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Faculty News, Awards & Grants
Tom Cotter was appointed the Law School’s associate dean of research and planning. Cotter joined the Law School in 2006. His teaching and scholarship focus on intellectual property law, antitrust, and law and economics. He is a prolific scholar who has written many books and articles, including those published in the California Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal, the Iowa Law Review, the Minnesota Law Review, and others.
Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight
University Professor, last May testified virtually before the Minnesota Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee in support of legislation to prohibit employers from asking job applicants about their pay history.
Kristin Hickman’s article with
Allan Erbsen was named the Popham, Haik, Schnobrich/ Lindquist & Vennum Professor of Law. Erbsen teaches and writes in the areas of civil procedure and federal courts. The Popham, Haik, Schnobrich/Lindquist & Vennum Professorship was created in 1987 and was previously held by Professor Emeritus Fred Morrison.
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Gerald Kerska ’17 “Restoring the Lost Anti-Injunction Act” (103 Va. L. Rev. 1683, 2017), was cited by Justice Elena Kagan for a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in its May 2021 opinion in CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service. The article, and a subsequent amicus brief filed by Hickman in the case, offered extensive statutory and historical analysis in favor of reading the Anti-Injunction Act narrowly to allow the taxpayer’s case to proceed.
Joan Howland, associate dean for information and technology, was named the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Robert J. Kutak Award. The annual award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to the collaboration of the academy, the bench, and the bar. In addition, Howland received the American Association of Law Libraries 2021 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award for her work co-editing Academic Law Libraries Within the Changing Landscape of Legal Education: A Primer for Deans and Provosts. Howland was also elected to the board of governors of the International Association of Law Schools.
William McGeveran was named
the Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett Professor of Law.
