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Barbara McQuade speaking in a conference room with meeting attendees Barbara McQuade speaking in a conference room with meeting attendees

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Prosecution and Prevention

 U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, ’91, began her tenure with a would-be underwear-bomber trying to blow up a plane over her district a day after she was confirmed by the Senate. Then, office’s successful prosecution of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick made headlines around the world. But there’s much more to her work than enforcement and prosecution. 

Steven P. Croley Steven P. Croley

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Prof. Croley Confirmed as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy

Michigan Law Professor Steven P. Croley, who has served in the Obama administration as deputy White House counsel since 2012, was confirmed in May by the U.S. Senate as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy. 

Kimberly Thomas Kimberly Thomas

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Prof. Thomas Appointed to State’s New Indigent Defense Commission

Clinical Professor of Law and Juvenile Justice Clinic cofounder Kimberly Thomas has been appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, ’82, to serve a two-year term on the state’s newly created Indigent Defense Commission. 

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Features Fall 2014

Civil Rights, Women’s Rights

The original Civil Rights Act language did not include orotections based on sex. Martha Griffiths, ’40, had something to say about that.