Faculty News

Professor Richard Painter was quoted by USA Today about how the Hunter Biden conviction may affect the presidential campaign rhetoric. President Biden has frequently referred to Donald Trump as a…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted in a CNN report about the continued detention of children in prison camps in northern Syria. Ni Aoláin visited the camps as a U.N. Special Rapporteur on…

Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in the New York Times about the tactics of Lauren Windsor, a documentary filmmaker who secretly recorded Supreme Court Justices Roberts and Alito at a recent gala event.…

Professor Alan Rozenshtein spoke on the Scholars’ Circle podcast about what the criminal conviction of Donald Trump will mean for his ability to run for president and to govern if he wins, as well as why the…

Prof. June Carbone's new book Fair Shake, with co-authors Naomi Cahn (University of Virginia Law School) and Nancy Levit (University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law), was mentioned in Forbes…

Professor Charlotte Garden and co-author Michael Oswalt co-authored an opinion piece in The Hill about how collective bargaining can counteract intrusive workplace surveillance. 

Professor Myron Orfield published an opinion piece in the Star Tribune about the implications of school segregation in Minnesota.

Professor Megan Walsh commented in a FOX 9 investigation report on ghost guns — guns without serial numbers. The Minnesota Supreme Court will be hearing a case challenging the validity of the ghost gun law. Some…

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald about what could happen if Donald Trump is elected president and the implications of his use of executive powers. Some experts…

Professor Jill Hasday appeared on WCCO Radio’s Adam and Jordana Show to discuss the constitutional implications of former president Donald Trump's conviction in the New York hush money trial.

Professor Richard Painter was interviewed on KCBS Radio about the guilty verdicts in the Trump hush money trial. He provided his analysis of the verdicts. Painter was chief White House ethics lawyer in the…