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—Professor Jane Kirtley chaired a panel discussion on "Genocide and the Media," featuring scholars from the University of Colorado, Carleton University and the University of Minnesota at a symposium entitled "…
—Professor Richard Painter's affidavit urging the Court to uphold a trial court's order that Covington & Burling be disqualified from representing the State of Minnesota in suing 3M was cited by 3M in oral…
—Professor William McGeveran will give a talk entitled "Encoding Privacy Law. A DH 2.0 Collaborative Presentation" on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 125 of the Nolte Center for Continuing Education…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was interviewed by the media on the recent U.S. Supreme Court hearings on gay marriage. Carpenter spoke on…
—Professor D. Daniel Sokol has been appointed the inaugural chair of the newly approved Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) Law Professors Committee. "It is a great honor to serve in this capacity and build…
—Professor Susan Wolf was quoted in a Science article on a new set of recommendations from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. The article, entitled "Return of Unexpected DNA Results Urged…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was a guest on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program for a segment entitled "The Road to the Supreme Court Arguments on Gay Marriage." Carpenter and Nina Totenberg, NPR legal…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on the appointment of Best Buy founder Richard Schulze as chairman emeritus of the company. Painter pointed out that it could be difficult for…
—Professor Susan Wolf was quoted in two Boston Globe articles on issues raised by new recommendations from a working group of the American College of Human Genetics and Genomics. These long-awaited…
—Professor Stephen Cribari wrote an op-ed piece entitled "A Retreat from the Adversarial Spirit of 'Gideon'" for the Pioneer Press. In the article, Cribari wrote, "...the Supreme Court's manipulation of the…
—Professors Dale Carpenter and Richard Painter testified at hearings at the State Capitol on a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. Carpenter said that recognizing same-sex marriages wouldn't affect business…
—Professor Michele Goodwin will host a roundtable entitled "Families, Privacy, Secrets & the Law" at the University of Maryland Law School. The roundtable engages the intersections of health law, criminal law,…