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Professors Perry Moriearty and JaneAnne Murray were quoted in the Minnesota Reformer about a new Minnesota Law that says people no longer can be charged with murder unless they intended to cause a…

Professor Linus Chan was quoted by MPR regarding the importance of immigrants who are not yet citizens to understand distinctions of current cannabis laws. Cannabis is legal for adults 21 and older to use and…

Professor Kristin Hickman was interviewed on the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor podcast about the history and influence of Chevron deference. As the U.S. Supreme Court will reconsider Loper Bright…

Prof. Daniel Schwarcz was interviewed regarding a Minnesota Law study published in the Social Science Research Network. The study findings said that law students who use generative artificial intelligence (AI…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin recently spoke on the Lawfare Podcast about her experience as a United Nations special rapporteur. She discussed the downstream harms of counterterrorism financing, her…

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted by the Star Tribune about the Minnesota Supreme Court rejecting a request to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot under the U.S.…

Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted by the Washington Post about media calls to grant live television coverage of Donald Trump’s federal trial in March 2024. News organization petitions were sent to a U.…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was interviewed by Voice of America about international humanitarian law and its application to the conflict between Israel and Gaza. She said that laws governing the conduct of…

Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted by the Washington Post regarding a newspaper publisher and a reporter who were arrested for publishing an article officials said was based on confidential grand-jury…

Interim Dean William McGeveran, Director of Academic and Bar Success Kim Ronning, and Professor Carol Chomsky were interviewed by Minnesota Lawyer about NextGen, the new bar exam set to debut in 2026.…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, was quoted on Swedish Radio about the ongoing detention of Swedish children in NE Syria. In her role investigating human rights issues with the United Nations, she visited the Roj…