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Professor Michele Goodwin was quoted in a Star Tribune article entitled "Minnesota Supreme Court: Accident Victim Can't Sue Deputy Who Hit Her." In the article, Goodwin stated, "One criticism is that […
Professor Oren Gross was a guest on WCCO News Radio's The Chad Hartman Show to discuss drones and the use of drones.
Professor Mark Kappelhoff prosecuted two defendants in a federal sex trafficking case in his role as an appointed Special Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney's Office for the District…
Professor Susan Wolf will speak at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., as part of a workshop on returning individual results from genome research using population-based banked specimens. The…
Professor Perry Moriearty was interviewed for and quoted in two Minnesota Lawyer articles regarding the sentencing of juvenile defendants. In a Feb. 10 cover story, Moriearty discussed legislation that…
Professor Myron Orfield, Director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, Research Director Thomas Luce, and Will Stancil released a report that shows white suburban requests for subsidized housing are being…
Professor Susan Wolf will debate Professor Robert Green of Harvard Medical School on "Is genetic information different?" at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Both Green and Wolf are investigators…
Professor Michele Goodwin's op-ed on fetal protection laws was featured on Salon.com. The article highlights the case of Texas hospital officials' refusal to remove 33-year-old Marlise Muñoz, who was declared…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about Wednesday's summary judgment hearing in the defamation law suit brought by former Gov. Jesse Ventura against the estate of a deceased…
National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research led by Professor Susan Wolf, along with Professors Gloria Peterson (Mayo Clinic) and Barbara Koenig (UCSF), is featured in the latest issue of Science.…
Professor Jane Kirtley labeled a proposed Minnesota bill to limit electronic access to mugshots "very poor policy" in an article in City Pages. Rep. Pam Myhra has proposed the bill in response to websites…
Professors Amy Monahan and Susan Wolf have been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and improve the…