Professor Susan Wolf will lead the Ethics & Public Policy component of a new Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio) based at the…
Professor Amy Monahan co-authored an opinion piece in The Hill on the merits of an employer-focused public health care option. The op-ed argues that the Unity Task Force’s recent recommendations miss the…
An August 3, 2020 Bloomberg Law article (subscription required) titled “FastShip’s $6 Million Fee Award in Navy Patent Fight Nixed” discusses a recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the…
Professor Christopher M. Turoski was elected as vice president of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP). NAPP is a nonprofit trade organization dedicated to…
Professor Francis Shen’s research exploring the effect of local wartime casualties on political behavior was cited in the New York Times. Citing published work co-authored by Professor Shen and Cornell…
Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted in The Economist in an article examining particular racial inequities in the Midwest region of the…
Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a MarketWatch article reporting on recent settlements made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with companies and people accused of illegally charging student-…
Professor Francis Shen, director of the Shen Neurolaw Lab and executive director of the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, is featured in an ABA Journal article highlighting leaders in the emerging field…
Professor Stephen Befort ’74 was quoted in a USA Today article examining the claim that the American with Disabilities Act exempts people from face mask requirements imposed by governments and retailers…
Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in a Washington Post article regarding the inequity in legal punishment of young Black males in Minnesota. “Black juveniles in Minnesota are eight times more likely to…
Deepinder Mayell, executive director of the James H. Binger Center for New Americans, was appointed to serve on the Legal Services Advisory Committee as a representative for the Minnesota State Bar…
Professor Caleb Smith was appointed as co-chair of the ABA Tax Section’s Pro Bono & Tax Clinics Committee for a two-year term beginning July 2020. Professor Smith was selected by his peers to serve as co-…
