The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) has recognized the scholarship of two members of the Law Library faculty with prestigious awards.

Wall Street Journal media reporter Keach Hagey, author of The King of Content: Sumner Redstone’s Battle for Viacom, CBS, and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire, was the keynote speaker for a day-long conference highlighting the contributions of business book authors held Friday at the Law School.

3L Alicia Granse won the 2019 Minnesota Women Lawyers Equal Justice Award for her note, "Gun Control and the Color of the Law."

The award, granted for a paper or article on a social justice topic, includes a $1,000 cash prize and recognition at MWL’s 47th annual meeting luncheon on April 26.

Retired Brigadier General (USAF) Chester David Taylor Jr. ’52 passed away last month.

General Taylor was born on May 21, 1928 in South St. Paul, Minnesota, and graduated from that high school. He attended the University of Minnesota for both undergraduate and law school. After graduating law school in 1952, he was then commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps. He was on active duty from 1952 to 1981.

Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Natalie Hudson ’82 will be the Law School’s 2019 commencement speaker.

Hudson was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court bench on Oct. 26, 2015 by Governor Mark Dayton. She was elected in 2016. She previously served 14 years on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

When the Innocence Project of Minnesota moved to Mondale Hall on April 1, it was something of a homecoming for IPMN executive director Sara Jones ’88, the second of three generations of Minnesota Law alums. Her father, C. Paul Jones ’50, served as Minnesota’s founding State Public Defender for 25 years and had his main office at the Law School. Her nephew, Curtis Wells, is a member of the Class of ’09.