As a Washington, D.C. prosecutor, Paul Butler started every case he tried with the same statement. “I would say, ‘My name is Paul Butler, and I represent the people.’ I represented the government in criminal court,” Butler said, “and I used that power to put black men in prison. And …
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Professor Lawrence Dubin received the State Bar of Michigan’s John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award during the annual State Bar of Michigan NEXT Conference in Grand Rapids in September. The prestigious John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award is presented periodically to …
More than 1,500 alumni, students, friends and community neighbors took advantage of the perfect weather Sept. 28-29 to celebrate Homecoming 2018 at University of Detroit Mercy. Included in the event were law school golf outing, 50th reunion dinner for the class of 1968, Decades Dash run, a classic car show, DIA …
Every year, Crain’s Detroit Business honors 40 metro Detroit leaders who are under 40 years old. Not to be outdone in honoring young and young-ish people making their mark, Detroit Business annually honors 30 metro Detroit movers and shakers who are in their 30s. University of Detroit Mercy has alumni …
Still deciding whether to come to Homecoming this weekend? We’re giving you the hard sell now — personal requests from some of your favorite professors. Over the last few weeks we’ve rolled these videos out and they were pretty popular. We collected them here so you can watch them all …
Every year the Michigan Chronicle newspaper recognizes local African-American men who “break the mold and effect change in their professions and community,” and this year’s list includes two University of Detroit Mercy graduates. Daniel A. Baxter ’01, is the director of elections for Detroit and is responsible for the administration …
When Gary Maveal entered University of Detroit Law School as a student, he did not know he would return as a professor a few years after he graduated in 1981, nor did he know he would carve out a distinguished 30-year career at the University. When the school year ended …
The point where driverless vehicles and the law intersect is nearly uncharted territory, but one University of Detroit Mercy alumna has positioned herself there to help keep an industry on the right road. “You never know what path you will take, so you have to bend; you cannot be inflexible. …
It is a special week for our alumni, as we are offering FREE access to a track of live webinars designed to help you along your career journey. Webinars will be featured every hour, from 11 a.m. – 7p.m. this Tuesday through Friday. Visit https://gradcareerfestival.securechkout.com/ and sign-up for access. Make sure to …
The Michigan State Board of Law Examiners (BLE) recently released the February 2018 bar exam results, which show that University of Detroit Mercy School of Law graduates earned the school a second-place bar passage ranking among Michigan law schools for this cycle. According to the official BLE report, both first-time takers and repeaters …
