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Erick Guapizaca Jiménez

SJD Student Erick Guapizaca Jiménez, LLM ’23, Named Judicial Fellow at International Court of Justice

Kirby Goodman and Jonah Abraham at ACS National Convention

Rising 3Ls Jonah Abraham and Kirby Goodman Named American Constitution Society Next Generation Leaders

Vic Khanna

Khanna Leads Study Exploring US Attitudes Toward Cryptocurrency

Meg Beyer at the Michigan Court of Appeals

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

William Novak

5Qs: Novak Reflects on Polan Fellowship and the Future of Democracy

Amanda Rauh-Bieri races in the Traka

Two 2017 Alumni Complete the 200-Mile Traka Bike Race in Spain

Leah Litman

5Qs: Leah Litman on the “Passive Vices” of the Supreme 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

Reading Room Architecture Hawk perched on Weathervane

Michigan Law Academic Fellowship Programs Help Launch Three New Faculty

Nate Sumimoto, Avery Combe, Je Donna Dinges, Edward Madrigal, India Dinges, Michael J. Steinberg, and Alexandra Jackman.

Civil Rights Litigation Initiative Secures Settlement in Racial Intimidation Case

Jessica Jiwon Choe, ’24: Connected by the Zell Entrepreneurship Clinic

The Hon. J. Chris Larson, ’99: Boosting Inclusion

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

Plaintiff Lawyer Jackson Pahlke, ’17, Helps Injured People Put the Pieces of Their Lives Back Together

Christopher Wendt, ’98: At the Intersection of Immigration and Health Care Workers

Jennifer Scheller Neumann, ’03: The Ever-Changing Climate of Environmental Law

Ruben Piñuelas, ’26: Exoneree Helps Free Wrongly Convicted Client

New Michigan Law Workshop Explores American Indian Law

Ron, ’66, and Jane Olson: Democracy and Human Rights

Cathy Fleming, ’76: Learning and Legacy Building

Chris McCleary, ’91: Legacy and the Love of Law

John Yun, ’83: Crossing Barriers, Carving a Path for Others

Practicing Law During the Pandemic: The Experiences of Michigan Law Alumni

Learning and Serving in Michigan Law’s Clinical Program

Decades of Careers Launched by the Fiske Fellowship Program for Government Service

Michigan Law Clinics Evolve to Meet Changing Needs of Students and the Community

Pro Bono Program Offers Additional Opportunities for Students to Gain Practical Experience and Help the Community

Reuven Avi-Yonah

5Qs: Avi-Yonah on Regulating Autonomous AI through Taxation

Dana Thompson

Thompson, ’99, Earns Legal Innovation Award

Interior of the Michigan Law Reading Room featuring the ornate lights and ceiling ornamentation.

Four Michigan Law Graduates Selected for the 2026 Fiske Fellowship Program for Government Service

Barbara McQuade teaching class at Michigan Law.

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

Jessica Lefort and Amy Sankaran with students in the Michigan Law Immigrant Justice Lab.

Immigrant Justice Lab Receives Grants to Expand Access to Immigration Resources and Study AI’s Role in Legal Education

Andrew Healey running in the 2026 Boston Marathon.

2L Andrew Healey’s Lessons Learned from Running the Boston Marathon

Exterior of the Michigan Law Lawyers Club Archway.

Faculty Research into AI and the Law Earns Awards

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

Libby Antonneau

Antonneau, ’26, Receives Equal Justice Works Fellowship to Join Legal Action of Wisconsin in Addressing Low-Income Housing Challenges

Alex Votta

Alex Votta, ’25, Recognized for Best Scholarly Work in Civil Rights for Paper on Education in the Civil War-Era South

Len Niehoff

5Qs: Niehoff’s New Book Looks at Shakespeare Through the Lens of the Law

Bridgette Carr and Vivek Sankaran speak to an audience at the Michigan Law AI Showcase in the Lawyers Club Lounge.

AI Clinic Students Present Tools That Expand Access to Justice

Supreme Court Building at Dusk.

5Qs: Daniel Halberstam Discusses Professional Speech, Chiles v. Salazar, and Being Cited in SCOTUS Dissent

Portrait of Debora Gunawan at the UN Commission on the Status of Women mural that reads Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women.

