Faculty News

Prof. Mackenzie Heinrichs ’18, Immigration & Human Rights Clinical Fellow, was quoted in the Rochester Post-Bulletin about whether immigrants who are detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs…

Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted in Semafor about the legality of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program. He said, “This program as currently conceived likely violates a number of…

Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was interviewed by Nina Moini on Minnesota Public Radio about the impact of a recent email sent by the Office of Personnel Management ordering federal employees to justify their…

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in the St. Paul Pioneer Press about a bill introduced in the Minnesota State Senate that pushes for more restrictions on convincing computer-generated sexually…

Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted by the Washington Post about an email federal workers received this weekend instructing them to respond with five things they accomplished last week. Elon Musk…

Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted about the Trump Administration’s decision to fire and immediately rehire a number of probationary employees. “The way we've traditionally reduced the size of the federal…

Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted by CNN about the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to data of Americans. “The federal government has more data on American citizens than almost any other…

Professor Nick Bednar '16 was quoted by Reuters about the firing and rehiring of probationary employees by the federal government. Professor Bednar, who has been tracking the government layoffs, said…

Professor Paul Vaaler, John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law and Business, was interviewed by Vineeta Sawka on WCCO Radio about JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s latest pronouncements on work-from-home and…

Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted by Newsweek about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is not an official government agency, and its claims of cost-reduction measures so far…

Professor James Coleman was interviewed by E&E News by Politico about the authority of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and how certain actions by the Trump…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, authored an op-ed in the Star Tribune about whether Elon Musk is a federal employee and if he is…