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2011
- MSU Law Announces New Study Abroad Programs - England and Croatia
- MSU Law Professor Testifies in $5 Billion Russian Oligarch Case
- MSU Law Celebrates Human Rights Day By Announcing The Talsky Center For Human Rights Of Women And Children, And The Zekelman Professorship In International Human Rights Law
- MSU Law Commercial Arbitration Team Wins Regional Competition
- Is Hate a Michigan Value? A Panel Discussion on the Current “Anti-Gay” Legislation in the Michigan House and Senate
- MSU Law Students Win Awards at International Moot Court Competition
- MSU Law Kelley Institute Co-Directors Win Scholarly Paper Competitions
- MSU Law Trustee Inducted Into Prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers
- MSU Law Presents Webinar on Career Options for Attorneys
- MSU Law Presents 8th Annual Indigenous Law Conference
- MSU Law Presents “Medical Marijuana and Rental Housing” Seminar
- MSU Law Surpasses Statewide Success Rate on July 2011 Bar Exam
- MSU Law Hosts Annual Midwest Securities Law Institute
- MSU Law Junior Faculty Workshop Supports New Scholarship
- MSU Law Trustee Douglas Laycock Argues Before U.S. Supreme Court
- Michigan Writers Series to Feature MSU Law Professor Brian Gilmore
- MSU Law Trial Practice Institute Presents Talk by Award-Winning Attorney
- State Bar Honors MSU Law Faculty Members
- MSU Law Presents Endowed Chair in Matrimonial Law
- MSU Law Kelley Institute of Ethics Lecture Features Illinois Attorney General
- Michigan State Law Review Symposium Explores the Changing Role of Lawyers
- President Obama Nominates MSU Law Professor Wenona Singel to Serve on National Board
- MSU College of Law Announces Fair Housing Project
- MSU Law Incoming Class Arrives for Immersion Week and Service Project
- MSU Professors Receive Grant for Research on Search Engine Economics and Regulation
- MSU College of Law Selects Co-Directors for Frank J. Kelley Institute of Ethics
- MSU Law Professor Joins Legal Thought Leaders at Executive Advisory Summit
- Small Business & Nonprofit Law Clinic Receives Inclusive Excellence Grant
- MSU Law Professor Emeritus Harold Norris Receives New State Bar Legacy Award
- MSU Law Professor Kuykendall Honored by State of Georgia
- MSU Law to Host “Family Law in the 21st Century” Conference
- MSU Law Names 2011 Outstanding Student Clinician
- Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson to Address MSU Law Students
- MSU Law Community Mourns the Passing of Professor Craig Callen
- MSU Law Legal Clinic Shows Off New Facilities
- Law College Student to Give Winning Presentation to MSU Board
- BLSA Team Places 2nd in International Negotiations Competition
- MSU Law 95th in U.S. News Rankings
- MSU Law Launches Public Interest Law Scholarship
- MSU Law Team Reaches “Elite 8” at Regional Trial Competition
- MSU Law Team Advances to Semifinals in Regional Trial Competition
- MSU Law Student Top Oralist at Jessup Regional Competition
- Journal of Business & Securities Law Leaps in National Rankings
- MSU Law Team Wins Regional Mediation Tournament
- Michigan State Law Review Climbs Again in National Journal Rankings
- Justice Markman Administers Oath to MSU Law Student Clinicians
- MSU Law Team Semifinalists, Most Professional at National Trial Competition
- MSU Law to Hold American Indian Art Fair and Silent Auction
2010
- Law professor named Fulbright Scholar
- MSU Law Students Named Top Two Oralists at Appellate Moot Court Competition
- MSU Law Panel Discussion Examines Limits of Right to Free Speech
- MSU Law Library Renamed to Honor Alumnus’ Service and Generosity
- MSU Law Presents New Play by Writer in Residence & Related Symposium
- MSU Law Team Finishes Second in Civil Rights & Liberties Moot Court Competition
- Michigan Supreme Court Justice Alton Davis, ’74, to Address MSU Law Students
- MSU Law Hosting Free Legal Informational Seminars for Community
- MSU Law Professor Bowman Honored for Important Contributions in Education Law
- MSU Law Presents Indigenous Law Conference on “Persuasion and Ideology”
- MSU Law Board of Trustees Elects Four New Members
- MSU Colleges of Law and Human Medicine Team Up for “Assisted Reproductive Technologies” Symposium
- MSU Law Student Wins Food & Drug Law Writing Competition
- MSU Law Kelley Institute Lecture Features Leading Legal Ethics Scholar
- MSU Law Presents Fall 2010 Distinguished Speaker Series
- MSU Law Alumnus Alton Davis Named to State's Highest Court
- MSU Law Incoming Class Arrives for Orientation and Service Projects
