Professor Daniel Schwarcz testified at a hearing on the “Federal Role in the Insurance Industry” before the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, in Washington D.C. His testimony suggested that the federal government has an important role to play in monitoring state insurance regulation, preventing the aggregation of systemic risk in the industry, and engaging with international standard-setting organizations.

Factory Farming in Minnesota: Time for a Change? 

February 15, 2018, 6:00 to 7:30 pm

The panel discussion will examine the social justice, environmental and animal welfare impacts of factory farming in Minnesota. Factory farming is a system of rearing livestock using intensive methods, by which poultry, pigs, or cattle are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions.

The panelists will include:

Professor Steve Meili presented his research on the constitutionalization of asylum law at the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre. His talk was part of the RSC’s weekly seminar series. In his talk, Meili argued that the proliferation of provisions guaranteeing a right to asylum in constitutions around the world provides a form of protection for refugees that is broader than the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the principal international agreement governing the treatment of persons fleeing persecution.

Law School to Host “Summit for Civil Rights: Racial Unity and Integration as a Path to Prosperity” 

The Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity and Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice will present a “Summit for Civil Rights: Racial Unity and Integration as a Path to Prosperity” Nov. 9-10.

Vice President Walter Mondale (’56) and Rep. Keith Ellison (’90) are serving as co-conveners of the summit. The Kresge Foundation, based in Troy, Mich., is a sponsor of the convening and is providing grant support.

Summit for Civil Rights

Career Pathways Speakers Series: Cordelia Pierson ('93)

October 30, 2017, 12:15 to 1:15 pm

A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Minnesota Law School, Pierson has worked for more than twenty years in the nonprofit world. She helped start the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership as its first Executive Director.

Professor Eugene Borgida will participate in a panel discussion about mitigating implicit bias in the criminal justice system, to be held on October 25 from 2-4 p.m. at the Minneapolis Jury Assembly Room at the United States Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Opening remarks will be made by the Honorable Wilhelmina Wright, federal district court judge. In addition to Professor Borgida, the other panelists include Hennepin County District Court Judge Tanya Bransford, and Ramsey County District Court Judge Nicole Starr.

Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic to Host Walk-In Legal Advice Sessions 

The Law School’s Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic will host free drop-in legal advice sessions. The sessions are designed to help innovators, creators, and entrepreneurs protect their ideas, kickstart their startup companies, and build and secure their dream businesses. All sessions are offered under limited representation, and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Professor Phillip Goter will serve as faculty supervisor during each session.

Law School News

Human Rights in Practice: Betsy Apple

October 17, 2017, 12:15 to 1:10 pm

This series enables students to engage with international law and human rights practitioners in an informal setting and to explore diverse career paths in the field. 

The Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) uses law to protect and empower people around the world. Through litigation in domestic and international courts, advocacy, research, and technical assistance, it strives to secure legal remedies for human rights abuses and promote effective enforcement of the rule of law.

Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic - Free Legal Advice Clinics

October 25, 2017, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

FREE Drop-In Limited Representation Legal Advice

Great idea, but don’t know the best way to protect it? Startup company ready for the legal kickstart it always needed? Or maybe you’re already successfully building your dream company, and need advice about how to grow without losing what you’ve already got? The University of Minnesota’s Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic cordially invites you to participate in our free drop-in clinics. You bring your questions to our students. They give you quick answers, on the spot. It’s that simple.*

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