Professor Charlotte Garden was interviewed in USA TODAY about the firing of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow after it was revealed that he appeared in pornography with his spouse. Gow maintains that his actions count as free speech and should not result in termination, but the UW-La Crosse Board of Regents disagreed. The case for whether speech is protected often comes down to whether that speech is a matter of public concern, Garden told USA TODAY in an interview.

Professor Matthew Bodie was quoted in Bloomberg Law about workers at Wells Fargo unionizing bank branches. Employees at a branch in Albuquerque, N.M., voted to organize on Dec. 20 but a petition for a union vote was withdrawn the following day at a branch in Bethel, Alaska. The vote in New Mexico was an important first step in organizing Wells Fargo, which the union targeted in part because of its troubled history with fake accounts and other workplace issues.

Professor JaneAnne Murray was quoted in an ACLU-Minnesota press release about the Minnesota Department of Corrections agreeing to not force ACLU-MN clients who are at high risk of COVID-19 and were granted a conditional medical release to return to prison unless they violate the terms of their release. Minnesota Law’s Clemency Clinic was part of the lawsuit seeking dismissal. One of the plaintiffs included a woman who gave birth and had spent nearly two years bonding with her baby while outside of incarceration.

Professor Jill Hasday was quoted on Minnesota Public Radio about the Preventing Pay Discrimination Act that will go into effect on January 1. She told Minnesota Public Radio, "I see this as evidence that this helps workers as a whole while simultaneously shrinking both gender and racial pay gaps."

Hasday's role in the passing of the Preventing Pay Discrimination Act was featured in the fall 2023 issue of Minnesota Law magazine.

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in the New York Times and the Star Tribune regarding the effects of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that said Donald Trump is ineligible to be on that state’s presidential primary ballot. The ruling is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Interim Dean William McGeveran, Gray, Plant Mooty, Mooty & Bennett Professor of Law, was mentioned in a recent Lawfare article, “Shields Up for Software” about the Biden Administration’s quest to create software legislation. The authors write, “Enumerating best practices for the safe harbor will take time and may be context-dependent.

In January, the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic, led by Professor Nadia Anguiano ’17, and the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, led by Professor Elizabeth Bentley, will head to the U.S. Supreme Court to present oral arguments on an important immigration case, Campos-Chaves v. Garland. Minnesota Lawyer wrote about the case this week, “The case involves an effort by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to remove a noncitizen, Moris Esmelis Campos-Chaves, from the country.