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Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in an Atlantic article entitled "The Miracle of Minneapolis." He describes the importance of the fiscal disparities or tax base sharing law and argues that it has kept…
Professor Susan Wolf published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled "Forty Years of Work on End-of-Life Care: From Patients' Rights to Systemic Reform." This article with Nancy…
Professor Alexandra Klass was quoted in a Minnesota Daily article reporting on the status of lawsuits filed in all 50 states by plaintiffs under age 18 to compel state governments to limit CO2 emissions…
Professor Paul M. Vaaler commented on Fox9 News on Target's announcements today and last month to lay off more than 700 employees after deciding to close all stores and related operations in Canada in mid-January…
Professor June Carbone, who teaches Health Care Decision-making, appeared in the "Good Question" segment on WCCO News, answering the question, "Can We Make People Get Immunized?" When asked about the legal…

Professor Stephen Meili presented his research on the impact of human rights treaties on the detention of asylum-seekers in the U.S. and the U.K. at Fordham Law School's Leitner Center for International Law…

Professor Dale Carpenter is co-counsel with United States v. Windsor attorney Roberta Kaplan and Professor Steve Sanders on an amicus brief to be filed in the same-sex marriage cases pending in the…
Professor Jill Hasday was interviewed on AM 950's The Daily Report about Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's efforts to preserve his state's prohibition on same-sex marriage, even though a federal district…
Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on a plenary panel, "If it Looks Like a Duck—Modern Challenges in Defining Commercial Speech," at the American Bar Association's Forum on Communication Law 20th Annual Conference in…
Professor William McGeveran was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio's "Morning Edition" broadcast and on WCCO Radio about privacy issues raised by police officers wearing video cameras that record their…
Professor Mark Kappelhoff published an op-ed, entitled "Bringing Human Trafficking to Justice: The Civil Rights Division's Pursuit of Freedom, Rights, and Dignity For Victims of Human Trafficking," in the…