SJD Student Debora Gunawan, LLM ’25, Attends UN Commission on the Status of Women

Portrait of Don Herzog.

5Qs: Herzog’s New Book Discusses History of Reading Wars and Their Continuing Impact

Michigan Law students attend class in Jeffries Hall room 120.

Students Recognize Professors Spencer Smith, Kerry Kornblatt, Frank Vandervort, and Adrian Ohmer, ’13, with 2026 Teaching Awards

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

Exterior of a Michigan Law Reading Room Window.

The Federalist Society at Michigan Law Wins Two Awards, Including Chapter of the Year, at National Student Symposium

2026 Michigan Law Honors and Awards Recipients Group Portrait: Madeline Guth, Haley M. Rogers, Hazel Rosenblum-Sellers, Nithya Arun, Gabriel Jimenez, David A. Seaman, Heather Jane Foster, Nathaniel B. Magrath, Jasmine Neosh, Victoria Pedri.

Michigan Law Announces Winners of 2026 Student Honors and Awards

Portrait of Michigan Law Student Madeline Turk.

Madeline Turk, ’25, Receives Institute for Policy Integrity Fellowship to Work on Environmental and Energy Policy

Portrait of Michigan Law Professor Jeffery Zhang.

5Qs: Zhang Discusses Banking Regulation, Repeated Bailouts, and Mike Tyson

Sarah C. Zearfoss, ’92, to Deliver Commencement Address Ahead of Planned Retirement

Exterior of the Michigan Law Reading Room through the Law Library Windows.

Michigan Law Launches AI Advisory Council, Convenes Inaugural Meeting

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

Síofra O’Leary and Daniel Halberstam speaking at the Michigan Law Center for International and Comparative Law’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

Four Takeaways from the Former President of the European Court of Human Rights

3L David Weaver Selected for Institute for Policy Integrity Fellowship at NYU Law

Avery Coombe, 3L, Receives a Fellowship to Rejoin the Center for Reproductive Rights

Five Takeaways from Conference on the Oldest Constitutional Question

A man in a suit smiles in front of a stone wall.

Henry Evans, 3L, Selected for Hobbs Natural Resources and Environmental Law Fellowship at Colorado Attorney General’s Office

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

Nicholson Price teaching in a room of Michigan Law students.

Study Finds Patients More Likely to Accept AI in Medicine With Doctor’s Oversight

Two Sixth Circuit Judges Share Insights on Effective Dialogue Across Difference

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

February 27, 2026

Claudio Visco, LLM ’83, Leads the International Bar Association

February 25, 2026

National University of Singapore Appoints Julian Arato as Visiting Professor

February 20, 2026

2L Emma Farrell Selected for National Consumer Law Center Fellowship

Nicholson Price teaching in a room of Michigan Law students.

February 18, 2026

5Qs: Price Explores Challenges of Medicine, AI, and the Need for a Doctor ‘In the Loop’

Margo Schlanger Michigan Law classroom portrait.

February 13, 2026

5Qs: Schlanger Discusses Disability Discrimination and Preserving the Right to Sue the Government

Samuel Bagenstos

February 11, 2026

Bagenstos To Receive President’s Award for Public Impact

Megan Hess

February 04, 2026

Michigan Law’s Megan Hess, ’26, Selected for Skadden Fellowship

Julian Mortenson portrait in a classic Michigan Law classroom.

January 30, 2026

American Law Institute Elects Mortenson to Membership

Archi Pyati, ’02, delivering Public Interest Week’s keynote address.

January 28, 2026

Public Interest Week Keynote Speaker Archi Pyati, ’02, Tells Students “Our Collective Future Is Going To Be Built by You”

Michelle Adams portrait with a cityscape in the background.

January 23, 2026

Michelle Adams Earns More Accolades for Her Book The Containment: Detroit, The Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North

Michigan Law Reading Room stained glass window.

January 21, 2026

Four Takeaways from Faculty Panel on US Action in Venezuela

Michigan Law professor Steve Ratner.

January 16, 2026

5Qs: Ratner Proposes New Approach to Reparations for Colonialism

Michigan Law Reading Room exterior windows and lamp post.

January 14, 2026

Professors Arato, Marley to Take New Leadership Roles with American Society of International Law

Michigan Law professor Julianna Lee, ‘05, with student-attorneys in the Pediatric Advocacy Clinic.

