Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments.
Date range: November 1, 2019– November 30, 2019
Blanke, Doug
PRESENTATION: 11/5/2019 “Demystifying Law & Policy: A Walk-in Session for Anyone Working on Food Systems Law & Policy Change”
Doug Blanke, Ross Daniels, Amanda Karls, and Susan Weisman, of the Public Health Law Center attended the 2019 Food Justice Summit in Duluth, Minnesota, and co-presented on food system law and policy change.
INVITATION: 11/5/2019 Local Solutions Support Center and the American Heart Association
Doug Blanke, Joelle Lester and Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center took part in a meeting in Washington, D.C., to help coordinate the response of public interest groups to the use of preemption against local legislation that would improve health, the environment, and racial, social and economic justice. Local Solutions Support Center and the American Heart Association organized the meeting.
Cork, Kerry
PRESENTATION: 11/4/2019 “Finished with Menthol: Local Authority to Restrict the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products”
Kerry Cork of the Public Health Law Center presented on restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
PUBLICATION: 11/15/2019 NewsBrief
Kerry Cork of the Public Health Law Center published an article in the National Association of Local Boards of Health’s quarterly NewsBrief (Fall 2019) titled “Juul & All That Jazz.”
Daniels, Ross
PRESENTATION: 11/5/2019 “Demystifying Law & Policy: A Walk-in Session for Anyone Working on Food Systems Law & Policy Change”
Ross Daniels, Amanda Karls, Susan Weisman, and Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center attended the 2019 Food Justice Summit in Duluth, Minnesota, and co-presented on food system law and policy change.
Freiberg, Mike
PRESENTATION: 11/13/2019 “Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing: Policy Approaches”
Mike Freiberg of the Public Health Law Center gave a presentation about smoke-free housing at the Public Health Law Center’s Midwestern States Tobacco Control Managers meeting at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
Hemmerich, Natalie
PRESENTATION: 11/4/2019 “A Tale of Two Establishments: Regulation of Tobacco Retailers and Marijuana Dispensaries/Retailers in Local Laws”
Natalie Hemmerich of the Public Health Law Center presented on tobacco and marijuana regulation at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
PRESENTATION: 11/6/2019 “Extensions and an Epidemic: The FDA’s Regulation of JUUL and E-Cigarettes”
Natalie Hemmerich of the Public Health Law Center presented on FDA regulation of e-cigarettes at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Janus, Eric
PRESENTATION: 11/22/2019 Burdens of Proof
Professor Eric Janus presented a CLE to the administrative law judges of the Department of Human Services on the topic of Burdens of Proof.
Jenson, Desmond
MEDIA: 11/18/2019 Marketplace
Desmond Jenson of the Public Health Law Center was interviewed for a segment about federal inaction on banning e-cigarette flavors on National Public Radio’s Marketplace.
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/the-mustang-goes-electric/
MEDIA: 11/18/2019 The Columbus Dispatch
Desmond Jenson of the Public Health Law Center was quoted in an article about the similarities between the tobacco industry and the e-cigarette industry in the Columbus Dispatch titled “Vape companies borrow from Big Tobacco ad playbook.”
https://www.dispatch.com/news/20191118/vape-companies-borrow-from-big-tobacco-ad-playbook/1
MEDIA: 11/26/2019 Slate: What Next Podcast
Desmond Jenson of the Public Health Law Center was interviewed about federal inaction on e-cigarettes on Slate’s What Next Podcast in a segment titled “How Vaping Escaped Stiff Regulation Why don’t we know exactly what’s in our e-cigarettes?”
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2019/11/how-the-vaping-industry-got-the-jump-on-fda-regulators
Karls, Amanda
PRESENTATION: 11/5/2019 “Demystifying Law & Policy: A Walk-in Session for Anyone Working on Food Systems Law & Policy Change”
Amanda Karls, Susan Weisman, Doug Blanke, and Ross Daniels of the Public Health Law Center attended the 2019 Food Justice Summit in Duluth, Minnesota, and co-presented on food system law and policy change.
Kingston, Hudson
PRESENTATION: 11/5/2019 “A Tough Nut to Crack: Taking an Equity-Focused Approach to Betelnut Regulation”
Hudson Kingston of the Public Health Law Center presented on betelnut regulation at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
PRESENTATION: 11/5/2019 “Smoke on the Water: Identifying Tobacco Industry Environmental Externalities and Policy Solutions to Know”
Hudson Kingston of the Public Health Law Center presented on the environmental consequences of the commercial tobacco industry at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
PRESENTATION: 11/19/2019 “LA Takes the Lead: Flavored Tobacco Restrictions”
Hudson Kingston of the Public Health Law Center presented on flavored tobacco restrictions in Los Angeles, California.
