Issue: Spring 2017
28 results
Class Note Spring 2017
Kerene Moore, ’05: Opening the Courthouse Doors to Everyone
When the marriage equality movement started gaining momentum, Kerene Moore, ’05, saw an opportunity to help the LGBT community understand its rights, and to access them. It’s why she helped to create the LGBT Rights Project at the Jim Toy Community Center in Washtenaw County.
Class Note
Matt Raymer, ’08: Strengthening the GOP, One State Race at a Time
Matt Raymer, ’08, has a Jim Harbaugh bobblehead in his office. Prominent election lawyer and fellow Wolverine Charlie Spies, AB ’95, sent it to Raymer with a note encouraging him to attack the 2016 election with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind—a nod to Harbaugh’s mantra.
Class Note Spring 2017
Joe Neely, ’09: Outstanding Young Military Lawyer, for the Prosecution and the Defense
Capt. Joe Neely, ’09, entered law school intent on pursuing a career in Big Law, but when his 2L summer internship ended, he realized that working in a law firm wasn’t for him. As Neely researched other career options, he found himself drawn to the Marine Corps. “I knew that I wanted to do meaningful work, and I knew that I wanted to do something that challenged me physically as well as intellectually,” Neely says.
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Barb McQuade joins Michigan Law faculty | Dean West reappointed | Clerking for Justice Kennedy | and more...
Impact
Georgia Bullitt, ’87: Honoring Four Generations of Michigan Law Graduates
In establishing the James and Shelda Baylor Scholarship Fund, Georgia Bullitt, ’87, honors her family and celebrates their legacy with Michigan Law. “Michigan makes such a difference in so many lives,” says Bullitt. “Just look at what it did for my family.”
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Learning by Doing: Students Assist with Real-Life Workplace Law Issues
While raising the minimum wage around the country has become a well-known political and legal battle, many people are being paid 40 cents an hour—or even less. And it’s perfectly legal. This so-called “subminimum wage” is paid to people who have physical and mental impairments. An organization called Disability Rights Texas decided to push back, and they did so with the help of students in an innovative Michigan Law class.
Cover Story
Can Detroit Schools Be Saved?
Think of everything you’ve heard about Detroit Public Schools in recent years: gym floors buckling, walls covered in toxic black mold, archaic math books scattered around the classroom floor of an abandoned school. A state bailout and restructuring plan. Teacher shortages, fraud charges against suppliers, and what The New York Times described as a “chaotic mix of charters and traditional public schools,” in which students in many charters as well as traditional public schools lag behind in testing and other metrics.
Now set those ideas to the side for a moment, and meet Stephen Chennault III, known as Trey.
Impact
Cause and Effect: A Donor and His Scholarship Recipient Reflect on Their Connection to Michigan Law
Barbara J. Kacir, ’67, established the William J. Brattin Scholarship in 1990 in honor of her father. Jenna Neumann, a recipient of the Brattin Scholarshiop, is a 3L from Flint, Michigan, where she founded Chapter for Children, a program to promote literacy among future generations.
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Not Your Father’s (or Mother’s) Clinic: A Conversation with David Santacroce
Michigan Law’s commitment to producing well-rounded, career-ready lawyers with real practice experience dates back to the launch of our first legal clinic in 1969. The Law Quadrangle recently sat down with David Santacroce, associate dean for experiential education, to discuss how the Law School’s experiential education program has evolved in 45-plus years. The bottom line: “It’s not what you remember,” says Santacroce. “It’s much bigger and much better.”
Features
Raising the Curtain on a News Blackout
Harvey J. Shulman, ’72, read a letter one morning pleading for a litigator to fight against renewal of a Michigan television station’s license, saying its owner used news blackouts and manipulations for his personal and political gain. Shulman sat in his ramshackle office in Washington, D.C., transfixed by the accusations from the Lansing branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).