January 02, 2026

Pediatric Advocacy Clinic Helps Family Win Medicaid Appeal

At the Crest of a Wave: Artificial Intelligence in the Law Quad

Matthew Preston, ’21, Selected for ABA Young Lawyers Division Award

Martha Umphrey, ’91: A New View as Provost at Amherst College

Ann Fagan Ginger, ’47

Bruce P. Bickner, ’68

Winter 2025 Recent Gifts

Gillian C. Steinhauer, ’76: Success in All Seasons of Life

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

Arn Tellem, ’79: Taking Chances and Giving Back

Charles Knox, ’73, Honors His Father, the Hon. William W. Knox, ’35, Through a Legacy Gift to Michigan Law

Celebrating Three Decades of the Nannes 3L Challenge

New Fellowship to Fund LLM Public Service Opportunities Honors Longtime Assistant Dean for International Affairs Virginia Gordan

Q&A: Bagley and Klass on Abundance

Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, LLM ’98, a Former Shepherd Who Now Shepherds Ghana’s Legal System

“To Veronica, With Love, Ben”

Meet Dean Neel U. Sukhatme

AI and the Evolution of Law and Legal Education

Michigan Law Students Get Hands-on with AI Tools

New Michigan Law Clinic to Explore if AI Tools Can Broaden Legal Access

AI and Legal Research in the Michigan Law Library

Michigan Law Mini-seminar Considers AI Doomerism and Technology Risk

New Research from Michigan Law Professors Supports Real-World Value of AI for Lawyers

Professor Patrick Barry Wants His Students to Become “Conspicuously Good” at AI

Her Own Experience with Infertility Motivates Alexis Cirel, ’03, to Advocate for Better Surrogacy Laws

For Sean Grimsley, ’00, and Eric Olson, ’00, Co-founders of an Impact Litigation Firm, Their Partnership Began at Michigan Law

All-in-One Reunion Welcomes Alumni Home

News in Brief: Winter 2025

Aaron Lewis, ’05: Embracing, and Extending, a Family Legacy

Michigan Law students gathered in groups in the Law Quad during Orientation 2025.

December 23, 2025

Our Michigan Law 2025 Roundup: A Year of Big Changes, Groundbreaking Work, and Shared Purpose

Aerial view of the University of Michigan Law School campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

December 16, 2025

Academics Gather at Law School for Workshop on Local Government Issues

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

December 03, 2025

LLM Alumni Demonstrate the Power of a Michigan Law Friendship Forged Around the Globe

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

Christopher McCrudden participates in a speaker panel at the European Alumni Reunion in Berlin.

November 25, 2025

McCrudden to Receive Gold Medal from Royal Irish Academy for Contributions to the Social Sciences

Attendees of the Transnational Law Symposium ask panelists questions.

November 20, 2025

Five Takeaways on Forced Labor Issues from the Transnational Law Symposium

Daniel Crane teaches in front of a class of Michigan Law students.

November 17, 2025

5Qs: Crane’s New Book Chronicles Fight Between Tesla and Auto Dealers

Michigan Law panel discussion including Clarissa Cerda, David Caragliano, and Mary Snapp.

November 12, 2025

Michigan Law Alumni Discuss AI’s Impact on the Legal Profession

Andrew Schreder, Matt Andres, and Ryan Stults at the Jackson County Circuit Court

November 10, 2025

Law Students Conduct Jury Trial, Negotiate Settlement On Behalf of Veterans Legal Clinic Clients

Noah Kazis

November 04, 2025

5Qs: Noah Kazis Discusses the “Radical” Structure of the Fair Housing Act

The Honorable Steven W. Rhodes lecturing during a Michigan Law class.

November 03, 2025

Rhodes Discusses Detroit Bankruptcy

Richard Burns, ’71, and Elizabeth Murphy Burns

October 23, 2025

Richard Burns, ’71, and Elizabeth Murphy Burns Receive 2025 Hermelin Award for Fundraising Volunteer Leadership at U-M

A group of Michigan Law alumni and faculty attend the European Alumni Reunion.

October 16, 2025

Insights from Keynote Speakers at the European Alumni Reunion

Rachel Rothschild

October 14, 2025

Rothschild Paper on Major Questions Doctrine Named Among Top Environmental Law Articles

The Michigan Law Lawyers Club, surrounded by trees and a clear sky.

