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Professor Robert Stein will co-moderate sessions with Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at this year's Rule of Law Symposium, held on the final day…
Clinical Professor Mark Kappelhoff will be an expert panelist for a public forum entitled "Sex Trafficking -- A Growing Issue for the Twin Cities." The forum is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of…
Professor Myron Orfield, Director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, and Research Director Thomas Luce, released a study that documents the growth of predominantly white charter schools in racially…
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin's book On the Frontlines: Gender, War, and the Post-Conflict Process (with Dina Francesca Haynes and Naomi Cahn) was named one of the ten must-read books on sexualized…
Professor Jane Kirtley was a panelist at the "Professional Ethics in National Security Law and Policy" conference sponsored by the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School…
Companies that own "standard-essential patents" (SEPs) often commit to license those patents on "fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory" (FRAND) terms. Disputes over the meaning of FRAND, and over whether the…
Professor Dale Carpenter was featured on the Minnesota News Network about the federal government shutdown. "Carpenter says the American people, by electing branches of government which are in disagreement with each…
The New Jersey Supreme Court invalidated a new housing allocation formula proposed by the Christie Administration under the New Jersey Fair Housing Act. Professor Myron Orfield, who filed an amicus curiae on…
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin is part of the founding group of editors that launched a new blog entitled "Just Security." The new online platform provides a forum for high-level discussion of law, rights, and U.…
Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a MarketWatch article about a pricing error by United Airlines that resulted in the sale of $5 tickets on its website. Cox was quoted about whether United would have had a…
Professor Francis Shen wrote an op-ed for the Star Tribune entitled "For Better Minneapolis Schools, Embrace Mayoral Control." Shen said that if the next mayor of Minneapolis wants to be known as the…
Professor Ralph Hall gave a presentation at the Food and Drug Law Institute's annual national Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advertising and promotion conference in Washington, D.C. His presentation focused…