Faculty News

Professor Jorge Contreras was quoted in the Star Tribune about a Wisconsin strip club owner that used photos of well-known models in its advertisements losing a lawsuit filed by the women and has so…

Professor Jane Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, was quoted in the Star Tribune about the lawsuit of Minneapolis Police Assistant Chief of…

Professor Myron Orfield, Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Director, Institute of Metropolitan Opportunity, was interviewed on KARE 11 about many charter school…

Professor Paul Vaaler, John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law and Business, was interviewed by the Star Tribune about the possible sale of Anoka’s Federal Ammunition. With a…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted by Politico about Brendan Neal, son of the former chair of the House Ways and Means…

In 2011, a federal appeals court voted 2–1 to uphold Washington, D.C.’s assault weapons ban. The lone dissent came from then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who argued that a gun restriction could only be…

Professor Charlotte Garden, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, was quoted by the labor news site In These Times about court cases that some say attack the legitimacy of…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, co-authored an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about recent court rulings of that…

Professor Jill Hasday was quoted in a story on Lilly Ledbetter, who championed equal pay. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act clarified that pay bias victims face discrimination with each unfair paycheck.…

Professor Daniel Schwarcz, Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law and Distinguished University Teaching Professor, shared in an op-ed for The Hill his thoughts of…

Professor Myron Orfield, Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Director, Institute of Metropolitan Opportunity, was interviewed by the Star Tribune…

Professor Matthew Bodie was quoted in Bloomberg Law about the upcoming oral argument in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the National Labor Relations Board's ruling in…