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Briefs Spring 2017

News in Briefs: Spring 2017

Halfway through...  |  Michigan Law hosts Big Data in Finance conference  |  and more...

Lutie A. Lytle group photo Lutie A. Lytle group photo

Briefs Fall 2017

News in Brief: Fall 2017

Michigan Law hosts 11th Annual Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop and Writing Retreat  |  3Ls Win Detroit Bar Association’s Legal Scholar Writing Contest  |  and more...

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University Bicentennial Colloquium Features Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Susanne Baer, LLM ’93

Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Justice Susanne Baer, LLM ’93, of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, headlined the first President’s Bicentennial Colloquium, “The Future University Community,” during a January visit to campus. 

Desmond Ricks Desmond Ricks

Briefs Fall 2017

Innocence Clinic Victories

The Michigan Innocence Clinic has secured the release of three clients from prison this year, two of whom were exonerated. Desmond Ricks, who, in 1992, was charged with murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison, was released in May. 

Briefs Fall 2017

Senior Day Speakers Celebrate Michigan Law Family

Senior Day on May 5 featured the first parent-child speakers in the 158-year history of the Law School—Richard “Dick” Pogue, ’53, and David Pogue. 

Martha S. Jones Martha S. Jones

Briefs Spring 2016

News in Brief: Spring 2016

SFF Auction raises more than $59k  |  Record-breaking exonerations  |  Mini-seminars bring students into faculty homes for small group discussions  |  and more...

Hudson talked with the Princess Royal (Princess Anne) about the value to Lincoln Cathedral of their original copy of the 1215 charter. Hudson talked with the Princess Royal (Princess Anne) about the value to Lincoln Cathedral of their original copy of the 1215 charter.

Briefs Spring 2015

A Royal Reception

Two Michigan Law professors reflect on a February reception honoring the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. 

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Briefs Fall 2015

News in Brief: Fall 2015

Michigan Law alum elected Ann Arbor mayor  |  NYT best-selling author alum  |  Michigan Law at a glance  |  and more...

Exterior view of the Law School's inner courtyard Exterior view of the Law School's inner courtyard

Briefs Spring 2015

Students and Alumni Unite to Guarantee Summer Funding for All 1Ls

Gifts from the Himan Brown Charitable Trust and from Lisa and Chris Jeffries, ’74—with a startup gift from the Law School Student Senate and ongoing fundraising through Student Funded Fellowships—will support 1Ls taking unpaid or low-paying summer internships in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors, making it the most inclusive program at any top law school. 

Justice Ginsburg Visits Campus Justice Ginsburg Visits Campus

Briefs Spring 2015

Justice Ginsburg Visits Campus

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg participated in an engaging and spirited 90-minute conversation at U-M’s Hill Auditorium on February 6, during which she spoke about milestones in her own life, as well as key moments in the legal history of the past several decades.