Chief Justice to headline gala
Sesquicentennial weekend

John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States.

Michigan Law's commemoration of a 150-year history of legal education will make history of its own this fall when John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, visits the Law School as part of its Sesquicentennial celebration. The appearance of the Chief Justice will highlight a gala weekend September 10-13, and reflects Michigan Law’s importance to American legal education. Other components of the celebration will include a discussion panel featuring all living former Michigan Law deans; a celebration of the new academic building and Law School Commons, for which planning is nearly complete; and even the first-ever on-Quad viewing of a Wolverines home football game (against Notre Dame, for those keeping score at home). More ...

SIAS Summer Institute
coming to Michigan Law

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Post-doctoral scholars interested in convening in Berlin and Ann Arbor for an elite Summer Institute session covering “Comparative Perspectives on Federalism and Separation of Powers: Lessons From – and for – National, Supranational, and Global Governance” have until Feb. 27 to apply.

The seminar, sponsored by the SIAS coalition of several institutes for advanced study, is being organized by Michigan Law’s Prof. Daniel Halberstam and Prof. Dr. Christoph Mollers of Georg-August-Universitat in Gottingen, Germany. The sessions come at an important time, as federalism gains new importance in countries as diverse as the United Kingdom and Iraq, and as supra-national organizations such as the European Union establish a new model for its possible application in other parts of the globe. More ...

Alumni Funded Fellowships
group holds fundraiser in NYC

A genuine Darth Vader helmet autographed by University of Michigan alumnus James Earl Jones. Backstage VIP tours from Michigan alumni performers in seven of Broadway’s hottest shows packaged with prime orchestra seats. And a one-of-a-kind framed lithograph of the Law Quad signed by the current and living former Deans of the Law School.

All these items and many more can be had for the right bid at "Hutchins in New York," a gala auction sponsored by Alumni Funded Fellowships (AFF), on Thursday, February 26, at the Grand Ballroom of Manhattan Center, 311 W. 34th St., New York City. All alumni and guests are invited. More ...

Parson and Ratner hold new
Sax and Simma professorships

Michigan Law is celebrating two distinguished former faculty members, Joseph. L. Sax and Bruno Simma, with the creation of new professorships bearing their names. And on Thursday, the University Regents approved the appointments of Professors Ted A. Parson and Steven Ratner to fill the respective chairs.

The Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professorship honors Sax, a world-renowned environmental law expert who taught at Michigan from 1966-1986 as the Philip A. Hart Distinguished University Professor. Sax’s scholarship, particularly on the public trust doctrine and on takings law, has frequently been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and remains definitive in the field. More ...