hall. He joined a faculty of only 29 full-time professors - today he is one of 57 - and welcomed an incoming class comprised of less than 4% women - in stark contrast to the class of 2021 that's over 50% women.

1 Standard CLE credit has been approved; Event Code #277247
Professor Morrison

PAWS: Pet Away Worry & Stress

December 5, 2019, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm

Stressed out? Come de-stress and forget about your worries with Boynton Health. PAWS sessions feature registered therapy animal teams—including dogs, bunnies, chickens, and other therapy animals like cats, miniature horses, Guinea pigs and fancy rats—that you are welcome to interact with and pet. Sessions are FREE and open to the University of Minnesota community.

Six Alumni Honored as Up-and-Coming Attorneys

Six Minnesota Law alumni were recently named “Up & Coming Attorneys” by Minnesota Lawyer.

Up & Coming Attorneys are recognized for their professional accomplishments, leadership and service to their community and profession, and achievements in their first 10 years of being admitted to the bar.

The alumni selected for the award are: 

Up & Coming Attorneys

Ronald Mankoff Tax Clinic Scores Win for Low-Income Taxpayers in U.S. Tax Court

The Ronald M. Mankoff Tax Clinic scored a precedential victory in a recent U.S. Tax Court ruling that may benefit many low-income taxpayers nationwide.

The issue in the case, Feigh v. Commissioner, 152 T.C. No. 15 (2019), revolved around whether the Internal Revenue Service can use an administrative notice to deny earned-income tax credits (i.e., refundable tax credits for low- to moderate-income working individuals and couples) to recipients of Medicaid waiver payments.

Prof. Klass Talks Energy Policy In Sweden

As a professor, author, and faculty chair of the environmental and energy law concentration at Minnesota Law, Alexandra Klass knows a thing or two about the topic. Then an opportunity to teach at Uppsala University in Sweden this April and May opened a door for her to learn even more about global environmental and energy policy and law while sharing her knowledge with others.

Professor Klass at Uppsala University
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