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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 (…
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…
Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin was interviewed by CBS Radio News about child trafficking and adoption. Goodwin discussed the status of international adoptions in the United States, including reasons for the…
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…
Professor Alex Klass was chosen as one of twelve faculty members across the University to be a Resident Fellow at the Institute on the Environment. Each Resident Fellow will receive flexible funding for a three-year…
Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in “How to Beat Online Shopping Scams” in Forbes magazine regarding the shady e-commerce practice called post-transaction datapass marketing. Under current U.S. law, sites…
In an article in the Los Angeles Times, Professor Richard Painter's posts to the website Legal Ethics Forum stated that Professor Goodwin Liu has in good faith answered questions from the Senate Judiciary…