Politicians and the public frequently call for higher taxes on the wealthy to fight inequality.

Mark G. Mishek (’75), President and CEO, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

This conference will explore the consequences of criminal convictions for defendants, both within the criminal justice system (sentencing; prison impacts) and once the sentence has expired.

This event will recognize the work of the Center for New Americans and its partners and will feature a panel of distinguished experts.

Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born in the Bronx, New York. She earned her B.A. from Princeton University in 1976, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the university’s highest honor.

A three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit will hold a special oral argument session at the University of Minnesota Law School on the morning of October 20, 2016, in room 25.  The session is open to the...

Public universities strive to promote free speech, academic freedom, and thought-provoking debate. They also seek to foster an inclusive environment where people from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints are able to feel safe.

Join Law School and Carlson School representatives for conversation over pizza!

What you will learn:

Policy debates on the future of the family have been focused on family form, as the nonmarital birth rate remains stuck at 40% of all children.

In 1989, Catharine A. MacKinnon—the founder of Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice—published her groundbreaking work, Toward a Feminist Theory of State.