Law School

  1. January 8, 2018

    James Forman Jr. to discuss incarceration and black leaders

    James Forman Jr., a Yale Law School professor and former public defender, will argue how the decisions of black leaders played a role in the mass incarceration of people of color.

  2. April 10, 2017

    Law School student earns prestigious Luce Scholarship

    Law School student Varun Aery will join 17 other scholars from across the country in the 2017-18 cohort of scholars in the prestigious Luce Scholarship Program.

  3. January 16, 2017

    Institute of Continuing Legal Education names executive director

    David R. Watson, former executive director for the New York State Bar Association, has been named executive director of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education.

  4. September 30, 2015

    Law School’s Joan Larsen named Michigan Supreme Court justice

    Joan Larsen, special counsel to the associate dean and lecturer II in the Law School, has been appointed a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court by Gov. Rick Snyder.

  5. February 6, 2015

    Justice Ginsburg shares her view as a dissenting voice on Supreme Court

    Speaking to a packed Hill Auditorium, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday that the Citizens United ruling on campaign funding is the one she’d most like to see overturned.

  6. January 22, 2015

    Justice Ginsburg to deliver Tanner Lecture at U-M on Feb. 6

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will present the 2015 Tanner Lecture on Human Values on Feb. 6 at Hill Auditorium.

  7. July 17, 2014

    U-M initiative transforming what it means to ‘go to court’

    U-M  is spearheading development of what is believed to be first-of-its-kind technology to help people charged with minor offenses interact with courts online.

  8. November 19, 2013

    Human Trafficking Clinic awarded $500K grant from Justice Department

    The Human Trafficking Clinic at the Law School has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to fund a partnership with domestic-violence and sexual-assault services.