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Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in both national and local publications about recent amendments to Minnesota's juvenile sentencing laws. Under the new laws, which Professor Moriearty helped write, anyone…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted by the Irish Times in an article covering her recent call as U.N. special rapporteur on human rights to abolish the non-jury Special Criminal Court…

On June 29, 2023, the Minnesota Board of Pardons voted unanimously to commute the prison sentence of Maureen Onyelobi, a client of the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic. Previously sentenced to life in…

Prof. Kristin Hickman published a Bloomberg op-ed, Exempting Tax Rules from White House Review Is a Step Backwards, in which she criticized a recent agreement between the Treasury Department and Office of…

On June 28, 2023, the U.S. Sentencing Commission posted a selection of the comments it received on its proposal to make certain criminal history amendments to the sentencing guidelines retroactive. Its posting…

Professor Jill Hasday was interviewed by WCCO News about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling released Friday, in a 6-3 majority ruling, that affirmed the rights of a …

Prof. Charlotte Garden was interviewed in the Wisconsin State Journal about Madison Starbucks workers going on strike on Saturday, claiming the company engaged in unfair labor practices by removing…

Professor Charlotte Garden was interviewed in Eater in an article about Starbucks' media policy that prohibits employees from speaking to the media about working conditions after an employee spoke to the…

Prof. Jill Hasday spoke with Minnesota Public Radio and KTTC-TV about the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to effectively end affirmative action considerations for college and university admissions…

Prof. Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in the Washington Examiner about how the Supreme Court stalker ruling may raise the burden on the Department of Justice's Trump January 6 investigation.

Prof. Daniel Schwarcz and colleagues Josephine Wolff, a professor of cybersecurity policy at Tufts University, Rainer Böhme, a security and privacy professor at the University of Innsbruck; and Daniel Woods,…

As reported earlier this week, Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (UNSRCT…