Professor Richard Painter, with co-author Claire Finkelstein, recently published an op-ed in the Washington Post arguing that any prosecution of Donald Trump by the Department of Justice must include the most serious crimes that he has been accused of, including "his conduct on Jan.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted by KMSP News in a recent piece on the challenges faced by Afghan refugees living in Minnesota. August 15th, 2022 marks the one year anniversary of the Kabul falling to the Taliban. Reflecting on the occasion, Professor Ní Aoláin stated "Since that day, we've seen catastrophes. We've seen catastrophe for the people of Afghanistan and most particularly, we've seen catastrophe for the women and girls of Afghanistan."

The Star Tribune reports that in light of the TRO won by the Law School's Clemency Clinic, Mitchell-Hamline's LAMP Clinic and the ACLU  earlier this week, the Department of Corrections is backing off its plan to reincarcerate 18 people who were freed from prison to protect their health during the COVID pandemic.  

On August 9, 2022, the Law School's Clemency Clinic, run by Professor JaneAnne Murray, filed a class action suit with the ACLU and Mitchell-Hamline's LAMP Clinic on behalf of the 15 prisoners currently on medical release due to their COVID-19 vulnerabilities to prevent the Department of Corrections from abruptly returning them to prison.  The DOC's position was that the advent of vaccines and anti-viral drugs rendered these prisoners' continued designation to home confinement unnecessary.  The plaintiffs' position was that the operative statute required a finding of a public safet

The Law School's Clemency Clinic, run by Professor JaneAnne Murray, has filed a class action suit with the ACLU and Mitchell-Hamline's LAMP Clinic to halt the plan of the Minnesota Department of Corrections to return to prison the remaining 15 prisoners released state-wide due to their medical vulnerability to COVID-19.  The Clemency Clinic's client, Tanya Wagner, one of the name plaintiffs, was released in part because she was pregnant.  She has since given birth and spent the last almost eight months bonding at home with her infant.  Professor Chinmoy Guljarani, Director of

Professor Emeritus Robert Levy was recently honored as a part of an article titled Tributes to Family Law Scholars Who Helped Us Find Our Path. Written by Prof. Levy's long time colleague, Professor Paul M. Kurtz, Associate Dean and J. Alton Hosch Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia School of Law, the article covers Prof. Levy's long career in the areas multidisciplinary scholarship & family.

Professor Alen Rozenshtein was quoted by the Wall Street Journal in a recent article on the potential prosecution of former President Donald Trump for violating government records laws, and whether a conviction in the case could disqualify him from office. While one of the statutes involved in the case would bar an individual from holding office if violated, that restriction may not carry over to a position with qualifications outlined by the constitution, such as the presidential office.