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Prof. Francis Shen authored an op-ed in @startribune.com on the best course of action for the city of Mpls to reduce violence, saying any deterrence plan must be focused, balanced and fair and that the consent decree won’t suffice. But cities like Boston and Oakland offer templates. z.umn.edu/av6j
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Prof. Francis Shen authored an op-ed in @startribune.com on the best course of action for the city of Mpls to reduce violence, saying any deterrence plan must be focused, balanced and fair and that the consent decree won’t suffice. But cities like Boston and Oakland offer templates. z.umn.edu/av6j
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social ’16 was quoted by E&E News @politico.com about how the Department of Energy moved quickly to fulfill Trump’s campaign pledge of cutting government jobs. Prof. Bednar said the layoffs and continuing threatened reductions has resulted in demoralized staffers.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social ’16 was quoted by E&E News @politico.com about how the Department of Energy moved quickly to fulfill Trump’s campaign pledge of cutting government jobs. Prof. Bednar said the layoffs and continuing threatened reductions has resulted in demoralized staffers.
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z.umn.edu/av4u
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I am excited to host Alice Abrokwa today at the @umnlawschool.bsky.social Public Law Workshop. She will be speaking about her paper, “Anticipating Disability.” I am looking forward to the conversation!
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I am excited to host Alice Abrokwa today at the @umnlawschool.bsky.social Public Law Workshop. She will be speaking about her paper, “Anticipating Disability.” I am looking forward to the conversation!
Prof. Ana Pottratz Acosta was interviewed by @wcconews.bsky.social about a case in which three Minnesotans are accused in a $500,000 scheme to defraud immigrants by offering them legal services, including paths to citizenship, that were never provided.
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z.umn.edu/av2k
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Prof. Ana Pottratz Acosta was interviewed by @wcconews.bsky.social about a case in which three Minnesotans are accused in a $500,000 scheme to defraud immigrants by offering them legal services, including paths to citizenship, that were never provided.
z.umn.edu/av2k
z.umn.edu/av2k
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For #adlaw folks: Due to logistical issues from the federal gov't shutdown, ABA Admin Law has replaced its usual fall conference with a shorter but free online event on 11/21. Registration is required, but it's 6.5 hrs of free, quality CLE on admin law topics.
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2025 Administrative Law Fall Conference
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November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For #adlaw folks: Due to logistical issues from the federal gov't shutdown, ABA Admin Law has replaced its usual fall conference with a shorter but free online event on 11/21. Registration is required, but it's 6.5 hrs of free, quality CLE on admin law topics.
events.americanbar.org/event/a13a77...
events.americanbar.org/event/a13a77...
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I’m looking forward to joining my friends George Mocsary, Director of the Firearms Research Center at Univ. of Wyoming Law, and Executive Director Ashley Hlebinsky for a cozy fireside chat to discuss historical analogues and Bruen at FRC’s fall conference. firearmsresearchcenter.org/forum/2025-f...
2025 Fall Conference: Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence - University of Wyoming
This fall, the Firearms Research Center will host its annual conference, Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I’m looking forward to joining my friends George Mocsary, Director of the Firearms Research Center at Univ. of Wyoming Law, and Executive Director Ashley Hlebinsky for a cozy fireside chat to discuss historical analogues and Bruen at FRC’s fall conference. firearmsresearchcenter.org/forum/2025-f...
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Had a great visit with @umnlawschool.bsky.social to talk about the future of immigration reform legislation.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Had a great visit with @umnlawschool.bsky.social to talk about the future of immigration reform legislation.
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Nominations are still open for the inaugural AALS Firearms Section Emerging Scholar Award. Deadline is November 12! firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/10/nomi...
Nominations Open: AALS Firearms Section Emerging Scholar Award | Duke Center for Firearms Law
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November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Nominations are still open for the inaugural AALS Firearms Section Emerging Scholar Award. Deadline is November 12! firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/10/nomi...
