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—Dean David Wippman was quoted in a Star Tribune editorial entitled "No Simple Solutions Regarding Guantanamo Bay." Wippman stated, "The law of war historically said that if you capture an enemy combatant, you…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was an invited participant at the Global Workshop on Data Uses and Impacts held in London, England. The conference brought together 30 regulators, industry officials, privacy advocates and…
—Professor Oren Gross participated in a meeting convened by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to discuss military courts. The meeting, held in Geneva, Switzerland, brought together a…
—Professor Michele Goodwin spoke on Minnesota Public Radio's Daily Circuit for a piece entitled "Duluth Grapples with Real Damage from Synthetic Drugs." Goodwin stated, "Law is often trailing behind, sometimes far…
—Professor Richard Painter, who formerly served as chief ethics lawyer in the Bush White House, was quoted in a Washington Post article reporting that hedge funds executives met privately with a high-ranking…
—Professor Laura J. Cooper spoke at the "Labor Law Network" at Uppsala University in Sweden, a conference of labor and employment law professors from all the universities in Sweden. Cooper's presentation described…
—Professor Steve Simon was quoted in a Star Tribune editorial entitled "Lower Blood Alcohol Limit to Curb Drunken Driving." The article states, "Even if political challenges mean a lower limit is years away,…
—Professor Susan Wolf will lecture at the University of Virginia's "Genetics, Ethics, and the Law" conference. Wolf will speak on "The Debate Over the Return of Results and Incidental Findings." Her current work on…
—Professor Richard Painter was a guest on Late Debate with Jack and Ben on Twin Cities News Talk AM 1130. Painter discussed ethics in the White House as well as Minnesota's decision to legalize same-sex marriage.
—Professor Mark Kappelhoff will deliver the keynote address at the Federal Bar Association's 11th Annual Jack Mason Memorial Luncheon. Kappelhoff's speech will focus on the prosecution of federal civil rights…
—Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted by Bloomberg BNA's U.S. Law Week, in an article entitled "Agency Deference Makes Strange Bedfellows As Justices Split on Jurisdiction Distinction," on the implications of the…
—Professor Myron Orfield was a guest on WCCO News Radio's Chad Hartman Show to discuss why poverty is spreading to the suburbs here faster than almost anywhere else.