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Faculty, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Elizabeth Long's gift endows three new faculty chairs; ALICS: Celebrating ten years teaching U.S. law in Germany; faculty members open Portuguese window on lJ.S. law; The death of a friendly critic; Andrew S. Watson; St. Antoine heads U-M search for general counsel; Grateful Kennedys establish scholarship; Commercial Transactions keeps world of commerce in mind; Activities; New faculty; Hail! Hail! Hail!

Alumni, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

One judge's verdict: jury system is working just fine; Success, women, and the law; Nannes, '73, named Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust; Gay Secord Hardy, '56, Michigan's first, only women Solicitor General; Earlier cases prepared solo practitioner for Michigan Supreme Court case; Graduates bring Women's History month to Washington, D.C.; Class Notes; In memoriam

The University Of Michigan Law School Scholarships 1998, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

The presence of talented and diverse students helps make the University of Michigan Law School a dynamic academic environment. The School is fortunate to have more than one hundred endowed scholarship funds - attracting the brightest students regardless of their ability to meet the high costs of legal education. Endowed scholarship funds have a profound impact on the School and the lives of its students.

The Law School is delighted to recognize those donors whose generous support makes such scholarships possible. We are grateful to our graduates and friends whose vital interest in the School has promoted them to invest …

Breaking Into The Academy: The 1998-2000 Michigan Journal Of Race & Law Guide For Aspiring Law Professors, Gabriel J. Chin, Denise C. Morgan

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

I was not very far into my law school experience when I realized that my professors had the best job in town-it took me quite a bit longer to discover that I, too, could get in on the deal. Do not misunderstand me-being a law professor is not easy. In fact, when done correctly, the job requires a tremendous amount of intellectual energy, emotional commitment, long hours, and hard work. However, if you enjoy writing, research, public speaking, and developing mentoring relationships, being a law professor could be the career for you. This Article, and the listings of helpful organizations …

The Role Of Clinical Programs In Legal Education, Suellyn Scarnecchia

Articles

In clinic, students get a glance at the lawyer they will be someday. They gain confidence that, indeed, they will be a "good" lawyer. They understand the context in which their classroom learning will be applied. In short, they are able to integrate their law school experience.

We Could Pass A Law...What Might Happen If Contingent Legal Fees Were Banned, Samuel R. Gross

Articles

This is an exercise in fantasy. My task is to imagine what would happen if we simply abolished the institution of the contingent fee by statute. I cannot justify that task on grounds of urgency. Contingent fees are not about to be abolished, and they probably.are not going to be seriously restricted. My hope is that the exercise will be amusing in itself, and that in the process we might learn something about contingent fees as we now use them.

Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

The International Law Workshop - closing in on moving targets; Conferences, symposia offer panicipants rare opportunities; Kathy Okun becomes new Assistant Dean of Development and Alumni Relations; Election law project on hold

Faculty, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Hammer, students get caught in Cambodian coup; A long nights journey into day; Activities; The (helpful) long arm of the law; Visiting faculty lend variety of perspectives; Ronald Mann joins Law School faculty; Faculty publications

Alumni, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Law School graduates accept clerkships throughout U.S.; The place where the world meets; Hong Kong - the future here is an adventure to be lived; One in a million; Campaign progress repon; Endowments aid students, battle rising costs; Class notes; In memoriam

Special Feature, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

The Law School in Detroit. A picture of the Law Schools Program in Legal Assistance for Urban Communities, which offers law students the chance to work as student lawyers while helping nonprofit community groups move toward their goals of improving housing and city life. Plus a look at Motown as a rich source of public service placements for law students.