“They were operating this business on the razor’s edge,” Prof. Edward S. Adams quoted in @startribune.com about Minnesota Rusco filing for bankruptcy with debts totaling more than $100 million. z.umn.edu/auus
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November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“They were operating this business on the razor’s edge,” Prof. Edward S. Adams quoted in @startribune.com about Minnesota Rusco filing for bankruptcy with debts totaling more than $100 million. z.umn.edu/auus
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Wondering what you can do to help protect and defend the rule of law? It was my pleasure to appear with retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Lillehaug on the first episode of the Hennepin County Bar Association’s Rule of Law 101 podcast.
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Hennepin County Bar Association
Careers Podcast · The Hennepin County Bar Association's new podcast brings HCBA members into conversation with respected guests from across the legal community. Each episode explores timely topics, pe...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Wondering what you can do to help protect and defend the rule of law? It was my pleasure to appear with retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Lillehaug on the first episode of the Hennepin County Bar Association’s Rule of Law 101 podcast.
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Excited to share a new and improved draft of The Limits of Regulating AI Safety Through Liability and Insurance: Lessons From Cybersecurity, co-authored with the brilliant Josephine Wolff. 🧵 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Limits of Regulating AI Safety Through Liability and Insurance: Lessons From Cybersecurity
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly embedded in decision-making, design, and development across public and private sectors, proposals to
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November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Excited to share a new and improved draft of The Limits of Regulating AI Safety Through Liability and Insurance: Lessons From Cybersecurity, co-authored with the brilliant Josephine Wolff. 🧵 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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I am excited to host Tom Schmidt today at the @umnlawschool.bsky.social Public Law Workshop. He will be speaking about his paper with Gillian Metzger, “Some Realism About Constitutional Remedies.” I am looking forward to the conversation!
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I am excited to host Tom Schmidt today at the @umnlawschool.bsky.social Public Law Workshop. He will be speaking about his paper with Gillian Metzger, “Some Realism About Constitutional Remedies.” I am looking forward to the conversation!
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On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @alanrozenshtein.com, and @klonick.bsky.social talked through the week’s big national security news stories, including the Trump administration's airstrikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, and more.
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @alanrozenshtein.com, and @klonick.bsky.social talked through the week’s big national security news stories, including the Trump administration's airstrikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, and more.
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SSRN says I’m one of the top-10 most downloaded law authors of the year. Proof that AI and law is a hot topic—or that my mom has been busy refreshing the download button. hq.ssrn.com/rankings/Ran...
SSRN - SSRN Top 3,000 Law Authors
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November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SSRN says I’m one of the top-10 most downloaded law authors of the year. Proof that AI and law is a hot topic—or that my mom has been busy refreshing the download button. hq.ssrn.com/rankings/Ran...
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I enjoyed being part of this great panel on fixing Louisiana’s homeowners insurance crisis at Tulane Law School.
My main message: lawmakers should create a homeowners insurance exchange—so people can easily shop for coverage on an apples-to-apples basis. murphy.tulane.edu/events/cle-c...
My main message: lawmakers should create a homeowners insurance exchange—so people can easily shop for coverage on an apples-to-apples basis. murphy.tulane.edu/events/cle-c...
CLE Conference on Louisiana's Insurance Crisis: From Risk to Reform | The Murphy Institute
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November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I enjoyed being part of this great panel on fixing Louisiana’s homeowners insurance crisis at Tulane Law School.
My main message: lawmakers should create a homeowners insurance exchange—so people can easily shop for coverage on an apples-to-apples basis. murphy.tulane.edu/events/cle-c...
My main message: lawmakers should create a homeowners insurance exchange—so people can easily shop for coverage on an apples-to-apples basis. murphy.tulane.edu/events/cle-c...
@khickmanjd.bsky.social, associate dean for research & intellectual life, was quoted by E&E News by @politico.com regarding the oral arguments today at the U.S. Supreme Court over whether a legal doctrine should be used against Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policies.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@khickmanjd.bsky.social, associate dean for research & intellectual life, was quoted by E&E News by @politico.com regarding the oral arguments today at the U.S. Supreme Court over whether a legal doctrine should be used against Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policies.
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z.umn.edu/aumv
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Join us @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Law School to launch this new report on civilian harm. November 5.