- MSU Law Professor Favre Wins ABA Animal Law Award
- MSU Law Writing Specialist Jeremy Francis Wins National Award
- MSU Law Awarded Michigan Humanities Council Grant
- MSU Law Professor a Leading Expert on Issue Headed to U.S. Supreme Court
- Justice Hathaway to Address MSU Law Class of 2010
- MSU Law Surpasses Michigan Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates
- MSU Law Community Mourns the Passing of Professor Alvin Storrs
- MSU Law Launches Writer in Residence Program with Playwright Sandra Seaton
- MSU Law Students Named Best Preliminary Round Team at Competition
- MSU Law Student Wins Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition
- MSU Law Recognized in Online Rankings
- Michigan State Law Review Symposium Responds to The Will of the People
- MSU Law Student Speaks at Forum Analyzing Economy's Impact on Michigan Women
- MSU Law Students Win Third Place at Regional Client Counseling Competition
- Journal of Animal Law to Host "Family Pets and the Law" Symposium
- Mary Ferguson Named "Rising Star" by Lansing Black Lawyers Association
- MSU Law Trial Advocacy Team Makes Impressive Showing at Regional Competition
- Professor Fletcher Presents Dillon Lecture on Indian Law at University of South Dakota
- MSU Law Commercial Arbitration Team Places Second at National Competition
- MSU Law Moot Court Team to Host Regional Competition
- Stacy Erwin Oakes appointed to MSU College of Law Board of Trustees
- MSU Journal of International Law to Host "War on Terror" Symposium
- Michigan State Law Review Continues Its Rise in National Journal Rankings
- MSU Law Maintains Voice in Public Debate Over Future of Open Internet
- MSU Law Presents Its Distinguished Speaker Series for Spring 2010
2009
- MSU Law Moot Court Team Shines at National Competition
- Articles by Professor Michael Lawrence Cited in U.S. Supreme Court Briefs
- MSU Law Commercial Arbitration Team Wins Regional Competition, Advances to Nationals
- MSU Law Claims Number One Spot in the State for Bar Exam Passage Rate for First-Time Takers, Surpasses State Average
- MSU Law Professors Adam Candeub and Mae Kuykendall Seek to Modernize Marriage With the Legal E-Marriage Project
- The New York Times Company's David Mccraw Gives Lecture on "the Future of the Mainstream Media"
- Two MSU Law Appellate Teams Place at National Competitions
- MSU Law Announces New Scholarship Opportunities for Part-Time, Public Interest, and Career Transition Students
- Journal of Business & Securities Law Receives Official Status
- Professor Brenner to Present at Ms. J.D.'s "Avenues to Advancement"
- Lauren Foley, '09, Wins Distinguished and National Education Law Award
- MSU College of Law Establishes Frank J. Kelley Institute of Ethics
- MSU Law Presents its 2009-10 Distinguished Speaker Series
- MSU Law Tax Clinic to Establish THAW (Tax Help for Abused Women)
- MSU Law Rental Housing Clinicians Provide Legal Assistance to Area Homeless
- MSU Law Professors Lawrence, Ravitch, and Saunders Present at First IALS Conference on Constitutional Law
- Constitution Day: MSU College of Law Hosts Public Discussions
- Journal of Medicine and Law Cited in Federal District Court
- Michigan State Law Review to Host Business Law and Narrative Symposium
- Orientation 2009 Begins with Class of 2012 Service Projects
- Professor Morag-Levine Presents at First World Congress of Environmental History
- MSU Law Professors M. Lawrence, Payne, and Staszewski Named Associate Deans
- New Grant Funds for MSU Law Clinic Will Help Develop Legal Services for Michigan Small Business Owners
- MSU Law Student Honored by the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society
- Several MSU Law Professors Participate in Law and Society Association Annual Meeting
- Professor Heverly Invited to Munich Intellectual Property Law Center Lecture Series
- Hon. McConnell to Address College of Law Graduates
- Tax Clinicians Honored at Michigan State Bar Conference
- LaMay Wins Best Oralist at MSU Law Rwa Oral Argument Competition
- Frederick D. Dilley elected to MSU College of Law Board of Trustees
- Professor Lawrence Cited in Ninth Circuit Case
- Professor Bean Presents on the Future of American Business in Russia
- MSU Law Appellate Moot Court Team Wins National Evidence Competition
- MSU Law Appellate Moot Court Team Shines at Fordham Law Competition
- Professor Bowman Presents on Educational Opportunities for Latino Students at UNC-Chapel Hill Conference
- Journal of Business and Securities Law Cited in District Court Ruling
