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Reimann to Complete Long Tenure as EIC of <em>American Journal of Comparative Law</em>

Reimann to Complete Long Tenure as EIC of American Journal of Comparative Law

After 10 years at the helm of the American Journal of Comparative Law, during which he oversaw 40 issues and reviewed thousands of articles and book reviews from scholars around the world, Prof. Mathias Reimann, LLM '83, is completing his second term as editor-in-chief at the end of 2013. His last issue as EIC was scheduled to be published in October

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Arrest of New Suspect in 1996 Homicide Proves Clinic Client Innocent, His Lawyers Argue

DNA testing championed by innocence projects from the University of Michigan Law School and Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago has led to Monday's (Dec. 2) arrest of Davison resident Jason Anthony Ryan and proven that Jamie Lee Peterson is entirely innocent of the 1996 sexual assault and murder of Geraldine Montgomery, Peterson's lawyers argue.

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Journal of the Civil War Era to Preserve Emancipation Scholarship at MLaw

The University of Michigan Law School exhibit commemorating the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation—and challenging its myths—may have come and gone, but the conversation it inspired will continue when scholarly contributions to that project are published this month in The Journal of the Civil War Era, Vol. 3, No. 4.

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Concussions, Football, and the Law

Bringing together representatives of law, medicine, and football, the Michigan Health Law Organization and Sports Law Society organized a panel Nov. 20 to examine recent NFL and NCAA concussion cases.

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EIW Moves to Lawyers Club in 2014

After 12 years of being hosted at the Ann Arbor Holiday Inn, Early Interview Week (EIW)—a four-day event during which employers interview rising 2Ls and 3Ls—will be moving to the Lawyers Club in August 2014. The last time law firm employers actually recruited on site at the Law School was in 2001; back then it was known as "OCI" (on-campus interviewing).

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Human Trafficking Clinic Awarded $500,000 Grant from Justice Department

The Human Trafficking Clinic (HTC) at the University of Michigan Law School has been awarded a $500,000, three-year grant from the Department of Justice to fund a partnership between the clinic and domestic violence and sexual assault services.

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LANDS' END SPINOFF FROM SEARS

"His investors are running out of patience. He's running out of time to keep pulling rabbits out of the hat. He's going to have to start producing sales in the stores."

—Erik Gordon, professor from practice and director of the ZEAL (Zell Entrepreneurship and Law) Program, in an article from Bloomberg Businessweek on how Sears and its largest shareholder Eddie Lampert remain vulnerable despite the spinoff of Lands' End.

LANDS' END SPINOFF FROM SEARS

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