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Emeritus Clinical Professor Maury Landsman was profiled in an NPR article entitled "Joining the '63 March, Despite Parents' Racial Biases." The article is part of a special series partnered with "The Race Card…
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 Jane Kirtley took part in an online chat discussing the legal and ethical issues that arise when reporters and citizen journalists live-blog and Tweet from courtrooms during trials and other legal…
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.…
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 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,…