Noted civil rights activist to give reading from his new book Nov. 13  
October 29, 2012

DETROIT — Acclaimed civil rights scholar john a. powell (he uses no capitals in his name) will read from his new book, “Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Others to Build an Inclusive Society,” in a special event at Wayne State University Law School on...

Judge Watanabe to lecture on use of lay judges in Japan for criminal cases  
October 25, 2012

  DETROIT — Japanese Judge Mitsuaki Watanbe will present a free public lecture at Wayne State University Law School at 12:15 p.m. Nov. 5 in the third-floor faculty lounge. Lunch will be provided. The judge’s lecture, titled “An Introduction to the Actual Circumstances of...

National security/foreign policy expert to give free public lecture at Wayne Law Oct. 23  
October 23, 2012

DETROIT — Heather Hurlburt, executive director of the National Security Network in Washington, D.C., will speak at Wayne State University Law School Oct. 23 on “Foreign Policy and the Next President: International Relations in the 2012 Election.” The talk begins at 12:15 p.m. in...

From Detroit to Cambodia, dignity and empowerment are focus of Law Professor Peter Hammer's work  
October 22, 2012

Justice and human rights are far more than words for Wayne State University Law Professor Peter Hammer. The words represent the concepts that motivate his life. For most of the year, Hammer teaches law students in his role as educator and director of the Law School’s Damon J. Keith Center...

Public Justice Foundation Director urges students to “fight for what you believe in”  
October 19, 2012

DETROIT — “The single most important purpose of the law is to do justice,” said Arthur Bryant, executive director of legal powerhouse Public Justice and the Public Justice Foundation. Bryant was the inaugural speaker for the Dean A. Robb Public Interest Lecture Series Oct. 16 at...

Jules Lobel talks about fighting the "legal black hole" for Guantanamo prisoners  
October 15, 2012

DETROIT — Winning a “tremendous victory” in court doesn’t always lead to success, said civil rights expert Jules Lobel, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a law professor at the Pittsburgh School of Law. He spoke Sept. 20 at Wayne State University Law...

"Marching Toward Justice" exhibit will be at Columbia Law School  
October 06, 2012

DETROIT — Wayne State University Law School’s Damon J. Keith Collection of African American Legal History is pleased to announce that the exhibit “Marching Toward Justice: The History of the 14th Amendment” will be featured at Columbia Law School in New York City from Oct. 5...

Wayne Law alums gain kudos from Michigan Super Lawyers  
October 06, 2012

DETROIT – Michigan Super Lawyers magazine recently released its 2012 lists of top attorneys, and Wayne Law graduates are more than a quarter of the Top 100 Michigan Super Lawyers. Twenty-six of the Top 100 are Wayne Law alumni, more than any other law school’s totals. And four of the...

Five alumnae create Brass Ring Scholarship for law students  
October 01, 2012

Five women who graduated from Wayne Law in 1998 have built strong careers and nurtured a close friendship for nearly 15 years — and now they’ve joined together to create an endowed scholarship to help beginning law students start their own career paths. The very first recipient of their...