Wayne Law Honors Convocation celebrates student achievement and donors’ generosity   
November 28, 2012

More than 80 scholarships, fellowships, awards and prizes were presented to accomplished students at the Wayne State University Law School Honors Convocation Nov. 14. The ceremony recognizes exceptional students and gives some of them a chance to meet their scholarship donors in...

Social justice advocate talks of healing society of racism  
November 28, 2012

Americans are “less racist at a conscious level” than ever before, but at an unconscious level, the issues of race that are “a habit of our society” still prevail, said renowned social justice advocate john a. powell, who spoke recently at Wayne State University Law School....

Wayne Law professor advocates for animal protection  
November 26, 2012

Advancement of the interests and protection of animals is cutting-edge social justice for law Professor Jerry Simonelli, who teaches courses in animal law at Wayne State University Law School and at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. “The animal rights movement is a part of our...

Environmental law professor gaining recognition  
November 26, 2012

He can talk dirty. He can talk clean. But whatever the topic, Nick Schroeck talks green. Dirty air, clean water and a host of other environmental issues are on the menu for Schroeck every day. He’s executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center and a 2007 graduate of Wayne...

Looking for summer employment: Upperclassmen share advice with first-year law students  
November 17, 2012

First-year law students are expected to have relevant summer employment, and finding those experiences — paid or unpaid — can seem like a daunting task. Wayne Law’s Career Services Office tries to take some of the anxiety out of the search, which begins for many right after the...

Japanese judge reports on success of new trial system using lay judges  
November 09, 2012

  Lay judges, selected from the public, have been participating in trial proceedings in Japan for serious criminal cases, including death-penalty cases, since May 2009, and assessment of the new system shows it to be successful, according to Japanese Judge Mitsuaki Watanbe. It is the...

International law expert to speak at Wayne Law Nov. 12  
November 08, 2012

DETROIT — International law expert Julian Mortenson will present a free public lecture at 12:15 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium at Wayne State University Law School, 471 W. Palmer St. Lunch will be provided. A professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School,...