In addition to enjoying the high regard of their colleagues at other schools, our professors respect, support, and critically challenge one another's work. This collegial environment contributes significantly to the creative scholarship and excellence in teaching for which Minnesota is known. Indeed, the rigorous standards by which the faculty judges its own scholarship are directly connected to the vitality of classroom instruction. Professors who are actively examining issues critical to the development of the law naturally bring the life of their inquiry into their teaching. The scholarly and professional activities of our faculty directly involve many of them in policy matters affecting the state, the federal government, and the international community.
Articles cover topics from domestic abuse law to legal ethics.
Casebooks and supplements, either recently published or in progress, include legislation, federal taxation of corporations and stockholders, a history of the American Constitution, corporations, environmental law, property law, constitutional law, evidence, civil procedure, international human rights, the Uniform Commercial Code, family law, property law, probate, trusts and estates, and criminal justice. This scholarship is encouraged as essential to the development of the faculty, the furtherance of our educational mission, and the life of the Law School. Brief descriptions of the faculty and their selected accomplishments are presented later in this catalog. The lawyers and judges who compose our adjunct and legal writing faculty are identified in this section also. Our students bring their own accomplished records to the Law School, with academic credentials among the highest in the country.