Please join the University of Minnesota Law School in congratulating Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin upon the successful completion of her second term as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. Appointed to this role in 2017, Ní Aoláin worked closely with states and United Nations' entities to advance human right
On Monday, October 30, Minnesota Law, in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the American Constitution Society, and the Federalist Society, held a conference on Section 3, the Insurrection, and the 2024 Election, that brought together legal and policy experts to discuss the ongoing lawsuits to disqualify Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot.
Interim Dean William McGeveran, Director of Academic and Bar Success Kim Ronning, and Professor Carol Chomsky were interviewed by Minnesota Lawyer about NextGen, the new bar exam set to debut in 2026. Interim Dean McGeveran assembled a working group at Minnesota Law to plan for NextGen.
Professor Barbara Welke, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of History and Professor of Law, has been elected president of the American Society for Legal History. She was installed as president at their annual meeting in Philadelphia in October. The American Society for Legal History is is an international academic society dedicated to fostering scholarship and teaching in the many fields of legal history around the world.
Professor Daniel Schwarcz was quoted in the New York Times about Erie Insurance who defends its practice of telling agents to use subjective factors when judging a potential customer.
Professor Nicholas Bednar ’16 recently co-authored an article with Professor David Lewis of Vanderbilt University, titled, “Presidential Investment in the Administrative State.” The article was reviewed by Professor Anne Joseph O'Connell of Stanford Law School in The Journal of Things We Like (Lots). Professor O'Connell writes that Bednar and Lewis “persuasively demonstrate” that administrative law scholars cannot assume that the President will invest in bureaucratic capacity.
Professor Myron Orfield, Jr. was quoted by the Star Tribune regarding the work of the Metropolitan Governance Task Force, that he serves on, which is examining the reach of the Metropolitan Council. Orfield has been a critic of the council and has called for council members to be elected rather than being appointed by the governor.
Professor Mathew Bodie was quoted in Bloomberg Tax about the Labor Board's joint employer rule, and the potential challenges it may face on capitol hill.
Two University of Minnesota Law School clinics—the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic (FILC) and the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic (CRA Clinic)—have joined together with the Houston-based law firms Gonzalez Olivieri LLC and Waterhouse, Dominguez & Strom PLLC to represent a noncitizen before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Clinics’ client, Mr.
Prof. Alan Rozenshtein wrote a piece for The Brookings Institution on Section 230 and its expansive impact on the internet. Professor Rozenshtein explained, “No statute has had a bigger impact on the internet than Section 230. The law, which prevents any online platform from being ‘treated as the publisher or speaker’ of third-party content, has enabled the business models of the technology giants that dominate the digital public sphere.