Issue: Summer 2026
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Impact
Cathy Fleming, ’76: Learning and Legacy Building
As an homage to the opportunities she has had throughout her education and during her career—a career she says Michigan Law made possible—Catherine “Cathy” Fleming, ’76, has long been a committed and loyal donor to her alma mater.
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Chris McCleary, ’91: Legacy and the Love of Law
Christopher D. McCleary, ’91, was never pushed by his father, Thomas R. Roberts, ’66, toward any one career path. Instead, he was encouraged to discover and pursue what naturally interested him. The freedom to choose, it turned out, enabled McCleary to realize a genuine interest in the law and follow in his father’s footsteps as a Michigan Law alumnus.
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John Yun, ’83: Crossing Barriers, Carving a Path for Others
John S. Yun, ’83, a trial lawyer who spent more than two decades with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, says that his education provided him with opportunities not often available to working-class individuals and recently established a scholarship for socioeconomically disadvantaged students at Michigan Law.
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“Then, Now, Always”
The Law School community came together in March to celebrate the legacy, history, and contributions of Black alumni at the Law School.
Briefs
Exonoree and Legendary Dean Address Class of 2026
The ceremony honoring the Class of 2026 provided a unique twist: The alumna who addressed the graduates was the person who admitted each JD candidate and oversaw the office admitting the LLM candidates, Sarah C. Zearfoss, ’92. The student speaker was Ruben Mendoza Piñuelas, ’26.
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Practicing Law During the Pandemic: The Experiences of Michigan Law Alumni
The University of Michigan Law School is the only law school in the United States that annually surveys samples of its graduates about their work, through a project that dates back to 1967. The questionnaires administered in 2022, 2023, and 2024 were expanded to include questions about the impacts of the pandemic.
Features
Decades of Careers Launched by the Fiske Fellowship Program for Government Service
Robert B. Fiske Jr., ’55, HLLD ’97, understood that having government service experience early in a professional career can be formative. To make it easier for Michigan Law students to pursue that experience, he endowed the Robert B. Fiske Jr. Fellowship Program for Government Service at Michigan Law in 2001. Law Quadrangle spoke with Fiske Fellows from years past to learn more about the impact the fellowship has had on their careers.
In Memoriam
Robert B. Fiske Jr., ’55, HLLD ’97
Robert B. Fiske Jr., ’55, HLLD ’97, a renowned federal prosecutor and private practitioner who established the Robert B. Fiske Jr. Fellowship Program for Government Service at Michigan Law, died on December 4, 2025. He was 94.
In Memoriam
Jochen Abraham Frowein, LLM ’58
Jochen Abraham Frowein, LLM ’58, one of Germany’s most distinguished experts in public international and constitutional law and a former director of its prominent Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, died on February 8, 2026. He was 91.