Keith Center, Africana Studies department to host lecture by Columbia Law Professor Patricia J. Williams Feb. 9  
February 06, 2012

DETROIT (Feb. 6, 2012) — Wayne State University Law School’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights is pleased to host a lecture by Patricia J. Williams, Columbia Law School James L. Dohr Professor of Law. Williams will deliver “Hope, Home and Homeland: Bailing out the Beloved...

2012 Treasure of Detroit honors Wayne Law alumni and friends March 24 at Ford Field  
February 03, 2012

DETROIT (Feb. 3, 2012) — Wayne State University Law School, Wayne Law Dean Robert M. Ackerman, the Wayne Law Board of Visitors and the Wayne Law Alumni Association are pleased to announce that the 15th annual Treasure of Detroit Gala will be held from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, at Ford...

Renowned legal scholar Saul Levmore gives Order of the Coif Distinguished Visitor lecture at Wayne Law, Feb. 8  
February 02, 2012

DETROIT (Feb. 2, 2012) — Wayne State University Law School is pleased to host leading scholar and former dean of the University of Chicago Law School Saul Levmore as the Order of the Coif Distinguished Visitor. Levmore will present “Precedent and Convergence: Why Are Different...

Program for International Legal Studies announces Winter 2012 Speaker Series  
January 26, 2012

DETROIT (Jan. 26, 2012) — The Program for International Legal Studies at Wayne State University Law School is pleased to announce its Winter 2012 Speaker Series. The Winter 2012 Speaker Series features the following events: Thursday, Feb. 2, 12:15-1:30 p.m. Spencer M. Partrich...

Keith Collection announces donation of the Honorable John Feikens' papers and records   
January 24, 2012

    Judge Feikens (left), Damon J. Keith and Judge Ralph Freeman swearing in Keith to District Court in October 1967.    ...

Keith Center hosts discussion on the constitutionality of Michigan's Proposal 2  
January 23, 2012

DETROIT (Jan. 23, 2012) — Wayne State University Law School’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights will host a discussion titled “Michigan Prop 2: The Constitutionality of Prohibitions on Affirmative Action” on Thurs., Jan. 26, 2012, from 6-7:30 p.m. in Spencer M. Partrich...

Keith Center receives $56,000 donation from estate of John Thomas Hall, friend of Judge Keith's  
January 20, 2012

    Dean Robert M. Ackerman (left), Keith Center Director Peter Hammer, Judge Damon J. Keith, Aubrey V. McCutcheon Jr. and Deacon Robert Brown. DETROIT (Jan. 20, 2012) -- Attorney...

Wayne Law's Keith Center a co-sponsor, destination service site for 2012 MLK Day of Service  
January 12, 2012

DETROIT (Jan. 12, 2012) — Volunteers who want to participate in the United Way for Southeastern Michigan’s 2012 MLK Day of Service can sign up at Wayne State University Law School’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at 8 a.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 16....

First-year students to discuss civility, ethics with prominent attorneys and judges  
January 09, 2012

DETROIT (Jan. 9, 2012) — Wayne State University Law School first-year students will have the opportunity to discuss the importance of workplace civility and ethics with more than 50 prominent Detroit-area attorneys and judges. The Professionalism in Action program will be held from 3 to 6...

Wayne Law Review symposium to explore marijuana reform  
January 05, 2012

DETROIT (Jan. 5, 2012) – The Wayne Law Review is pleased to host its upcoming symposium, “National and State Marijuana Reform: The Social, Economic, Health and Legal Implications,” 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2012, in Wayne State University Law School’s Spencer M....