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On this episode, the Inaugural Matheson Lecture: Navigating Uncharted Skies: Corporate Leadership in a Time of Crisis, Minnesota Law alumnus Peter Carter ‘91 explores the decision making process during the global coronavirus pandemic at Delta Air Lines. Peter Carter ’91 has served as Delta’s Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since July of 2015. As Chief Legal Officer, Peter oversees Delta’s legal, regulatory, compliance, government affairs and corporate strategy groups worldwide and serves on the Delta Leadership Committee. The Matheson Lecture in Corporate Governance is a newly endowed lecture series created to highlight the valuable work being done within the Minnesota Law Corporate Institute. Providing opening remarks is Garry W. Jenkins, Dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law at Minnesota Law. This lecture was recorded on October 18th, 2021. It is also available for viewing on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast network, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool. Find a transcript of this podcast at: https://z.umn.edu/Ep14Transcript Watch the video of the event here: https://youtu.be/_6CVT96K8Qk

On this episode of LawTalk, Supporting Our Community Through Legal Education and Outreach, discusses the work that three Minnesota Law students completed during their fellowship program at the Legal Rights Center. They highlighted how they prioritized educating the public on the legal process and first amendment rights connected to the prosecution of former Minneapolis police officers in the killing of George Floyd and related protests. The student fellow panelists include: 2Ls Emanual Williams, Mica Standing Soldier, and Tony Sanchez. Sarah Davis, the Executive Director at the Legal Rights Center, also joined the webinar panel discussion. The event was moderated by Professor Mary Moriarty ’89, Former Chief Public Defender of Hennepin County. This webinar discussion was recorded on October 7th, 2021. It is also available for viewing on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast network, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool. Find a transcript of this podcast at: https://z.umn.edu/Ep13Transcript Watch the video of the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqWvq_8dDbw&t=1s

This episode, 20 Years of the Global War on Terror: Minnesota’s Leadership Defending the Rule of Law, discusses the impact of 9/11 and the “global war on terror” that was waged in response. The featured panelists for this event are: Amy Bergquist -- who coordinates advocacy at the UN and with regional human rights bodies. Focus areas include LGBTI rights, discrimination based on sexual orientation/gender identity, rights of minorities and non-citizens, and the death penalty. Hon. Jeffrey Keyes -- is a retired United States Magistrate Judge in the District of Minnesota.Since retiring from the bench in April 2016, Mr. Keyes has been actively engaged as a mediator and arbitrator in a wide variety of cases including intellectual property disputes. Nicole Moen -- is a shareholder and the co-chair of the Business Litigation Department of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Moen has also devoted considerable time to pro bono matters, and was part of a team of Fredrikson lawyers who represented a Guantanamo detainee for several years. Major Todd Pierce - retired from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps on November 30, 2012, where he had served as Military Commissions Defense Counsel representing Guantanamo prisoners beginning in 2008. Peter Thompson - practiced criminal law in Minnesota for 33 years. As an Assistant United States Attorney and Federal Public Defender, he prosecuted and defended federal criminal cases for seven years.Thompson has also been active with Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights regarding war crimes and human rights investigations in Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Haiti, India, Cambodia, and represented immigrants applying for political asylum in the United States. The keynote speaker is Fionnuala Ní Aoláin. Ni Aolain holds the Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society and is the faculty director of the Human Rights Center at Minnesota Law. In 2017, Professor Ní Aoláin was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council as United Nations Special Rapporteur. In this capacity she works closely with states and United Nations entities to advance human rights protections in some of the most difficult contexts globally. The event was moderated by Amanda Lyons, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at Minnesota Law. Providing opening remarks is Garry W. Jenkins, Dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law at Minnesota Law. This Human Rights Center event was recorded on September 15, 2021. Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast network, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool.

