Law School News

Professors Fionnuala Ní Aoláin & Oren Gross will be awarded the 2007 Certificate of Merit from the American Society of International Law for their book Law in Times of Crisis at the ASIL annual meeting March 29.

The Law School and Univ. community are invited to Younger's reappointment lecture, "Across Curricular Boundaries: Searching for a Confluence between Marital Agreements & Indian Land Transactions," March 27.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of 7 new faculty: S. Blumen- thal, T. Gallanis, M. Goodwin, D. Schwarcz, G. Shaffer, L. Stratton, and B. Welke, in addition to previously announced R. Painter.

Each spring the Law School offers a week filled with CLE opportunities. Expert speakers are brought in from around the country to teach a variety of topics. Watch this site for future announcements on the 2008 Super CLE Week course offerings.

University of Minnesota law student Venora Hung (class of 2009) was elected as one of four new members to serve on the University’s Board of Regents. Board members serve for a six-year term.

The American Bar Association announces the formal consolidation of the Association’s international rule of law programs into a single entity, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative.

This year’s musical tells the comical tale of a professor who tries to build the perfect law student. Shows are in the Pantages theatre, downtown Minneapolis, March 2nd and 3rd. Get your tickets while they’re available.

Snows that closed the rest of the University could not stop participation of all 40 teams from across the nation in the 22nd annual William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition. Results are now in.