Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty and staff on their accomplishments!
Date Range: January 1-31, 2025
Pope, Thaddeus
PUBLICATION: 1/15/2025 Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking
Professor Thaddeus Pope completed the semi-annual update to the treatise, The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decision-making (Third Edition) published by Wolters Kluwer. The book and updates are co-authored by Alan Meisel and Kathy L. Cerminara.
PUBLICATION: 1/15/2025 Journal of Pain and Sympton Management
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Mr. Smith Has No Mealtimes: Minimal Comfort Feeding in Advanced Dementia” was published in volume 69(2) of the Journal of Pain and Sympton Management. Hope Wechkin and five others co-authored the article.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885392424011163
PUBLICATION: 1/15/2025 Indiana International & Comparative Law Review
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Deep and Continuous Palliative Sedation without Artificial Nutrition And Hydration: an International Review was published in volume 35 of the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review. Richard Liu and April Xiaoyi Xu co-authored the article.
https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law-reviews/iiclr/contents.html
PUBLICATION: 1/15/2025 Journal of Aid-in-Dying
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking as a Bridge to Medical Aid in Dying was published in volume 2(1) of the Journal of Aid-in-Dying. Professor Lisa Brodoff of the University of Seattle School of Law co-authored the article.
https://www.aadm.org/journal
PUBLICATION: 1/15/2025 Journal of Aid-in-Dying Medicine
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Written Consent Forms with Remote Witnesses” was published in volume 2(1) of the Journal of Aid-in-Dying Medicine.
https://www.aadm.org/journal
PRESENTATION: 1/24/2025 “Bridge to Nowhere – Can ECMO Be Withdrawn over Patient/Family Objections?”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Bridge to Nowhere – Can ECMO Be Withdrawn over Patient/Family Objections?” at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting held January 24-26 in Los Angeles, California.
Pottratz-Acosta, Ana
MEDIA: 1/22/2025 KSTP News
Professor Ana Pottratz Acosta was interviewed on the January 22, 2025 KSTP News story, “MPD stands by immigration policy as Trump administration issues warning for cities, states.”
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/mpd-stands-by-immigration-policy-as-trump-administration-issues-warning
MEDIA: 1/22/2025 KMSP Fox 9 News
Professor Ana Pottratz Acosta was interviewed on the January 22, 2025 KMSP Fox 9 News story, “Minneapolis leaders hold firm on immigration policy despite threats from Trump admin.”
https://www.fox9.com/news/justice-department-threatens-investigate-prosecute-local-officials-over-immigration
MEDIA: 1/30/2025 MinnPost
Professor Ana Pottratz Acosta was quoted in the January 30, 2025 MinnPost article, “Trump administration readying new ‘Muslim ban’ that would affect Minnesota’s Somalis and foreign students.”
https://www.minnpost.com/national/2025/01/trump-administration-readying-new-muslim-ban-that-would-affect
MEDIA: 1/31/2025 TPT Almanac
Professor Ana Pottratz Acosta was a guest on the January 31, 2025 edition of TPT’s Almanac program for the segment, “Laken Riley Act and Mass Deportations.”
https://www.tpt.org/almanac/video/laken-riley-act-and-mass-deportations-nnssju/