 MLaw Students, Alumni Awarded Fellowships for Public Service in United States, Abroad With the support of a wide range of merit-based fellowships, many Michigan Law students and alumni will have the ability this year to provide legal assistance to underserved populations, pursue government work, and conduct research that may have been impossible without financial assistance.
 1Ls Headed to Japan for Inaugural SMBC Summer Internship
Eddie Mears hasn't lived in Japan since 2009, but thanks to a newly created internship at Michigan Law, the 1L is headed back to Tokyo this summer to work at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), one of the world's largest banks.  White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler to be Michigan Law Senior Day Speaker Kathryn Ruemmler, counsel to the President of the United States, will deliver the spring commencement address at Michigan Law Senior Day May 10.  NIH Building Dedicated in Honor of MLaw Alum John Edward Porter, '61
It's not very often that one gets a building named after him or her, but Michigan Law alumnus John Edward Porter, '61, can add this honor to his list of accolades.  Student Representation Project Recruits Education Advocates Across U-M When the possibility of suspension or expulsion threatens to disrupt a Michigan student's education, that student has no right to appointed counsel, which makes the Student Representation Project's (SRP) advocacy efforts that much more significant.
 Michigan Law Surpasses 100 Clerkships for Second Year
Diana Cieslak, '10, can attest to the invaluable benefits of serving as a judicial clerk. After graduating from Michigan Law, she clerked for the Hon. Pierre N. Leval on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, then put those practical skills to use as an associate at a law firm in Washington, D.C. She is completing a second clerkship with the Hon. Cornelia T.L. Pillard of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.  Peace Corps Cofounder Harris Wofford Promotes Public Service at Michigan Law
During a speech on the steps of the Michigan Union in 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy challenged U-M students to serve their country. More than 50 years after that historic speech, which led to the creation of the Peace Corps, another talk on public service was given at U-M—by Peace Corps cofounder Harris Wofford.  Jason Janego, '99: Zero Feet from Oscar
A white-gloved usher opened the car door and said, "Welcome to the Oscars," as Jason Janego, '99, stepped onto the red carpet. With that began "one of the most amazing 12-hour stretches of my life."  Justice McCormack Shares Life Lessons with MLaw Students at Blue Jeans Lecture
"I'm a believer in the benign randomness of life." As Michigan Supreme Court Justice and University of Michigan Law Lecturer Bridget McCormack pondered what she might impart to students during her informal Blue Jeans Lecture on March 21, she thought back to her own days as a student at New York University School of Law.
 SFF Auction: Bidding Wars and Ninja Skills Raise Thousands for Public Interest And so it was that 2014 became the year that gas averaged $3.55 a gallon, a loaf of bread cost $2.38, and the chance to see Miley Cyrus with Deans West and Zearfoss sold for a cool $3,500 at the 36th annual Student Funded Fellowships (SFF) Auction. |
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