Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Monahan will speak at the National Center on Performance Incentives Annual Conference at Vanderbilt University on the legal issues associated with reforming retirement plans for public educators. The…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was featured in a Minnesota Public Radio story, "Homeowners in Minn. Expect to Benefit from Obama Foreclosure Plan," analyzing the recent plan for attacking the foreclosure crisis unveiled…
—Professor William McGeveran was interviewed on National Public Radio's All Things Considered program about controversy related to a change in Facebook's terms of service. McGeveran, who recently wrote…
—Distinguished Visiting Professor Ralph Hall will co-chair the 2nd Annual Conference on Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy, February 18, in Washington D.C.
—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a syndicated column by Froma Harrop commenting on the prevalence of consumer fraud emanating from the sunbelt region. The column appeared in the Miami Herald and…
—Professor Myron Orfield, Executive Director, Institute on Race & Poverty, was interviewed for an article in TwinCities.com, titled "For Minnesota's minorities, the good life isn't as good." According…
—Prof. David Weissbrodt, Co-Director of the Human Rights Center, was interviewed for an article in MinnPost.com titled, "Obama's ban on torture: Minnesotans played a role." Weissbrodt described the…
—Professor Susan M. Wolf, JD, published a Commentary in the Minneapolis Star Tribune titled "Let's Talk About Science," discussing the bioethics challenge facing the Obama administration.
—Prof. Jane Kirtley's op-ed, "Cheers greet Obama's declaration of 'a new era of openness'" was published in MinnPost.com. Prof. Kirtley outlined how President Obama's policy statements and Executive Orders on…
—Professor Richard W. Painter participated in a segment of the Patt Morrison public affairs talk show on KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, entitled "Ethics in the House." Together with political philosophy…
—Professor John Matheson was quoted in the Downtown Journal in an article titled "Checking the Economic Pulse," on how some local law firms might be affected by the economic downturn.
—Clinic Professor Perry L. Moriearty has been selected to serve as a panelist for the Stanford Law Review Symposium: Media, Justice and the Law, which will focus on issues relating to the media and…