Check it out! Wayne Law Review has new website  
September 26, 2012

Wayne Law Review, the primary scholarly journal of Wayne State University Law School, has a brand new website — http://www.waynelawreview.org — featuring cutting edge articles, interviews and updates. “When the new Editorial Board was selected, we wanted the creation of a brand...

Wayne Law alumna to speak about her successful Supreme Court argument  
September 25, 2012

DETROIT — Wayne Law alumna Valerie Newman will detail her experience of preparing for and successfully arguing a case in the U.S. Supreme Court when she presents “A View from the Podium: Reflections on a Supreme Court Argument” at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Spencer M. Partrich...

Law Review Symposium to explore solutions for the American city  
September 25, 2012

The 2012-2013 Wayne Law Review Symposium: "Revisiting the American City: A National Survey of Urban Legal Frameworks" will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Wayne State University Law School, 471 W. Palmer, Detroit.  Today, the United States is increasingly faced with...

Public Justice Executive Director Arthur Bryant to discuss public interest law Oct. 16  
September 25, 2012

DETROIT — Arthur Bryant, executive director of Public Justice, will speak about his decades as a pioneering public interest attorney during the inaugural event in the Dean A. Robb Public Interest Lecture Series from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16. The series is sponsored by the Damon J....

Wayne Law experts explore anti-Sharia measures  
September 19, 2012

DETROIT — Four legal experts, all professors at Wayne State University’s Law School, took on the trend of states trying to ban the use of foreign laws, particularly Sharia,  the religious law of Islam, on Sept. 11 during the first of the fall speaker series sponsored by Wayne...

EEOC commissioner to speak at Wayne Law on lessons from disability and LGBT rights  
September 13, 2012

DETROIT — Gay rights advocate Chai Feldblum, the first openly lesbian commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, will deliver the 28th annual I. Goodman Cohen Lecture in Trial Advocacy at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at Wayne State University Law School. “She has been a...

Wayne Law to host panel on violence in Detroit   
September 13, 2012

           Presentation is part of “City Under Siege: A university forum on the crime crisis in Detroit” DETROIT — A panel of Wayne Law alumni and other experts will explore violent crimes in Detroit on Sept. 21. The panel will...

Civil liberties at times of national crisis is focus of Sept. 20 lecture at Wayne Law’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights   
September 11, 2012

DETROIT — Civil rights expert Jules Lobel will speak on Sept. 20 about individual rights in times of national crisis as part of an ongoing program by Wayne State University Law School’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights examining the War on Terror and respect for individual...

Free panel discussion at Wayne Law Sept. 20 to discuss American violations of treaty obligations  
September 11, 2012

DETROIT —Three noted legal scholars will tackle the trend of American violations of treaty obligations when Wayne State University Law School’s Program of International Legal Studies hosts its second fall speaker event on Sept. 20. Wayne Law Associate Professor Paul Dubinsky and...

Wayne Law celebrates faculty, alumni, receiving State Bar of Michigan awards  
September 10, 2012

Several Wayne State University professors and alumni will be honored as part of the State Bar of Michigan (SBM) Annual Meeting Sept. 19 in Grand Rapids. Distinguished Professor Robert Sedler will receive the John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award. This award, created in 2011 and named for...

Chairman of NLRB to keynote labor law symposium at Wayne Law Oct. 17  
September 04, 2012

DETROIT — Mark Pearce, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, will give the keynote talk during Wayne State University Law School’s 20th annual Bernard Gottfried Memorial Labor Law Symposium from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 17. Wayne Law students, alumni and friends interested in...