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Professor Myron Orfield—director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity—and Will Stancil ’13, a research fellow at the institute, wrote an op-ed…

Professors Susanna Blumenthal and Richard Frase were quoted in an NBC News article about the upgraded charges—increased from third-degree murder to second-degree felony murder—brought against former Minneapolis…

Garry W. Jenkins, Dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law, co-authored a joint commentary in MinnPost with Humphrey School of Public Affairs Dean Laura L. Bloomberg on the path forward to achieving…

Professor Richard Frase—co-director of the Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice—was quoted in a New York Times article examining the legal basis for the third-degree murder and second-…

Professor Brett McDonnell published an op-ed article titled “To Reopen the Economy, Businesses Need a ‘Safe Haven’ Protocol to Avoid Liability” in the Star Tribune on May 27, 2020. Co-written with Matt…

Quoted in a New York Times article on the protests that have erupted in Minneapolis as a result of the death of George Floyd, Professor Myron Orfield notes that increasing racial segregation may have…

TRT magazine (Istanbul) interviewed Professor Vaaler for an article on the health and economic stresses migrants are experiencing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Professor Vaaler provides background on how…

Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in an article by Bloomberg, "Anti-Injunction Act Confusion Set for Resolution by High Court," about the Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari in CIC Services…

Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in an article by Tax Notes, "Supreme Court Will Clarify Scope of Anti-Injunction Act," concerning the Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari in CIC Services…

An article in Minnesota Lawyer (subscription required), titled “Profits More Available in Trademark Cases,” discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group…

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in The Atlantic about…

Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in a Bloomberg article commenting on review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of a Treasury Department regulation regarding how nonprofits…