Faculty News

In his third New York Times op-ed in 2016, Professor Richard W. Painter writes that to avoid the appearance of impropriety and favoritism toward donors, the Clinton family should promise to…

Professor Francis Shen's recently published article, "Invisible Inequality: The Two Americas of Military Sacrifice," was featured in a…

Professor Myron Orfield was extensively quoted in this Sunday's Christian Science Monitor cover story, "The Resegregation of America." “When you live in a society where there…

Professor Jill Hasday was quoted in a National Public Radio piece discussing the legal status and practical implications of common law marriage.

Professor Myron Orfield—director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity—was quoted in The Boston Globe about segregation in the Boston…

Professor Alexandra Klass was one of two presenters at a Federalist Society Teleforum on Eminent Domain for Oil and Gas Pipelines. The description of the teleforum was as follows: "The use of eminent domain…

Professor Christopher Soper spoke on MPR about the sexual abuse claimants' counter-proposal in the ongoing bankruptcy of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Archdiocese. Soper told MPR that although…

Professor Francis Shen's recently published research on inequality and military sacrifice was featured in a segment on KSTP …

Professor Myron Orfield—director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity—was quoted in The Washington Post about HUD's refusal to…

Dean Garry W. Jenkins was interviewed by Barbara Jones of Minnesota Lawyer about the future of legal education, the roles and responsibilities law schools have to their students, the…

Professor Francis Shen was interviewed on the "John Hines Show" on 830 WCCO Radio, discussing his latest research on inequality and military sacrifice. Prof. Shen's research, in…

Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed on "To The Point," a public affairs radio program aired on NPR, about his work on police profiling in racially diverse…