#MinnesotaLaw
today announces the launch of a Gun Violence Prevention Clinic which will focus on promoting gun violence prevention through strategic litigation. It will be conducted in partnership with the Minnesota AG's Office
@AGEllison
Two renowned labor & employment experts, Professors
@CharlotteGarden
and
@matthewtbodie
, joined
#MinnesotaLaw
last fall and reaffirmed our longstanding status as a powerhouse in the labor & employment law field. Learn more about this dynamic duo.
Brandie Burris, 2L, was recently elected editor-in-chief of Minnesota Law Review. She is the first Black student to hold that position in the publication’s 104-year history.
Please join us in welcoming to the
#MinnesotaLaw
faculty Prof. Matthew Bodie, who teaches and writes on labor and employment law, corporate law, & data privacy, esp. in the employment context. He was formerly the Callis Family Professor at Saint Louis University School of Law.
Minnesota Law today announced that it will launch a Racial Justice Law Clinic in fall 2022. The clinic will be headed by Liliana Zaragoza, a newly appointed associate clinical professor of law.
#RacialJustice
#lawclinic
#experientiallearning
#umnproud
Congratulation's to
@JonathanHChoi
, who has been named a McKnight-Land Grant Professor by the University’s Office of the Provost. The professorship program "is designed to advance the careers of the most promising junior faculty members."
MNLaw's BLSA has released an open letter on the killing of Amir Locke. "While Minnesota has had 57 recorded Black deaths at the hands of police since 2000, all of us are hurting. When will we make systemic changes to protect Americans?" the letter asks.
Please join us in welcoming to our faculty Professor
@CharlotteGarden
, who specializes in labor law, employment law, and constitutional law. Her interests include the intersection of workers' rights and the Constitution, and how law supports (or undermines) worker voice and power
A new Sports and NIL clinic that
#MinnesotaLaw
will launch in the fall will offer name, image, and likeness (NIL) assistance to collegiate students throughout the region, including athletes and social media influencers of all types.
#sportslaw
Congratulations to Laura Thomas, former director of clinics at
#MinnesotaLaw
, who was today sworn in as the newest of the Hennepin County District Court Bench by Chief Judge Toddrick Barnette ‘92.
Prof. Steve Meili and Rep.
@keithellison
provide advice to law students on how to get involved during a
#DACA
panel discussion at the Law School today. "Don't let it fall out of the news," Ellison said. "We need the issue on the forefront of the public's minds."
#umnlaw
Please join Minnesota Law in welcoming
@EnergyLawProf
James Coleman to our faculty as a professor of law beginning in the 2024-25 academic year! He will also serve as an affiliate faculty member with the
@UMNIonE
Welcome Professor Coleman!
#LawyerLeader
John Francis Wheaton (Class of 1894) was the first African American to earn a law degree from
#MinnesotaLaw
. In 1898, he was the first African American to be elected to the Minnesota Legislature, serving in the House of Representatives.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BHM
#UMNProud
Anna Shavers '79—who was instrumental in founding our first immigration clinic & was managing editor of the
@MinnesotaLawRev
—now serves as Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion & Cline Williams Professor of Citizenship Law at Nebraska College of Law.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BHM
"Breathless," a podcast created and hosted by Ian Taylor Jr. '19 and produced by Haaris Pasha '19 that's designed to provide thoughtful legal analysis of the
#GeorgeFloyd
murder case in an accessible style and format, featured in
@WCCO
.
#MinnesotaLaw
Congratulations to Professor Laura Thomas, director of Law Clinics, who was appointed by Gov. Tim Walz to the bench of Minnesota's Fourth Judicial District.
Minnesota Law is excited to welcome
@NicholasBednar
’16 to our world-class faculty! He will start at the beginning of the academic year 2023-24 as an associate professor of law.
