Professor Tom Cotter’s blog, “Comparative Patent Remedies,” was recently listed on Feedspot’s list of Top 100 I.P. Blogs. According to Feedspot, the list includes “the Best Intellectual Property blogs from thousands of top Intellectual Property blogs in our index using search and social metrics. . . .
BCNA Teaching Fellow Regina Jefferies Honored by The Advocates for Human Rights
Minneapolis-based The Advocates for Human Rights has honored Regina Jefferies, who has served for the past year as a clinical teaching fellow at the Law School’s James H. Binger Center for New Americans, with a 2017 Special Recognition Award. The award recognizes her work as a leader of the rapid-response team that mobilized attorneys at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to protect people affected by President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations.
Prof. Ní Aoláin Appointed to U.N. Human Rights Post
The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, University Regents Professor and holder of the Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society, as the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.
Prof. Bernard Levinson has co-edited a major international volume, The Formation of the Pentateuch: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Europe, Israel, and North America (Mohr Siebeck 2016), xii + 1204 pages. Despite nearly two centuries of scholarship on the Pentateuch, its historical origins and literary history are still a subject of intense debate.
Paul G. Feinman (’85) Confirmed to Serve on New York’s Highest Court
The New York State Senate has confirmed Paul G. Feinman (’85) as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals, making him the first openly gay jurist to serve on the state’s highest court. Feinman currently serves as an associate justice of the appellate division of the Supreme Court in Manhattan. “With decades of experience, Judge Feinman is a leader in his field and a trailblazer who joins the court as its first openly gay judge,” said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who nominated Feinman to the Court of Appeals last week.
Professor Ní Aoláin Receives Regents Professorship, University’s Highest Faculty Honor
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents has named Fionnuala Ní Aoláin a Regents Professor of Law. The designation, granted earlier this month, is the highest level of recognition given to faculty by the University.
“Professor Ní Aoláin’s contributions to the human rights field around the world have not only been extremely impactful, they’re inspiring,” said University President Eric Kaler. “She exemplifies the qualities of teaching, research, and scholarship that this honor requires, and I congratulate her on this well-deserved distinction.”
Is There a Legal Privilege to Waive Consent for Research?
June 29, 2017, 12:15 to 1:30 pm
Career Center’s Sarah Rohne Wins Women’s Leadership Award
The University’s Women’s Center has announced that Sarah Rohne, employer relations director and associate director of the Career Center, will receive the 2017 Mullen-Spector-Truax Women’s Leadership Award. Established in 1997, this award is given to a faculty or staff woman at the University who has made outstanding contributions to women’s leadership development and has ensured the long-term sustainability of her programs and initiatives.
Professor Paul M. Vaaler was interviewed by Jim Spencer of the Star Tribune for comment on the decision by Institutional Shareholder Services to recommend a slate of candidates proposed by Marcato Capital for election to the Buffalo Wild Wings board of directors. BWW and Marcato Capital are soliciting proxies from BWW shareholders, particularly larger institutional shareholders, to elect competing slates of board candidates with differing views on the near-term strategic direction of the firm. The ISS recommendation should help Marcato Capital’s solicitation efforts.
Prof. Kevin R. Reitz Leads Massive 15-Year American Law Institute Sentencing Project
Members of the American Law Institute voted this week at the organization’s 2017 annual meeting to approve the proposed final draft of Model Penal Code: Sentencing. The project, launched in 2001, re-examines the sentencing provisions of the ALI’s 1962 Model Penal Code in light of the many changes in sentencing philosophy and practice that have taken place since its original publication. Professor Kevin R. Reitz, who holds the James Annenberg La Vea Land Grant Chair in Criminal Procedure Law, was the project’s “reporter,” or lead drafter, throughout its duration.
