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@UMICHLAW Summer 2026
New Michigan Law Workshop Explores American Indian Law
A new American Indian Law Workshop led by Matthew Fletcher, ’97, the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law, provides students with the opportunity to engage with a wide range of scholars and examine more granular, niche issues relating to American Indian law.
@UMICHLAW Summer 2026
Ruben Piñuelas, ’26: Exoneree Helps Free Wrongly Convicted Client
Ruben Piñuelas, ’26, knows firsthand how the legal system can wrongfully convict someone of a crime they didn’t commit—and how that same system can sometimes be used to right the wrong.
@UMICHLAW Summer 2026
“Then, Now, Always”
The Law School community came together in March to celebrate the legacy, history, and contributions of Black alumni at the Law School.
@UMICHLAW Summer 2026
Practicing Law During the Pandemic: The Experiences of Michigan Law Alumni
The University of Michigan Law School is the only law school in the United States that annually surveys samples of its graduates about their work, through a project that dates back to 1967. The questionnaires administered in 2022, 2023, and 2024 were expanded to include questions about the impacts of the pandemic.
@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.
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Neel U. Sukhatme Begins Service as the Law School’s 19th Dean
On July 1, Neel U. Sukhatme joined the Michigan Law community as the David A. Breach Dean of Law and professor of law. The appointment, which the U-M Board of Regents approved on March 20, runs for a five-year renewable term. He succeeds Professor Kyle Logue, who served as interim dean from January 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025.
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Student Project Draws on Professor Adams’s New Book to Highlight Integration Efforts in Detroit
As students in Professor Michelle Adams’s Race, Law and History class, Michelle Landry, ’24, and Victoria Pedri, a rising 3L, were so inspired by class readings on school desegregation that they launched a digital project to extend and share their learnings.
@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.
@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.