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Winter 2020

Impact

Campaign Wrap-up

To each and every one of Michigan Law’s generous donors, THANK YOU!

None of what we do at the Law School would be possible without the support of our alumni and friends. Private funding plays a crucial role in helping to attract the best and brightest students, recruit and retain a world-class faculty, and deliver the outstanding legal education for which Michigan Law is known.

The Victors for Michigan campaign, which ran from 2011 through the end of 2018, was an overwhelming success that exceeded its $200 million goal. Funds raised through the campaign—including cash, pledges, and planned gifts—will make an impact for years to come. Here on campus, we see the value of private donors every day. Your support truly makes a difference.

There are many opportunities for you to invest in the lasting strength of the Law School
and your degree. To learn more or make a gift today, please visit giving.law.umich.edu.

$203.8M

raised from alumni and friends

11,277

total donors

36,367

individual gifts

3,250

first-time donors

19%

of international alumni contributed

16,324

gifts of $100 or less, totaling over $1M

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Winter 2020 Cover Story

Kevin Scott, ’83: Franchise Owner

It was a busy Friday night, and Kevin Scott, ’83, was learning how to work the fryers. It was his first day in the kitchen of a Culver’s fast-food restaurant, and Scott—unaccustomed to the cacophony of buzzers going off—was doing his best to keep up with the orders.

Winter 2020 In Practice

Craig Kramer, ’87: Mental Health Ambassador

“My overarching goal is to help transform mental health care worldwide. It’s broken everywhere, and it is a global problem,” says Craig Kramer, ’87, Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) first mental health ambassador. But raising awareness about and erasing the stigma of mental illness were not part of his plan as a Michigan Law graduate—nor was it where he started.

Beauty image of the Law School Reading Room from the side study hall

Winter 2020 In Practice

Meegan Brooks, ’13: An Advocate for the Retail Industry

Throughout law school, Meegan Brooks, ’13, was most interested in cases involving retail brands and other companies that she admired. Brooks joined Sedgwick LLP as a 2L summer associate and became enamored with its retail practice group, which specialized in defending consumer class actions. “I identified their work as being fun and cool and interesting,” she says.

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May Liang, ’89: “I love the vibrancy of the Law School.”

May Liang, ’89, sees the value of her Michigan Law degree in black and white. “Now that I’m established in my career, I really appreciate my time at Michigan,” she says. “It was an impressive education that provided incredible opportunities, and I’m proud to give back.”

Winter 2020 Class Note

Michael Bobelian, ’98: The Forging of the Modern Supreme Court

Michael Bobelian, ’98, a journalist who has reported on the Supreme Court and other legal topics since 2003, explores the controversial Supreme Court nomination of Abe Fortas in his new book, The Battle for the Marble Palace: Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Forging of the Modern Supreme Court.