#lawyerleader
Minnesota Law is honoring Black History Month with a series of conversations between students and prominent Black alumni and faculty. Read 1L Amirah Ellison's interview of her father, Minnesota state attorney general
@keithellison
Keith Ellison ’90:
Laura Coates ’05 (
@thelauracoates
), legal analyst at
@CNN
, pens op-ed on U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr's opening statement yesterday before the House Judiciary Committee.
#MinnesotaLaw
Prof.
@NiAolainF
recently traveled to Washington D.C. where she appeared as witness before Congress at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing, "Counter-terrorism and Human Rights: Striking the Right Balance."
@UofMHRC
Congratulations to Minnesota Law Professor Fionnuala NiAolain
@NiAolainF
, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights & Counter-Terrorism, who was recognized by
@cso_coalitionCT
for her exceptional work over the past six years in carrying out her mandate.
Inspiring and thoughtful remarks by
@UN
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights & Counter-Terrorism
@NiAolainF
this evening.
She was presented with an award by
@cso_coalitionCT
for her exceptional work over the past six years
in carrying out her mandate.
#CTWeek
#CivilSociety
Garry W. Jenkins, who has served as dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School since 2016, has been named the president of
@BatesCollege
and will depart Minnesota Law on June 30.
Commencement 2022 is now on the books. Thanks to all who made the event a success and congratulations to all the members of the Class of 2022 and their friends and families!
@tksharmalaw
#Commencement2022
Prof.
@NiAolainF
was recently elected to the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) for a 5 year term. Commissioners are elected based on their legal reputation, their experience, knowledge and fundamental commitment to human rights.
Story:
Professor William McGeveran
@BillMcGev
, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett Professor of Law, has been named interim dean of Minnesota Law, effective July 1, 2023.
News Release:
A study by Profs. Choi, Monahan, Schwarcz, & Hickman in which ChatGPT averaged a passing C+ grade on four Law School exams garnered a mention on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. Read their paper, "ChatGPT Goes to Law School"
#ArtificialIntelligence
Congratulations to this year's winners of Stanley V. Kinyon Teacher of the Year Awards — Professors Maria Ponomarenko
@m_ponomarenko
, Mitch Zamoff
@mitchz2
, and Caleb Smith
#UMNProud
#ICYMI
: We recently hosted a panel discussion on policing, racism, and the law that explores possible legal solutions to racial violence and bias in policing. Speakers include:
@m_ponomarenko
,
@InTuneHeart
, and more.
#MinnesotaLaw
"We are heartbroken by the news of Vice President Mondale’s death,” said Dean Garry W. Jenkins. “As a politician, public servant, diplomat, and lawyer, Walter Mondale exemplified the values of leadership and service that we seek to foster at Minnesota Law."
Before joining
#MinnesotaLaw
, rising 2L Tarun Sharma worked for
@MLB
's
@Dbacks
and
@SFGiants
in their analytics and operations departments. This fall, Sharma will co-lead our
@UMNSportsLaw
and help to build out sports law programming. Read Q&A: .
We are so excited to welcome Jack Whiteley to
#MinnesotaLaw
! He will join our distinguished faculty as an associate professor of law in summer 2023. His research and teaching interests include property, environmental law, and evidence.
Welcome Professor Whiteley!
Minnesota Law this week welcomes 233 1Ls from more than 140 undergraduate institutions in 38 states, D.C., and six different countries. It's one of the most diverse and academically accomplished classes in the Law School’s history.
#UMNProud
#LawyerLeaders
A new Minnesota elementary school will be named after Ret. Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page '78 (
@ACPage_77
) in honor of his support of the district's students, staff, and alumni of color pursuing higher education.
#MinnesotaLaw
#LawyerLeaders
Congratulations Nadia Anguiano ’17, who has been named associate clinical professor of law and director of the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic.
#UMNProud
#LawyerLeader
Amanda Furst, Director of Public Interest Programs at
#umnlaw
, received a
@LawyerMN
2018 Unsung Legal Hero award for her outstanding work leading programs that support students pursuing
#publicinterest
careers & her leadership in the legal community.
