AOI: Constitutional Law
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![Fall 2023 UMICHLAW Affirmative Action Thumb View of an empty classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/fall2023-umichlaw-affirmative-action-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=-qE55Ywz)
![Fall 2023 UMICHLAW Affirmative Action Thumb View of an empty classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-11/fall2023-umichlaw-affirmative-action-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=-GGzIidQ)
@UMICHLAW Fall 2023
Affirmative Action: The Cliff Where Diversity in Higher Education Now Teeters
Senior Assistant Dean Sarah Zearfoss, ’92, has led the Law School’s admissions and financial aid offices since 2001. In this essay, which originally appeared on bet.com, she weighs in on two recent Supreme Court cases, Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina.
![Fall 2023 In Memoriam Rosemary S. Pooler, ’65 Thumb Portrait of Rosemary S. Pooler, ’65](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/fall2023-in-memoriam-hon-rosemary-pooler-65-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=FsLzbo9G)
![Fall 2023 In Memoriam Rosemary S. Pooler, ’65 Thumb Portrait of Rosemary S. Pooler, ’65](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-11/fall2023-in-memoriam-hon-rosemary-pooler-65-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=UryTDqJB)
In Memoriam Fall 2023
The Hon. Rosemary S. Pooler, ’65
Rosemary S. Pooler, a senior judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, died at her home in Syracuse, New York, on August 10, 2023. She was 85.
![Fall 2023 Feature Susanne Baer, LLM ’93 thumb A portrait of Susanne Baer, LLM ’93.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/fall2023-feature-in-service-baer-susanne-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=0reZIgyR)
![Fall 2023 Feature Susanne Baer, LLM ’93 thumb A portrait of Susanne Baer, LLM ’93.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-11/fall2023-feature-in-service-baer-susanne-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=vhepMieB)
Features
Susanne Baer, LLM ’93: “It's the Highest Honor to Serve”
With her election as a justice on Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court in 2011, Susanne Baer made history. She became only the second nominee of the country’s Green Party and the first out and elected lesbian and radical feminist to serve as one of the court’s 16 justices.
![Fall 2023 Feature Rossa Fanning, LLM ’00 thumb A portrait of Rossa Fanning, LLM ’00.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/fall2023-feature-in-service-fanning-rossa-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=ViTouzBD)
![Fall 2023 Feature Rossa Fanning, LLM ’00 thumb A portrait of Rossa Fanning, LLM ’00.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-11/fall2023-feature-in-service-fanning-rossa-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=Q6ezrjdt)
Features
Rossa Fanning, LLM ’00: “I Am the Government's Lawyer”
When Rossa Fanning became attorney general of Ireland in late 2022, he didn’t need to endure the confirmation process of his counterpart in the United States. Instead, in two head-spinning days, he transitioned from his successful legal practice to a seat in the cabinet of Ireland’s prime minister.
![Spring 2023 Atumichlaw Leah Litman and Christopher Walker Discuss Their Rising-Scholar Honors and the Collegiality of Michigan Law Leah Litman won the American Constitution Society’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Award, while Christopher Walker won the Federalist Society’s Joseph Story Award. Each award is the respective organization’s highest honor for rising scholars.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/leah_litman_chris_walker_004.jpg.webp?itok=si2ZWD8n)
![Spring 2023 Atumichlaw Leah Litman and Christopher Walker Discuss Their Rising-Scholar Honors and the Collegiality of Michigan Law Leah Litman won the American Constitution Society’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Award, while Christopher Walker won the Federalist Society’s Joseph Story Award. Each award is the respective organization’s highest honor for rising scholars.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-07/leah_litman_chris_walker_004.jpg.webp?itok=NZLzgr4v)
@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.
![Matt Raymer, ’08 Matt Raymer, ’08](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-03/Matt-Raymer-1.jpg.webp?itok=oUvwRXQD)
![Matt Raymer, ’08 Matt Raymer, ’08](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-03/Matt-Raymer-1.jpg.webp?itok=8BRZ1eZv)
Class Note Spring 2017
Matt Raymer, ’08: Strengthening the GOP, One State Race at a Time
Matt Raymer, ’08, has a Jim Harbaugh bobblehead in his office. Prominent election lawyer and fellow Wolverine Charlie Spies, AB ’95, sent it to Raymer with a note encouraging him to attack the 2016 election with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind—a nod to Harbaugh’s mantra.
![Khalilah Spencer, ’01, speaks with reporters. Khalilah Spencer, ’01, speaks with reporters.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-05/Khalilah-Spencer_0.jpg.webp?itok=xlP6PN3U)
![Khalilah Spencer, ’01, speaks with reporters. Khalilah Spencer, ’01, speaks with reporters.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-05/Khalilah-Spencer_0.jpg.webp?itok=LTBZosat)
Class Note Fall 2022
Khalilah Spencer, ’01: Fighting for Voting Rights
As president of Promote the Vote 2022, Khalilah Spencer, ’01, is leading the campaign for an amendment to Michigan’s state constitution that would expand voting rights.
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In Memoriam Winter 2022
The Hon. Avern Cohn, ’49
The Hon. Avern Cohn, ’49, who served for 40 years on the bench of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, died on February 4, 2022. He was 97.
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In Memoriam Winter 2022
Dean Terrance Sandalow
Terrance “Terry” Sandalow, who served as dean of Michigan Law from 1978 to 1987 and was a member of the faculty for 34 years, died at his Washington, D.C., home on January 29, 2022. He was 87.
![Rebecca Richards, tribal chair for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, performs a smudging ceremony to begin a meeting with Michigan Law students and members of the Pokagon Band tribal court in Dowagiac, Michigan. 002 Rebecca Richards, tribal chair for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, performs a smudging ceremony to begin a meeting with Michigan Law students and members of the Pokagon Band tribal court in Dowagiac, Michigan.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-01/040122_TribalCourt_UM_756_web.jpg.webp?itok=IE2NiyxI)
![Rebecca Richards, tribal chair for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, performs a smudging ceremony to begin a meeting with Michigan Law students and members of the Pokagon Band tribal court in Dowagiac, Michigan. 002 Rebecca Richards, tribal chair for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, performs a smudging ceremony to begin a meeting with Michigan Law students and members of the Pokagon Band tribal court in Dowagiac, Michigan.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-01/040122_TribalCourt_UM_756_web.jpg.webp?itok=1PK-bfP2)
Features Fall 2022
Problem Solving Course Untangles a Web of Tribal Sovereignty and Policing
Earlier this year, students in Michigan Law’s Problem Solving Initiative course Policing by Indian Tribes had the opportunity to take a deep dive into the legal challenges that complicate law enforcement in Native American communities. In doing so, they found that there are rarely simple answers to the questions that arise.