- MSU Law Professor Knake Receives Fellowship From National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism
- MSU Law Journals Participate in National Conference of Law Reviews
- Indigenous Law & Policy Center Continues Its Speakers Series
- MSU Law Advances to Quarterfinals of National Moot Court Competition in Constitutional Law
- MSU Law Appellate Team Advances to Nationals
- MSU Law ADR Program Hosts Regional Mediation Competition
- Panel Discussion Outlines Financial Crisis and Solutions
- Professor Candeub Presents Article that Examines Crossover Between Healthcare and Law
- Professor Bowman Presents Article at Inaugural Conference for the Duke Forum for Law & Social Change
- MSU Law Students Participate in Alternative Spring Break of Community Service
- Professor Bowman Awarded an MSU Lilly Teaching Fellowship
- Professor Lawton Presents on Bankruptcy to Business Executives
- MSU Law Professors Speak about Sports Law
- Charles Janssen appointed to MSU College of Law Board of Trustees
- Professor Staszewski Participates in Thrower Symposium at Emory University School of Law
- Professor Ravitch Addresses Faculty at Doshisha University
- MSU Law Tax Team Advances to Semifinals of National Competition
- Michigan State Law Review Rises in National Journal Rankings for Fifth Consecutive Year
2008
- MSU Law Faculty Organize and Present at Administrative Statutory Interpretation Symposium
- MSU Law Announces Bar Passage Rate for Michigan and Out-of-State Exams
- MSU Law Appellate Moot Court Teams Win National Competitions
- MSU Law Faculty Presented at 2008 CSLSA Annual Conference
- MSU Law Dean Participates in Opening Gavel Ceremony
- MSU Law Faculty Presented at 13th World Conference of the International Society of Family Law
- Law College's Faculty Productivity Places MSU Within First Tier of Law Schools
- MSU Law Welcomes Class of 2011
- Joan Howarth Begins as New Dean of MSU College of Law
- Trial Practice Institute and Empirical Research Group Connect
- MSU Law Tax Students and Clinicians Honored at Michigan State Bar Taxation Section's Annual Meeting
- Students Represent Law College at National Women Law Students Leadership Summit
- MSU Law Remains Steady in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
- MSU Law Professor Appointed to Alma Mater’s Honors College Advisory Board
- MSU Law Professor Uncovers Trend in Where Evolution is Taught to American High School Students
- MSU Law Students Use Their Spring Break to Work on Tax Breaks for Katrina Survivors
- Indigenous Law Students Place in Top 16 at National Competition
- MSU Law Professor Appointed to Board of Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
- Joan Howarth Named New Dean of MSU College of Law
- Joan Howarth Recommended New Dean of MSU College of Law
- Michigan State Law Review Rises In National Journal Rankings
- MSU Law Professors Square Off In Friendly Debate
- ABA Preview of Supreme Court Decision Includes MSU Law Professor's Article
- MSU Law Well Surpasses State Average of Bar Exam Passage Rate
2007
- Trustee Linda Orlans, ’87, Delivers Fall 2007 Commencement Address
- Professor Poll Reveals Their Vote for Most Important Supreme Court Rulings to Come in 2008
- MSU Law Moot Court & Advocacy Board Team Wins National Entertainment Law Competition
- MSU Law Tax Clinic Student Appears Before U.S. Tax Court
- Professor Robert McCormick Honored with Induction into The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- MSU Law Professor Argues Before Federal Court of Appeals
- Law College’s Faculty Productivity Places MSU Law at Top of its Current Tier
- MSU Law Begins Decanal Search
- MSU Law to Celebrate Constitution Day
- MSU Law Names Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
- Michigan Supreme Court Decision Clashes With MSU Law Professor’s Amicus Brief
- MSU Law Names Acting Director of Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program
- Boufford Returns To MSU Law Rental Housing Clinic
- MSU Law Clinics Welcome Chinese Justice Department Official
- MSU Law Professor Explains Plot Behind Free Fire
- MSU Law Professor Authors Amicus Brief Filed With U.S. Supreme Court
- MSU Law Tax Students Recognized At Michigan State Bar Tax Section’s Annual Meeting
- MSU Law Professor and Students’ Position Paper Submitted to Hong Kong Government
- MSU Law Clinic Receives “Power of We” Grant
- Detroit Chief of Police Ella Bully-Cummings to Present 2007 Commencement Address at MSU College Of Law
