Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Jane Kirtley delivered a lecture, "After the Genocide: Rwanda," focusing on the use of genocide denial, defamation, and incitement laws to censor the news media, at a conference, "Nuremberg: Its Legacy for…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on the John Hines Show on WCCO radio, where she discussed the ongoing pilot project to permit cameras in Minnesota civil trial courts.
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted by the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal in a story about basketball star Michael Jordan's lawsuit against Supervalu's subsidiary Jewel-Osco, in which he claimed that the…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on BBC Radio 5's "Up All Night" show, discussing cameras in the courts. Existing laws in England and Wales prohibit cameras in trial courts, but changes to allow cameras in…
—Professor Jane Kirtley spent the week of March 12 in Thailand, delivering a series of lectures on libel and slander law in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Chonburi. In addition to speaking to journalists and academics at…
—Professor Jane Kirtley's 2010 Minnesota Law Review article on legal protection for the identity of anonymous online posters was cited in an opinion by the Indiana State Court of Appeals extensively. The…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a panelist at a conference entitled, "The Media World After WikiLeaks and News of the World," held at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on "News and Views with Susie Jones" on WCCO Radio, discussing digital free speech…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a story in the Thomson Reuters News & Insight blog regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee's approval of a bill to allow cameras in the U.S. Supreme Court. Kirtley said…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a faculty member for the 15th Annual Media Advocacy Workshop, sponsored by the ABA Forum on Communications Law at its 17th Annual Conference, held at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando. The…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about "Busted," a weekly tabloid that routinely publishes mug shots from several county jails in the Twin Cities metro area. Kirtley cautioned…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Columbia Journalism Review article, entitled "Teaching Cyber-Security," which described the challenges facing journalists who want to protect the privacy of their…