Section: Briefs
42 results
Briefs Spring/Summer 2018
News in Brief: Spring/Summer 2018
Skadden Fellow named | Michigan Law grads in high-ranking posts | 2L Megan L. Brown first African American EIC of the Michigan Law Review | and more...
Briefs Fall 2017
News in Brief: Fall 2017
Michigan Law hosts 11th Annual Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop and Writing Retreat | 3Ls Win Detroit Bar Association’s Legal Scholar Writing Contest | and more...
Briefs Spring 2017
University Bicentennial Colloquium Features Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Susanne Baer, LLM ’93
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Justice Susanne Baer, LLM ’93, of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, headlined the first President’s Bicentennial Colloquium, “The Future University Community,” during a January visit to campus.
Briefs Fall 2017
Innocence Clinic Victories
The Michigan Innocence Clinic has secured the release of three clients from prison this year, two of whom were exonerated. Desmond Ricks, who, in 1992, was charged with murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison, was released in May.
Briefs Fall 2017
Senior Day Speakers Celebrate Michigan Law Family
Senior Day on May 5 featured the first parent-child speakers in the 158-year history of the Law School—Richard “Dick” Pogue, ’53, and David Pogue.
Briefs Fall 2017
Michigan Law Alumni Reconnect in Rome
Rome was the backdrop for the European Alumni Reunion, which took place in June and brought together JD, LLM, and SJD alumni, as well as former lecturers, visitors, research scholars, and other friends of the Law School.
Briefs Spring 2017
News in Briefs: Spring 2017
Halfway through... | Michigan Law hosts Big Data in Finance conference | and more...
Briefs
News in Brief: Spring 2016
SFF Auction raises more than $59k | Record-breaking exonerations | Mini-seminars bring students into faculty homes for small group discussions | and more...
Briefs Fall 2015
News in Brief: Fall 2015
Michigan Law alum elected Ann Arbor mayor | NYT best-selling author alum | Michigan Law at a glance | and more...
Briefs Spring 2015
Students and Alumni Unite to Guarantee Summer Funding for All 1Ls
Gifts from the Himan Brown Charitable Trust and from Lisa and Chris Jeffries, ’74—with a startup gift from the Law School Student Senate and ongoing fundraising through Student Funded Fellowships—will support 1Ls taking unpaid or low-paying summer internships in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors, making it the most inclusive program at any top law school.