Faculty News

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was recently interviewed by Sky News Australia on the Australian government's efforts to repatriate Syrian families. Opponents of the effort cite security concerns over…

Professor Jill Hasday was featured on WCCO Radio’s Adam and Jordana Show in a discussion about affirmative action. 

Since in the late 1980s voters' choices in state supreme court races have aligned every more consistently with their political preferences in county elections, the University of Minnesota political scientist…

Professor Elizabeth Bentley was quoted by The Arizona Republic on the upcoming Supreme Court case Cruz v. Arizona. Cruz was convicted and sentenced to death in 2005 for the fatal shooting of…

Professor Charlotte Garden was recently quoted by Bloomberg Law on the National Labor Relations Board's recent call for a new legal standard to curb employers monitoring their employees, particularly…

Professor Herbert Kritzer was extensively quoted in a Duluth News Tribune article focused on the lack of competition in the 2022 Minnesota judicial elections. Across all three court levels, only one…

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was recently quoted by the Wall Street Journal on an upcoming Supreme Court case again Google involving Section 230. Also known as the federal shield law, Section 230 generally…

Professor Jill Hasday was featured on Minnesota Now with Cathy Wurzer, a Minnesota Public Radio program. She discussed abortion rights and the 2022 elections. 

On October 21, 2022, the Star Tribune reported on a victory for the Law School's clemency clinic, run by Prof. JaneAnne Murray.  In August of this year, the Clinic, working with the ACLU and the LAMP…

In an article in the New York Times, Professor Matthew Bodie commented on the lawfulness of employer tactics in a recent election at an Amazon warehouse in Albany, New York.  He cited the potential for…

Visiting Assistant Professor Megan Walsh wrote an op-ed for the Star Tribune describing the current state of the gun violence crisis, and how it has impacted the Twin Cities specifically. Gun…