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Faculty News

Prof. Murray Quoted in NACDL Press Release about Trial Penalty Clemency Cases

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Professor JaneAnne Murray, the Director of the Law School's Clemency Project, and also Director of the Trial Penalty Clemency Project of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), was quoted…

Prof, Ní Aoláin featured in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin's was interviewed in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Speaking on her work as a UN Special Rapporteur addressing human rights concerning counter…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Speaks at Several International Events on Global Security and Peace, Counterterrorism, and Humanitarian Action

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin—U.N. Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism—has recently been a featured speaker at and…

Prof. Turoski’s Legal Treatise Guides Practitioners at the Intersection of Business and Intellectual Property Law

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Professor Christopher Turoski’s legal treatise, Assets & Finance: Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions, was published this week by Thomson Reuters. Along with chronicling recent legal…

Prof. Shen’s Research on Inequality in Wartime Casualties Cited in New York Times

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Professor Francis Shen’s research on the relationship between wartime casualties and the 2016 election was cited in a New York Times article exploring President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The…

Prof. Orfield Quoted in The New Yorker About his Upcoming Book

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Professor Myron Orfield, the director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity at the University of Minnesota Law School, is writing a book about the Fair Housing Act in the nineteen-sixties. “Civil…

Prof. Frase Is Quoted in The New York Times Regarding the Dismissal of Third-Degree Murder Charges in George Floyd Killing

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Professor Richard Frase is quoted in The New York Times in an article regarding a judge’s dismissal of the third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police…

Prof. Hickman Quoted by Bloomberg About Challenges to Old Tax Regulations

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Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in an Oct. 20 Bloomberg article, “Easement Deal Appeal Offers Early Test for Old Treasury Rules,” discussing the susceptibility of some longstanding Treasury Department…

Prof. Vaaler Quoted in New York Times Profile of Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google’s Defense Against Antitrust Claims by the U.S. DOJ

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In a New York Times profile piece of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Professor Paul Vaaler is quoted on how Pichai should conduct himself in formal court proceedings and in the media to bolster Google’s…

Prof. Kitrosser Writes in The Atlantic About President Trump’s Use of Non-Disclosure Agreements

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Professor Heidi Kitrosser has published an article in The Atlantic discussing the First Amendment problems posed by the Trump family’s reliance on non-disclosure agreements to silence White House…

Prof. Kitrosser Quoted in New York Times About DOJ’s Lawsuit Over Melania Trump Book

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Professor Heidi Kitrosser is quoted in a New York Times article about a new lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice against ex-Melania Trump aide Stephanie Wolcott. The Department alleges that…

Prof. Hickman Quoted In MarketWatch About SCOTUS and The Chevron Doctrine

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Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in a MarketWatch article about the ramifications for regulatory litigation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the United States Supreme Court. As an expert…