Issue: Spring 2016
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@UMICHLAW Spring 2016
Detroit Neighborhood Business Project Launched
Michigan Law and JPMorgan Chase have joined together to launch the Detroit Neighborhood Business Project (DNBP), a program to address barriers to growth and provide legal support for Detroit’s neighborhood small businesses.
Cover Story Spring 2016
In the Driver’s Seat: Autonomous Vehicles and the Law
The technology of autonomous and connected cars has come a long way, and it has outpaced solutions in another realm: The legal world. Now, Michigan Law is set to become the central repository for rapidly evolving legal and regulatory information involving autonomous vehicles.
Impact Spring 2016
Cause and Effect: Donors and Their Scholarship Recipient Reflect on Their Connection to Michigan Law
Anita Jenkins, ’74, and Jim Jenkins, ’73, of Midland, Michigan, got their start at U-M, both as lawyers and as a couple (they met in the course registration line as undergrads). Ashley Davis, a 1L from Jacksonville, Florida, is the 2015-2016 Jenkins Scholar and a graduate of Florida Atlantic University.
@UMICHLAW Spring 2016
Michigan Law’s Child Advocacy Law Clinic: Theory and Practice Come Together in Trial Experience
In 2014, a woman named Ashley came to Michigan Law’s Child Advocacy Law Clinic to help her gain custody of her children from her violently abusive husband. She met 2Ls Dani Angeli and Alanna Farber, who became her champions, working with Ashley on the case all the way through her trial.
Features Spring 2016
Driverless Cars and the Legal Issues They Create for Manufacturers and Law Firms
It started with a phone call from a West Coast lawyer seeking some basic legal advice about the auto industry. Then a few more calls, primarily from California and Europe. Before long, Richard Walawender, ’86, and other members of the automotive group at Miller Canfield PLC realized they needed to start a new team that would focus specifically on autonomous vehicles.
Impact Spring 2016
Stu Finkelstein, ’85: Supporting a Loan Repayment Program that Offers Career Flexibility
Stu Finkelstein, ’85, loves going to work every day. Through his family’s bequest to create the Finkelstein Family Debt Management Fund, he will help to ensure that future Michigan Law graduates have the opportunity to feel the same way.
@UMICHLAW Spring 2016
Former Clerks and Faculty on the Legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia
The passing of Justice Scalia “could mark a turning point in the history of American law,” wrote Richard Primus, the Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor of Law.
Features Spring 2016
Veterans on the Law Quad: Stories of Service
Alexis Bailey, 2L, and Mir Ali, ’09, were already loyal to the country and to the military before the terrorist attacks. Afterward, their support only grew. Read more about their journeys and the launch of the new Veterans Legal Clinic.
Impact Spring 2016
Barnhill, ’68: A Model Lawyer, a Grateful Client, a Scholarship Fund
There should be more lawyers like Charles “Chuck” Barnhill, says his longtime friend and former client, Wayne Kennedy. So Kennedy created a scholarship fund at Michigan Law to help train the next generation of lawyers at the place that trained Barnhill.
@UMICHLAW Spring 2016
L. Bates Lea China Exchange
Michigan Law was pleased to host two Bates Lea Exchange Professors from China during the fall 2015 semester: Professors Jie Cheng and Wei Cui. Cheng taught the course Constitutional Theory and Practice in China, and Cui, Taxation of Individual Income. The exchanges are made possible through the generosity of L. Bates Lea, ’49.