We Know Better Than We Do: A Policy Framework For Child Welfare Reform, Donald N. Duquette, Sandra K. Danzinger, Joan M. Abbey, Kristin S. Seefeldt

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The need for comprehensive reform of child welfare policies and systems has long been evident. This Article reports observations from the WK Kellogg Foundation-sponsored Families for Kids Initiative that seeks to expand services and support to families and reduce the time children spend in temporary care. The authors first provide an overview of the need for reforms such as those proposed by this initiative, suggesting that many child welfare studies, critiques, and proposed reforms have had similar objectives. The authors highlight lessons learned from how these reform goals are being developed, implemented, and practiced in ongoing programs across the nation …

Developing A Child Advocacy Law Clinic: A Law School Clinical Legal Education Opportunity, Donald N. Duquette

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Clinical legal education has become an accepted and integral complement to traditional law school curricula. Professor Duquette argues that clinical education is uniquely able to integrate the teaching of practical skills and legal doctrine, elevating students' understanding of both. Duquette maintains that a child advocacy law clinic can teach a broad range of practical skill benefit the hosting law school by providing an opportunity for interdisciplinary education as well as a public relations benefit, while simultaneously serving an important need in most communities for quality representation of all parties in child abuse and neglect cases. Most importantly, participation in a …

Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Johnson: 'I will be guided by students' needs'; Constitution-making in South Africa; Bridging ethics and alternative dispute resolution; Faculty approve statement of educational policy; A progress report on clinical programs; Affirmative action looms large under the magnifying glass; Former prosecutor, defense attorney join forces; Whose wetland is it anyway?; Graduation is a family affair; Bates winners work in three regions of the world; Jessup team wins regional competition.

Front Matter, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

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Alumni, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Reunion participants can help shape international legal education; Roger Wilkens, '56: 'I want to talk about citizenship'; Leadership:alumnae share experiences, insights; Eight Law School graduates among Detroit area's 'Most Influential Women'; Two generations of Kings; 'A remarkable constitution'; Campaign progress report; An excerpt - by Victor Rabinowitz, '34; LEAP bridges the gap; Legal Services finds help outside of Washington; Mary Frances Berry,'70. delivers U-M's MLK Day keynote address; Two Law School grads receive honorary U-M degress; Class Notes; In memoriam.

Marriage Today: Legal Consequences For Same Sex And Opposite Sex Couples, David L. Chamber

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Laws that treat married persons in a different manner than they treat single persons permeate nearly every field of social regulation in this country - taxation, torts, evidence, social welfare, inheritance, adoption, and on and on.

This essay is adopted from "What If? The Legal Consequences of Marriage and the Legal Needs of Lesbian and Gay Male Couples," which appeared in 95 Michigan Law Review 447-491 (1996) and is printed with permission from the journal and the author. For a fully cited version of this article contact the author.

Quad Angles, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Volume 1, Number 3 of the University of Michigan Law School Staff Newsletter.

Faculty, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Jerold Israel: Colleague, friend, teacher; Professor John Reed: students keep your teaching fresh; Whitman replaces Syverud as associate dean; visiting and adjunct faculty broaden study offerings; Law School faculty add to MLS annual meeting; Justice Department honors Kauper for antitrust move against AT&T; a "particularly fitting" time to honor Don Duquette; U.S. Supreme Court draws on faculty work; activities

Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Building a legal system in the land of the "Killing Fields"; Law School externs study, help build a new South Africa; honors come home from first foray into trial competition; message to graduates: "Lets testify with our lives"; symposium, banquet mark 20th Anniversary of Juan Tiendas legacy; Law Schools new Poverty Law Program will reach out across Michigan; Litigation: just one choice among many; two from Law School win Skadden Fellowships; entering class standards high; meet some members of the Class of 1999

Alumni, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Law School alumni win State Bars Champions of justice award; an insiders helping hand in the scramble for a judicial clerkship; who can stay in the race with technology?; International Reunion offers "rich mix" of activities; Irene R. Cortes, LL.M. '56, S.J.D. '66, dies in Philippines; a tribute to Michigan Supreme Court Judge Charles Levin, JD. '4 7; Alumni reunions; three presidents = one John Feikens appointment; physicians must be healers, alumnus tells U.S. Supreme Court; Richard W Pogue, JD. '53: Cleveland is a place to celebrate; from Law School to Congress: Harold E. Ford, Jr., JD. '96; class notes

Legal Narratives, Theraputic Narratives: The Invisibility And Omnipresence Of Race And Gender, Leslie G. Espinoza

Michigan Law Review

My first introduction to Denise Gray was through a form. The intake sheet was dated October 17, 1994. The legal problem was straightforward. My introduction to Denise Gray would come much later. I am a clinical law professor. The clinic, Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau, is known as "LAB." I teach students law by supervising them as they represent, usually for the first time, a real person with real problems.