October 09, 2025

Child Welfare Appellate Clinic Marks Significant Win on Housing at State Court of Appeals

Professor Karima Bennoune speaks at the Gender Apartheid Conference hosted at Michigan Law.

October 07, 2025

Michigan Law Conference Explores International Law Strategies to Fight Gender Apartheid

Exterior of the Michigan Law Reading Room in early Fall.

September 25, 2025

Two Michigan Law Students Selected as 2025 Kouba Prize Winners for Papers on EU Law and International Peace and Security

Michelle Adams

September 23, 2025

Michelle Adams Wins Stone Book Award for The Containment: Detroit, The Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North

Aabid Allibhai, Edgar Melgar, Andrew Stawasz, and Amanda Leon Michigan Laws new research and teaching fellows.

September 17, 2025

Four New Teaching Fellows Join Michigan Law Faculty

Michigan Law LLM Class of 2026 standing outside of the Reading Room.

September 15, 2025

Michigan Law’s LLM Students Represent 14 Countries

Matthew Fletcher engages a room full of Michigan Law students.

September 11, 2025

Get to Know Michigan Law’s JD Class of 2028

United States Constitution on the American flag.

September 08, 2025

Michigan Law to Host Top ACLU Lawyer for Constitution Day Observance

A group of women holding protest signs.

September 04, 2025

Michigan Law to Host Conference on Using International Law to Fight Gender Apartheid

The Michigan Law School campus on State Street.

September 02, 2025

Michigan Law Announces Inaugural Recipients of the Virginia Gordan LLM Public Service Fellowship

Michigan Law professor Belisa Pang stands under a Lawyers Club archway.

August 19, 2025

Bankruptcy Expert Belisa Pang Joins Michigan Law Faculty

View through the windows of the Law Library of the Michigan Law Reading Room

August 13, 2025

Child Welfare Appellate Clinic Wins Court of Appeals Case

Professor Rachel Rothschild smiling with her arms crossed, standing in a grassy area with trees in the background.

August 11, 2025

Rothschild Named 2025 Pace Haub School of Law Environmental Law Distinguished Junior Scholar

Beauty image of the Law School Reading Room

Michigan Law Hosts Applied Legal Storytelling Conference

2002 Campbell Finalists Reminisce, Two Decades Later

A Multitude of Student Moots, On and Off the Quad

Where Does the Campbell Moot Court Question Come From?

Who Judges the Campbell Moot Court Competition?

A Century of Argument and Advocacy: Campbell Moot Court Turns 100

Former Winners of the Campbell Moot Court Competition Reflect on the Experience

Danielle Bass, ’15, Honored By Peers as Influential Woman of the Year

Samantha Shipp Warrick, ’07: A Lifelong Creative Breaks New Ground at LVMH

Thomas E. Kauper, ’60

Cyril Moscow, ’57

News in Brief: Summer 2025

Class of 2025 Celebrates Senior Day

Growing a Global Game with D.C. United

Aisha Elmquist, ’07: Everyone Has the Right to a Seat at the Table

In-House at Medline: Much More Than Counseling and Dispute Resolution

Neel U. Sukhatme Begins Service as the Law School’s 19th Dean

Student Project Draws on Professor Adams’s New Book to Highlight Integration Efforts in Detroit

Hot off the Press: New Books from the Faculty

Roy Proffitt, Longtime Faculty Member and Administrator, Continues to Inspire Gifts to Michigan Law

Bruce K. Posey, ’77: Bridging Generations of Academic Achievement

Law Class of 1974 Celebrates 50th Reunion by Giving Back

Summer 2025 Recent Gifts

A portrait of Albert Pak.

Albert Pak Receives ABA Young Lawyers Division Award

The Lawyers Club exterior at the University of Michigan Law School campus.

30 Years of the Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship Program

Exterior of the Hague Academy building

Ratner Selected to Deliver a Course at The Hague Academy of International Law, a Rare Honor for US Academics

Supreme Court of the United States

5Qs: Bagley on Supreme Court Limits on Environmental Review

Samuel Bagenstos

5Qs: Bagenstos on Challenging the Constitutional Authority of the Preventive Services Task Force in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management

One of the five buildings that comprise the Cook Law Quadrangle on the University of Michigan campus.

