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—Professor Amy Monahan was quoted in a Bloomberg Businessweek article examining changes that the city of Providence, Rhode Island is making to the pension benefits of city workers and retirees. Monahan explained that…
—Professor Oren Gross' paper "When Machines Kill: Criminal Responsibility for International Crimes Committed by Lethal Autonomous Robots" was cited in an article on OpEdNews.com entitled "The Next Drones: Autonomous…
—Professors Michele Goodwin and Carl Warren spoke on Access Minnesota for a two-part program entitled "Racial Inequality in the American Justice System." Access Minnesota is public affairs program that airs weekly on…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in West Virginia's Charleston Daily Mail in an article on whether the Hatch Act would disqualify a state Agriculture Commission employee from running in a partisan…
—Professor Bernard Levinson will speak at Or Emet: Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism on April 27, 2012. Levinson's lecture, entitled, "The Struggle for the Old Testament in Nazi Germany: The Story of…
—Professor Laura Cooper was quoted in a Minnesota Lawyer article entitled "Judge Says Jimmy John's Violated Law, Must Rehire Fired Workers."
—Professor William McGeveran was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about a recent data breach at Minnesota's Division of Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS). McGeveran, an expert on Internet and privacy law,…
—Professor Gregory Shaffer delivered the inaugural Distinguished Lecture on Law and the Life Sciences at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Shaffer's talk built from his book When Cooperation Fails: The…
—Professor Dale Carpenter delivered a lecture on his new book, Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas, at the Law School on April 23.…
—Professor Stephen Meili presented data on the unmet legal needs of indigent immigrants at the 2012 Pro Bono/Pro Se Bar Summit, held in Minneapolis. The summit, which was co-sponsored by the U.S. District Court for…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was interviewed for 5 Eyewitness News on KSTP TV. Kirtley discussed a proposed bill that would make public details of investigations into public officials, including details of severance…
—Professor Jane Kirtley delivered a lecture, "After the Genocide: Rwanda," focusing on the use of genocide denial, defamation, and incitement laws to censor the news media, at a conference, "Nuremberg: Its Legacy for…