Faculty News

Professor Linus participated in a panel discussion at the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists in Minneapolis. The topic centered on “Reporting on Immigration Detention Centers” with…

Professor James Coleman was interviewed by the Minnesota Star Tribune about changing attitudes about nuclear energy. In Minnesota, lawmakers are now considering lifting the state’s 32-year ban on new…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was interviewed by Minnesota Lawyer about the new Minnesota law that effectively bans prediction markets, the online platform bettors…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, and E. Thomas Sullivan, Dean Emeritus at Minnesota Law, co-authored an op-ed in the Minnesota Star Tribune…

Professor Sam Merchant delivered live legal analysis on NewsNation as the Supreme Court released landmark decisions yesterday. Major rulings included the president’s ability to fire heads of independent…

Prof. Kristin Hickman was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter that allows the president to remove members of historically…

Professor Ilan Wurman's recent scholarship played a prominent role in one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most consequential decisions of the term.

In the Court's June 30 decision in Trump…

Professor Jill Hasday was interviewed by MPR News about the U.S. Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling that was handed down today. The court upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship,…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was interviewed by MPR News about anti-ICE conspiracy charges against 15 Minnesotans. On June 11, a grand jury in Minneapolis…

Professor Nicholas Bednar ’16 was interviewed by Talking Points Memo about an obscure administrative lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to invalidate a…

Professor Sam Merchant was interviewed on NewsNation about upcoming decisions to be handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Among the cases the court is considering are the president’s ability to fire independent…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was interviewed by WCCO News about federal prosecutors continuing to dismiss charges initially brought against people for allegedly…