November is Native American Heritage Month. Four Minnesota Law students, who are members of the Native American Law Student Association (NALSA), answered questions about what Native American Heritage Month means to them and about building capacity for the newly re-formed NALSA affinity group.
What does Native American Heritage Month Mean to You?
The Association of American Law Schools has awarded Professor Jonathan H. Choi honorable mention in the AALS Scholarly Papers Competition for his paper “Computational Corpus Linguistics.”
Choi, who specializes in tax law, statutory interpretation, and computational analysis of law, is the first Minnesota Law scholar to receive the award in two decades.
Students participating in MinnesotaLaw's Immigration and Human Rights Clinic helped their client Rachell, a 27-year-old trans woman from Honduras, get asylum in the United States. Rachell, who escaped from physical and sexual abuse and the threat of gang violence in her native country, now has a permanent home here.
On November 18, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada published its decision in Nova Chemicals Corp. v.
Professor Matthew Bodie joined KARE 11's John Croman to discuss allegations from the U.S. Department of Labor that a Wisconsin-based contractor that cleans meat packing plants in Minnesota and other states has employed underaged workers in violation of federal law.
Fabiola Gretzinger ’22 helps maintain a global perspective on abortion laws as a legal fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights in Washington, D.C.
From that lens, Gretzinger sees a “wake-up call” in the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. The court’s ruling in June ended the constitutional right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in its Roe v. Wade opinion, now enabling states to impose their own bans.
Professor Charlotte Garden was recently quoted by the Star Tribune on a case against a company that has been accused of soliciting fake IDs in order to hire minors in slaughterhouses. While it is legal for minors to work, the are prohibited from working in certain high-risk work environments–such as slaughterhouses. Professor Garden, who teaches labor and employment law, shared, "The allegations here are especially egregious and comprehensive.
Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted by The Age in an article covering Donald Trump's announcement that he will running for president in 2024. “There’s no formal legal protection that he gets”. Given the numeral current legal proceedings against him, there is speculation that Trump's decision may be motivated by using presidential candidacy to legally shield himself. Professor Rozenshtein elaborated that as a presidential candidate, “There’s no formal legal protection that he gets.”
Bloomberg Law interviewed Prof. Choi on the history of the billable hour and its impact on the legal profession.
