Law School News

The University of Minnesota Law School and Uppsala University Faculty of Law celebrated the 25th Anniversary of their exchange relationship by hosting a symposium on five topics of American and European/Scandinavian legal interest.

Theresa Stadheim won the $5,000 top prize for 2Ls and an Honorable Mention in the Ninth Annual Intellectual Property Writing Competition sponsored by Foley & Lardner LLP.

The late Professor Irving Younger and Professor Robert Stein are among those being honored Sept. 20, 2008, at a celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1938 decision in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (304 U.S. 64).

Professors Ní Aoláin and Gross, part of the Working Group on Detention Without Trial, will offer written testimony to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights.

On Sept. 5, David Wippman was installed as the University of Minnesota Law School's 10th dean in a ceremony at the McNamara Center.

The Law School and the Human Rights Center will host 10 Humphrey Fellows during the 2008-09 academic year. The Fellows represent 10 different countries and are involved in a range of law and justice initiatives/interests in their home countries.

Alan Haynes, formerly Associate Director of Career Services and Diversity Outreach Advisor at Brooklyn Law School, has been selected as the new CPDC Director.

This special mini-site includes a full video of the Dean's installation ceremony along with a photo gallery and more information on the event.

Constitutional scholar Jesse Choper returned to the Law School this week to deliver a lecture entitled, "Liberal and Conservative Supreme Court Justices—What Difference Does it Really Make and What Does it Bode for the Future?"

On Oct. 3, 2008, the Law School will present the first annual Minnesota Conservative & Libertarian Legal Colloquium, entitled "Stare Decisis in Constitutional Law."

The speaker agenda has been announced for Constitution Day, to be held Sept. 17, 2008.