#lawyerleaders
#driventolead
Congratulations to 3L Shantal Pai, who was named the 2021 recipient of the William B. Lockhart award, bestowed by the faculty for excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service as well as a Most Outstanding Contribution Award at today's
#MinnesotaLaw
commencement.
#UMNproud
Ian Taylor Jr. '19, observing the public confusion surrounding the legal proceedings in the
#GeorgeFloyd
murder case, recently launched “Breathless,” a podcast designed to provide thoughtful legal analysis of the case in an accessible style and format. | 1/4
Congrats to Prof.
@matthewtbodie
whose paper, co-authored with
@GrantMHayden
, “Democratic Participation as Corporate Purpose,” was selected as a finalist for pres. the UC Berkeley Center for Law & Business's Organizations and Social Impact Workshop, 10/12.
Professor Francis Shen is a national leader in the pioneering filed of
#neurolaw
, which examines the intersection of law and the brain sciences.
#MinnesotaLaw
#LawyerLeaders
Neuroscience could give law new insights into human decision-making and behavior, and crucially, it might provide new evidence that can be used to prove or disprove legal claims.” See how neuroscience informs law in Francis Shen's
#TEDMED
Talk.
@mghclbb
Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
, faculty director of
@UofMHRC
, is featured in a new video providing a snapshot of her role as
@UN
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism.
Welcome to David R. Cleveland, who joins
#MinnesotaLaw
as a clinical professor of law and director of legal research & writing. He has taught legal research, writing, and analysis for 17 years, including at Valparaiso University, the University of Denver, and Mitchell Hamline.
The State Board of Pardons has commuted the life sentence of Myon Burrell, client of Prof. Perry Moriearty and the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic, to 20 years. He will serve the rest of his sentence on supervised release beginning immediately.
We are very happy to report that Minnesota Law grads performed extraordinarily well on the July 2021 Minnesota bar exam. Among first-time takers, the bar pass rate was an eye-popping 96.3 percent, higher than any other law school in the state
Prof.
@NicholasBednar
’16 recently co-authored an article with Prof. David Lewis of
@VanderbiltU
, titled, “Presidential Investment in the Administrative State,” that was reviewed by Prof.
@AJosephOConnell
in JOTWELL, and is forthcoming in
@apsrjournal
.
President Biden today nominated Robert (Bob) Anderson ‘83 to serve as solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Anderson grew up in Ely, Minnesota and is an enrolled member of the Bois Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
Minnesota Law mourns the passing of
@UNLCollegeofLaw
Professor Anna W. Shavers '79, a champion of diversity who began her academic career at
#MinnesotaLaw
and founded the Law School's first immigration law clinic.
Last night the
#MinnesotaLaw
community said our farewells to Dean Garry W. Jenkins, who is assuming the role as the president of Bates College in the beginning of July. We remain ever-grateful for his service and leadership. Best wishes, Dean Jenkins!
Congratulations to Profs. Erbsen and McGeveran, recipients of prestigious named professorships! Erbsen is now Popham, Haik, Schnobrich/Lindquist & Vennum Professor of Law; McGeveran is now Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty, & Bennett Professor of Law
#UMNProud
A big congratulations to all our graduates sworn in to the Minnesota bar last week! 94% of our first-time takers passed the Minnesota July 2019 Bar Exam. We can't wait to see where you all go.
#MinnesotaLaw
Our 2020-21 student journal editors:
➡️3L Navin Ramalingam: Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice
➡️3L Abby Oakland: Minnesota Law Review
➡️3L Jacky Arness: Minnesota Journal of International Law
➡️3L Jack Brooksbank: Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology
The 229 1Ls coming through the doors of Mondale Hall for orientation this week constitute the strongest academically and most diverse class in the Law School's nearly 135-year history. Welcome class of 2025!
