 Philanthropy Awareness Day: Because We All Benefit The entire Michigan Law community is made better through the support of private donors, but that knowledge most likely isn’t top of mind for the Law School’s students, faculty, and staff. Philanthropy Awareness Day, which is taking place on March 13, seeks to change that.  MLaw Student Creates BriefCase. App to Help Law Students Streamline Research David Lutz had perfected an intricate system for highlighting cases for his classes at Michigan Law that helped him study and provide quick responses during classroom cold calls: orange for facts, blue for procedural history, pink for rules, and so on. “My books looked like the Rainbow Connection,” the 3L says.  Prof. Halberstam Enlisted to Drive Dialogue Between U.S. and EU High Courts When the United States Supreme Court and Court of Justice of the European Union agreed to meet last month in Luxembourg, the organizers turned to Prof. Daniel Halberstam. Halberstam, whose scholarship focuses on comparative constitutional law and global governance, was a natural fit to help foster the dialogue.  Prof. Jim Hines Honored for Public Finance Work with Prestigious Award
When the email arrived in Prof. James Hines Jr.'s mailbox, he gave it a cursory glance, thinking it was nothing more than a lecture invitation. Months passed, and a follow-up email arrived. To his surprise, Prof. Hines was indeed being asked to lecture—as the recipient of the 2014 Richard Musgrave Visiting Professorship.  Working with the Entrepreneurship Clinic is a Snap, Say TurtleCell Cofounders
If you've ever reached for your headphones only to find they were a tangled mess, you're not alone. Nick Turnbull and Paul Schrems experienced this frustrating problem one too many times, and set out to remedy it with some good old-fashioned ingenuity.  'Price' Goes Just Right for 2007 Grad Tim Caballero There are few instances in life when one's putting ability and knowledge of snack food prices will generate a recipe for success, but luckily for Michigan Law graduate Tim Caballero, '07, daytime television is one of them. A rights counsel at NBC Universal, Inc. in California, Caballero made his third game show appearance Jan. 28 as a contestant on The Price is Right.  Six Michigan Law Students Named Dow Sustainability Fellows Six Michigan Law students will be making their mark as sustainability leaders thanks to their selection as 2014 Dow Sustainability Fellows. They are among an interdisciplinary group of 40 U-M graduate and postdoctoral students charged with developing sustainability solutions that have a local-to-global impact.
 Bob Shuman, '86, Shifts Gears as Chairman of 2014 North American International Auto Show Bob Shuman, '86, says he won't miss the exhausting travel schedule that comes with being chairman of the North American International Auto Show, but does lament the inevitable loss of a truly impressive collection of frequent flier miles.  Prof. Nicole Appleberry: Helping Domestic Violence Survivors Navigate Tax Issues
As the director of Michigan Law's Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC), Prof. Nicole Appleberry, BA '88, JD '94, sees firsthand how tax issues affect domestic violence survivors.  Innocence Projects Pursue New Trial for Man Convicted in 1996 Kalkaska Homicide Michigan Innocence Clinic student attorney A.J. Dixon had only been reading the transcripts from Jamie Lee Peterson's 1996 confession to the sexual assault and murder of Geraldine Montgomery for a little over an hour when he realized that something was terribly wrong.  First European Law Moot Court Team Prepares for Regional Final European Law Moot Court tip No. 14 reads: Know your oral pleadings by heart – if your coach wakes you in the middle of the night you should go: "Mister President, honoured members of the court ..." To an observer, such advice may seem extreme, but to Michigan Law's first ELMC team, it is just one component of an intensive, months-long training regimen. |
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