- MSU Law Professor Discusses Yellowstone National Park’s “Zone Of Death”
- Dean of College of Law Resigns, Search to Begin
- MSU Law moves up in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
- Recent MSU Law Alum Cited In U.S. Supreme Court Brief
- Leading Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Scholars to Gather at MSU for Conference
- Geoffrey Fieger Discusses Being a Voice for the People, Changes in Civil Liberties and Interpretations of the Law
- MSU Law Moot Court and Advocacy Board Wins National Championship for Second Consecutive Year
- MSU Law’s Fletcher and Fort Chosen by Major National Tribal Government Organization to Present at Conference
- MSU Law Unveils Redesigned Web Site
- MSU Law Indigenous Law and Policy Center Presents "The Indian Child Welfare Act at 30: Facing the Future"
- MSU College of Law Appoints Kristen Flory Director, Marketing and Communications
- MSU Law Tax Team Wins National Competition
- MSU Law Graduates Excel at Bar
- New Grant to Facilitate Indigenous Law and Policy Center Goals
2006
- Michigan State College of Law names Wisconsin dean emeritus as acting dean
- MSU Law Professor Elected a Fellow of Honorary Labor and Employment Lawyers Association
- MSU College of Law Granted IRS Funding for Services to Low-Income and ESL Taxpayers
- MSU Law graduate receives patent law writing award
- MSU law clinic to expand services to underserved clientele
- MSU College of Law’s Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program nabs number one ranking among Big Ten law schools, 17th ranking in nation’s top 20
- MSU College of Law to host conference on bargaining power
- Students and scholars to examine indigenous justice systems in North America
- Prominent attorneys to debate tort reform at MSU
- MSU law students to examine women’s experiences following armed conflict
2005
- Michigan State faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar award
- Michigan State Law holds intellectual property conference before the WTO ministerial conference in Hong Kong
- Michigan State’s College of Law president endows professorships with $4 million gift
- Law College to Mark 10-Year Affiliation with MSU
- MSU College of Law to Host Second Annual Securities Institute
- Lawyer in Maurice Clarett case to speak at MSU
- MSU Presents Labor and Employment Law Conference for Lawyers and Business Executives
- Scholars and Policymakers to discuss Internet development in China at MSU College of Law
- MSU law student wins prestigious national writing award
- Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program at MSU College of Law ranked among nation’s best
- Internet law expert to speak at technology law and policy conference presented by MSU College of Law
- IRS Awards $70,000 to MSU Law Tax Clinic Aiding Local Taxpayers
- MSU Law moot court wins propel the Law College to the top nationally
- MSU Law Students Present Conference on Gender Equity in Sports
- MSU College of Law to hold student art exhibition
- MSU College of Law to host conference on children's rights
- MSU College of Law is fifth most wired
- MSU Law Students to Host Water Forum
- MSU College of Law Student Bar Association Seeks Community Support for Annual Barrister’s Charity Ball
2004
- MSU College of Law Moot Court Team wins national championship for second consecutive year (State News article)
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to address Bush administration's anti-environmental stance in speech at MSU
- Future of eminent domain focus of MSU College of Law symposium
- Tribal Constitutional Law Conference promotes tribal self-determination
- Former secretary of labor to speak at MSU College of Law
- MSU Law moot court room provides most advanced trial technology
- MSU patent law conference attracts the nation's leading practitioners
- MSU College of Law to exhibit works of Detroit artist Tyree Guyton
- $100,000 grant awarded to MSU College of Law’s new Small Business/Nonprofit/Entrepreneurial Law Clinic
- MSU College of Law pays tribute to its Detroit history
- MSU Law offers new masters’ programs on intellectual property for law graduates and nonlawyers
- American Indian Law Program opens at MSU College of Law
- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to present 2004 commencement address at Michigan State University College of Law
- International scholars to discuss intellectual property law issues during MSU-DCL conference
- MSU-DCL Student Organization to Host Leader of Animal Rights Movement
- Michigan State University-DCL Moot Court Hosts Mediation Seminar
