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Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on a panel, entitled "The New Media as an Advocate for Human Rights Reform in Colombia," at the 15th Annual Conference on Legal & Policy Issues in the Americas: Human Rights in…
Professor June Carbone was interviewed on WCCO Radio's The John Hines Show. Carbone spoke about her new book, with Naomi Cahn, Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family. The interview…
Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Star Tribune article about a pair of U.S. Supreme Court cases that will make it easier for the prevailing party in a patent infringement to recover its attorneys'…
Professor Michele Goodwin's work was featured in a MinnPost article entitled "Criminalizing Pregnant Women Who Use Illegal Drugs: 'Throwing a Lit Match.'"
Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Law360 article about the Federal Circuit's recent decision in the Apple-Motorola smartphone patent dispute affirming a district court ruling that Motorola cannot obtain an…
Professor Gregory Shaffer was the concluding keynote speaker at a two-day conference of the Society of International Economic Law in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin will present at the Carlson School of Management's forum entitled "Global Prosperity and Democracy: Challenges for Corporations, Government, NGOs, and Civil Society." Her panel…
Professor June Carbone appeared on the radio/Internet show "Virtually Speaking" with Jay Ackroyd to discuss her new book, Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family, with Naomi Cahn.…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Washington Times article reporting multiple allegations of political activity violating the Hatch Act on the part of employees of the U.S. Consumer Protection Board…
Professors June Carbone and Naomi Cahn (George Washington University) wrote an article for Slate entitled "Just Say No: For White Working-class Women, it Makes Sense to Stay Single Mothers." Drawing on their new…
Professor Myron Orfield and the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity hosted a forum on the Met Council's Fair Housing Equity Assessment. Participants included residents of North Minneapolis, the Saint Paul NAACP,…