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Immigrants, those with legal status and those without, individuals returning from incarceration, and individuals with time-consuming childcare and other family obligations often look to start microenterprises like street vending to provide for themselves and their families. However, many municipalities in...

Government surveillance capabilities have always been a matter of public concern, but the current pandemic makes the issue especially salient. We set out to discover what Americans think of government surveillance during this crisis. Americans have been inundated with media...

We need a legal stimulus. Not just a stimulus that is legal, but one that provides legal aid. That is why any further congressional stimulus should allocate additional funds specifically for legal services to individuals who, as a result of...

Introduction Liberal democracy cannot survive without a vibrant, free, and pluralist press. The venerable Fourth Estate has long served to hold the powerful to account, inform the electorate, and provide a forum for debate about vital issues of the day.[1]...

In the summer of 1977, several families living in Tyler, Texas received a letter informing them that their children were no longer eligible to attend public school—unless they could pay $1,000 in tuition. Nine-year-old Alfredo Lopez should have been starting...

U.S. courts have, time and again, struck down genus claims for undue experimentation. The most recent blow came last year in Amgen v. Sanofi, when the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court’s ruling that Amgen’s patent on antibodies with a...

By David Lamb. Full Text. At the same time that the deadly toll of gun violence continues to grow in the U.S., now taking nearly 50,000 lives per year, federal lawmakers and courts have increasingly constrained government authorities’ tools for...

By: Sophia Antonio, Volume 109 Staff Member Former presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK), dominated the summer news cycle with bizarre controversies. [1] RFK dropped out of the presidential race, where he ran as a third-party candidate, on August...

By DAVID A. HOFFMAN & RICK SWEDLOFF. Full Text. Contract boilerplate degrading consumers' litigation options is omnipresent, but a little mysterious. And that's not just because no one reads it. We know that terms mandating arbitration, exculpating liability, requiring individualized...

By Callan Showers, Volume 108 Staff Member On November 2, 2023, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether Donald Trump can lawfully appear on Minnesota’s ballots in the 2024 Presidential election due to his participation in efforts to...

The emergence of Chat GPT has once again sparked a wave of information revolution in generative artificial intelligence. This article provides a detailed overview of the development and technical support of generative artificial intelligence. It conducts an in-depth analysis of...

Experto Crede is the official Minnesota Law Review podcast. Listen to the latest episodes on Soundcloud, Spotify, or iTunes! Season 5 5.1 How the Liberal First Amendment Under-Protects Democracy with Professor Tabatha Abu El-Haj The guest for this episode is...

By: Will Roberts, Volume 108 Staff Member I. MECHANISMS FOR FIREARMS INDUSTRY LIABILITY In 2005, Congress enacted the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) which significantly shielded members of the firearms industry from civil liability for over a...

By Shannon Schooley, Volume 108 Staff Member In 2023, Minnesota legalized recreational cannabis.[1] Although Minnesota followed twenty-two states and the District of Columbia in doing so,[2] its legal landscape presents unique regulatory challenges.[3] Minnesota’s full-scale recreational legalization comes on the...

By ANNEMARIE FOY. Full Text. Millions of people owe money to the government as a consequence of a criminal charge. But while some of that debt is tied to fines or restitution, much of it is levied as fees, or...

By Benjamin Albert Halevy, Volume 108 Staff Member From pull-tab vending machines at bars to tribe-owned casinos sporting slot machines and blackjack tables, Minnesota is no stranger to gambling within its borders. Yet, sports gambling, the fastest growing sector of...

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They still call it “Music City,” but Nashville has earned a few other distinctions. It’s perennially on the list of America’s friendliest cities. It has been named the nation’s No. 1 smartest place to live.Nashville is built upon an ecosystem...

2026 Winter Mingle January 28th, 2026 at the Music City Center in Nashville, TNThis year’s Winter Mingle will take a slightly different approach, bringing together all VLS students for the event. It’s an excellent opportunity to connect with students and...

Many Americans are worrying about whether they will soon be living in a post-democracy autocracy. But in the meantime, they may already be living in a crypto-fueled kleptocracy. Less than one year into his second…The postCrypto Kleptocracyappeared first onMichigan Law...

For decades, private plaintiffs have brought claims to enforce key provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Recent decisions have tossed out these claims on the ground that enforcement authority lies solely with the Attorney…The postCurbing Private Enforcement of the...

The Virginia Law Review (VLR) Online is excited to announce the topic for our second annual essay competition. This competition is open to all current law students (including LLMs) and recent graduates (from the Classes of 2018–2021) from any ABA-accredited...

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Introduction Imagine you are charged with a felony. You are indigent, so the judge appoints a lawyer to represent you. Several months later, you are convicted and sentenced to almost nine years in prison. To your surprise, however, you are...