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Meg Beyer at the Michigan Court of Appeals

Michigan Court of Appeals Agrees with Criminal Appellate Practice Clinic’s Arguments, Reverses Trial Court

Maxime Legros, Quinton Jones-Whitaker, and Riley Segal

Quinton Jones-Whitaker, a Michigan Innocence Clinic Client, Exonerated after Serving 12 1/2 Year Prison Sentence

Elizabeth Morales, ’20: Humanizing the Law through Clinical Work

Learning and Serving in Michigan Law’s Clinical Program

Barbara McQuade teaching class at Michigan Law.

5Qs: McQuade’s New Book Details The Fix for Democracy in the US

Exterior of the Michigan Law Reading Room.

Michigan Law’s 2026 Excellence in Pro Bono Service Awards Recognize Outstanding Students

Sarah Zearfoss and Ruben Piñuelas attend Michigan Law's Class of 2026 Senior Day.

Legendary Admissions Dean, Student Exoneree Deliver Wisdom, Inspiration, and a Lot of Heart to Michigan Law’s Class of 2026

A portrait of The Hon. Pamela A. Harris, Ellen, and the Hon. Elizabeth L. Harris at Michigan Law.

Two Judges with a Family Connection Speak to Michigan Law Students about Their Paths and the Value of Clerkships

Brad Gonzalez, Noah Rotroff, Jennifer Jiwon Kim, Raisa Faatimah, and Isabel Bysiewicz gather together at the Michigan Law public interest storytelling event, The Valiant.

“The Valiant” Gives Graduating Public Interest Students a Platform to Share Their Stories

Roy Blackmon embraces his family after being exonerated with the help of the Michigan Law Innocence Clinic.

Michigan Innocence Clinic Client Roy Blackman Exonerated, Released from Prison on False Murder Conviction

Michigan Law professors Ekow Yankah, Paulina Arnold, Noah Kazis, Evan Caminker speak at the Immigrant Enforcement Panel.

Three Takeaways from Faculty Panel on Local and National Immigration Enforcement

Michigan Innocence Clinic Client George Calicut Goes Free 27 Years After Wrongful Murder Conviction

Michigan Law Reading Room stained glass window.

January 21, 2026

Four Takeaways from Faculty Panel on US Action in Venezuela

Ashley M. Washington, ’10: Serving the Next Generation

A portrait of Howard Bromberg, Christopher Walker, and Mira Edmonds holding their teaching awards.

December 09, 2025

Bromberg, Edmonds, and Walker Receive 2025 Teaching Awards During First-Ever Blue Jeans Panel

A professor stands behind a lectern while two others stand and clap for her.

December 01, 2025

Eve Brensike Primus on How and Why to Keep Fighting Against Injustice

Exterior view of the Reading Room Windows.

Alumni Receive Equal Justice Works Fellowships

The Michigan Law Mock Trial Team from left to right, Joclyn Hutchison, Nat Jordan, Brian Tang, and Lauren Smith celebrate their win in front of their Capitol City Challenge (CCC) Mock Trial Competition trophy.

Michigan Law Mock Trial Team Brings Home First Capitol City Challenge Win

Eve Brensike Primus lectures in front of a Michigan Law audience.

Michigan Law Students Recognize Bromberg, Edmonds, Primus, and Walker with 2025 Teaching Awards

Margo Schlanger

Schlanger to Speak Nationwide on Civil Rights, Government Service as Phi Beta Kappa Scholar

Nicolas Cornell

5Qs: Cornell’s New Book Proposes a New Approach to Rights and Wrongs

Neel Sukhatme

Neel Sukhatme Appointed Dean of the University of Michigan Law School

Eve Primus speaking to a classroom full of Michigan Law students.

February 27, 2025

Eve Primus Delivers “Blue Jeans” Lecture on Fighting for Systemic Change

A group of Michigan Law Alumni lead a discussion panel during Public Interest Week.

February 18, 2025

Four Takeaways from Michigan Law Public Interest Week

Winter 2024-2025

Nina Ruvinsky, ’13: Historic Fraud in a Nascent Market

Winter 2024-2025

Flawed Facial Recognition Technology Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Historic Settlement

Professor Ekow Yankah.

January 06, 2025

5Qs: Yankah Proposes New Theory of “Deputization” and White Violence Against Black People

Professor Dave Moran speaks in front of a large group.

December 06, 2024

Professor Dave Moran and Client LaVone Hill Reflect on Recent Win at Teaching Award Ceremony

Michigan Law Professor Kimberly A. Thomas speaking to Professor Frank E. Vandervort

November 08, 2024

Professor Kimberly A. Thomas Elected to Michigan Supreme Court

LaVone Hill embraces family after being released.

October 23, 2024

Innocence Clinic Helps Exonerate Man More Than 22 Years After Wrongful Murder Conviction

An exterior view of the Lawyers Club from the Law Quadrangle.

October 03, 2024

Michigan Law Welcomes Two New Faculty Fellows, One Clinical Fellow

A "Welcome to Michigan" banner is hung outside the Lawyers Club, welcoming all who pass by.

August 28, 2024

New Faculty Members Join Michigan Law’s 2024-2025 Academic Year

A portrait of Jenna Cobb.

August 21, 2024

Jenna Cobb, Committed to Undoing Past Wrongs and Helping Others Do the Same, Joins Michigan Law Faculty

Paulina Arnold standing next to a brick wall for a portrait.

