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Faculty News

Prof. Myron Orfield Quoted in an Axios Report About Open Enrollment Effects on School Segregation

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Professor Myron Orfield, Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Director, Institute of Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted in an Axios report…

Prof. James Coleman Quoted by ABC News About Supreme Court Ruling on Scope of Certain Environmental Impact Statements

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Professor James Coleman was quoted by ABC News about the U.S. Supreme Court putting new limits on the scope of federally mandated environmental impact statements for major transportation and energy projects,…

Prof. Richard Painter Quoted by Reuters About Musk’s Possible Conflict of Interest With Government Using Grok Chatbot

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Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted by Reuters about Elon Musk’s DOGE team expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the U.S.…

Prof. Emmanuel Mauleón Quoted in Star Tribune About Move to Dismiss Minneapolis-DOJ Consent Decree

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Professor Emmanuel Mauleón was quoted in the Star Tribune about the Trump administration’s move to dismiss a consent-decree agreement between Minneapolis and the Department of Justice that would usher in…

Prof. Kristin Hickman Quoted in Bloomberg Tax About the Ramifications of Loper Bright on the GOP Tax Bill

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Professor Kristin Hickman, associate dean for research & intellectual life, was quoted in Bloomberg Tax about the ramifications of Loper Bright on the GOP tax bill.…

Prof. Paul Vaaler Quoted by NPR About Federal Budget Bill Imposing a Tax on Remittance Transfers

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Professor Paul Vaaler, John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law and Business, was quoted by NPR’s Marketplace about the federal budget bill and how it imposes a 5% tax on remittance transfers. Remittance transfers…

Prof. Ilan Wurman Quoted in New York Times About Supreme Court Considering Executive Order About 14th Amendment

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Professor Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, was quoted in the New York Times about the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of an executive order ending…

Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Co-Authors Op-Ed About Swedish Children Still Detained in Syrian Camps

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Regents Professor and Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society, co-authored an op-ed in the Swedish media site Dagens Nyheter about Swedish children who have remained…

Prof. Richard Painter Co-Authors Guest Essay in New York Times About Gift of Jet From Qatar Could be Latest Ethics Violation by Trump

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Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, co-authored a guest essay in the New York Times about how Donald Trump’s possible acceptance of a jet…

Prof. Caleb Smith Presents at ABA Tax Section Meeting in Washington D.C. on a Tax Case Presently Before the Supreme Court

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At the ABA Tax Section national meeting in Washington, DC, Prof. Caleb Smith, director of the Ronald M. Mankoff Tax Clinic, presented in a panel on the consequences of Zuch v.…

Prof. Richard Painter Authors Commentary in U.S. News About Trump’s Ethical Issues in Accepting Plane

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Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, authored a commentary in U.S. News about the Donald Trump possibly accepting a plane from Qatar to serve as Air Force One. He said gifts…

Prof. Richard Painter Quoted by Associated Press About Trump Accepting Gift of Jet From Qatar

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Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted by the Associated Press about Donald Trump possibly accepting a gift of a jet from Qatar as a replacement for Air Force One.…