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The spring 2018 edition of Perspectives, the Law School's alumni magazine, recently was recognized with two design excellence awards by the Minnesota Media & Publishing Association (MMPA).

Stanley Efron ’53, a founding member of the venerable Minneapolis law firm Henson Efron and a dedicated benefactor of the Law School, passed away Sept. 27 at the age of 86.

Efron established his first firm, the three-person Efron & Kittler, in 1958, shortly after completing his military service. That firm merged with another in 1976 to form Henson Efron; by 2002, the once-modest enterprise had grown to occupy two floors of the U.S. Bank Plaza Building in Minneapolis.

Francesco Parisi, Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly Professor of Law, received the prestigious EALE Award for lifetime achievement from the European Association of Law and Economics.

The association grants the award “for significant contributions to the field of Law and Economics, in particular to the development of this scientific movement in Europe.”

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As part of our new #FacultyBookBite video series, Professors Claire Hill and Richard Painter discuss their book, Better Bankers, Better Banks: Promoting Good Business through Contractual Commitments. Originally released in 2015, the book is more timely than ever with numerous recent news stories about scandals at leading financial institutions.

Roxanne Rothschild ’93 was recently appointed executive secretary of the National Labor Relations Board.

As executive secretary, Rothschild serves as chief administrative and judicial management officer of the board. Her duties include representing the board in dealing with parties to cases and communicating on behalf of the board with labor organizations, employers, employees, members of Congress, other agencies, and the public.

The Law School has posted the video of the 2018 Stein Lecture featuring John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States.

When Professor Stephen Meili looked out on his immigration law class at the start of the fall semester, there was a familiar face mixed in among the group of eager students seated before him. Amna Arabi, a Metropolitan State University student taking his class through an individualized studies program that allows her to earn credits at other institutions, first met Meili five years ago when he and law students at the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic represented her in an asylum case.

John G. Roberts Jr., chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, took the unusual step of addressing his audience directly at the beginning of a sold-out appearance Tuesday at the 2018 Stein Lecture, sponsored by the Law School.

“I will not criticize the political branches,” Roberts said. “We do that often enough in our opinions.”

The American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice recently named R. David Hahn ’18 winner of the 2018 Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Award Competition.