Faculty News

Professor Francis Shen’s research on inequality and U.S. war casualties was featured in a New York Times Magazine article. Professor Shen was quoted on the political consequences of inequality in…

Professor Francis Shen’s groundbreaking work in the emerging field of neurolaw was profiled by the Star Tribune. In his research and writing, Shen examines how brain science could affect law…

At the request of Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Associate Professor Francis Shen has joined the Neuroethics Subgroup of the Advisory Committee to the Director for the…

Associate Professor Francis Shen published an op-ed in the Star Tribune defending the sport of football, and suggesting that we may be overestimating the risks of sports concussion. Shen wrote…

Professor Francis Shen’s research on sports concussions and the law was featured in a Huffington Post article discussing Minnesota’s efforts to be a leader in promoting brain health for youth athletes…

Professor Francis Shen’s research on inequality, American military casualties, and the 2016 election of Donald Trump was quoted in a London Review of Books…

Professor Francis Shen's new research on how jurors decode criminal mental states was featured in The Crime Report at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. The forthcoming article, …

Professor Francis Shen’s research on dementia and the law was featured in a Harvard Law School Petrie Flom Forum on Dementia and Democracy. Professor Shen argued that we must address the issue of possible…

Professor Francis Shen’s research on the relationship between war casualties and support for Donald Trump was featured in Politico Magazine. The recently…

Professor Francis Shen was quoted in an article in the Hastings Star Gazette reporting on disparities in police calls to Walmart and to Target. The newspaper’s report found a nearly 4-1 ratio of police…

Professor Francis Shen, who teaches Evidence and Criminal Law, was quoted in a Star Tribune article reporting on the use of paid experts in the Philando Castile shooting case. The prosecution and defense…

Law Professor Francis Shen, director of the Neurolaw Lab at the University of Minnesota Law School, will present a bill to…