Larson, David
MEDIA: 11/4/2019 Duluth News Tribune
Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by the Duluth News Tribune regarding the fact that employees in Minnesota have a statutory right to be absent from work in order to vote without penalty or deduction from their salary or wages, the limitations and conditions of this right, and whether employees are generally aware that they have this right.
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/government-and-politics/4754713-Duluth-business-owners-offer-paid-t
Lester, Joelle
INVITATION: 11/19/2019 Local Solutions Support Center and the American Heart Association
Joelle Lester, Mark Meaney, and Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center took part in a meeting in Washington, D.C., to help coordinate the response of public interest groups to the use of preemption against local legislation that would improve health, the environment, and racial, social and economic justice. Local Solutions Support Center and the American Heart Association organized the meeting.
Meaney, Mark
MEDIA: 11/1/2019 Wate (ABC affiliate)
Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center was interviewed for a Wate (ABC) television news segment titled “Tennessee and Virginia have fewer vaping regulations than some states” about state-level e-cigarette regulation.
https://www.wate.com/news/tennessee-and-virginia-have-fewer-vaping-regulations-than-some-states/
PRESENTATION: 11/15/2019 “How Policy Can Play a Key Role in Health Equity”
Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center gave the keynote presentation at the California Rising: Empowering Communities to Advance Health Equity Conference in Sacramento, California.
INVITATION: 11/19/2019 Local Solutions Support Center and the American Heart Association
Mark Meaney, Doug Blanke, and Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center took part in a meeting in Washington, D.C., to help coordinate the response of public interest groups to the use of preemption against local legislation that would improve health, the environment, and racial, social and economic justice. Local Solutions Support Center and the American Heart Association organized the meeting.
Pope, Thaddeus
EVENT: 11/1/2019 28th Annual National Health Law Moot Court Competition
Professor Thaddeus Pope and alumnus Joseph Van Thomme coached two teams for the 28th Annual National Health Law Moot Court Competition. At the end of October, Professor Pope and the two teams travelled to the competition at Southern Illinois University. Both teams advanced to the octo-finals. One team advanced to the semi-finals. Carly Johnson and Kaelyn Holgerson won third place overall of 30 teams. Jane Blaney was recognized as 4th best oralist. Marquis Tapplin was recognized as 5th best oralist.
https://law.siu.edu/academics/center-programs/health-law-policy/health-competition.html
PUBLICATION: 11/1/2019 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article “Assistance with Eating and Drinking Only When Requested Can Prevent Living with Advanced Dementia,” appeared in 20(11) JAMDA 1353-1355 (2019) (with Ladislav Volicer and Karl Steinberg).
https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(19)30655-3/fulltext
PRESENTATION: 11/7/2019 Law on Decision Making Capacity
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented on “Law on Decision Making Capacity” to the Dementia and the Ethics of Choosing When to Die Project Work Group at THE HASTINGS CENTER New York City.
PRESENTATION: 11/8/2019 VSED Law
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented on VSED Law at the Dementia and the Ethics of Choosing When to Die Project Work Group at THE HASTINGS CENTER in New York City.
PRESENTATION: 11/18/2019 End-of-Life Ethics
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “End-of-Life Ethics” at BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Provo, Utah.
MEDIA: 11/22/2019 Michigan Public Radio
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the Stateside article, “When Is Someone Really Dead? The Complicated Ethics Behind Diagnosing Brain Death,” for MICHIGAN PUBLIC RADIO
https://www.michiganradio.org/post/when-someone-really-dead-complicated-ethics-behind-diagnosing-brain-deat
PRESENTATION: 11/22/2019 Minnesota is Ready for the End of Life Options Act: Evolving Status of Medical Aid in Dying
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented, “Minnesota is Ready for the End of Life Options Act: Evolving Status of Medical Aid in Dying” at the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CENTER FOR BIOETHICS, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
https://www.bioethics.umn.edu/education/ethics-grand-rounds/past-events
PRESENTATION: 11/22/2019 Strategies for Effective Advance Directives
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Strategies for Effective Advance Directives” to the MINNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Weisman, Susan
PRESENTATION: 11/5/2019 “Demystifying Law & Policy: A Walk-in Session for Anyone Working on Food Systems Law & Policy Change”
Susan Weisman, Doug Blanke, Ross Daniels, and Amanda Karls of the Public Health Law Center attended the 2019 Food Justice Summit in Duluth, Minnesota, and co-presented on food system law and policy change.