August 19, 2024

Paulina Arnold, Expert on Civil Detention, Joins Michigan Law Faculty

Supreme Court

August 05, 2024

SCOTUS Cites Michigan Law Faculty in 2024 Opinions

Portrait of Friedman Richard

5Qs: Friedman on Smith v. Arizona, the Confrontation Clause, and a Sixth SCOTUS Citation

Portrait of Imran Syed

5Qs: Syed on Junk Science, Wrongful Convictions, and SCOTUS Citation

Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit, ’10, and Professor J.J. Prescott Team Up on Transparency Project to Study Racial Disparities in Legal System

Looking though the food pass door of a jail cell with an inmate sitting on the floor.

White Paper Argues for Changes to Parole Review for Those Committing Crimes As Youths

An outdoor portrait of Eve Primus.

5Qs: Eve Primus, ’01, Makes Case for Improving Indigent Defense with More Public Defenders

Two people lecturing to a packed auditorium at the university of Michigan law school.

Four Takeaways from Symposium Marking 20 Years of the Crawford Decision on the Confrontation Clause

Portrait of J.J. Prescott standing in the hallway

February 21, 2024

Prescott Leads Prosecutor Transparency Project’s Research into Racial Disparities

Portrait of JJ Prescott

February 16, 2024

Prescott Leads Prosecutor Transparency Project Research

February 06, 2024

Yankah on the Jennifer Crumbley Verdict

A mother smiles at the child in her arms.

December 15, 2023

Innocence Clinic Featured on This is Michigan

Portrait of J.J. Prescott standing in the hallway

October 04, 2023

J.J. Prescott Elected to the American Law Institute

Beauty image of the Law School Reading Room

September 05, 2023

Michigan Law Launches Data for Defenders Project to Aid Defense Work

Spring/Summer 2023

Jeff Titus Celebrates Life (on the) Outside

Spring/Summer 2023

Nadia Shihata, ’03: The Women Who Finally Stopped R. Kelly

Spring/Summer 2023

Christopher Perras, ’11: Hate on Trial

Clearinghouse White Paper Argues for More Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in Prison System

Geeti Faramarzi, LLM ’13: Assisting with Australian Inquest into 2014 Lindt Café Siege

Michigan Innocence Clinic Client Exonerated From Arson Conviction

Exterior view of the Reading Room Entrance from the Law Quad during Summer

Two Early Clients of the Michigan Innocence Clinic Step into Freedom

Innocence Clinic Victories

Spring/Summer 2018

@UMICHLAW: Spring/Summer 2018

Jeff Titus pictured after his release from prison with (far left) Professor David Moran and Naomi Farahan and Olivia Daniels, who worked on Titus’s case as student-attorneys in the Michigan Innocence Clinic.

Michigan Innocence Clinic Client Jeff Titus Exonerated

Law School Welcomes New Faculty

@UMICHLAW: Winter 2020

Michigan Innocence Clinic Secures 36th Exoneration

December 20, 2022

Michigan Innocence Clinic Secures 36th Exoneration

From Pizzagate to Private Practice: Navigating Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity

Litigating Death Row: A Long Road of Loss

Richard D. Friedman

November 27, 2022

Friedman to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from AALS

News in Brief: Winter 2022

Michigan Innocence Clinic Secures Exoneration for 1986 Murder Conviction

November 04, 2022

Michigan Innocence Clinic Secures Exoneration for 1986 Murder Conviction

A view from the Underground Library Looking up at the Reading Room

November 01, 2022

Clinic Petitions for Clemency Hearings

Prosecution and Prevention

Transforming What It Means to “Go to Court”

Imprisoned, Exonerated — and Now an “Unsecured Creditor”

Reading Room building, Fall Colors

October 19, 2022

Federal Appellate Litigation Clinic Students Learn to Advocate for the Client

Cause and Effect: A Donor and His Scholarship Recipient Reflect on Their Connection to Michigan Law

Spring/Summer 2018

Bringing Cybercrimes to Justice and the Law up to Speed

News in Briefs: Fall 2020

Asim Rehman, ’01: Overseeing the Nation’s Largest Police Department

Freeing the Wrongfully Convicted: Michigan Innocence Clinic Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Man sitting behind bars

September 27, 2022

National Registry of Exonerations Report Highlights Racial Disparity in Wrongful Convictions

Doors to the Reading Room

Michigan Law Hires New Faculty Members

Professor Chavi Nana standing in front a glass wall with city buildings behind her.

International Criminal Investigations Powerhouse Chavi Keeney Nana Moves From Private Practice to Michigan Law Faculty

Professor Ekow Yanak standing in front a blurry city building

Ekow Yankah, a Prominent Voice in Criminal Law and Political Philosophy, Joins Michigan Law Faculty

Two professors teaching early on in their careers

February 14, 2022

Michigan Law Remembers Legal Giants, Beloved Teachers

Exterior view of the Michigan Law Reading Room during summer

February 18, 2021

Veterans Legal Clinic Spurs Change to Michigan Food Stamp Rules

Exterior view of the bridge between Hutchins Hall and the Reading room from the inner courtyard of the law school

Michigan Innocence Clinic Celebrates 23rd Exoneration

Interior view of the Law Library Staircase leading underground

January 24, 2020

Michigan Law Professor Gabriel Mendlow Awarded NEH Fellowship for Book Project on Thought Crime