Issue: Summer 2024
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Cover Story Summer 2024
100 Years of the Lawyers Club
For generations of students, the Law Quad has been more than a collection of beautiful buildings—it has been home, a place of community that has enriched their Law School experience.
Features Summer 2024
Stories from the Lawyers Club
The Lawyers Club offered the setting for cherished memories for a century and counting. Here, alumni share a few of those experiences.
Features Summer 2024
Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit, ’10, and Professor J.J. Prescott Team Up on Transparency Project to Study Racial Disparities in Legal System
Even before he was elected Washtenaw County prosecutor in 2020, Eli Savit vowed to examine racial disparities in the county’s legal system. Led by Savit and Professor J.J. Prescott, the Prosecutor Transparency Project has released its analysis—and it hopes to serve as a model for similar efforts elsewhere.
Features Summer 2024
Learning International Transaction Law on the Ground in Rwanda
During spring break in February, three Michigan Law students traveled to Kigali, Rwanda to meet with the management of BioMassters Limited, a client with whom they had been working all year in the International Transactions Clinic.
Features Summer 2024
Interim Dean Kyle Logue Discusses His Vision for the New Role, Relations with Alumni, and What He Loves about the School
Long-serving faculty member Kyle Logue has assumed the position of interim dean at the Law School while the University seeks a permanent replacement. In this wide-ranging interview, Logue discusses his new role, the Law School’s relations with its alumni base, his feelings about the school, and more.
Features Summer 2024
New Fund Honors Former Dean Mark West and Supports Future Deans
A group of more than 30 alumni and friends—many of whom are members of the Law School’s Development and Alumni Relations Committee or the Dean's Advisory Council—recently established a $500,000 discretionary fund at Michigan Law to honor Mark West’s tenure as dean.
Class Note Summer 2024
Kya Henley, ’16, and Calyssa Zellars, ’17: From BLSA to Business Partners
Henley and Zellars first met as members of the Black Law Students Association at Michigan Law, and the alumnae recently opened a new boutique law firm with offices in Detroit and Washington, DC.
In Practice Summer 2024
Alan Alexander, ’11: Building a Lower-Carbon Energy Sector
Alan Alexander’s work on energy transition projects—including those focused on producing more-sustainable fuel for airplanes—involves collaborating with investors and clients in the energy sector to upgrade existing plants and invest in the research and development of renewable fuels and other low-carbon energy sources.
@UMICHLAW Summer 2024
Law and Technology Faculty Share What’s on Their Minds
Law Quadrangle asked two faculty members with expertise in law and technology about what’s been on their minds lately.