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Issue: Winter 2024-2025

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Professor Frank Vandervort met weekly with Nithya Arun (center) and Hiba Dagher as they worked on their guardian ad litem case. Professor Frank Vandervort met weekly with Nithya Arun (center) and Hiba Dagher as they worked on their guardian ad litem case.

@UMICHLAW Winter 2024-2025

Michigan Law’s 1L Advocacy Clinic Provides Early Exposure to Real-world Lawyering

Michigan is one of the few law schools in the country to house a clinic for first-year students, who are allowed by the Michigan Supreme Court to do certain types of legal work. The experience can be transformative for students new to law school.

Michelle Foster Michelle Foster

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

Michelle Foster, LLM, is now serving as dean of the University of Melbourne Law School, where she also is a professor and the director of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, which she helped establish in 2018. Foster, an international authority on refugee law, human rights, and statelessness, is a research associate at the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre and research affiliate at the Refugee Law Initiative at the University of London. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and the Australian Academy of Law.

Edward S. Rogers Edward S. Rogers

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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.

John Tepedino John Tepedino

In Practice Winter 2024-2025

John Tepedino, ’04: Restitution for Victims of Madoff’s Fraud

When John Tepedino made a career transition into bankruptcy litigation, one of his clients had a connection to one of the largest financial frauds in history: Bernard Madoff’s investment firm. 

Nina Ruvinsky Nina Ruvinsky

In Practice Winter 2024-2025

Nina Ruvinsky, ’13: Historic Fraud in a Nascent Market

When fraud charges against Sam Bankman-Fried jolted the financial world in December 2022, it capped several frenetic weeks of work for Nina Ruvinsky, ’13. She and her colleagues at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in parallel with counterparts at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Securities Exchange Commission, had brought a complex, first-of-its-kind case, which involved more than $8 billion stolen from Bankman-Fried’s FTX cryptocurrency exchange. 

Ambassador W. Robert Kohorst, ’78, with his wife, Shelley Allen, and their granddaughter, Audrey. Ambassador W. Robert Kohorst, ’78, with his wife, Shelley Allen, and their granddaughter, Audrey.

Impact Winter 2024-2025

Ambassador W. Robert Kohorst, ’78: Maintaining Michigan Law’s Preeminence through Faculty Support

From a humble $10 donation upon his graduation to a monumental $1 million in cumulative gifts, Ambassador W. Robert Kohorst, ’78, has transformed an initial act of generosity into a legacy of support.

Stuart Feldstein Stuart Feldstein

Impact Winter 2024-2025

Stuart Feldstein, ’63: Innovating Communications, Inspiring Generosity

Stuart Feldstein began his career in the telecommunications industry with the Federal Communications Commission and later transitioned to private practice. He credits the Law School with preparing him for a successful career and has long felt impelled to give back.

R. Charles McLravy II, ’77, in front of the Pink Pony on Mackinac Island. R. Charles McLravy II, ’77, in front of the Pink Pony on Mackinac Island.

Impact Winter 2024-2025

R. Charles McLravy II, ’77: From Law to Literature

Navigating the twists and turns of murder trials was a challenge R. Charles McLravy never anticipated. And yet he finds himself surrounded by courtroom intrigue and entangled in case after case—through Burr Lafayette, the fictional protagonist in McLravy’s series of mystery novels.

Michigan Law's Black Alumni Reunion at Michigan Stadium Michigan Law's Black Alumni Reunion at Michigan Stadium

Impact Winter 2024-2025

New Endowed Fund Will Support Michigan Law’s Black Alumni Reunion in Perpetuity

Elizabeth Campbell, ’78, recently made a gift to establish an endowed fund at the Law School that will support the Black Alumni Reunion and related efforts in perpetuity. Campbell’s gift will be combined with surplus funds from previous Reunions—more than 50 alumni have made gifts over the years—to establish the Black Alumni Reunion Fund. 

Jonathan D. Lowe, ’76, and his wife, Beth. Jonathan D. Lowe, ’76, and his wife, Beth.

Impact Winter 2024-2025

Jonathan D. Lowe, ’76: A Lifetime of Community Enrichment

Jonathan Lowe, who spent his career fostering meaningful connections between individuals and institutions, knows the impact of philanthropy. He and his wife, Beth, recently gave a $100,000 endowed gift to the Law School, which will establish the Jonathan D. Lowe Scholarship Fund.