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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…
Professor Alexandra Klass was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio regarding the upcoming public comment period on the controversial Polymet copper-nickel mine proposed for northern Minnesota. It would be the…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in an editorial in the Pioneer Press discussing secrecy surrounding the terms of a separation agreement with a Forest Lake school district principal, despite amendments…
With the Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral arguments in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., No. 12-1408, Professor Kristin Hickman spoke with Reuters regarding the merits of the arguments over…
Professor Michele Goodwin will give the Lena O. Smith Keynote Lecture at the annual luncheon of the Minnesota Black Women Lawyer's Association, focusing on business and the Affordable Care Act. Lena O. Smith was…