Professor Steve Meili teaching a class.

Minnesota Law Faculty

Minnesota Law faculty are engaged scholars and teachers. They are invested in the success of their students while making an impact in our communities through their contributions to the legal profession, outstanding scholarship, groundbreaking research, and dedication to teaching.

An illustration of Francisco Parisi.

In the Wrong Place at the Right Time

Francesco Parisi is known for his soaring intellect, inexhaustible energy, and prodigious academic output. But the Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly Professor of Law says a series of mistakes paved the way to becoming one of the most widely recognized leaders in his field.

The Law Library

Minnesota Law Library

Often ranked as one the top law libraries in the country, Minnesota Law’s library holds over 1 million volumes of one of the most preeminent legal research collections in the United States, providing access to materials in print or digital format. The significant depth and breadth of the collection supports research on almost all traditional and emerging legal topics and is a foundation for the research and curricular needs of Minnesota Law’s faculty and students. 

The Stefan A. Riesenfeld Rare Books Research Center holds one of the most outstanding collections of rare legal books in the United States. The books from the Arthur C. Pulling Rare Books Collection include more than 25,000 volumes of rare and special texts printed from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries.

Law Library

Recent Publications

The Question Not Presented: Government and Social Media Corruption After Murthy v. Missouri, 129 Penn State Law Review 427 (2025)

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Kyle Langvardt

Beyond the Editorial Analogy: First Amendment Protections for Platform Content Moderation, 6 Journal of Free Speech Law 1 (2025)

We the Men (Oxford University Press, 2025)

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Kizer S. Walker
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Adam Chandler
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Caitlin Finlay
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Gabriela Castro-Gessner
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Tobi Hines
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Jesse Koennecke
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Susan Kendrick
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Leah McEwen
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Henrik W.W. Spoon

Math and Aftermath: Impacts of Unbundling a Large Journal Package on Researcher Perceptions and Behavior, 69 Library Resources & Technical Services (2025)

The Seven Essential Law School Simulation Courses, 2024 Utah Law Review 997 (2024)