Collins and Erman on Universal Injunctions and Birthright Citizenship in Trump v. CASA

Tifani Sadek

Sadek’s TEDx Talk Explored the Personal Underpinnings of Her Career and How She Embraced the Stages of Competence

Don Herzog

5Qs: Herzog on LGBTQ+ Opt-Outs in Mahmoud v. Taylor Supreme Court Decision

Lydia Peterson(left), a rising 3L, and Ali Al-Kubaisi(right), ’25

Michigan Law Students Advise Startups in Kenya and Costa Rica Through the International Transactions Clinic

United States Supreme Court Building.

Bagenstos and Schlanger on Supreme Court Trans Rights Ruling in US v. Skrmetti

Len Niehoff

Niehoff on the Rule of Law

Exterior view of the Reading Room Windows.

Alumni Receive Equal Justice Works Fellowships

Mackinac Bridge in Michigan at sunset.

Fletcher on Line 5 and American Indian Law: “It’s Really Quite Orwellian.”

Kyle Fraser

Kyle Fraser, ’21, Named “Sole Survivor” of Survivor 48

Richard Primus

5Qs: Richard Primus’s New Book Asks the Oldest Constitutional Question

Daniel Deacon(right) and Daniel Fryer(left)

Professors Deacon and Fryer Will Present Research at Upcoming Harvard-Yale-Stanford Junior Faculty Forum

Betsy Knox

3L Betsy Knox Named a 2025 American Constitution Society Next Generation Leader

The Lawyers Club exterior at the University of Michigan Law School campus.

The 2025 Michigan Law Award Winners for Excellence in Pro Bono Service

Timothy Pinto

Professor Timothy Pinto Wins Before the Michigan Supreme Court

An audience of graduating Michigan Law students seated at the graduation commencement ceremony.

Class of 2025 Celebrates Senior Day

Leah Litman

Leah Litman’s New Book Examines Today’s Supreme Court

Karima Bennoune

Globally Recognized Scholar Karima Bennoune, ’94, Elected Vice President of the American Society of International Law

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

The 2025 Michigan Law students who received an award.

Michigan Law Announces 2025 Student Awards

Margo Schlanger

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

Dana Thompson

Thompson Launches The Common Wealth Podcast for Community Enterprise Clinic to Explore Urban Issues

Kerri Kornblatt Delivers “Blue Jeans” Lecture on Crafting a Perfectly Imperfect Legal Career.

Legal Practice Teaching Award Winner Kerry Kornblatt Delivers “Blue Jeans” Lecture on Crafting a Perfectly Imperfect Legal Career

New York city sunset panorama

2025 LAWBreaks Students Take on Criminal Justice and Environmental Projects

Nicolas Cornell

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

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Michigan Law Alumni Clerk for Constitutional Court of South Africa

Michelle Adams speaking at a Michigan Law Blue Jeans lecture.

L. Hart Wright Teaching Award Winner Michelle Adams Shares Five Lessons from Her Work

Neel Sukhatme

Neel Sukhatme Appointed Dean of the University of Michigan Law School

A group of Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program attendees including Michigan Law students and faculty.

Students Attend Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program

Michigan Law Reading Room stained glass window.

Michigan Law Dimond Prize Recognizes Outstanding Scholarly Paper

Leah Litman

5Qs: Leah Litman on SCOTUS and the Rise of the “New Substantive Due Process”

Law students who recently participated in a week-long program at the University of Tokyo.

Michigan Law Students Attend University of Tokyo’s Inaugural Winter School on Japanese Law

Professor Rachel Rothschild

February 27, 2025

5Qs: Rothschild Explains New Framework for Regulating Toxic Chemicals

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

February 26, 2025

Zhang and Logue on Holding Bank Executives Accountable

View of the Reading Room from the Law Library windows.

February 20, 2025

Michigan Law Students Named as 2025 Dow Sustainability Fellows

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

Pages of a book folded to look like a paper heart.

February 13, 2025

For Some Students, Law and Love Go Hand in Hand

A series of screenshots of the Digital Timeline Chronicling School Integration Efforts in Detroit

February 12, 2025

Students Create Digital Timeline Chronicling School Integration Efforts in Detroit

Professor Daniel Crane

February 07, 2025

5Qs: Crane Discusses the Overwhelming Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Antitrust Law