Professor Mitch Zamoff
@mitchz2
recently presented on his forthcoming article "Proposed Guidelines for arbitral Disclosure of Social Media Activity" at
@TheAALS
ADR Works-in-Progress Conference at the
@StrausInstitute
. The article will be published
@CardozoJCR
in early 2022.
Prof. William McGeveran (
@BillMcGev
) was named one of the "50 Most Downloaded U.S. Law Professors of 2021" by Prof. Paul Caron's (
@SoCalTaxProf
) TaxProf Blog. McGeveran specializes in information law, including data privacy, IP, & free speech
#UMNProud
Garry W. Jenkins, dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law, has been named to the board of directors of Equal Justice Works (
@EJW_org
), the nation’s largest nonprofit that supports law students and lawyers in launching public interest legal careers.
Prof. Maria Ponomarenko
@m_ponomarenko
testifies before the Minnesota House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform on a House bill limiting pretextual stops by police over minor infractions.
In keeping with a longstanding Law School tradition for professors newly appointed to endowed chairs, Prof. Heidi Kitrosser yesterday delivered a lecture on the occasion of her investiture as the Robins Kaplan LLP Professor of Law.
#ScholarlyImpact
#LawyerLeaders
#UMNDriven
In a
@nytimes
op-ed, Prof. Maria Ponomarenko
@m_ponomarenko
and
@nyulaw
Prof. Barry Friedman say two recent
#SCOTUS
opinions "create an almost insurmountable barrier to holding police officers responsible for violating people’s constitutional rights."
Congratulations to Emily Franco ’20, recipient of awards for Excellence in Public Service and Most Outstanding Contribution at today's virtual commencement ceremony at
#MinnesotaLaw
#Classof2020
#HailToThee2020
To honor the late Walter Mondale ’56, one of our most prominent alumni, the Law School has placed a memorial book to sign and floral arrangement in Mondale Hall. We also created a virtual opportunity to reflect on his legacy:
A former high school English teacher with a love of literature and writing, rising 3L Philip de Sa e Silva is the incoming editor-in-chief of the
@MinnesotaLawRev
.
Find out more about Philip in the most recent issue of Minnesota Law Magazine.
@NiAolainF
, UN Spec. Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, interviewed on
@NPR
, and other media outlets about her U.N. visit and report on the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay.
Congratulations to Minn. House Speaker-designate
@melissahortman
‘95 and incoming Majority Leader
@_RyanWinkler
‘01 -- who will soon occupy the Minnesota House’s two top leadership posts.
#LawyerLeaders
Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Stanley V. Kinyon Teaching Awards,
@Dschwarcz
Daniel Schwarcz,
@jamadhoc
JaneAnne Murray, and Kiri Somermeyer.
Our James H. Binger Center for New Americans, along with the
@ACLU
, the Immigration Clinic at the
@MiamiLawSchool
,
@Am4ImmJustice
, the Legal Aid Service of Broward County, &
@The_Advocates
, bringing case to federal court on Jan. 8 to stop deportation of Somali immigrants.
#law
Professor Elizabeth Bentley recently joined
#MinnesotaLaw
as a visiting assistant professor and the director of our forthcoming Civil Rights Appellate Clinic. Her impressive legal background includes serving as a law clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Q&A:
Minnesota Law mourns the passing of Allan Ryan '70, who in the 1980s led the U.S. Department of Justice Office that identified and prosecuted Nazi collaborators who resettled in the United States after World War II.
A recently published article in the Journal of Legal Education article places Minnesota Law as
#1
in the nation for faculty interdisciplinary scholarly impact.
#UMNProud
#scholarlyimpact
Today's memorial service for Walter F. Mondale '56 was an occasion for a rare gathering of four of the Law School’s deans—David Wippman (2008-16), E. Thomas Sullivan (1995-2002), Dean Garry W, Jenkins, (2016-pres.), and Prof. Robert Stein ‘61 (1979-94)