Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

06/02/2021

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...

05/15/2021

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2021!

Special congratulations to Jennifer Novo, recipient of our Outstanding Editor Award.

02/18/2021

MJLST is now accepting submissions for Volume 23, published 2021-2022! Please submit papers at

The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (MJLST) invites your submission of a scholarly work for publication. Submissions to MJ...

01/01/2021

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!

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!

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.

07/07/2019

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!

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.

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…