AOI: Health Law
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In Practice Summer 2026
Christopher Wendt, ’98: At the Intersection of Immigration and Health Care Workers
Christopher Wendt, ’98, Immigration Counsel and Inaugural Chair of Minnesota's Legal Aid Agency
Features
AI and the Evolution of Law and Legal Education
As society pieces together how artificial intelligence (AI) fits into the education puzzle, Professor Nicholson Price invites Michigan Law students to wrestle with questions of how the law shapes AI and how AI shapes the law.
In Practice Winter 2025
Her Own Experience with Infertility Motivates Alexis Cirel, ’03, to Advocate for Better Surrogacy Laws
Alexis Cirel, ’03, a partner at Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP in New York City, spent years advocating for new surrogacy laws in New York and Michigan. Her dedication to the issue is rooted in her own experience with infertility in the early 2010s.
In Practice
In-House at Medline: Much More Than Counseling and Dispute Resolution
In 2021, after working as general counsel for medical supply firm Medline for 22 years, Alex Liberman, ’89, had covered a large spectrum of corporate legal work, from dispute resolution to compliance issues. But that year, he had the opportunity to participate in a leveraged buyout—a professional experience he describes as transformative.
Impact
Nat Pernick, ’86: Forging a Path in Computers and Medicine
From a young age, Pernick has had a propensity for mathematics and science, which would pave the way for his future in computers and medicine. He recently set up a scholarship to support students interested in the intersection of law and medicine.
Class Note Winter 2020
Nadine Gartner, ’06: Combatting Anti-vax Misinformation
Nadine Gartner, ’06, knew as early as middle school that she wanted to do something to make her community better. She founded Boost Oregon, a nonprofit organization that provides direct education to parents who are unsure about vaccines.
Class Note
Harold Kennedy III, ’77: A Groundbreaking Legal Career
From record-breaking verdicts to the Supreme Court to the Civil Rights Act, the career of Harold Kennedy III, ’77, has been transformational for North Carolina and the United States.
Briefs
News in Brief: Fall 2022
Santa Ono becomes the University of Michigan’s 15th president | Professor Jim Hathaway retires | Professor Sam Bagenstos confirmed as HHS GC | and more...
Cover Story Spring 2021
Can COVID-19 Help Expand Access to Justice?
When you arrived for a hearing at Michigan’s 36th district court before 2020, the most important question you might face was: where do you put your phone?
In Practice
Carla Newell, ’85: Riding a Tech Boom in Silicon Valley—Again
As public interest in consumer genomics has exploded in recent years, Carla Newell, ’85, found herself at the center of the industry’s boom as the chief legal officer and chief risk officer at Ancestry, a leading family history and consumer genomics company.