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Impact Spring 2015

Recent Gifts: Spring 2015

Giving to Michigan Law is an investment in the future of legal education, and private support ensures that the excellence that has distinguished Michigan-trained lawyers continues for generations to come.

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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. 

Senior canes were a campus tradition from the mid-1800s to World War II. Senior canes were a campus tradition from the mid-1800s to World War II.

@UMICHLAW Spring 2015

A Yearbook Etched in Wood

Before Facebook, LinkedIn, and the Michiganensian yearbook, soon-to-be Michigan graduates carved their signatures on canes to forever remember each other. Senior canes were a campus tradition from the mid-1800s to World War II. A display at the  Law Library now showcases some Michigan Law students’ canes, including one from 1877 that bears the signature of Clarence Darrow. 

A man with white hair and his wife smile with a lake in the distance. A man with white hair and his wife smile with a lake in the distance.

Impact Spring 2015

New Scholarship Aims to Attract Future Leaders

James P. “Jim” Kennedy, ’59, believes that lawyers who are leaders solve problems and work well with clients. He has documented a $400,000 bequest to create a scholarship that will help promising leaders consider the U-M Law School.

Transactional Lab & Clinic Opens Doors into Corporate World Transactional Lab & Clinic Opens Doors into Corporate World

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Transactional Lab and Clinic Opens Doors into Corporate World

The partner has asked you to draft an ancillary agreement for a multibillion-dollar M&A deal. But there’s one catch: You’ve just started as a summer associate. Where do you begin? The situation may sound hypothetical, but for Mark Viera, ’14, it was last summer’s reality. And though the experience could have been nerve wracking, the Transactional Lab veteran never doubted his ability to handle the task. 

David Schlanger, ’84 David Schlanger, ’84

Cover Story Spring 2015

The JD at the Helm of WebMD

David Schlanger, ’84, used his legal education as the springboard for a career in business. Here, we look at how he rose to the position of CEO of the company behind the most-visited health information website in the world.

Justice Ginsburg Visits Campus Justice Ginsburg Visits Campus

Briefs Spring 2015

Justice Ginsburg Visits Campus

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg participated in an engaging and spirited 90-minute conversation at U-M’s Hill Auditorium on February 6, during which she spoke about milestones in her own life, as well as key moments in the legal history of the past several decades. 

A man in a sweater and button-down smiles in front of a warm wood wall. A man in a sweater and button-down smiles in front of a warm wood wall.

Impact Spring 2015

New Scholarship Fund Focuses on Dual Degree Opportunities

Through the new Shaughnessy Family Scholarship Fund at Michigan Law, Jim Shaughnessy, JD/MPP ’79, wants to help Michigan Law students—particularly those in dual degree programs, who incur an extra year of educational expenses while foregoing a year’s income.

Sam Zell lecturing in front of a class of students Sam Zell lecturing in front of a class of students

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Mercury Fund and Detroit Innovate Offer Students Venture Capital Fundamentals in New ZEAL Lab

The ability to think like a lawyer is what students expect from law school, but what about thinking like a venture capitalist? A new Michigan Law offering provided through a partnership with national and local venture capital firms Mercury Fund and Detroit Innovate is making it possible for students to learn the ins and outs of the venture capital world. 

Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA)  in primary care exist in geographic areas (green) and among population groups such as low-income people (purple). Tan areas of the map indicate high needs in the geographic region, while yellow is used in areas that are not primary-care HPSAs. Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA)  in primary care exist in geographic areas (green) and among population groups such as low-income people (purple). Tan areas of the map indicate high needs in the geographic region, while yellow is used in areas that are not primary-care HPSAs.

Cover Story Spring 2015

Immigration Law and the Nation’s Physician Shortage

Lawyers are trying to help foreign-national physicians who trained in the United States stay in the country to treat medically underserved patients. The process is reportedly laborious and burdensome to employers and physicians alike. We look at this lesser-known facet of federal immigration law, one that is potentially vital to the nation’s health care needs.