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Join us @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Law School to launch this new report on civilian harm. November 5.
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I defended the TikTok law, and the courts agreed. But I got the institutions wrong. In @lawfaremedia.org I analyze the 3 institutional betrayals that defined this sorry saga: executive non-enforcement, congressional indifference, and corporate capitulation. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/less...
Lessons Learned From the TikTok Saga
I got the law right but the institutions wrong.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I defended the TikTok law, and the courts agreed. But I got the institutions wrong. In @lawfaremedia.org I analyze the 3 institutional betrayals that defined this sorry saga: executive non-enforcement, congressional indifference, and corporate capitulation. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/less...
Prof. Edward S. Adams, Howard E. Buhse Professor of Finance and Law, was quoted in @startribune.com about interior remodeler Minnesota Rusco suddenly shutting down its business this week. z.umn.edu/auc0
![Faculty in the News: “It’s not unusual for a company to stop operations before filing [for bankruptcy] though the timing can raise questions.” - Prof. Edward Adams; Minnesota Star Tribune logo](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iwszly4g7fb4a5coly4zo26g/bafkreiaaqnlyntcndp4omc677iuuirz5aq24taq6mun4o7ahbevzmrz4lm@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Prof. Edward S. Adams, Howard E. Buhse Professor of Finance and Law, was quoted in @startribune.com about interior remodeler Minnesota Rusco suddenly shutting down its business this week. z.umn.edu/auc0
As general counsel at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Mikka Gee Conway ’11 handles the full range of issues facing small nonprofits and finds creativity and counsel go hand in hand. Conway's creative career path is featured in the latest digital edition of Minnesota Law magazine: z.umn.edu/aubs
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As general counsel at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Mikka Gee Conway ’11 handles the full range of issues facing small nonprofits and finds creativity and counsel go hand in hand. Conway's creative career path is featured in the latest digital edition of Minnesota Law magazine: z.umn.edu/aubs
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I was glad to have an opportunity yesterday to discuss Minnesota’s implementation of its extreme risk protection order process at the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s state conference yesterday, and its role in keeping Minnesotans safe during periods of crisis.
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I was glad to have an opportunity yesterday to discuss Minnesota’s implementation of its extreme risk protection order process at the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s state conference yesterday, and its role in keeping Minnesotans safe during periods of crisis.
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Glad to be a part of this very excellent collection addressing women and the law and practice of counter terrorism @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Glad to be a part of this very excellent collection addressing women and the law and practice of counter terrorism @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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@alanrozenshtein.com recently gave the lecture at the Stranahan National Issues Forum at the University of Toledo College of Law. His lecture topic was “The Unitary Artificial Executive.”
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November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@alanrozenshtein.com recently gave the lecture at the Stranahan National Issues Forum at the University of Toledo College of Law. His lecture topic was “The Unitary Artificial Executive.”
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“For Ni Aolain, the response needs to ‘hold two things at the same time: we need to remember what was great about the radical peace that was achieved here in Northern Ireland – and we need to recall that a better peace is possible”.
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How can we build on the ‘radical peace’ made in Northern Ireland?
Among the UK and Ireland’s greatest successes of the last century has been the achievement of peace in Northern Ireland. Almost three decades on, Larry Attree asked five key experts how peace and s…
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October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“For Ni Aolain, the response needs to ‘hold two things at the same time: we need to remember what was great about the radical peace that was achieved here in Northern Ireland – and we need to recall that a better peace is possible”.
rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/10/16/r...
rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/10/16/r...
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On Oct. 23, @alanrozenshtein.com gave remarks on how artificial intelligence could eliminate many of the remaining constraints on presidential power at the University of Toledo Law School’s Stranahan National Issues Forum. Read his speech: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Unitary Artificial Executive
Previous expansions of presidential power were still constrained by human limitations. Artificial intelligence eliminates those constraints.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On Oct. 23, @alanrozenshtein.com gave remarks on how artificial intelligence could eliminate many of the remaining constraints on presidential power at the University of Toledo Law School’s Stranahan National Issues Forum. Read his speech: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...