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Faculty News

The U.K.-based Research Exercise Framework (REF), which ranks institutions for research outputs, research environment and research impact and overall rankings in each discipline, issued its results and rankings.…
Professor William McGeveran, an expert on digital privacy law, was quoted extensively on the popular Wall Street Journal Law Blog about documents stolen by hackers from Sony Pictures. Sony's lawyer,…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Reuters column by Alison Frankel, assessing the legal significance of a letter threatening news organizations who received information hacked from Sony Pictures…
Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on "AirTalk" on KPCC public radio in Los Angeles, discussing the legal and ethical issues facing news organizations that publish the contents of emails and other proprietary…
Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed for an MPR News article entitled "As Cities Spar Over Housing Spots, Working Poor Just Want a Home." Orfield discussed the Met Council housing plan, which gives higher goals…
Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed for a MinnPost article entitled "Minneapolis' Fast-Changing Suburbs Deal with Unique Challenges." Orfield discussed the rapid social and economic changes in Ferguson, Mo.,…
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted in a New Republic article entitled "It's Time the U.S. Paid Reparations to the Prisoners It Tortured." The article stated: "'If you admit you committed a violation…
Associate Dean Sharon Reich Paulsen recently led a trial practice workshop for law students and faculty members from Tashkent University in Uzbekistan. The workshop provided a vehicle for teaching about hallmarks…
Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit cited Professor Jill Hasday's article, "Contest and Consent: A Legal History of Marital Rape," 88 CAL. L. REV. 1373 (2000),…
Professor Myron Orfield was a guest on MPR's "The Daily Circuit" to discuss gentrification and the Fair Housing Act. Gentrification, a controversial term, describes what happens when wealthier new -- often white…
Professor June Carbone's new book, Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family, co-authored with Naomi Cahn of George Washington University, has been named one of the best books of…
Professor William McGeveran, who specializes in internet and social media issues, was interviewed by a number of journalists about a recent Supreme Court argument concerning the "true threats" doctrine as applied…