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Professor Myron Orfield was quoted on KSTP about a task force charged with examining how to overhaul the state’s largest planning agency. Six different reform recommendations will be sent to the…

Professor Randall Ryder ’09 was quoted in Bloomberg Law Analysis about Minnesota Law’s Law in Practice program. Bloomberg Law’s second annual Law School Innovation Program identified Minnesota…

Professor Megan Walsh, Chad Nowlan ’24, and the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic were mentioned in the Minnesota Daily about the Jan. 11 shooting threat. Professor Walsh said violent…

Just Security asked several leading experts, including Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, to provide their views on the judicial order from the International Court of Justice on the…

Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by CNBC about a judge’s order to block a Jet Blue Airlines purchase of Spirit Airlines could leave Spirit with an uncertain future and in turn…

Professor Richard Painter was mentioned in Newsweek about an column he co-wrote with other legal analysts regarding Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis who has charged Donald Trump of…

Professor Charlotte Garden was interviewed for the Minnesota Reformer about how the overturning of the Chevron deference could affect workers. Labor experts fear such a break from…

Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed for a Star Tribune editorial discussing disparities among Twin Cities metro-area schools. The editorial focused on a new study from Minnesota

Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in Yahoo News about Donald Trump’s possible attempt to control independent federal agencies and other regulatory bodies in a potential second term. The article said…

Prof. Kristin Hickman was quoted by Roll Call regarding the difficulties that the U.S. Supreme Court faces as it decides whether to modify or overrule the Chevron deference doctrine in Loper Bright…

Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in the Washington Post about a case being heard this week by the U.S. Supreme Court and how “Chevron Deference” may have implications. For 40 years, courts have…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, former U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights while countering terrorism, was one of six special rapporteurs who made public a letter they sent to the Philippine government…