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MPR Quotes Hill on Options Backdating Issue

—On October 16, MPR quoted Professor Hill on the subject of the steps taken by United Healthcare in response to revelations of options backdating. Many companies, including United Healthcare, have been found or…

Hickman in Top 25 of SSRN Tax Law Downloads

—TaxProf Blog has reported the SSRN (The Social Science Research Network) monthly rankings of 389 American and international…

Feld Cited by Minnesota Supreme Court

—The Minnesota Supreme Court, in State of Minnesota v. Richard McFee, cited three of Feld's articles to allow the use of juvenile adjudications to calculate an adult's criminal history score.

Klass Receives Favorable Decision

—Prof. Klass represented Friends of Twin Lakes in a pro bono case challenging a Roseville redevelopment project. The MN Court of Appeals decision reverses a District Court decision. (…

Chinese Translation Of Bert Kritzer's Advanced Introduction to Empirical Legal Research Is Released

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Chinese publisher China University of Political Science and Law Press Co., Ltd. released the translation of Advanced Introduction to Empirical Legal Research. The translation is by Xie Xin, a doctoral…

Prof. Orfield and Research Fellow Will Stancil '13 Co-Author Star Tribune Op-Ed on Historical Responses to Violent Crime, and How to Break the Cycle

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In a Sunday StarTribune opinion piece, Professor Myron Orfield and Research Fellow Will Stancil write that violent crime is one of the many harms of racial and economic segregation and argue that a police-only…

Prof. Hasday Interviewed on MPR about the Law Governing Access to Birth Control

Professor Jill Hasday appeared on a program about “The State of Birth Control” on Minnesota Public Radio News with Angela Davis.

Prof. Chomsky Honored for Work on Bar Licensing Reform

Professor Carol Chomsky is part of the Collaboratory on Legal Education and Licensing…

Prof. Hasday Discusses Potential Constitutional Obstacles to Trump's Presidential Run on WCCO Radio

Prof. Jill Hasday appeared on WCCO Radio's Adam and Jordana show to discuss potential Constitutional obstacles to Trump's presidential run.

Prof. Rozenshtein Quoted in NYT Piece on Former White House Aide’s Jan. 6 Testimony

Professor Alan Rozenshtein spoke with the New York Times on former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the House select committee on the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Hutchinson revealed in her dramatic testimony that just before President Trump went onstage and urged his…

Prof. Emeritus Robert Levy Honored by ABA's Family Law Quarterly

Professor Emeritus Robert Levy was recently honored as a part of an article titled Tributes to Family Law Scholars Who Helped Us Find Our Path. Written by Prof. Levy's long time colleague, Professor Paul M. Kurtz, Associate Dean and J. Alton Hosch Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia School of Law,…

Prof. Hasday Interviewed on WCCO-TV on Potential Impact of an Overturn of Roe v. Wade

Professor Jill Hasday appeared on WCCO’s Good Question feature, answering the question: How could Minnesota be Impacted if Roe v. Wade is overturned?