The 2026 McElroy lecture is titled “What Is Justice For? Law, Power, and Human Dignity,” and will be presented by Jelani Jefferson Exum of St. John’s University School of Law. The 27th annual lecture is set for Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 5 p.m., at the Riverfront Campus, Room 226.
Detroit Mercy Law’s Conviction Integrity Clinic will hold a candid discussion on wrongful convictions on Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 5-7 p.m., at the Riverfront Campus.
The 114th annual Red Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, Sept. 22, at noon in the Ss. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church at the Riverfront Campus. A luncheon reception in the atrium of Detroit Mercy Law will immediately follow the ceremony.
Professor of Law Cara Cunningham Warren has been elected to a three-year term as a member of Collegium’s Board of Directors, and begins her new …
Grab a friend and sign up for the Detroit Mercy Pre-Law Society and Business Law Society’s second annual Moot Court Competition, which takes place on April 2. This is an oral competition open to students of all majors, and no writing is involved. Deadline to sign up is March 23.
Join Detroit Mercy Law Review on Friday, March 6, for its 110th annual symposium exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal profession. This free event brings together legal professionals, scholars and students from across the country to discuss AI and its impact on the law.
Join Detroit Mercy Law for an engaging discussion hosted by the Arts, Communication, Entertainment & Sports Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Hear from industry leaders Paul Rosenberg ’96 and Howard Hertz as they share insights on legal careers in the arts and entertainment world.
The 2025 McElroy lecture is titled “Next Steps for Church Autonomy,” and will be presented by Stephanie Barclay of Georgetown Law. The 26th annual lecture is set for Thursday, Oct. 23 from 5-6 p.m. at the Riverfront Campus, Room 226.
A special Law Review symposium, titled “Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Exploring the Legal Issues Surrounding Deadly Shipwrecks and Honoring the 50th Anniversary of a Great Lakes Tragedy,” will be hosted by Detroit Mercy Law Review on Monday, Nov. 10, at the Riverview Campus.
Check out video footage celebrating 60 years of Detroit Mercy Law Clinics produced by MarCom fellow Alizé Tripp, with the help of Let’s Roll’s Brian Rolling and MarCom’s Adam Bouton.
To recognize Wrongful Conviction Day, Detroit Mercy School of Law Conviction Integrity Clinic will hold a discussion on Oct. 8 on wrongful convictions entitled “Unraveling Injustice: Insights from the Courtroom and the Wrongfully Convicted.”
Dean Nicholas Schroeck of Detroit Mercy Law was interviewed Sept. 10 by WXYZ/Channel 7 about the new online J.D. program launched this past week. Check …
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law will launch a fully online juris doctor degree in fall 2026, thanks to a $2.22-million gift from Jonathan D. Rose. The Online J.D. Program (OJD) will be the first in Michigan and just the 21st in the nation, impacting the lives of many students to come.
Join Detroit Mercy Law and the legal community in celebrating the 113th annual Red Mass at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 23, inside of Ss. Peter & Paul Church at the Riverfront Campus.
The Department of Athletics is hosting its annual Titan Golf Outing on Friday, Aug. 8 at Links of Novi. All fans, alumni, supporters, students, staff and faculty are welcome to partake in a day of fun on the course.
Grab a friend and sign up for the Detroit Mercy Pre-Law Society’s first annual Moot Court Competition, which takes place on April 11. This is an oral competition open to students of all majors, and no writing is involved. Participants will compete for exciting awards and cash prizes!
All are welcome to join University Ministry for a powerful discussion on immigration law on Wednesday, March 26, and learn about the challenges, uncover the facts and explore ways to create an impartial process.
All are welcome to join Detroit Mercy Law for the Dewitt C. Holbrook Lecture on Social Justice on Wednesday, March 19, which provides a forum to address issues on law and policy related to social justice. This year’s lecture features Simon Tam, who will deliver a presentation of storytelling and songs about Matal v. Tam, with his counterpart Joe X. Jiang.
Now in its 109th year, the Detroit Mercy Law Review Symposium titled “From Theory to Practice: Mastering the Art of Effective Legal Advocacy” will take place on Friday, March 7 and will explore how young lawyers can develop the necessary advocacy skills to excel in litigation or transactional practice.
Harvard and Yale trained property law scholar Bernadette Atuahene and special guest Orlando Bailey, Emmy award-winning journalist and executive director of Outlier Media, will lead an evening of conversation based around Atuahene’s new book Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America.
Detroit Mercy School of Law unveiled portraits of the Jesuit and Mercy religious founders — St. Ignatius of Loyola (founder of the Society of Jesus) and Venerable Catherine McAuley (founder of the Sisters of Mercy) — on Nov. 7.
