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Features Winter 2025
AI and Legal Research in the Michigan Law Library
Christine Schauder, who joined Michigan Law in 2025 in the new role of head of emerging legal technologies in the Law Library, oversees the Law School’s Legal Tech Series, an ongoing program that offers training and resources for students to learn about new legal tools, including those powered by AI.
Impact Winter 2025
Aaron Lewis, ’05: Embracing, and Extending, a Family Legacy
Aaron Lewis, ’05, comes from a long line of Michigan Law graduates. Lewis, a partner at Covington & Burling LLP in Los Angeles, recently made a $100,000 gift to the Wade Hampton McCree Jr. Scholarship Fund. The fund was established in 2006 by a gift from a 1971 Michigan Law graduate who had clerked for Lewis’s grandfather.
@UMICHLAW Winter 2025
Q&A: Bagley and Klass on Abundance
The concept of “abundance” has gained considerable traction in academic and policy circles. Michigan Law Professors Nicholas Bagley and Alexandra Klass are both active in the abundance movement, and they sat down recently to discuss the topic.
Impact Summer 2025
Roy Proffitt, Longtime Faculty Member and Administrator, Continues to Inspire Gifts to Michigan Law
The Law Quad has had no shortage of influential professors and administrators who have shaped generations of Michigan Law students. But even among that esteemed group, Roy Proffitt, JD ’46, LLM ’48, made an outsized contribution to the Law School community that continues to reverberate today.
Impact Summer 2025
Law Class of 1974 Celebrates 50th Reunion by Giving Back
Law Quadrangle spoke with members of the Class of 1974 to learn more about the inspiration for their gifts and why they remain connected with their classmates and the Michigan Law community.
@UMICHLAW Winter 2024-2025
Edward S. Rogers, Trademark Law Pioneer and Michigan Law Alum, Gets New Attention from Professor Jessica Litman’s Book Chapter
Edward S. Rogers was a three-time Michigan Law alumnus and an adjunct faculty member, but his most lasting contribution to the law is authorship of the Lanham Act, the core US trademark law. Professor Jessica Litman is bringing new attention to Rogers’s story with a chapter in a book coming out this fall.
Cover Story Winter 2024-2025
Beyond the Stacks: The Modern Evolution of Law Libraries
Trends in legal education and the profession, as well as new technologies, have led to changes in collections management, research-based curriculum, scholarship, the student experience, and other aspects of how law libraries support their institutions. In this article, three directors of Michigan Law’s library, as well as alumni who have served in leadership roles at the law libraries at Boston University and the University of Notre Dame, discuss these trends; their impact on students, faculty, and society; and the enduring value of law libraries.
Features Winter 2024-2025
Empirical Legal Research Becoming More Popular Among Faculty in Effort to Address Real-world Issues
Recent years have seen a new development in the legal academy: the rise of empirical, data-driven, and collaborative research. Scholars, including a number of Michigan Law faculty members, often hope to use such work to study the real-time effects of the law on people and institutions.
Features Summer 2024
Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit, ’10, and Professor J.J. Prescott Team Up on Transparency Project to Study Racial Disparities in Legal System
Even before he was elected Washtenaw County prosecutor in 2020, Eli Savit vowed to examine racial disparities in the county’s legal system. Led by Savit and Professor J.J. Prescott, the Prosecutor Transparency Project has released its analysis—and it hopes to serve as a model for similar efforts elsewhere.
Features Summer 2024
Interim Dean Kyle Logue Discusses His Vision for the New Role, Relations with Alumni, and What He Loves about the School
Long-serving faculty member Kyle Logue has assumed the position of interim dean at the Law School while the University seeks a permanent replacement. In this wide-ranging interview, Logue discusses his new role, the Law School’s relations with its alumni base, his feelings about the school, and more.