Without the right to vote, one has limited power. Which is why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard for voting rights throughout his career, urging Congress to guarantee the franchise to Black Americans.
Professor Susan Wolf was quoted in the New York Times on whether biobanks should offer information about genetic risks to individuals participating in a biobank. Biobanks are large-scale collections of medical records, biospecimens, and DNA that researchers can use to study the health impact of genetic variants. Because biobank participants are often deidentified and may not expect to be receive information on their individual genetic risk, researchers face an ethical challenge when they discover a gene variant that may threaten an individual participant’s health. Prof.
Professor Richard Painter has published an op-ed in Bloomberg Law about why members of Congress should not trade stocks.
University of Nebraska College of Law Professor Anna W. Shavers ‘79, who began her academic career at Minnesota Law in 1986 and established the Law School’s first immigration law clinic, died on Jan. 22.
Professor Alexandra Klass was interviewed and quoted on NPR's Marketplace for a story discussing the continuing role of nuclear energy in the United States and the development of Small Modular Reactors.
Minneapolis attorney Fred Pritzker '75, the founding partner of Pritzker Hageman, has died at 71.
The career path of Tonia Teasley '83 has taken her to a number of leadership positions in academia, corporate America, business consulting, and law firms.
Dean Garry W. Jenkins, along with 13 deans from law schools around the country, recently co-authored a newly published book on the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol.
