Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was recently interviewed by Sky News Australia on the Australian government's efforts to repatriate Syrian families. Opponents of the effort cite security concerns over bringing individuals with ties to ISIS into Australia.

Professor Charlotte Garden was recently quoted by Bloomberg Law on the National Labor Relations Board's recent call for a new legal standard to curb employers monitoring their employees, particularly in ways that may interfere with workers organizing with each other for mutual benefits and aid. If the employer insists on monitoring their employees, the NLRB is pushing for them to be required to disclose said monitoring to their employees.

Professor Jill Hasday was featured on WCCO Radio’s Adam and Jordana Show in a discussion about affirmative action. 

Since in the late 1980s voters' choices in state supreme court races have aligned every more consistently with their political preferences in county elections, the University of Minnesota political scientist and legal scholar Herbert M. Kritzer found in a 2021 study. "At this stage," he said, "identification with the parties has become so strong in terms of what it means for people that I don't know if you've got to say another than other than 'I'm a Republican' or 'I'm a Democrat.'"

Professor Elizabeth Bentley was quoted by The Arizona Republic on the upcoming Supreme Court case Cruz v. Arizona. Cruz was convicted and sentenced to death in 2005 for the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2003. During the trial, Cruz was not able to share the fact that if given a life sentence, he would be ineligible for parole, a fact that his attorneys argue could have changed the jury's verdict. Professor Bentley represented the Arizona Capital Representation Project, which submitted an amicus brief in support of Cruz.

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was recently quoted by the Wall Street Journal on an upcoming Supreme Court case again Google involving Section 230. Also known as the federal shield law, Section 230 generally protects online platforms from being sued over content uploaded by third-parties. For companies whose primary product is user engagement with third-party content, such as Google and Meta, this protection is critical.

Professor Herbert Kritzer was extensively quoted in a Duluth News Tribune article focused on the lack of competition in the 2022 Minnesota judicial elections. Across all three court levels, only one race out of more than 100 is contested, a race for district judge in the Fifth Judicial District.

Minnesota Law Mourns the Passing of Judge Jeanne Sederberg '52

Sixth Judicial District Judge Jeanne H. Sederberg '52 died on October 30 at the age of 96.

After graduating Law School as one of only a handful of women in her class, Sederberg could not find work at a Duluth law firm and hung out a shingle. Her home-based private practice specialized in real estate, probate, and wills.

Judge Jeanne Sederberg ‘52