Read about philanthropy at Michigan Law. 

Law Quadrangle spoke with members of the Class of 1974 to learn more about the inspiration for their gifts and why they remain connected with their classmates and the Michigan Law community.

Bruce Posey rose through the ranks as a general counsel and governance specialist at multiple companies throughout his career—and the springboard was Michigan Law.

The Law Quad has had no shortage of influential professors and administrators who have shaped generations of Michigan Law students. But even among that esteemed group, Roy Proffitt, JD ’46, LLM ’48, made an outsized contribution to the Law School community that continues to reverberate today.

New books by Michigan Law faculty.

As students in Professor Michelle Adams’s Race, Law and History class, Michelle Landry, ’24, and Victoria Pedri, a rising 3L, were so inspired by class readings on school desegregation that they launched a digital project to extend and share their learnings.

On July 1, Neel U. Sukhatme joined the Michigan Law community as the David A. Breach Dean of Law and professor of law. The appointment, which the U-M Board of Regents approved on March 20, runs for a five-year renewable term. He succeeds Professor Kyle Logue, who served as interim dean from January 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025.

In 2021, after working as general counsel for medical supply firm Medline for 22 years, Alex Liberman, ’89, had covered a large spectrum of corporate legal work, from dispute resolution to compliance issues. But that year, he had the opportunity to participate in a leveraged buyout—a professional experience he describes as transformative.

Throughout history, many Americans with disabilities have been denied fundamental rights like attending school, holding jobs, and choosing homes. However, for as long as these inequalities have persisted, advocates for disability rights have fought back—including Aisha Elmquist, ’07, who leads a state government program in Minnesota that is tasked with helping those with disabilities live their best lives.

Jason Levien, ’97, is co-chairman and CEO of D.C. United, a Major League Soccer team, which he and a group of investors acquired in 2012. He works alongside fellow Michigan Law alumnus Chris Burtley, ’15, who joined the team in 2023 and serves as his chief of staff and the team’s vice president of strategy.