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Professor Oren Gross appeared in the "Good Question" segment on WCCO News, answering the question, "Why is the U.S. Getting Involved in Syria Now?" Gross discussed the legal and moral issues pertaining to a…
Professor Myron Orfield appeared in the "Good Question" segment on WCCO News, answering the question, "Why Such a Large Achievement Gap in Minnesota Classrooms?" "One of the reasons that this inequality is great is…
Professor Amy Kristin Sanders was a guest on WCCO's News & Views with Roshini Rajkumar. Sanders weighed the arguments of how far the "national security" should be taken when it comes to privacy.
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…