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Professor Barry Feld was quoted in a Star Tribune article entitled "Stops by Cops Increase in Downtown Minneapolis, North Side." With other Minneapolis areas seeing a decline in stops, many questions on…
Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Pioneer Press article entitled "Minnesota's School Integration Funding Aims for Diversity -- and Results." Orfield appraised the integration aid reforms of the last…
Professor Richard Painter, a former chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, was quoted in a New York Times article on former Harvard President Lawrence Summers's candidacy for nomination by…
Professor Jane Kirtley discussed legal issues arising for journalism programs that sponsor student-operated news bureaus on a panel, "Student Media, J-School Newsrooms, and Class Publications: Can They Coexist?" at…
Professor Myron Orfield's study of the exclusionary rule published in the University of Chicago Law Review was cited by the Ninth Circuit in United States v. Underwood, 2013 WL 3988675 (9th Cir.…
Professor Dale Carpenter was a guest on Twin Cities Public Television's Almanac show to talk about Minnesota's same-sex marriage law. Carpenter spoke about the new law and how it relates to federal tax forms,…
Dean David Wippman and Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin were quoted in a MinnPost article entitled "Case of Drone Killings Provokes Fear among Minnesota Muslims, Debate in Local Legal Circles."
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Bloomberg News article on the potential nomination by President Obama of former Harvard University President Lawrence Summers to replace Ben Bernanke as Chairman of the…
Professor Dale Carpenter spoke on Minnesota Public Radio on the possibility of some states' laws causing complications for same-sex couples. While Minnesota is the 12th state in the country to legalize same-sex…
Professor Jane Kirtley denounced attempts by the new state-run insurance exchange, MNsure, to temporarily conceal its marketing plan from the public as "bogus," in a Star Tribune article on the exchange's…
Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in a MinnPost article entitled "With New Gay-Marriage Law Comes Misinformation and Tall Tales." The article quoted…
Professor William McGeveran, an expert in privacy and digital technology, was a guest for an "In Depth" segment of Minnesota Public Radio's Daily Circuit program discussing the privacy implications of license plate…