Faculty in the News

Faculty News

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, faculty director of the Human Rights Center, was featured in an Esquire article discussing the heightened risk for abuse…

Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted extensively in a Time magazine…

For over a decade, Professor JaneAnne Murray, together with New York lawyer Janet Walsh, has organized an annual Bloomsday celebration for the Irish American Bar Association of New York—an event…

Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in a Tax Notes article, “Treasury Response to Executive Order Could Set Up Clash With OMB,” regarding the potential response of Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service…

Professor Jill Hasday appeared on KSTP to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision holding that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or…

Professor Richard Frase was quoted in a Newsweek article examining charges brought against four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd. Professor Frase noted that…

Prof. Kristin Hickman was quoted in a Bloomberg Tax article, “Rule-Writing Scrutiny Pushes Tax Officials to Explain Themselves,” documenting the Treasury Department’s recent trend of providing more extensive…

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in the Star Tribune about the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency's use of a Predator surveillance drone to monitor protests in the Minneapolis…

Professor Smith was quoted discussing emerging issues with the CARES Act's stimulus checks issued by the IRS. Professor Smith noted remaining problems for the process of issuing payments to married…

Professor Richard Frase spoke with BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight regarding new charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in connection with the killing of George Floyd. (Begins at…

Professor Myron Orfield—director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity—and Will Stancil ’13, a research fellow at the institute, wrote an op-ed…

Professors Susanna Blumenthal and Richard Frase were quoted in an NBC News article about the upgraded charges—increased from third-degree murder to second-degree felony murder—brought against former Minneapolis…