—Professor Michele Goodwin wrote an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education's Brainstorm blog on the controversial issue of corporeal punishment to penalize women drivers in Saudi Arabia, a nation…
—Professor Susan Wolf led a conference on new approaches to oversight of human subjects research in the cutting-edge field of nanomedicine. The conference, entitled "Nanodiagnostics and Nanotherapeutics: Building…
—Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in an article on Bloomberg's Government Web site, BGOV.com, regarding a set of pending tax shelter cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will discuss at its Sept. 26 private…
—Professor Bernard Levinson will present a lecture at a symposium on the reception of Torah in Wisdom literature at Humboldt University of Berlin. Levinson's lecture is entitled "Reception History as a Window…
—Professor Steve Meili has been asked to join a group of judges, practitioners, academics and NGO leaders investigating ways of increasing the pro bono representation of low-income immigrants in Minnesota. Recent…
—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed for WCCO's "Good Question: How Much Is The Government Watching Us?" Painter said the Patriot Act, which allows the National Security Agency to spy on American citizens…
—Professor Amy Monahan was quoted in a St. Cloud Times article entitled "Legislators' Per Diems may be Counted as Income toward Pensions." According to the article, "Monahan says Minnesota's policy on…
—Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Star Tribune article entitled "Google's Search Formula Faces Scrutiny." The article discusses Google CEO Eric Schmidt's upcoming appearance before the Senate…
—Professor Amy Kristin Sanders was a panelist at "Violence, Vulgarity and the First Amendment," an event that brought together media and scholars to debate the constitutionality of government regulation of…
—Professor William McGeveran was interviewed on American Public Media's radio program, Marketplace Tech Report, about the contrasting U.S. and European approaches to privacy law. "There's really no question that…
—Professor Daniel Schwarcz testified before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment regarding "Emerging Issues in Insurance Regulation." Schwarcz's testimony emphasized that…
—Professors Ruth Okediji and Hari Osofsky have received three-year appointments as resident fellows of the University's Institute on the Environment (IonE). They will maintain their Law School appointments but…
