Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin was elected Co-Chair of the Women's Faculty Cabinet at their September 9, 2009 meeting. Goodwin was appointed to the Cabinet by Provost Tom Sullivan. Goodwin brings law school…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune in a story reporting an advisory opinion holding that the Metro Gang Strike Force violated the state's Open Meeting Law by conducting…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was interviewed by NPR reporter David Folkenflik about publisher Conde Nast's decision to delete an article about Vladimir Putin from the Russian edition of GQ magazine. She was also…
—Professor John Borrows was interviewed on "The Current," program broadcast by CBC.CA about Chief Marcel Balfour of the Norway House Cree Nation and his proposed banishment of members involved in serious drug and…
—Professor Gregory Shaffer has a new book with Oxford University Press titled, "When Cooperation Fails: The International Law and Politics of Genetically Modified Foods," which has received rave reviews by leading…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in the National Law Journal, in a story titled "Federal Circuit Ponders How to Write Patents: Court Will Sit En Banc to Review Its Written Description Rule." The article…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in a New York Times story about cash-strapped news organizations filing fewer lawsuits to open up court proceedings to the press and public. Although she noted that the…
—On August 30, 2009, the Star Tribune published a letter from Professors Laura J. Cooper and Stephen F. Befort pertaining to the failure of the Anoka-Hennepin School District to fire two teachers who had…
—Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin was a featured guest along with CNN political analyst and Harvard professor David Gergen, Max Fraad-Wolff of the New School and contributor to the Huffington Post, and Dr. Ronald…
—Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Dr. Gene Farley, an internationally renowned family physician, and Mark Potok, Director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center were a featured panel on a…
—Professor Michele Goodwin was a featured guest on a one-hour special back-to-school health update on WVON Radio in Chicago. She spoke about immunizations, autism, fears about swine flu, and what parents should know…
—Prof. Kristin Hickman was quoted by Tax Notes Today, 2009 TNT 151-1, (subscription required) in an article on the D.C. Circuit's recent controversial 2-1 decision in Cohen v. United States, 08-…