—Professor Jane Kirtley received a "Pioneer" Award from the National Scholastic Press Association at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The NSPA's highest…
—Professor Jane Kirtley delivered a lecture on the speech and press clauses of the First Amendment as part of the "Rereading the Constitution" series for the University of Minnesota's College of Continuing…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Thomson Reuters story on disciplinary action taken against a federal bankruptcy judge for violating a conduct rule prohibiting membership in a discriminatory country club…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a member of a media panel on TPT-TV's "Almanac." Kirtley discussed the $1 million libel judgment against KSTP-TV for a story about a naturopath, which may be the largest punitive…
—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed on Channel 11 news about the suspension of a Hennepin County Judge for violating the requirement that judges live in the judicial district in which they sit. Painter said…
—Professor Claire Hill gave the 2011 Barbara Aronstein Black Lecture at Columbia Law School. Her lecture was entitled "How Contracts On Wall Street (And Some Other Places) Do Things With Words."
—Professor Daniel Schwarcz testified to Congress on several legislative proposals that would exempt insurers from provisions of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform and Consumer Protection Act and limit the authority…
—Professor Ralph Hall testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The hearing was entitled "Medical Devices: Protecting Patients and Promoting Innovation." Hall's written…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on the Petters bankruptcy trustee's efforts to "clawback" gains from some of Petters' investors to compensate for losses of other investors…
—Professor Alexandra Klass's scholarly work on eminent domain and natural resources development was quoted in a Financial Post article on the controversy over TransCanada's $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was the lead speaker on the panel "Privacy Protection and Related Developments in Internet Law" at the Practising Law Institute's 2011 Communications Law in the Digital Age conference in…
—Professor Claire Hill was a featured guest on "Crosstalk," a program on Russia Today TV. The program dealt with prospects for the Euro and the Eurozone. The likeliest short to moderate term outcome was, Hill…
