Law School News
for February, 2008
February 28, 2008
For the first time, a member of the Law School faculty has been selected for the University's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education.
February 28, 2008
State Senator Satveer Chaudhary ('95) will speak Feb. 28, at 12:15 p.m. in Auerbach Commons, on his experiences as legislator and Asian American, at the invitation of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Assoc.
February 28, 2008
The Law School welcomes participants and judges for the Nat'l Civil Rights Moot Court Competition, Feb. 28–March 1. The case, an appeal from the Louisiana Supreme Court, reviews the impact of race in jury selection.
February 27, 2008
Associate Professor Kevin Washburn, currently a visiting professor at Harvard, was asked by Congress to comment on a new Dept. of the Interior policy on land acquisitions for Indian gaming on Feb. 27.
February 26, 2008
Student Democrats have invited two MN Congressional candidates to speak: J. Ashwin Madia, 3rd Dist., Feb. 26, 12:15pm, in Auerbach Commons; and Steve Sarvi, 2nd Dist., Feb. 27, 12:15pm, in Room 50.
February 21, 2008
The U.S. Supreme court ruled in the case Danforth v. Minnesota, argued last October by Patrick Diamond ('86) and Benjamin Butler ('01), that states may apply its 2004 ruling retroactively.
February 8, 2008
On Fri., Feb. 8th, the Board of Regents approved David Wippman as the new Law School dean. Wippman, a Minnesota native currently at Cornell, begins his appointment on July 1 as the 10th Law School dean.
February 5, 2008
Six events, starting February 5 and ending April 15, remain in the 2007-2008 Lecture Series. Richard Painter starts with the S. Walter Richey lecture on February 5th. CLE credit has been requested for all.
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