AOI: Detroit
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Cover Story Summer 2026
Michigan Law Clinics Evolve to Meet Changing Needs of Students and the Community
The 17 clinics at Michigan Law offer students practical experience while also providing clients with legal help they might not otherwise receive. At the same time, the strength of the program—and its willingness to change with the times—gives Michigan a competitive edge over its peer schools.
Class Note
Elizabeth Morales, ’20: Humanizing the Law through Clinical Work
In 2023, as one of the few associates licensed to practice in both Michigan and Ohio in the Detroit office of Dykema Gossett PLLC, Elizabeth Morales, ’20, was uniquely positioned to work on a significant human trafficking case as a junior lawyer. She also had relevant experience from her time as a student-attorney in Michigan Law’s Human Trafficking and Immigration Clinic (HTC).
Impact Summer 2026
Cathy Fleming, ’76: Learning and Legacy Building
As an homage to the opportunities she has had throughout her education and during her career—a career she says Michigan Law made possible—Catherine “Cathy” Fleming, ’76, has long been a committed and loyal donor to her alma mater.
Impact Winter 2025
Arn Tellem, ’79: Taking Chances and Giving Back
Arn Tellem, ’79, and his wife, Nancy Tellem, established the Arn Tellem Faculty Research Support Fund in 1999. They amended it in July 2025 by adding $500,000 and renaming the fund to the Arn and Nancy Tellem Faculty Support Fund.
Impact Winter 2025
Gillian C. Steinhauer, ’76: Success in All Seasons of Life
Gillian C. Steinhauer, ’76, has developed a knack for finding her footing wherever she lands. Now, in retirement, she balances her personal travel and duties as a grandmother with her involvement at Michigan Law. Gillian recently amended a gift she made to the Law School in 2016, more than doubling the original amount.
Class Note Summer 2025
Danielle Bass, ’15, Honored By Peers as Influential Woman of the Year
Danielle Bass, ’15, a partner in the technology transactions and data, privacy, and cybersecurity practice groups at Honigman LLP in Detroit, was recently named Influential Woman of the Year by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
@UMICHLAW Summer 2025
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.
Features
Flawed Facial Recognition Technology Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Historic Settlement
The Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative worked on behalf of a Michigan man falsely arrested for a crime based on flawed facial recognition technology. A first-of-its-kind settlement achieves the nation’s strongest police department policies and practices constraining law enforcement’s use of the technology.
@UMICHLAW Fall 2023
Strengthening Southeast Michigan through Small Businesses
Students in Michigan Law’s Community Enterprise Clinic work under faculty supervision to help revitalize and reinvigorate urban communities across Michigan, promoting community and economic development in disinvested cities by supporting organizations that have a mission beyond the bottom line.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2018
Chase Cantrell, ’08: A Force for Positive Change Close to Home
Chase Cantrell, ’08, could have gone many places with a degree from Michigan Law. Instead, he chose to be a force for positive change in his native Detroit.