Faculty News

Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed by CNN Newswire about the relationship of growing racial segregation to urban conflict between non-white citizens and police. In discussing racial and…

Professor Jill Hasday was featured on a one-hour broadcast of Truth to Tell, a long-running public affairs show on KFAI radio. She discussed constitutional interpretation, constitutional structure, and…

Professor Paul M. Vaaler was interviewed and quoted by Minnesota Public Radio correspondent Matt Sepic about the September 22 indictment for embezzlement of more than $20 million by five executives who either…

Professor Richard Painter appeared on Bloomberg Law Radio’s Bloomberg Law to discuss the SEC’s insider trading allegations against prominent hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman who is accused of using his…

Professor Bernard M. Levinson will present a lecture titled "Revisiting the ‘and’ in Law and Covenant in the Hebrew Bible" at the University of Michigan on October 7, 2016 at the Professor…

In his third New York Times op-ed in 2016, Professor Richard W. Painter writes that to avoid the appearance of impropriety and favoritism toward donors, the Clinton family should promise to…

Professor Francis Shen's recently published article, "Invisible Inequality: The Two Americas of Military Sacrifice," was featured in a…

Professor Myron Orfield was extensively quoted in this Sunday's Christian Science Monitor cover story, "The Resegregation of America." “When you live in a society where there…

Professor Jill Hasday was quoted in a National Public Radio piece discussing the legal status and practical implications of common law marriage.

Professor Myron Orfield—director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity—was quoted in The Boston Globe about segregation in the Boston…

Professor Alexandra Klass was one of two presenters at a Federalist Society Teleforum on Eminent Domain for Oil and Gas Pipelines. The description of the teleforum was as follows: "The use of eminent domain…

Professor Christopher Soper spoke on MPR about the sexual abuse claimants' counter-proposal in the ongoing bankruptcy of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Archdiocese. Soper told MPR that although…