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Professor Jane Kirtley labeled a proposed Minnesota bill to limit electronic access to mugshots "very poor policy" in an article in City Pages. Rep. Pam Myhra has proposed the bill in response to websites…
Professors Amy Monahan and Susan Wolf have been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and improve the…
Professor Alexandra Klass was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio regarding the upcoming public comment period on the controversial Polymet copper-nickel mine proposed for northern Minnesota. It would be the…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in an editorial in the Pioneer Press discussing secrecy surrounding the terms of a separation agreement with a Forest Lake school district principal, despite amendments…
With the Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral arguments in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., No. 12-1408, Professor Kristin Hickman spoke with Reuters regarding the merits of the arguments over…
Professor Michele Goodwin will give the Lena O. Smith Keynote Lecture at the annual luncheon of the Minnesota Black Women Lawyer's Association, focusing on business and the Affordable Care Act. Lena O. Smith was…
Professor Michele Goodwin has been asked to address the New York Bar Association in 2014. Goodwin will give an address at the Edith I. Spivack Symposium sponsored by the New York State Bar Association's…
Professor Dale Carpenter spoke on The Take Away radio show on "Same-Sex Marriage in 2013 and Beyond." Carpenter examined the state of same-sex marriage rights as 2013 draws to a close and looked ahead to what to…
Professor Barry Feld's book Kids, Cops, and Confessions: Inside the Interrogation Room was highlighted in research sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Professor Bill McGeveran was interviewed by WCCO and…
Professor Francis Shen was quoted in a Wired article recapping recent uses of brain science in court. Shen commented on the NFL brain injury law suit settlement, as well as recent changes in the…
Professor Herbert Kritzer was quoted in a Star Tribune article concerning compensation received by Minnesota judges for their off-bench activities. According to the article, fewer than half of the state'…