Wayne Law professor to speak during State of the Detroit River Boat Tour  
June 18, 2013

Join Canada’s Citizens Environment Alliance — and Wayne State University Law School Professor Nick Schroeck —on July 13, when the nonprofit international group holds its annual State of the Detroit River Boat Tour 2013. Schroeck, who  teaches the Transnational...

Gay rights attorneys, plaintiffs and law expert slate press briefing for expected day of Supreme Court same-sex marriage decisions  
June 18, 2013

Also on hand for comment will be the attorneys for April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse of Hazel Park, a lesbian couple hoping to overturn the state of Michigan’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.  The couple, both nurses who work in Detroit, also may be at the briefing. The women...

Bioethics expert available to comment on Supreme Court gene patent decision  
June 14, 2013

The Supreme Court ruled June 13 in a unanimous decision that human genes can’t be patented, even when a company has spent millions on research to isolate those genes. Wayne State University Law School Associate Professor Lance Gable, a public health attorney who specializes in...

National security law expert available to discuss NSA leaks and the aftermath  
June 10, 2013

National security law expert Paul Dubinsky, associate professor of law at Wayne State University Law School, is avidly following the ongoing situation of former CIA employee Edward Snowden exposing the National Security Agency’s data collection program. Snowden left his job, traveled to...

Dean visits China to promote new LL.M. program  
June 10, 2013

A growing number of students from China are expected to study at Wayne State University Law School in 2014 — a result of the school’s decision to offer a master’s degree in U.S. law and its vigorous outreach efforts to promote it. Wayne Law Dean Jocelyn Benson just returned...

Law School honored for diversity outreach  
June 04, 2013

Ten American law schools were honored as finalists in the Law School Admission Council Inc.’s annual Diversity Matters Award, and among them was Wayne State University Law School — the only Michigan law school named. The award goes to a law school that “has demonstrated the...