Topic: On Campus
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@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
The 2023 Black Alumni Reunion: "Celebrating Our Legacy, Empowering Our Future"
Michigan Law’s Black Alumni Reunion brought together more than 200 alumni and their guests to support, learn from, and celebrate the Law School’s Black community, and to promote the matriculation and success of Black students at Michigan Law. It was the fourth edition of the Black Alumni Reunion and the first to take place in person since 2017.
Features Spring/Summer 2023
The Business of College Sports
Name, image, likeness (NIL)—three words that have created enormous changes for student-athletes and collegiate sports. We spoke with two Michigan Law alumni—one historically in favor and one against compensation for athletes—who have engaged on this topic over the past several years in friendly debate with each other.
@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
Leah Litman, ’10, and Christopher Walker Discuss Their Rising-Scholar Honors and the Collegiality of Michigan Law
Litman and Walker were honored by two organizations at different ends of the policital spectrum, which they say highlights Michigan Law’s collegial atmosphere. In fact, the two have worked together on a number of projects this year, including teaching Federal Courts.
Impact Spring/Summer 2023
Like Father, Like Daughter: U-M Family Funds New Scholarship
One of the proudest moments for Ray Kepner, ’77, was watching his daughter Sarah Kepner Hamilton graduate from Michigan Law in 2005. In honor of this family legacy, Kepner and Hamilton have jointly established a new scholarship fund to benefit future generations at the Law School.
@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
Faculty Celebrate Frier and Whitman
Faculty gathered for a pandemic-delayed celebration of Bruce Frier and Christina Whitman's retirements from the faculty.
Impact Spring/Summer 2023
Fundraising Effort Connects Michigan Law’s Past and Future
For Paul and Sylvia Bateman, Michigan Law’s Black Alumni Reunion is a chance to gather with their classmates and meet other alumni—and an opportunity to support the next generation of Black students in the Quad.
@UMICHLAW Spring/Summer 2023
Student Orgs Celebrate Outstanding Students
The Law School’s affinity groups held their annual banquets during the winter semester to celebrate another year and to award scholarships and fellowships to second-year students in the community.
Features Fall 2022
In-house on Campus
As the University of Michigan’s vice president and general counsel, Tim Lynch has seen it all in his nine-plus years on the job—well, except for admiralty law cases.
Impact Fall 2022
True Partners at Home and in Giving Back
With a shared love for Michigan sports, an appreciation for the power of education, and a philosophy of giving back, Rochelle “Shelley” Alpert, ’75, and Steve Greenwald, ’73, have been thick as thieves since they first met at the University of Michigan.
@UMICHLAW Winter 2022
New Design Thinking Class Teaches Students to Advocate for Themselves
Dialogue, debate, and deliberation are words that are synonymous with the law school experience—but what about design? One of Michigan Law’s newest course offerings challenges students to apply design thinking and problem-solving skills to their own lives and careers in the law.