A cutting-edge multidisciplinary journal focused on the intersection of law, health, the sciences, and bioethics.
The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology is a cutting-edge multidisciplinary journal focusing on law, health, the sciences, and bioethics. The journal is edited by students with a Faculty Editorial Advisory Board drawn from across the University of Minnesota. MJLST tackles issues in intellectual property, technology policy and innovation, bioethics, and law and science, while maintaining
06/02/2021
Law Schools Are Lagging in AI Instruction, Newly Released MJLST Analysis Indicates When a person writes software, makes a medical diagnosis, creates art or orders a drone strike, the law resolves many issues that arise. Take the coder, the physician, the artist or the military leader out the picture — as artificial intelligence (AI) is doing and increasingly promises to do — a...
CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2021!
Special congratulations to Jennifer Novo, recipient of our Outstanding Editor Award.
MJLST is now accepting submissions for Volume 23, published 2021-2022! Please submit papers at
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (MJLST) invites your submission of a scholarly work for publication. Submissions to MJ...
Happy New Year from JLST!
09/16/2020
Please join MJLST this Friday, September 18th at 1 pm (CT) for "Facial Recognition Technology and Its Algorithmic Racial Bias." Registration is free!
Facial Recognition Technology and Its Algorithmic Racial Bias Many look to technology as a potential answer to remove bias from policing and promote fairness in courtroom proceedings. Technology as a tool may help remove some human biases but may create other problems. This panel will explore some of the implications of the growing use of video and AI technolo...
08/06/2020
Staff of Vol. 21
08/11/2019
Hey spacelaw fans: The Perseid Meteor shower peaks tonight. Set your alarms for 4 AM!
The 2019 Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Soon: Here's What to Expect August is regarded as "meteor month" with the appearance of one of the best displays of the year: the annual performance of the Perseid meteor shower, the most famous of all meteor showers.
Orientation emails...sent! We're all ready to start work on another exciting volume of MJLST!
03/02/2018
Great to have former Editor-in-Chief Tim Joyce writing for us again. For the record, we like your Linkedin Picture. Read his blog post about the photographer who didn't and how they illegally used his photographs to promote their business!
Say it to My Face: Why You Don’t Get to Use My Old LinkedIn Headshot to Promote Your Business, Even If You Took My New One Tim Joyce, Former MJLST Editor-in-Chief [This article unintentionally picks back up on a more theoretical LawSci Forum post from spring 2017 by Travis Waller.] The Situation A …
03/02/2018
Wait, what does that emoji mean? 🤔 Read Kirk's blog about how Court's interpret emojis and how the sender and recipient might look at them differently on different devices.
Judicial Interpretation of Emojis and Emoticons Kirk Johnson, MJLST Staffer In 2016, the original 176 emojis created by Shigetaka Kurita were enshrined in New York’s Museum of Modern Art as just that: art. Today, a smartphone contains app…