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Faculty News

“Sentencing Matters” Substack Publishes Essay by Professor JaneAnne Murray on Female Incarceration in U.S. Federal Prisons

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Professor JaneAnne Murray published an essay on the influential “Sentencing Matters” substack, run by Prof. Douglas Berman and Jonathan Wroblewski, entitled “The Silent Tragedy of Female Incarceration in U.S.…

Prof. Richard Painter Quoted by the Daily Beast About the Trump Family Profiting From the Presidency

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Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted by the Daily Beast about Donald Trump’s efforts to enrich the Trump family through his…

Prof. James Coleman Interviewed by Minnesota Reformer About Attempts to Block Keith Ellison’s Lawsuit Against Oil Industry

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Professor James Coleman was interviewed by the Minnesota Reformer about the Trump administration moving to block a lawsuit filed almost six years ago by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison that…

Prof. Ana Pottratz Acosta Interviewed by MPR News About ICE Arrest Quotas

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Professor Ana Pottratz Acosta, visiting assistant professor and director of the the Immigration & Human Rights Clinic of the James H. Binger Center for New Americans, was interviewed by MPR News about…

Prof. Matthew Bodie Interviewed by Bloomberg Law about Contrasting Court Review of the NLRB's Injunctive Power

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Professor Matthew Bodie, Robins Kaplan Professor of Law, spoke to Robert Iafolla at Bloomberg Law about the power of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to seek preliminary…

Prof. Jill Hasday Interviewed on WCCO Radio Discussing Supreme Court’s Reinterpretation of the Voting Rights Act

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Professor Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law, was interviewed on WCCO Radio’s Adam and Jordana Show discussing the U.S. Supreme Court’s…

Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Writes Blog Post on Gender and Conflict

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Regents Professor and Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society, wrote a blog post—part of a joint series with EJIL:Talk! and Just Security — on…

Prof. Jane Kirtley Interviewed by Reuters About Appropriateness of Correspondents’ Dinner

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Professor Jane Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, was interviewed by Reuters about the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in light of the foiled attack at the event last Saturday…

Prof. James Coleman Interviewed by MPR News About Minnesota Leaders Taking on Fossil Fuel Companies

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Professor James Coleman was interviewed on MPR’s Minnesota Now program discussing how Minnesota state leaders are taking steps to hold big companies accountable for their role in contributing to climate…

Prof. Alan Rozenshtein Quoted by MS NOW About Legitimacy of Justice Department

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Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted by MS NOW regarding a second indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. Comey’s indictment stems from a claim by the U.S. Department of Justice that he threatened…

Workers Recover $1.28 Million in Wage Enforcement Action with Support from the Employment Law Clinic

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Twenty-six construction workers have recovered $1.28 million in back wages and liquidated damages following an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) into wage…

Prof. Amy Sweasy Interviewed by FOX 9 News About U.S. Government’s Refusal to Hand Over Renee Good’s Car

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Professor Amy Sweasy was interviewed on FOX 9 News about the widow of Renee Good asking a court to order the federal government to hand over the vehicle her spouse was driving when she was fatally shot by an…