This episode, Insights from the Bench: A Panel Discussion with High Court Justices, features three Minnesota Law alumni who serve on the highest court in their state who will participate in a moderated discussion on timely and critical judicial topics. The three featured Minnesota Law alumni panelists are: Justice Barry Anderson served on the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1998 until his appointment to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2004. Prior to serving on the bench he was a partner in the law firm of Arnold, Anderson & Dove, PLLP and served the City of Hutchinson, MN as City Attorney from 1987 to 1998. Justice Natalie Hudson was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2015. Prior to that, she served on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Hudson's professional experience also includes serving as a staff attorney with Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, associate attorney at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at Hamline University School of Law and an attorney for the City of St. Paul. Until her appointment to the Court of Appeals, she was employed with the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, primarily in the Criminal Appellate Division. Justice Janine Kern was appointed to the Supreme Court of South Dakota in 2014. Prior to serving on the court, Justice Kern worked in the Attorney General’s Office serving in the appellate division, drug prosecution unit, and as Director of the Litigation Division. She was appointed a Circuit Court Judge in 1996 in the Seventh Judicial Circuit and served 18 years on the trial court bench. The event was moderated by Judge LaJune Lange ’78. Judge Lange began her legal career with the Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office until appointed to the bench. Judge Lange served as a Fourth Judicial District Court Judge in Minnesota handling complex civil and criminal cases until her recent retirement after 21 years on the bench. In her retirement, Judge Lange is Honorary Consul of South Africa in Minnesota; President of the International Leadership Institute; serves as Senior Fellow with the Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs; and is an adjunct faculty member at St. Thomas School of Law. This event was part of the Spring Alumni Week 2021 and was recorded on April 20, 2021. Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast network, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool. Find a transcript of this podcast at: https://z.umn.edu/Ep11Transcript

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. On this episode, Professor Stein's Great Cases: Brown v Board of Education, Professor Robert Stein '61 discusses the pivotal United States Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education - using a broad historical, political, and legal analysis to address both the case itself as well as the way it shaped our nation. Professor Robert A. Stein ’61 is the Everett Fraser Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. From 1994 to 2006, Professor Stein was the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bar Association (ABA). Prior to that, Professor Stein was Dean of the Law School from 1979 to 1994 and was the first William S. Pattee Professor of Law from 1990 until 1994. Before becoming Dean of the Law School, Professor Stein was Vice President for Administration and Planning of the University from 1977 to 1979. Professor Stein joined the faculty of the Law School in 1964. Professor Stein currently teaches a course titled the Supreme Court and Great Cases that have Shaped the Nation, a Law School favorite and the materials from the course from which Prof. Stein will share on this episode of LawTalk. This event was part of the Spring Alumni Week 2021 panel series. This event was recorded on April 23, 2021. Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast network, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool. Find a transcript of this podcast at: https://z.umn.edu/Ep10Transcript

his episode Transforming Public Safety: Changing the Law to Make Policing More Accountable, Equitable, and Just discusses what states and municipalities can do to reduce the harms of policing and promote a more holistic vision of public safety. The program features three national policing experts on the next steps for reform: Maria Ponomarenko , Associate Professor of Law at Minnesota Law. She is the Co-founder and Counsel at the Policing Project at NYU Law, and an Associate Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Principles of the Law: Policing project. Monica Bell, an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and an Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale University. Her areas of expertise include criminal justice, welfare law, housing, race and the law, qualitative research methods, and law and sociology. And Walter Katz, Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures. He has more than two decades in public service, beginning with a 17-year tenure as a public defender in Southern California through his 2017 appointment as Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Safety in the administration of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. This event was sponsored by the University of Minnesota Law School Board of Advisors and Academic Engagement Committee This event was recorded on May 20, 2021. Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool. Find a transcript of this podcast at: https://z.umn.edu/Ep9Transcript

This episode “Tribal Practice: Perspectives from Tribal Judges and Practitioners” explores a variety of perspectives on practicing law in Indian Country. The program featured three distinguished speakers with diverse backgrounds and experiences in Indian law: Sara Van Norman, founder of Van Norman Law, PLLC in Minneapolis Vanya Hogen, an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe who has practiced Indian law for 25 years. Dennis Puzz, who has served Indian Country in a variety of roles including as Executive Director for the Yurok Tribe and Staff Attorney for the Forest County Potawatomi Community. Rjay Brunkow, the Chief Executive Officer of Indian Land Capital Company, moderated the conversation and audience members were given the opportunity to ask questions at the end. This event was sponsored by the University of Minnesota Law School Board of Advisors’ Academic Engagement Committee. And was originally recorded on April 22, 2021. Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool. Find a transcript of this podcast at: https://z.umn.edu/Ep8Transcript

This episode “Talking Sports Law with Hakeem Onafowokan” explores the career path of Minnesota Law Class of 2015 graduate Hakeem Onafowokan and his journey from law student to his current role as corporate counsel at NASCAR. Career Counselor Hallie Prest kicks off the discussion with opening remarks, followed by a conversation with Hakeem Onafowokan moderated by 2L Tarun Sharma. The program concludes with questions from the audience. This event was co-sponsored by Minnesota Law’s Office of Admissions and Career Center. If you’re thinking of attending law school and would like to join our community of lawyer-leaders, visit the admissions page at: law.umn.edu/admissions This webinar was originally recorded on March 16th, 2021. Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool. Find a transcript of this podcast at: https://z.umn.edu/Ep7Transcript