Ra'Shya Ghee '13 will join Minnesota Law in mid-August as its assistant dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
In this newly created role, Ghee will be part of the Law School’s senior leadership team and will be responsible for leading and aligning the Law School’s critical work in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The role will focus on:
Professor Kristin Hickman's participation in a webinar regarding recent tax cases was highlighted in an article by Tax Notes, "Academic: Recent IRS Losses Show Courts Holding IRS Accountable," reporting on the conversation. The cases under discussion concerned IRS compliance with procedural requirements imposed by the Administrative Procedure Act. The IRS lost most of the cases discussed, and some of those cases cited Prof. Hickman's academic work. Among other coverage, Prof. Hickman was quoted as saying that "the IRS has a really hard job ...
Professor Kristin Hickman participated in a webinar organized by the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies discussing several recent cases in the federal courts addressing questions of Internal Revenue Service compliance with procedural requirements imposed by the Administrative Procedure Act. Two of those cases -- Mann Construction, Inc. v. United States, 27 F.4th 1138 (6th Cir. 2022), and CIC Services, LLC v. IRS, 141 S. Ct. 1582 (2021) -- cited Prof.
Garry W. Jenkins, dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law, has joined the board of directors of the National Women’s Law Center, a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization that fights for gender justice—in the courts, in public policy, and in our society—working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls.
Lariss Maldonado '12, who last April became the board chair of the ACLU of Minnesota, recently shared her thoughts on her new leadership role, career path, and time at #MinnesotaLaw.
Mary Davidson ’75, a former Hennepin County District Court judge who once served as chief judge of Family Court, passed away in Plymouth, Minnesota on June 21 at the age of 82.
Professor Paul Vaaler spoke with WCCO Radio on the impact of Amazon’s rise on big-box retailers such as Target and Best Buy.
Big-box retailers “have learned how not only to create their online presence, but also to time it,” Valaar said, citing Target's “deal days” strategy as way as the Minneapolis-based retailer's counter to Prime discounts.
Prof. June Carbone recently co-authored an article in Bloomberg Law with Prof. Naomi Cahn & Prof. Nancy Levit on whether interstate travel for abortion remains legal. The article explains that while the right to interstate travel is not explicitly mentioned in the constitution, "[it] has nonetheless been the subject of longstanding precedents inferred from the structure of the Constitution and related rights such as those promoting interstate commerce or granting privileges and immunities."
Elizabeth (“Betz”) Bentley recently joined Minnesota Law as a visiting assistant professor of law and the director of our new Civil Rights Appellate Clinic. Her impressive legal background includes serving as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, as well as clerking for two other federal judges. She also worked at Jones Day and served as special counsel to Senator Amy Klobuchar and the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
