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Professor Oren Gross has been appointed Minnesota Law’s next associate dean of academic affairs, starting this summer.

Gross, the Irving Younger Professor of Law, is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of international law and national security law. He is also an expert on the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Law School today announced the appointments of Professors Steve Meili and Mitch Zamoff to named professorships.

Professor Yale Kamisar, a highly regarded legal scholar and author who served on Minnesota Law’s faculty from 1957-64, passed away on Jan. 30 at the age of 92.

Kamisar, who went on to spend nearly 40 years as a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, was a nationally recognized authority on constitutional law and criminal procedure. He was known as the “father of Miranda” because of an influential article he wrote that was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona.

Minnesota Law's Black Law Students Association earlier today released the following open letter addressing the killing of Amir Locke during a police raid in Minneapolis.

The University of Minnesota Black Law Students Association mourns the death of Amir Locke.

Minnesota Law students fared well in the National Online Moot Court Competition, which was held online the week of Jan. 16, 2022.

The Law School’s team of three standout students completed eight arguments over three days to advance to the quarterfinal round. The team overcame a number of unanticipated logistical challenges, including having to submit their competition brief during fall final exams.

Maysa Alqaisi, a 2L at Minnesota Law, dreamed of becoming a lawyer and advocate from an early age. A first-generation law student and U.S. immigrant, she earned a degree in finance at the University of Texas-Austin. She got her first taste of Minnesota when she interned at Target corporate headquarters as an undergraduate and subsequently applied to Minnesota Law to pursue her goal of becoming a lawyer.

Joseph T. O’Neill '56, a St. Paul attorney, legislator, and community leader and advocate, died on Jan. 24 at the age of 91.

O’Neill served as legal counsel in U.S. Air Force from 1956–59 in the Azores and served in the reserves after that until 1972. He practiced law in St. Paul for more than 50 years, including at O'Neill, Grills & O'Neill with his son and law partner, Michael. He served as an adjunct professor at Minnesota Law from 2004-13.

Minnesota Law is among the 99 law schools nationally that have responded to Attorney General Merrick Garland's call to action for stronger access to justice and court reform on eviction prevention.

Without the right to vote, one has limited power. Which is why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard for voting rights throughout his career, urging Congress to guarantee the franchise to Black Americans.

University of Nebraska College of Law Professor Anna W. Shavers ‘79, who began her academic career at Minnesota Law in 1986 and established the Law School’s first immigration law clinic, died on Jan. 22.