In a segment on WTTW's "Chicago Tonight," Professor Matthew Bodie discusses with reporter Nick Blumberg the unprecedented scope of the Starbucks Workers United organizing campaign and considers potential challenges for the drive moving forward.
Professor June Carbone was interviewed on the "Talking Papers" podcasts discussing her chapter "Family Law and Emotion" which appears in the 2021 book, Research Handbook on Law and Emotion. Professor Carbone wrote the chapter in collaboration with co-author Naomi Cahn.
Meet the LL.M. Class: Laddawan Loungard of Thailand
Meet Laddawan Loungard of Bangkok, Thailand, who serves as vice presiding judge of Lom Sak Provincial Court. She is seeking the added legal expertise of a Minnesota Law LL.M. Judge Loungard is particularly interested in deepening her exposure to human rights law and international law at the Law School.
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U.S. Supreme Court Preview – 2022-23 Term
October 3, 2022, 12:15 to 1:15 pm
Meet the Class: 1L Anthony Alas, Former Preschool Teacher and Child Safety Worker
A graduate of Arizona State University, 1L Anthony Alas is a former preschool teacher. He also worked for the the Arizona Department of Child Safety, where he investigated reports of abuse. His experiences working to educate and protect children sparked his desire to one day work assisting the vulnerable and the marginalized as a lawyer.
Racial Justice Law Clinic Featured in U of M's "Building a Better World" Series
Minnesota Law's new Racial Justice Law Clinic, led by associate clinical professor Liliana Zaragoza, is highlighted today in the University of Minnesota's newly launched "Building a Better World" series. The series focuses on ways in which the University "is adapting to the needs of a rapidly changing world by creating new ways of thinking, of doing, and of being."
Meet the Class: 1L Mikaela Smith, Led Effort to Save Her Collegiate Sailing Team
Meet 1L Mikaela Smith, who, after walking on as a freshman, was a member of George Washington University’s sailing team for four years. When GW cut a number of varsity sports, including sailing, Smith worked with the administration, embarked on a fundraising campaign, and led other efforts that helped secure the team’s future as a club program. She was unanimously elected president of the club’s executive board.
Visiting Clinical Professor Megan Walsh discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen
striking down New York's proper-cause requirement for obtaining unrestricted licenses to carry concealed firearms with Project Minnesota's "52 Reasons Why" Podcast.
Minnesota Law Mourns the Passing of Former District Court Judge David Sullivan '66
Former 6th Judicial District Court Judge David P. Sullivan ’66 passed away on Sept. 6 at age 80.
Raised in Cloquet, Minnesota, Sullivan attended the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate and then went on to the Law School. He was a civil litigator for more than 30 years thirty years. His practice included family law, products liability and construction litigation. In 1988, he co-founded Sullivan & Setterlund.
In a Sunday StarTribune opinion piece, Professor Myron Orfield and Research Fellow Will Stancil write that violent crime is one of the many harms of racial and economic segregation and argue that a police-only solution is not enough, that a real response involves increasing opportunity for individuals.