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—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted by the St. Paul Pioneer Press in a story concerning the St. Paul Public School district's attempt to withhold advisory committee recommendations on school spending by…
—Professor William McGeveran was one of the guests in a "Room for Debate" forum sponsored by the New York Times web site about privacy on Facebook. McGeveran, who has written scholarly articles about privacy…
—Professor Richard Painter's editorial published in The American Lawyer urged for a repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, because the policy institutionalizes dishonesty in the military. "Many problems…
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Professor Jane Kirtley told the [Cheyenne] Wyoming Tribune Eagle that a state judge was wrong to issue a temporary restraining order prohibiting newspapers from publishing a leaked report prepared by a…

—Professor Jane Kirtley appears in "Access Denied: Navigating the Legal Challenges to Newsgathering," a roundtable discussion on government secrecy and other threats to press freedom. The two-hour DVD, produced by the…
—Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin was recently interviewed by PBS and quoted in an article about racial and cultural difficulties in both international and domestic adoptions, "Baby Rescue or Baby Factory?" Goodwin…
—The United States Supreme Court in Graham v. Florida,--- S.Ct. ----, 2010 WL 1946731 (U.S.), held that a state may not impose a sentence of life without parole (LWOP) for a nonhomicide crime committed by a…
—Professor Claire Hill was quoted in The New Yorker, in an article by James Surowiecki entitled "The Age of Political Risk," on the historical precedents for investor reaction to the present situation in…
—A dissent by Judge Richard Posner in Welch v. United States,2010 WL 1755062, cited and summarized arguments by Professor Barry Feld,“The Constitutional Tension Between Apprendi and McKeiver: Sentence…
—Professor Hill was quoted in the Law360 blog, in an article entitled "Scandals Will Force Change At Rating Agencies: Attys." Professor Hill addressed the present legislative initiatives and the overall prospects for…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune regarding a recent lawsuit filed in Minnesota by three same-sex couples claiming that the ban on gay marriage violates their…
—Professor Claire Hill's article "Why Did The Rating Agencies Do Such A Bad Job Rating Subprime Securities?" was discussed in a posting on ProfessorBainbridge.com, a corporate law blog.