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Professor Mathew Bodie was interviewed on KCBS on the CEO of Starbucks' hearing regarding the allegations that the company engaging in union busting. The CEO denied breaking any labor laws, on…

Professor Jon Choi was extensively quoted in Harvard Law School's The Practice. The article, covering the rise of AI and how it may affect the legal profession, cites "ChatGPT Goes to Law…

Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed on CBS Minnesota in regards to the recent fall of SVB, and how may impact banking as a whole. When asked whether smaller banks are less safe than bigger banks, Prof…

Professor David Schultz was quoted by the Post Bullet in an article covering the lack of police investigation when the Mower Country Sheriff was reported to be drunk at work, while armed. While…

Prof. Megan Walsh testified before the Minnesota Senate Judiciary committee on Thursday, March 23 in support of SF 1117, the Extreme Risk Protection Order Bill, which would allow a court to prohibit individuals…

Out next month through the University of California Press' Federal Sentencing Reporter 35 (3), Executive Director 

Professor Myron Orfield and Research Fellow Will Stancil wrote an op-ed for the Star Tribune in which they argue that the source of Minnesota's shortage in K-12 educators is that teachers aren'…

Visiting Professor David Schultz wrote an op-ed for Bloomberg Law where he examined the more frequent use of the crime-fraud exception, and it's implications for a central concept of American…

A Star Tribune piece on efforts to change the 16-member Met Council from an appointed to elected body quoted Professor Myron Orfield, a longtime critic of the council’s structure.

"The Met…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN Special UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter Terrorism, had a press conference after delivering her latest report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva,…

Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted by the Associated Press on Minnesotan courts expanding access to audiovisual coverage of criminal proceedings starting next year. Reflecting on the occasion,…

Minnesota Law's Law in Practice Program was recently featured in Bloomberg Law article highlighting innovative efforts amongst law schools in the field of experiential learning. Required for…