Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments.
Date range: March 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021
Blanke, Doug
PRESENTATION: 3/24/2021 “Making Global Health Policy: The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ”
Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center presented “Making Global Health Policy: The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, ” a guest lecture remotely delivered to the Global Public Health class at the University of Indiana School of Public Health.
PRESENTATION: 3/31/2021 “Litigation as a Public Health Strategy”
Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center presented “Litigation as a Public Health Strategy,” a remotely delivered lecture to the Public Health Law course at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Hemmerich, Natalie
PRESENTATION: 3/9/2021 “Federal Tobacco 21: Considerations for Tribal Communities”
Natalie Hemmerich of the Public Health Law Center presented “Federal Tobacco 21: Considerations for Tribal Communities,” as part of a Center webinar with co-presenters from the American Indian Cancer Foundation.
https://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/webinar/federal-tobacco-21-considerations-tribal-communities
Hermer, Laura
PRESENTATION: 3/19/2021 “Biden’s Obamacare: ACA Expectations at the Federal and State Level”
Professor Laura Hermer virtually presented “Biden’s Obamacare: ACA Expectations at the Federal and State Level” to the MSBA Health Law Section on March 19, 2021.
Janus, Eric
SSRN TOP TEN LIST: 3/15/2021 SSRN Top Ten List
Professor Eric Janus’ paper, “AIDS and the Law: Setting and Evaluating Threshold Standards for Coercive Public Health Intervention” was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for PublicHealthRN: HIV & Public Health (Topic).
OTHER: 3/15/2021 Sex Offender Litigation and Policy Listserv
Professor Eric Janus, Guy Hamilton-Smith, and the grant-funded Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center, have established a new listserv for lawyers and social scientists working on impact litigation or legislative reform about so-called regulatory schemes aimed at individuals with prior convictions for sex offenses.
MEDIA: 3/17/2021 Star Tribune
Professor Eric Janus was quoted in the March 17, 2021, Star Tribune article, “Decades after Wetterling abduction, a growing push to take juveniles off state’s predatory registry.”
https://www.startribune.com/decades-after-wetterling-abduction-a-growing-push-to-take-juveniles-off-state-s-pre
PRESENTATION: 3/23/2021 Blended JD Program Presentation
Professor Eric Janus spoke on the establishment of Mitchell Hamline’s Blended JD program at a program jointly held on March 23 by the faculties of Cleveland Marshall College of Law and Akron Law School.
MEDIA: 3/28/2021 Star Tribune
Professor Eric Janus was quoted in the March 28, 2021, Star Tribune Editorial Board editorial, “It’s time to reform or end the filibuster.”
https://www.startribune.com/it-s-time-to-reform-or-end-the-filibuster/600039711/
Larson, David
PRESENTATION: 3/2/2021 “ODR and Access for Persons with Disabilities”
Professor David Allen Larson presented “ODR and Access for Persons with Disabilities” at the international Virtual Forum on Online Dispute Resolution hosted by the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution on March 2, 2021.
PRESENTATION: 3/2/2021 “ODR and Access for Persons with Disabilities”
Professor David Allen Larson presented “ODR and Access for Persons with Disabilities” at the international Virtual Forum on Online Dispute Resolution hosted by the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution.
MEDIA: 3/8/2021 ThinkTech Hawaii
Professor David Allen Larson was a guest on the ThinkTech Hawaii videocast, “Teaching Young People Globally.”
The program focused on Professor Larson’s experience teaching students in the United States, China, and Australia. Professor Russell Leu also was a guest for the program. Honolulu, Hawaii, March 8th, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV5ZGU2mHS8
MEDIA: 3/9/2021 Minnesota Lawyer
Professor David Allen Larson was quoted in the March 9, 2021, Minnesota Lawyer article, “Judge rejects doctor’s bid to halt vaccine-counseling proceeding.”
https://minnlawyer.com/2021/03/09/judge-rejects-doctors-bid-to-halt-vaccine-counseling-proceeding/
Pope, Thaddeus
MEDIA: 3/1/2021 Medical Ethics Advisor
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the March 1, 2021, Medical Ethics Advisor article, “Court Ruling on Life Support Withdrawal Affects Ethics Committees.”
https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/147624-court-ruling-on-life-support-withdrawal-affects-ethics-committees
MEDIA: 3/1/2021 Medical Ethics Advisor
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the March 1, Medical Ethics Advisor article, “Court Ruling on Life Support Withdrawal Affects Ethics Committees.”
https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/147624-court-ruling-on-life-support-withdrawal-affects-ethics-committees
PRESENTATION: 3/4/2021 “Importance of Bioethics for Post-Acute Care: Compliance and Risk Management Benefits”
Professor Thaddeus Pope, along with Christine Wilson, presented “Importance of Bioethics for Post-Acute Care: Compliance and Risk Management Benefits” at the American Health Law Association’s Long Term Care and the Law Conference held March 4, 2021.
PUBLICATION: 3/15/2021 Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
A Compassionate, Widely-Available Option for Hastening Death Oxford University Press announced the publication of Professor Thaddeus Pope’s book, Voluntarily Stopping
Eating and Drinking A Compassionate, Widely-Available Option for Hastening Death. The book, co-edited with Timothy E. Quill, Paul T. Menzel, and Judith K. Schwarz, will be available in July.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/hastening-death-by-voluntarily-stopping-eating-and-drinking-97801900
INTERNATIONAL TEACHING: 3/15/2021 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics at University of Ottawa
Professor Thaddeus Pope has begun his term as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa Among other activities, he is a consultant on the Death Definition and Determination Project, a multidisciplinary project by Canadian Blood Services, the Canadian Critical Care Society, and the Canadian Medical Association. He is also a consultant on the International Donation and Transplantation Legislative and Policy Forum, co-hosted by Transplant Québec, Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, and Canadian Blood Services. Professor Pope also submitted extensive comments on three policies open for consultation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the provincial medical board regulator of physicians.
MEDIA: 3/18/2021 Neurology Today
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the March 18, 2021, Neurology Today article, “A Dearth of Protocols to Address Lawful Physician-Hastened Death.”
https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2021/03180/A_Dearth_of_Protocols_to_Address_Lawful.5.a
PRESENTATION: 3/24/2021 “Brain Death: Legal Constructs and Complications”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Brain Death: Legal Constructs and Complications” at the University of Chicago Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society Brain Death Conference held March 24-25, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieX-kYAVEgc&t=2234s