Margaret Hannon | University of Michigan Law School

Margaret C. Hannon, ’05, is assistant dean for admissions at the University of Michigan Law School, where she directs all aspects of JD and LLM admissions.

Prior to serving as assistant dean, Hannon taught legal research, writing, and reasoning in Michigan Law’s Legal Practice program for 13 years. Hannon previously taught at Northwestern Law School, where she also served as the assistant director and interim director of the legal research and writing program. In recognition of her teaching, Hannon received Michigan Law’s inaugural faculty award for Legal Practice Teaching and Northwestern’s Dean’s Teaching Award and Dean’s Teaching Award Honorable Mention.

Hannon earned a BA, cum laude, in philosophy, politics, and law, and music (dual degree) from Binghamton University and a JD from Michigan Law. In law school, she served as a note editor for the Michigan Law Review and as a Senior Judge for the Legal Practice Program. After graduating from Michigan Law, she practiced law at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP (now K&L Gates LLP). Her practice focused on labor and employment counseling and litigation, and the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements.

Featured Scholarship

Preface to Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD

Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD

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Preface to Legal Communications and Rhetoric: JAWLD

Legal Communications and Rhetoric: JAWLD

MLaw Repository WWW HEIN

Preface to Legal Comm. & Rhetoric: JALWD

Legal Comm. & Rhetoric: JALWD

MLaw Repository HEIN

Legal Writing and Research

"Legal Writing Mechanics: A Bibliography"

Legal Comm. & Rhetoric: JALWD

MLaw Repository WWW HEIN

Legal Writing and Research

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Activities

July 2022

Presented Using Technology to Teach and Give Feedback (Leg. Writing Inst. New Teacher Training Bootcamp)

July 2022

Presented The Benefits and Joys of Writing Scholarship for a Practitioner Audience at the Legal Writing Institute Conference.

May 2022

Appointed by the Supreme Court of Michigan and State Bar of Michigan to the Task Force on Well-Being in the Law.

May 2019

Co-presented “Whipping Up Wellness: Promoting the Well-Being of LRW Faculty and Students for a Successful Program” at the Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, Boston.

May 2019

Participated in the inaugural Association of Legal Writing Directors Leadership Academy, Boston.

July 2018

Co-presented “Developing a Professional Identity in the First Year of Law School” at the Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference.

July 2017

Co-presented “The Sooner, the Better: How Live Client Work for 1L LRW Students Helps Them Develop a Shared Professional Identity” at the Association of Legal Writing Directors Biennial Conference, Minneapolis.

Representative Matters

Johnson v. Vanderkooi and Harrison v. Vanderkooi

Served as co-counsel for plaintiff in a challenge to the “photo and print” procedures of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan—as applied to juveniles who are stopped by police and who lack identification—and obtained two favorable decisions from the Michigan Supreme Court regarding municipal liability under Section 1983 and unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment.

Reproductive Freedom for All v. Board of State Canvassers

Represented law professors as amicus curiae in Reproductive Freedom for All v. Board of State Canvassers in urging the Michigan Supreme Court to direct the Board of Canvassers to put the reproductive freedom ballot initiative on the November ballot.