Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Bernard Levinson, professor of Classical & Near Eastern Studies and an affiliated professor of the Law School, has been invited to serve as the Henry Luce Senior Fellow in Religious Studies at the National…
—In a New York Times times article on the SEC's fraud case against Goldman Sachs, Professor Richard Painter was quoted as saying that the novel nature of the fraud charges made it important for the S.E.C. to…
—Professor Jane Kirtley discussed the Federal Shield Law bills currently in Congress on "Access Minnesota," a radio show produced by the Minnesota Association of Broadcasters which aired throughout the state.
—Ms. Totenberg's NPR story about the April 16 Senate hearing on Goodwin Liu's nomination to the Ninth Circuit quoted Professor Richard Painter's posts to the website Legal Ethics Forum. Ms. Totenberg quoted that…
—Professor Jane Kirtley delivered a lecture on "The Impact of Internet-Based Sites Such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube on Teacher Privacy and Related Rights in the Classroom" at the American Federation of Teachers…
—Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin was a featured guest on National Public Radio. She was interviewed about what the national and international response should be for Russian adoptions into the United States. More…
—Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a letter to Senator Jeff Sessions, ranking minority member of the Committee, quoted Professor Richard Painter's on-line posts stating that Liu…
—Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio today, discussing her latest book, Baby Markets: Money and the New Politics of Creating Families (Cambridge University Press, Goodwin ed.,…
—Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin was interviewed as part of the BBC World Service’s World Today investigation into unwanted adoptions in connection with the story of seven-year-old Russian-born Justin Hansen (…
—Affiliated Professor Amy Kristin Sanders, presented "Limiting Liability: Can Geo-Locational and Other Tools Help You?" at the MinneWebCon conference. The session covered ways to limit the legal liability involved in…
—In the New York Times' Motherlode's guest blog, Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin offered insight into the dynamics of law and economics that play out in international adoptions, at times to the detriment…
—Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin was quoted in an article in Minnesota Lawyer addressing the major problem of human trafficking in Minnesota. Goodwin, who was the organizer and convener of the 2010…