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Assistant Dean of Students, Jay Wong was quoted by the Minnesota Daily on a new study by the University of Minnesota examining leading causes for suicide ideation in lawyers. Jay Wong discussed the variety…

Professor Charlotte Garden was quoted by the New York Times and Vice News on a new ruling by the National Labor Relations Board on the legality of a company offering a severance agreement…

Prof. Richard Painter recently co-authored an op-ed in Bloomberg Law with Visiting Professor David Schultz '98 and Professor David Super from Georgetown Law in reaction to the Trump grand…

Professor Charlotte Garden wrote an analysis of the recent SCOTUS decision in Helix Energy Solutions Group v. Hewitt. The ruling concluded that individuals who earn a day rate are not paid…

Professor Elizabeth Bentley was quoted by Arizona Republic regarding the U.S. Supreme Court case Cruz v. Arizona, in which the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic filed an amicus brief last…

Professor Dan Schwarcz and Tom Cotter were interviewed by the Minnesota Lawyer on the recent paper published by four Minnesota Law professors covering whether or not the popular AI bot, Chat GPT, could…

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted by Grid and Engadget on the upcoming Supreme Court cases regarding Section 230, Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh. Both cases question…

Professor Jill Hasday was quoted by the Star Tribune on upcoming Sanford-Fairview merger, and how abortion access and care for transgender youth for Minnesotans may be impacted if Fairview is purchased by a…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted by The Guardian in an article covering the state of Syrian detention camps in Australia. Several Australian boys are facing potential removal, on account of being over…

Professor Tom Cotter was quoted by the Minnesota Lawyer in an article covering pop star Lizzo's recent successful trademarking of her catch phrase from her song "Truth Hurts". The U.S. Patent and Trademark…

In an article in Just Security Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and co-author Anne Charbord argued the need for repatriating alleged ISIS-linked me from Northeast…

Professor Charlotte Garden was recently quoted in Law360 about joint labor claims involving labor issues between YouTube Music and Google. Garden agreed the tech sector could see…