Representing Race Outside Of Explicitly Racialized Contexts, Naomi R. Cahn

Michigan Law Review

Welfare "as we know it" ended in 1996, a victim of a conservatism that views welfare recipients as lazy and immoral. One aspect of welfare that is, however, unlikely to experience radical change is child support. More vigorous child support enforcement has become an increasingly important component of federal welfare reform bills over the past two decades because of the twin hopes of fiscal and parental responsibility: first, that child support will reimburse welfare costs, and second, that fathers will take more responsibility for their children. Child support programs within the welfare system perpetuate a negative perception of poor people. …

Critical Race Praxis: Race Theory And Political Lawyering Practice In Post-Civil Rights America, Eric K. Yamamoto

Michigan Law Review

At the end of the twentieth century, the legal status of Chinese Americans in San Francisco's public schools turns on a requested judicial finding that a desegregation order originally designed to dismantle a system subordinating nonwhites now invidiously discriminates against Chinese Americans. Brian Ho, Patrick Wong, and Hilary Chen, plaintiffs in Ho v. San Francisco Unified School District, represent "all [16,000] children of Chinese descent" eligible to attend San Francisco's public schools. Their high-profile suit, filed by small-firm attorneys, challenges the validity of a 1983 judicial consent decree desegregating San Francisco's schools. Approved in response to an NAACP class action …

Vol. 47, No. 6, January 28, 1997, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Students Lament Syvereud's Departure •Law School Panel on Affirmative Action for MLK Day Celebration •Exam Ticket Frustration •Blanks Pans Hip New Music •Michigan Students Explore Cambodia •Whitman Takes the Reins •The Two Sides of Larry Flynt •B&B Reveal Resolutions

25 Divorce Attorneys And 40 Clients In Two Not So Big But Not So Small Cities In Massachusetts And California: An Appreciation, David L. Chambers

Reviews

Jane is meeting with her lawyer Peter. She has been complaining bitterly about a restraining order obtained ex parte by the lawyer for her husband Norb. The order bars her from entering the home that she still owns jointly with Norb and that Norb has continued to live in. She moved out voluntarily, as a gesture of good will, a short while before only to have her husband's lawyer run to court and secure the order she abhors. Readers first met Jane back in 1986 when Austin Sarat and William Felstiner published the first article growing out of their massive …

Eye On The World, Jose E. Alvarez, Virginia A. Gordan

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

In a special section coinciding with the International Reunion of Law School graduates, Law School graduates who are deeply involved in the globalization of legal practice respond to the question, "If you could leap ahead 10 years, how do you think what you are doing now will change?" And in a thought-provoking prologue, Professor of Law Jose Alvarez and Assistant Dean for International Programs Virginia A. Gordan consider the historical - and historic - impact of Law School graduates from overseas on the legal profession.

Of Substantial Interest: Third Parties Under Gatt, Chi Carmody

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article's examination of the status of third parties under GATT is important for several reasons, one of which is the proliferation of third party participation as demonstrated by Bananas III. A second reason for its importance is that there has been little written about third parties under GATT. This neglect stands in sharp contrast to ample literature on the related subject of greater public participation in the WTO. The oversight could be a function of GATT dispute resolution, which did not always enjoy the level of public attention it garners today. Until recently the GATT system handled no …

Proceedings Of The 1997 Annual Meeting Association Of American Law School Sections On Employment Discrimination Law And Alternative Dispute Resolution, Theodore J. St. Antoine, Herbert Bernhardt, Catherine Hagen, Paul Tobias, Marion Zinman

Other Publications

The following is an edited transcript of the proceedings of the joint meeting of the Employment Discrimination Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections at the AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1997.

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A list of books recenlty received by Michigan Law Review.

Alumni, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Former Argentine ambassador to U.N. will keynote international reunion; donation endows dispute resolution program; alumni group forms in Korea and alumni leadership changes in Japan; Anita Santos, JD. '89, seeks ways to keep legal aid available; Timothy Stanley; JD. '92, takes legal research to the cyber edge; new alumni directory will be out in March; class notes.