Author

Dorit Reiss

Professor Shen is a Professor of Law and McKnight Presidential Fellow at the University of Minnesota Law School, where he joined the faculty as an associate professor in 2012. In fall 2017, Francis X. Shen became the third Senior Fellow in Law and Neuroscience at the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center. He was previously a Visiting Scholar at the Center in spring 2015.
  • Health Law Policy

    New York’s Strict Vaccine Mandate Goes to Court

    By Dorit Reiss On June 13, 2019 New York repealed the religious exemption from its school immunization mandates. While the actual repeal went fast – the bill passed the Assembly health committee, the Assembly floor,…

    New York’s Strict Vaccine Mandate Goes to Court

    Photograph of a young girl receiving a vaccination from a doctor
  • Health Law Policy

    Where Calls for Overturning Bruesewitz v. Wyeth Go Wrong

    By Dorit Reiss This week, legislators in Minnesota proposed a resolution calling on Congress and the President to legislate to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, 562 U.S. 223 (2011). Similar resolutions have been…

    Where Calls for Overturning Bruesewitz v. Wyeth Go Wrong

    a pile of vaccine vials and a needle
  • First Amendment

    New York City Mandates Vaccines for the Unvaccinated

    By Dorit Reiss Like Rockland county, New York City has been combatting a large measles outbreak for several months. As of April 9, 285 people were sick with measles. 246 were children, 21 were hospitalized,…

    New York City Mandates Vaccines for the Unvaccinated

    Image of a needle in a vaccine bottle
  • Health Law Policy

    The Rockland Ban: The Next Step in the Battle Against Measles

    The ban on unvaccinated kids in public spaces seems like a drastic step, but it is the culmination of extensive efforts to stem a large outbreak created by anti-vaccine misinformation.

    The Rockland Ban: The Next Step in the Battle Against Measles

    A baby getting vaccinated by a doctor wearing gloves.
  • Health Law Policy

    California Court of Appeal Rejects Challenge to Vaccine Law

    By Dorit Reiss The Second Appellate District’s Court of Appeal upheld the California law that removed California’s Personal Belief Exemption (PBE) from school immunization requirements earlier this month. The decision is a strong endorsement of…

    California Court of Appeal Rejects Challenge to Vaccine Law

    child getting vaccinated
  • Health Law Policy

    How the New York Court of Appeals Applied the Soda Cap Criteria to Vaccines

    By Dorit Reiss New York’s Court of Appeals reversed an Appellate Division decision and reinstated New York City’s influenza mandate for city daycares in Garcia v. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene…

    How the New York Court of Appeals Applied the Soda Cap Criteria to Vaccines