- Michigan State University-DCL College of Law Hosts Trial Competition
- MSU law school name change reflects integration and collaboration
- Medical and legal educators at MSU to collaborate on first joint program for health care professionals
- MSU-DCL roundtable attracts international IP and communications law and policy scholars
- Michigan State University-DCL College Of Law professor to testify before Senate committee
- First Amendment should function differently for children than for adults, MSU law professor says in new book
2003
- Michigan State University-DCL Moot Court Team wins national competition
- MSU-DCL ranks third in state for passing bar exam
- Lawyer, Business Leader and Everest climber, Louis Kasischke, named to Law College Board
- Michigan State University-DCL Moot Court Team wins second place in national competition
- Michigan State University-DCL College of Law awards highest-ranking student
- Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute to host chief judge of the United States District Court
- Michigan State University-DCL College of Law appoints fellow
- Michigan State University-DCL College of Law hosts annual art display
- Michigan State University-DCL College of Law to host first advanced negotiations course for lawyers
- Michigan State DCL Law Review hosts groundbreaking symposium
- Law Clinics receive grant from Capital Region Community Foundation
- MSU-DCL announces new coordinator for the Business and Tax Law Center
- Michigan State University-DCL College of Law addresses the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement during two-day conference
- Michigan State University-DCL College of Law launches Master of Laws (LL.M) Program and welcomes law talent from across the globe
- Michigan State University-DCL College of Law introduces new Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program
- MSU-DCL Moot Court Team Best in the World
- Mary A. Bedikian to Head New Alternative Dispute Resolution Program at Michigan State University-DCL College of Law
- MSU-DCL Hosts Annual Law Event
- MSU-DCL Organization Hosts Symposium
- MSU-DCL Student Bar Association Seeks Community Support for Barrister's Charity Ball
2002
- MSU-DCL Hosts Swearing-In Ceremony
- MSU-DCL Professor Launches Animal Law Web Center
- MSU-DCL Holds CLEO Closing Ceremony
- Ernie Harwell to Do Book Signing at MSU-DCL
- MSU-DCL Professor Earns Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree
- MSU-DCL to Host Lithuanian Ambassador on March 18
- MSU-DCL Labor Symposium Features Panel Moderated by MSU President Peter McPherson
- MSU-DCL to Host Minority High School Students During Annual African American Law Day
- MSU-DCL Looks at U.S. Response to Terrorism
2001
- MSU-DCL clinics are approved pro bono agencies
- MSU-DCL law clinics receive grant from State Bar Foundation
- MSU-DCL alum Geoffrey Fieger makes $4-million gift to endow Institute
- Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law Board of Trustees Elects New President
- MSU-DCL Tax Clinic Receives Major Grant From IRS
- Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law names Charles J. Ten Brink as new director of library and technology services
- MSU-DCL National Alumni Association provides breakfast and lunch for students taking the bar exam
2000
1999
- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - DETROIT COLLEGE OF LAW NAMES TERENCE L. BLACKBURN AS NEW DEAN
- MSU-DCL ELECTS NEW OFFICERS AND PRESIDENT
- MSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE REORDERING OF LAW SCHOOL NAME
- MSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES ASKED TO APPROVE REORDERING OF LAW SCHOOL NAME
- CONTROVERSIAL CLONING ADVOCATE TO SPEAK AT MSU
- NAACP LEADER TO HEADLINE DCL/MSU DIVERSITY WEEK ACTIVITIES
1998
- RETIRING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ENDOWS LAW AND SOCIAL WORK INITIATIVE AT MSU
- U.S. DISTRICT COURT TO HOLD SESSION AT DCL/MSU
- DETROIT COLLEGE OF LAW AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ELECTS NEW OFFICERS - U.S. COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE SUHRHEINRICH NAMED PRESIDENT
- DETROIT COLLEGE OF LAW AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ELECTS NEW BOARD OFFICERS
- DCL's PROFESSOR AUTHORS BOOK ON WORLD TRADE LAW
- ATTORNEY GENERAL FRANK J. KELLEY ENDOWS CHAIR IN LEGAL ETHICS AT DCL/MSU
- LEGAL FACULTY FROM UKRAINE VISIT DETROIT COLLEGE OF LAW AT MSU
- DCL/MSU, STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN TO CELEBRATE LEGAL MILESTONE