Issue: Spring/Summer 2023
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![Jeff Titus Celebrates Life (on the) Outside Hero Jeff Titus walks in the woods after being exonerated.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/umls_jeff_titus_005.jpg.webp?itok=gmdunX42)
![Jeff Titus Celebrates Life (on the) Outside Hero Jeff Titus walks in the woods after being exonerated.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-07/umls_jeff_titus_005.jpg.webp?itok=00LPcQAn)
Features Spring/Summer 2023
Jeff Titus Celebrates Life (on the) Outside
Titus, a Michigan Innocence Clinic client, was exonerated and released from prison in February. He was convicted in 2002 of killing two deer hunters in a state game area in the southeast corner of Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
![Students celebrating at Senior Day Students celebrating at Senior Day](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/seinor-day-2023.jpg.webp?itok=tp7tZg6H)
![Students celebrating at Senior Day Students celebrating at Senior Day](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-07/seinor-day-2023.jpg.webp?itok=0YZhNykX)
@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
Celebrating Senior Day, 2023
The Class of 2023 and their families and friends convened at Hill Auditorium on May 5 to celebrate Senior Day—a gathering far removed from the start of their 1L year, which began on Zoom at the outset of the pandemic.
![Black alumni reunion at University of Michigan law school. Black Alumni Reunion at University of Michigan law school.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/umls_black_reunion_march_2023_256.jpg.webp?itok=_wHRxHKu)
![Black alumni reunion at University of Michigan law school. Black Alumni Reunion at University of Michigan law school.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-07/umls_black_reunion_march_2023_256.jpg.webp?itok=NbVhyhot)
@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
The 2023 Black Alumni Reunion: "Celebrating Our Legacy, Empowering Our Future"
Michigan Law’s Black Alumni Reunion brought together more than 200 alumni and their guests to support, learn from, and celebrate the Law School’s Black community, and to promote the matriculation and success of Black students at Michigan Law. It was the fourth edition of the Black Alumni Reunion and the first to take place in person since 2017.
@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
Forty Years of Protecting the Great Lakes Watershed and Training Environmental Lawyers
![Spring 2023 Atumichlaw Leah Litman and Christopher Walker Discuss Their Rising-Scholar Honors and the Collegiality of Michigan Law Leah Litman won the American Constitution Society’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Award, while Christopher Walker won the Federalist Society’s Joseph Story Award. Each award is the respective organization’s highest honor for rising scholars.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/leah_litman_chris_walker_004.jpg.webp?itok=si2ZWD8n)
![Spring 2023 Atumichlaw Leah Litman and Christopher Walker Discuss Their Rising-Scholar Honors and the Collegiality of Michigan Law Leah Litman won the American Constitution Society’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Award, while Christopher Walker won the Federalist Society’s Joseph Story Award. Each award is the respective organization’s highest honor for rising scholars.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-07/leah_litman_chris_walker_004.jpg.webp?itok=NZLzgr4v)
@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
Leah Litman, ’10, and Christopher Walker Discuss Their Rising-Scholar Honors and the Collegiality of Michigan Law
Litman and Walker were honored by two organizations at different ends of the policital spectrum, which they say highlights Michigan Law’s collegial atmosphere. In fact, the two have worked together on a number of projects this year, including teaching Federal Courts.
![Spring 2023 Atumichlaw Faculty Celebrate Frier and Whitman Faculty gathered in March for a pandemic-delayed celebration of Bruce Frier and Christine Whitman’s retirements. They are pictured at the dinner with Dean Mark West (center).](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/frier_west_whitman.jpg.webp?itok=4PoEv-t5)
![Spring 2023 Atumichlaw Faculty Celebrate Frier and Whitman Faculty gathered in March for a pandemic-delayed celebration of Bruce Frier and Christine Whitman’s retirements. They are pictured at the dinner with Dean Mark West (center).](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-07/frier_west_whitman.jpg.webp?itok=4f5eCEBD)
@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
Faculty Celebrate Frier and Whitman
Faculty gathered for a pandemic-delayed celebration of Bruce Frier and Christina Whitman's retirements from the faculty.
