Issue: Spring/Summer 2018
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Impact Spring/Summer 2018
Paying It Forward After Paying a Steep Price
Most students make sacrifices to attend Michigan Law, but the biggest price Myint Zan paid came after graduation. Zan grew up in Mandalay, Burma, and during his LLM studies in Ann Arbor, the Burmese government invalidated his passport because he had not received the proper permissions to study in the United States.
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Bayrex Martí, ’06, Named Assistant Dean of Student Life
Bayrex Martí, ’06, joined the Law School in October 2017 as assistant dean for student life. “I’m happy to be back at my alma mater,” Martí says. “There’s an energy here, and it’s something I haven’t gotten anywhere else. I feel invigorated coming to work every day.”
Cover Story Spring/Summer 2018
The Legal Climate of Climate Change: Preparedness and Recovery
As Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast of the United States in 2012, Damon Vocke, ’89, stepped into his Connecticut yard with his two dogs, Winston and Diva. For Winston, it was business as usual—he seemed oblivious to the approaching storm. But Diva knew something was wrong. She was scared and wanted back into the house, where she then went to hide.
In Practice Spring/Summer 2018
Opportunity and Complexity in the Middle East
“Why have I been able to be successful there? Largely because of my U-M legal training,” Bajwa says. “Yes, I have language and technical skills that help. But the Middle East is trying to develop a U.S. capitalist model, so you can do a lot of good by bringing the M&A know-how you acquired in the United States into the region.”
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Michigan Law Launches Master of Advanced Corporation Law
MACL is the first degree of its kind designed for U.S. and internationally trained lawyers who want to specialize in U.S. corporate and securities law, and gain an international comparative perspective on both.
Impact Spring/Summer 2018
The Faces of Future Giving
Legacy gifts from generous alumni and friends provide the support needed to sustain the Law School’s long-term commitment to excellence.
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Child Welfare Appellate Clinic Drafts New Legislation
Clinical Professor Vivek Sankaran, ’01, director of Michigan Law’s Child Welfare Appellate Clinic, and his student-attorneys were helping a mother regain custody of her young son after a neighbor found him wandering outside early one Saturday.
Features Spring/Summer 2018
Neeru Chadha, LLM ’85, Elected to UN Maritime Law Tribunal
For most of her law career, Neeru Chadha, LLM ’85, served as a legal adviser in relative anonymity in the Ministry of External Affairs in her native India. But in June 2017, Chadha became the first Indian woman elected to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea—the Hamburg-based UN judicial body that was established in 1994 to settle maritime disputes worldwide. She was anonymous no more.
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Professor Sam Gross retires | Cook Professors honored | LAW Breaks students volunteer | and more...
Cover Story Spring/Summer 2018
The Legal Climate of Climate Change
Like most headline-grabbing problems, the myriad issues surrounding climate change are integral to the work of many Michigan Law graduates. For some alumni, curbing and combating climate change is their life’s calling. For others, it is another hurdle to navigate as they pursue optimal outcomes for their clients or businesses.