Gary Maveal, emeritus professor of Detroit Mercy’s Law School, is the winner of the John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award and will be recognized for his influence as a Michigan law school educator on Sept. 19 at the State Bar of Michigan’s Presidential Inauguration and Awards Luncheon.

In addition to his dedicated classroom work molding countless students into adept legal practitioners, Maveal’s scholarly contributions have significantly shaped Michigan’s legal landscape, having published extensively in the Michigan Bar Journal and in other practitioner publications.