![The Black Law Students Association held the annual Butch Carpenter Banquet on March 25, in conjunction with the Black Alumni Reunion. The winner of the Butch Carpenter Memorial Scholarship is Jalen Rose (right), who is pictured with runners-up Kamryn Sannicks and Braxton High. Rose is working with the Federal Public Defender Program in Chicago this summer. The Black Law Students Association held the annual Butch Carpenter Banquet on March 25, in conjunction with the Black Alumni Reunion. The winner of the Butch Carpenter Memorial Scholarship is Jalen Rose (right), who is pictured with runners-up Kamryn Sannicks and Braxton High. Rose is working with the Federal Public Defender Program in Chicago this summer.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/blsa.jpg.webp?itok=nr2f8fkv)
![The Black Law Students Association held the annual Butch Carpenter Banquet on March 25, in conjunction with the Black Alumni Reunion. The winner of the Butch Carpenter Memorial Scholarship is Jalen Rose (right), who is pictured with runners-up Kamryn Sannicks and Braxton High. Rose is working with the Federal Public Defender Program in Chicago this summer. The Black Law Students Association held the annual Butch Carpenter Banquet on March 25, in conjunction with the Black Alumni Reunion. The winner of the Butch Carpenter Memorial Scholarship is Jalen Rose (right), who is pictured with runners-up Kamryn Sannicks and Braxton High. Rose is working with the Federal Public Defender Program in Chicago this summer.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-07/blsa.jpg.webp?itok=C5D62oiG)
@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
Student Orgs Celebrate Outstanding Students
The Law School’s affinity groups held their annual banquets during the winter semester to celebrate another year and to award scholarships and fellowships to second-year students in the community.
![Spring 2023 Impact: Susan McKee Pavlica, ’81 Charles and Susan McKee Pavlica, ’81](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-06/s23_pavlica.jpg.webp?itok=RARumgVi)
![Spring 2023 Impact: Susan McKee Pavlica, ’81 Charles and Susan McKee Pavlica, ’81](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-06/s23_pavlica.jpg.webp?itok=KYTkPekT)
Impact Spring/Summer 2023
New Scholarship Supports First-Gen Students
Recognizing that first-generation students may face distinct challenges, Susan Pavlica has established the Wilfred and Roberta McKee Fund at Michigan Law. The scholarship is named for her parents, who supported her law school dreams.
![Spring 2023 Impact: Ginny and Peter Gustafson, ’70 Ginny and Peter Gustafson, ’70, began their journey together when they met as dance partners in a U-M Winter Weekend student event at Hill Auditorium.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-06/s23_gustafson.jpg.webp?itok=1r-2Hd80)
![Spring 2023 Impact: Ginny and Peter Gustafson, ’70 Ginny and Peter Gustafson, ’70, began their journey together when they met as dance partners in a U-M Winter Weekend student event at Hill Auditorium.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-06/s23_gustafson.jpg.webp?itok=Zt51FSzX)
Impact Spring/Summer 2023
A Match Made at Michigan: Couple Supports Scholarship Funds Across U-M
Ginny and Peter Gustafson, ’70, began their journey together when they met as dance partners in a U-M Winter Weekend student event at Hill Auditorium. Longtime supporters of their alma mater, the Gustafsons’s most recent gift is directed to the elements of U-M where they feel the most connection: scholarship funds at the Law School, Stamps School, and LSA.
![Spring 2023 Feature The Business of College Sports Hero University of Michigan athletic Students in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/nil-meeting-6.jpg.webp?itok=VB52kC4j)
![Spring 2023 Feature The Business of College Sports Hero University of Michigan athletic Students in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-07/nil-meeting-6.jpg.webp?itok=4URZF0aZ)
Features Spring/Summer 2023
The Business of College Sports
Name, image, likeness (NIL)—three words that have created enormous changes for student-athletes and collegiate sports. We spoke with two Michigan Law alumni—one historically in favor and one against compensation for athletes—who have engaged on this topic over the past several years in friendly debate with each other.