Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Susan M. Wolf, JD, published a Commentary in the Minneapolis Star Tribune titled "Let's Talk About Science," discussing the bioethics challenge facing the Obama administration.
—Professor Richard W. Painter participated in a segment of the Patt Morrison public affairs talk show on KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, entitled "Ethics in the House." Together with political philosophy…
—Professor John Matheson was quoted in the Downtown Journal in an article titled "Checking the Economic Pulse," on how some local law firms might be affected by the economic downturn.
—Clinic Professor Perry L. Moriearty has been selected to serve as a panelist for the Stanford Law Review Symposium: Media, Justice and the Law, which will focus on issues relating to the media and…
—Prof. Oren Gross, an expert in international law, published an Op-Ed,"CUPE Ontario's proposed boycott of Israeli academics is just plain anti-Semitic," in one of Canada's leading newspapers--The Globe and Mail…
—Professor Ann M. Burkhart will speak at the ALI-ABA conference, presenting a course of study "Commercial Lending and Banking Law—2009" on January 29-31, 2009 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.…
—Professor Oren Gross discussed on WCCO-TV's "Good Question" the current situation in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli military operation against Hamas and its implications for Israel, the Palestinians, the region…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was on the Midmorning show on Minnesota Public Radio to discuss the continued crisis with mortgage foreclosures and the listing of four Minnesota exurban counties among the top 50…
—Professor Judith T. Younger was quoted in the October/November issue of Minnesota Law & Politics in an article on the estate of James H. Binger ('41). Binger's family disputes removal of valuable…
—Professor Susan Wolf has been awarded a grant by the MacArthur Foundation’s Law and Neuroscience Project for a one-year study on “How Should Neuroscience Change Law? Lessons from the Impact of Genetics and…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in the Associated Press and was interviewed on NPR about Proposition 8 and the singling out of the Mormon Church.
—Within the past six months, three state courts have cited Feld's research on various aspects of juvenile justice administration: In re Andrew,--- N.E.2d ----, 2008 WL 4367288 (Ohio,2008) (juvenile’s…