Ann Arbor's usually serene and quiet Law Quadrangle is abuzz with activity this week as work begins toward the $39 million renovation of one of University of Michigan's most historically valuable buildings. Movers are in the midst of clearing the Lawyers Club of existing furniture and have partially closed a ...
Records of murders and other crimes that took place in Detroit before 2004 were lost in the vaults due to non-payment, according to a recent lawsuit. The Michigan Innocence Clinic, a center within U-M Law School that investigates cases that may have resulted in a wrongful conviction, is in the process of settling a suit that alleges the Detroit Police Department violated the Freedom of Information Act nine times in the past year.
Jason Burns, a clinical fellow at the University of Michigan Law School Human Trafficking Clinic, says raising community awareness is key in the fight against human trafficking. He'll be educating the public about the issue during a free presentation on human trafficking at the First United Methodist Church, 1200 N. ...
The University of Michigan Law School has signed a memorandum of understanding with India’s Jindal Global Law School of O.P. Jindal Global University to establish a Joint Centre for Global Corporate and Financial Law & Policy.
The University of Michigan Law School will have another friend in the White House. Steven Croley, who specializes in administrative law, civil procedure and regulation, will take a break from teaching duties to work for President Barack Obama's Domestic Policy Council in an ethics and regulatory role, U-M announced today.
A University of Michigan Law School student reported missing last month hanged himself, Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies said. The body of 35-year-old Casey Neil McGinnis was found Wednesday afternoon in a wooded area behind the Washtenaw County Recreation Center on Washtenaw Avenue, deputies said.
A Detroit man who spent nearly a decade behind bars is returning to court today to learn if he'll face a second murder trial. It's the latest case for the Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan, which won its first victory in July. Dwayne Provience was released Nov. ...
Ann Arbor police are looking for a University of Michigan Law School student who was reported missing Nov. 12. Casey Neil McGinnis, 35, of Prospect Street, hasn't contacted family members since Nov. 11. They're concerned for his well-being, police said.
Brett DeGroff joined the University of Michigan Law School's Innocence Clinic for one main reason. "I wanted to be able to look my child in the eye and say that I helped free an innocent man," DeGroff said. Last week, DeGroff took one step closer to that goal when client ...
The University of Michigan has received a $10 million gift from a suburban Detroit developer and his wife toward the $102 million expansion of its law school. The money comes from Robert and Ann Aikens of Bloomfield Hills. Robert Aikens is a commercial real estate developer and a 1954 graduate ...
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts kept the crowd at Hill Auditorium engaged and often laughing this morning as he fielded a range of questions - from how Justice Sonia Sotomayor is fitting in on the bench to whether the high court might consider banishing criminals in the future. ...
University of Michigan Law School students will have a new chance to advocate for children. The Detroit Center for Family Advocacy opened this month as a partnership between the U-M Law School and the Wayne County Department of Human Services. The goal of the center's staff is to keep children ...
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