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The Star Tribune discussed the career and contributions of Professor Bob Stein, who has returned to teach and practice, after serving as former Law School dean from 1979-1994, and faculty member from 1964-1999.…
The Star Tribune cited Prentiss Cox, Associate Professor of Clinical Law, in an article entitled “Payday loans rise online—and so does debt.” The article discusses the potential for hundreds of companies…
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…
TaxProf Blog has reported the SSRN (The Social Science Research Network) monthly rankings of 389 American and international…
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.
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 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…

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…

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…

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,…

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

Scott Dewey was the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Labor History Society. The theme of this year’s meeting was labor and environmental politics. Dewey spoke on the historical efforts working-class people have made to organize and fight for a cleaner environment.