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Professor Alexandra Klass was interviewed on Fox 9 News regarding the legal impact of President Trump's Executive Orders encouraging the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Keystone XL Pipeline.…

Majority and dissenting opinions in Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Inc. v. U.S. EPA, Nos. 14-1823, 14-1909, 14-1991, 14-1997, & 14-2003 (2d Cir. Jan. 18, 2017), relied on…

Professor Richard Painter—former chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush—has been quoted and interviewed by many major media outlets following President-elect Trump's first press conference,…

Professor JaneAnne Murray's Clememcy Project at the Law School secured the release of three more clemency applicants on January 17, 2017: Kenneth Gragg, petition drafted by Cresston Gackle (’16); Calvin…

As part of its series on the Obama years, PBS NewsHour did a segment on the President’s clemency initiative. The piece included a profile of one of the clients of Professor Murray’s clemency project,…

Professor Murray was interviewed by Cathy Wurzer on MPR's “Morning Edition” about the Clemency Project she is running at the Law School. In his final days in office, President Obama is expected to grant…

Professor Paul Vaaler's research on migrant remittances and entrepreneurship in developing countries was profiled in an article published by the "Rewire" group at Twin Cities Public Television. Rewire is a…

Against the backdrop of the countdown to the end of the Obama administration, and the fading hopes of thousands of federal inmates who have applied for clemency, the Star Tribune featured a client of…

Professor Francis Shen's research on inequality and American military sacrifice was cited in the New York Times essay, "Vietnam: The War That Killed Trust." Professor Shen's recent law review article,…

Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by KSTP-TV's Jessica Miles on this week's decision by University of Minnesota Athletic Director Mark Coyle to fire head football coach Tracy Claeys and most of his staff.…

Dean Garry W. Jenkins was listed in the "Twin Cities Business 100: People To Know In 2017," which features "key individuals expected to make an impact on Minnesota business, the regional economy,…

Minnesota Public Radio hosted a conversation on “2017: Looking Ahead to the Year in Science” with Professor Susan Wolf, McKnight Presidential Professor of Law, Medicine & Public Policy; Faegre Baker Daniels…