Prof. Jerry Organ presented at two sessions during the annual National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals Conference in June. He discussed professional identity opportunities outside the classroom and changes in ABA Standards.

Prof. Tom Berg spoke with NPR and World about the #SCOTUS decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor. The Court ruled that parents have a right to opt children out of classes with material that violates their religious beliefs. NPR: World:

As part of his summer clerkship at Fafinski Mark & Johnson, 3L Erick Kriewaldt was a guest, along with Nate Snyder, on the firm's podcast to discuss a case in CA about high school athlete transfer rules. Listen at

Prof. Wulf Kaal recently published "How can we Best Monitor AI Agents?" Read it on @SSRN at

Profs. Rachel Moran and Robert Kahn spoke with PolitiFact about President Trump's statement that masks would be banned at protests. Read what they said about a president's authority to enact such a ban, as well as the history of anti-mask laws at

Several St. Thomas Law graduates were recently recognized with awards or elected to take on leadership roles! Read more about them at

Last week, Prof. Mark Osler weighed in on President Trump's pardons for Axios and spoke to MPR about the sentences for the men convicted in a human smuggling plot after an Indian family died on the Canada-U.S. border. Axios: MPR:

Earlier this month, Prof. Neil Hamilton spoke at the annual Bar Admissions Conference in Seattle. He presented with Northeastern School of Law's Hemanth Gundavaram on “Building an Ethical Profession through Curriculum Reform.” Attorney Marie Thomas-Griffith was the moderator.

Prof. Rachel Moran @rachelmoran82 had an extended interview with @kare11's Jana Shortal about the DOJ's motion to dismiss the consent decree for the City of Minneapolis.

Congratulations to our 2025 J.D., LL.M. and M.S.L. graduates! The School of Law celebrated commencement on Saturday, May 17. Read more about the ceremony and this year's class at

Prof. Tom Berg @tcbergmn spoke with Reuters for a story about the U.S. Supreme Court's trend of limiting the application of the Constitution's establishment clause and expanding the application of the free exercise clause.

Congrats to the IP Moot Court Team of 3L Prashant Godishala, 2L Matthew Siegler, 2L Nate Iliff and 3L Eva Stromgren on their successful season! They won the MIPLA Cup for the second straight year and Godishala and Siegler went all the way to nationals.

Prof. Robert Kahn published "The Authoritarian Semiotics of the New Campus Mask Bans." Read it on @SSRN at

Prof. Rachel Moran was interviewed about the DOJ's announcement that it will investigate the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for its policy about considering race in the context of plea offers. WCCO Radio - KSTP TV -

The Akron School of Law's Miller Becker Center for Professional Responsibility invited Prof. David Grenardo to speak about civility in the legal profession as part of its distinguished lecture series. Read his paper which proposes mandatory civility rules:

Prof. Charles Reid, an expert on Canon law, spoke with @pbsnews about how the Catholic church chooses a new pope.

Prof. Teresa Collett moderated a Federalist Society discussion with Eric Baxter, the attorney representing the plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court religious liberty case Mahmoud v. Taylor.

Prof. Ben Carpenter was a guest on @michigan_public Radio's podcast to discuss a Michigan Supreme Court case involving a marital property dispute over a frozen embryo. Carpenter’s scholarship has been widely cited in the case. Listen to the episode at

Research by Prof. Jerry Organ is cited in this story about record high employment for 2024 law grads. #ustlawmn.

RT @SoCalTaxProf: Astonishingly Strong Employment Outcomes For The Class of 2024 by Jerry Organ (@USTLawMN) https:….