Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—The Office of International Programs has awarded Professor Ní Aoláin an Interdisciplinary International Institutional Partnership Grant for 2008-09. The award is for a proposal entitled "Transitional Justice…
—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was awarded a British Academy Research Grant award to further a project she is working on with Professor William Twining (UCL & Miami Law School), Professor An-Na'im (Emory Law…
—Professor Daniel Schwarcz was recently selected to be a funded consumer representative for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a voluntary organization of the chief insurance regulatory officials of…
—Affiliated faculty member Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times discussing measures taken in the prosecution of R&B star R. Kelly for child pornography in Chicago. The presiding judge…
—Professor Alexandra Klass was quoted in an article in the Star Tribune discussing recent developments in a lawsuit involving the City of Savage's environmental review of a residential development project…
—Professor Alexandra Klass and University of Nebraska Law Professor Sandra Zellmer are the authors of an op-ed piece in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. They discuss the $2.5 billion dollar punitive damage award…
—Professor Prentiss Cox has been quoted in various local media in January and February discussing the continued disturbing rise in foreclosures. Cox has appeared on the Twin Cities Public Television show …
—Minnesota Public Radio featured Professor Orfield in their recent story detailing the partisan voting divide between central city and suburban citizens. Data and maps compiled by Orfield's Institute on Race…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in Dan Browning's article, "Secret criminal cases may at last see the light of day" in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Prof.
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a recent article in the Duluth News Tribune on a trademark dispute in which the owner of the Fitger's Brewery Complex in Duluth obtained a judgment against a…
—Professor William McGeveran, who studies privacy on the internet, was quoted in the Pioneer Press about Eden Prairie High School's punishment of students for images of underage drinking on their Facebook…
—Professor Claire Hill's commentary, "Tax Lawyers are People Too," originally published in a symposium issue of the Virginia Tax Review, was also published in the Monthly Digest of Tax Articles in…