Interim Dean and Associate Professor of Law Nicholas Schroeck was named to the 2024 Class of Michigan State Bar Foundation Fellows. He is the only …
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 …
Join Detroit Mercy Law and the legal community in celebrating the 112th annual Red Mass at noon Tuesday, Sept. 17 inside of Ss. Peter & Paul Church at the Riverfront Campus.
Meet the Class of ’24: Being a lawyer is in Kevin Lynch’s blood. After nearly a decade working in human resources, he made the decision to become the latest member of his family to attend law school. His Detroit Mercy Law experience and all that has come from it has been beyond his wildest dreams.
As part of the Titan Innovation Fund, Detroit Mercy Law will host their inaugural law school preview day April 17. The event will bring 60 metro Detroit high school students to the Riverfront Campus.
Former national security prosecutor and current University of Michigan law professor Barbara McQuade will discuss the threat disinformation poses to our democracy, public safety, and the rule of law in 2024’s lecture, titled “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.”
Detroit Mercy Law Review hosts its 108th annual symposium, this year titled “Law School 101: An Exploration of Legal Pedagogy,” on Friday, March 8 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Riverfront Campus.
Ss. Peter and Paul Church — and its place in Detroit history and with the Jesuits — is the subject of a new book by local author Patricia Montemurri.
2023’s lecture is titled “Religious Lawyering in a Polarized World,” and will be presented by Amy Uelmen of Georgetown Law. The 24th annual lecture is set for Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 5-6 p.m. at the Riverfront Campus, Room 226.
Detroit Mercy was ranked No. 52 nationally and second in Michigan, according to results released Sept. 6 by WSJ/College Pulse. UDM was the third-highest ranked Jesuit university and only Mercy institution ranked.
Red Mass is an occasion for judges, attorneys, civic leaders and law students of all faiths to come together and pray for blessings and strength in the coming year’s work.
Each year, University of Detroit Mercy honors an alumnus from each of its seven schools or colleges for the way they have excelled in their …
School of Law Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum discussed the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision about affirmative action on the digital Michigan Chronicle newscast and WDET’s …
When Janson Fu isn’t handling all the responsibilities that come with being a law student, he has his eyes on the stars. His hobby of astrophotography involves photographing the night sky and celestial events.
The Vivere ex Missione awards are presented annually to four graduating students whose time at University of Detroit Mercy was marked by leadership, service and scholarship. The winners are announced during each of the four commencement ceremonies.
Even after rising to a vice president position in the financial world, Matthew Snyder’s childhood dream tugged at his heart.
University of Detroit Mercy graduate programs in Engineering, Business, Law, Health Professions and Liberal Arts & Education were once again ranked among the top in the nation in the 2023-24 U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Colleges’ edition. This is the fourth consecutive year that Detroit Mercy graduate programs have ranked among the nation’s best.
Summer operations and hours at University of Detroit Mercy are upon us!
Michigan Supreme Court Justice and Detroit Mercy alumna Kyra Harris Bolden ’14 is the special lecturer at the fifth annual Dewitt C. Holbrook Lecture on Social Justice, hosted by Detroit Mercy Law. The lecture, titled, “Justice for All,” is set for Thursday, April 13 from 5-6 p.m. in Room 226 of the Riverfront Campus.
Detroit Mercy Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) are organizing its annual Vegas Night Scholarship Fundraiser, set for Saturday, March 25 from 7-11 p.m.
Detroit Mercy Law Review hosts its 107th annual Symposium, titled “Fallout: The Legal Impact of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine,” on Friday, March 3 at 9 a.m.
Detroit Mercy Law alumna Kyra Harris Bolden ’14 recently made history when she was sworn as Michigan Supreme Court justice on Jan. 1. Bolden is the first Black woman to serve on the state’s highest court.
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law graduates achieved a first-time pass rate and overall pass rate on the July 2022 Michigan Bar Exam that far surpasses state averages.
During the episode “Twerk O’Clock,” which originally aired on Jan. 23, 2023, an actor riding a bus is wearing a Detroit Mercy Law sweatshirt.
Associate Professor of Law Cara Cunningham Warren recently had her book, International Law in Context published by Carolina Academic Press. According to Carolina Academic Press: …
Faye Alexander Nelson ’75, ’81 led the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy from 2003-13, a role that helped spark the renaissance the city is experiencing today.
Detroit Mercy Law’s McElroy Lecture on Law and Religion provides a forum for prominent thinkers and leaders to address fundamental issues of law, religion and society.
Join Detroit Mercy Law and the legal community in celebrating the 110th annual Red Mass on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at noon.
Jesuit Fathers Xavier Jeyaraj and Ted Penton will offer two brief panel presentations on Jesuit efforts in social justice and ecology from a global and …
