Faculty News

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted in Common Ground by the Irish Times about the Republic of Ireland not investigating killings during the conflict, known as The Troubles, in Northern Ireland,…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin will be a featured guest on a Friday, October 17, podcast by the Victims…

Professor Amna Akbar co-authored a commentary in The LPE Project that argues that as the U.S. faces “incipient fascism” marked by repression, inequality, and corporate dominance, legal scholars must…

Professor Ana Pottratz Acosta, visiting assistant professor and director of the the Immigration & Human Rights Clinic of the James H. Binger Center for New Americans, was quoted by the…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted by McClatchy News about the legality of videos at airports showing Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blaming…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted by the Boston Globe about the president’s threats to invoke the Insurrection Act to…

Professor Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law, was interviewed on MPR News about presidential powers and President Trump’s authority to deploy troops…

Professor Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law, appeared on the New Books Network podcast to discuss her book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s…

Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in MinnPost about Minnesota cities attempting to pass firearm restrictions. In September, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, and several…

Professor Eugene Borgida, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota and affiliated Law School faculty, and co-author Professor William Robiner, University…

Professor Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor of Law, was interviewed by ABC News about Pete Hegseth’s speech to military leadership last week, in which he announced…

Professor Vinita Singh authored a commentary for Lawfare about the $55 billion acquisition of video game studio Electronic Arts and its connection to the White House. Prof. Singh wrote, “Electronic Arts…