Schedule of Events
8:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
118 Hutchins Hall
Start your visit here by picking up your name badges(s) - they'll be your admission ticket(s) to all reunion events except football. You can also get an attendance list for your class, an updated events schedule, and any football tickets you have reserved.
9:30 a.m.
Departs from the Michigan League
Registration required
What has changed around campus since you were a student? A lot! From the past decade alone, the roster of completed construction at the University includes the Museum of Art renovation and expansion, the Cardiovascular Center, the Walgreen Drama Center, Weill Hall, and many more. Still in progress are the new Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, North Quad Residential Complex, and of course, the Law School's new academic building and Robert B. Aikens Commons. Check out these new landmarks and spot your old favorites on this tour of Ann Arbor, focusing on the U-M campus.
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Lawyers Club Main Lounge
All are welcome to attend this coffee hour with judges from the reunion classes, Ann Arbor-area judges, and current Michigan Law students interested in judicial careers.
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lawyers Club
($15/person)
Enjoy lunch with other alumni and current students in the Student Dining Room.
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Meet at Room 118 Hutchins Hall
See the lovely Law Quadrangle through the eyes of a tourist, with current students as your guides. University reunion celebrants are also invited to participate in this tour of the best-known landmark on the Michigan campus.
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
100 Hutchins Hall
Professor Parson will review recent progress and recent controversies in global climate change and how to respond to it, and will discuss some of the challenges these trends pose to international law and institutions.
Edward A. Parson, who joined the Michigan Law faculty in 2003, is the Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law and Professor of Natural Resources. His interests include environmental policy, particularly its international dimensions; the political economy of regulation; the role of science and technology in law, policy and regulation; and the analysis of negotiations, collective decisions, and conflicts. His book, Protecting the Ozone Layer: Science and Strategy, won the 2004 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award of the International Studies Association. The second edition of Parson's acclaimed book with coauthor A.E. Dessler, The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change, was published earlier this year.
*Please see University Events regarding additional events around campus for more lectures taking place as part of the University's reunion programs.
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
100 Hutchins Hall
Dean Evan Caminker will update you on what's new at Michigan Law followed by an informal Q and A session.
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Conor O'Neill's, Celtic Room
318 South Main Street
($35/person)
At this lively Irish pub in the heart of Ann Arbor's downtown Main Street, join members of the classes of 1960, 1965, 1975, 1980, emeriti alumni, and Michigan law faculty for a festive celebration, with drinks and hors d'oeuvres. If you haven't picked up your name badges yet, you can do so here.
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Dominick's
812 Monroe Street
($35/person)
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
118 Hutchins Hall
If you haven't already done so, pick up your name badge(s) here - they'll be your admission ticket(s) to all reunion events except football. You can also get an attendance list for your class, and updated events schedule, and any football tickets you have reserved.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Lawyers Club Main Lounge
This special event welcomes alumni who give $2,500 or more annually to the Law School Fund and who, in appreciation, are recognized at the Cavaedium Society level. (For more information on annual giving, the Law School Fund, and reunion giving, please contact Janice Glander, Director of Annual Giving, at 734.615.4521 or jglander@umich.edu)
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Meet outside 118 Hutchins Hall
You've heard about the Law School's facilities improvements; now learn about them first hand. The 30-minute walking tour is packed with information about the lighting renovation project, the new academic building, and the new Robert B. Aikens Commons. Your guide is Tom Schlaff, project director, U-M Office of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, and director of the Law School's expansion and renovation project.
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tent on the Law Quad
Join Dean Caminker and fellow alumni for a ceremony marking the halfway point in construction of the Law School's new academic building. A stone archway will be put in place, with brief remarks by the Dean and others. Everyone is welcome.
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Tent on the Law Quad
Picnic foods, non-alcoholic beverages**
($25/person)
Under the tent in the Law Quad, gather with old friends and new to enjoy picnic type food and non-alcoholic beverages. (**Sorry: due to state liquor license regulations and U-M campus policy, we are unable to serve alcohol on the Law Quad.) To find your classmates, look for class year signs located throughout the tent.
3:30 p.m.
Michigan Stadium
Afternoon
It may be a stadium Saturday in Ann Arbor, but there's a whole lot more going on besides football. To learn about other activities, including family-friendly ones, visit Saturday Activities or pick up information at registration.
7:30 p.m.
Various locations
Cocktails and strolling supper
($100/person)
The Class dinners are the heart of the reunion weekend. By popular demand, this year's dinner is a casual event, with a strolling supper to maximize time for mingling and conversation. A class photograph will be taken during the evening, and Dean Caminker will stop by to greet each reunion group. Venues are as follows:
- - Michigan Union, Ballroom
- - Michigan Union, Anderson Room
- - Michigan League, Vandenburg Room
- - Michigan League, Hussey Room
9:30 a.m. or 11:00 a.m.
Lawyers Club
($25/person)
All Reunion classes are invited to an informal brunch with Dean Caminker. Please indicate a preference arrival time on your registration form (9:30 a.m. or 11:00 a.m.)