—Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO Radio's Dave Lee on the recent election in Greece of a left-wing populist government pledged to re-negotiate and write off a substantial percentage of sovereign debt…
—Professor Claire Hill has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and improve the law. The ALI…
—Professor Francis Shen was quoted and his research on urban school board governance was cited in a Reno Gazette-Journal article, entitled "Appoint School Boards? It's Not Unusual Around the U.S." which…
—Professor JaneAnne Murray published an op-ed in the New York Times addressing the issue of plea bargaining. The Supreme Court called our criminal justice system "a system of pleas" in 2012, she writes,…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Bloomberg News article on financial conflicts of interest that arose because a new Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner did not, upon taking office,…
—Professor Christopher Soper explained on Minnesota Public Radio the court's mediation order following a hearing in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis bankruptcy case and said that court-ordered mediation…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Huffington Post article, entitled "States Fear The Supreme Court Will Eliminate This Key Anti-Discrimination Tool," about the history and importance of the disparate impact…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in the Washington Post on the Texas v. Inclusive Communities case and the importance of a disparate impact cause of action under the Fair Housing Act.
—Professor Myron Orfield discussed the origin and importance of the disparate impact cause of action under the Fair Housing Act in a ProPublica article entitled "Supreme Court's Latest Race Case: Housing…
—Professor Jane Kirtley told Reuters that Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's threat to sue Fox News for "prejudicing the honor" of her city in its reporting of the Charlie Hebdo massacre will not succeed. "I…
—Professor Richard Painter and three other former officials in Republican administrations have formed Take Back Our Republic, a new group aimed at convincing conservatives to back campaign finance reform. The group…
—Professor Christopher Soper was quoted in a Star Tribune article discussing the driving factors behind a possible bankruptcy filing by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Looming trial dates for…
