Wayne State University

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Aimée Mangan Godfrey

Legal Writing Instructor
Office: Room 3338
Telephone: (313) 577-1773
E-mail: agodfrey@wayne.edu
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Degrees and Certifications

M.A., Sacred Heart Major Seminary
J.D., University of Michigan Law School
B.A., University of Michigan
 


Courses Taught

Legal Research and Writing


Biography

Aimée Mangan Godfrey serves as a legal writing instructor. Professor Godfrey was the faculty services librarian at the University of Michigan Law Library from 2001 to 2006. As part of her duties, she supervised the faculty research service and the document delivery service, the two main services the Law Library provides to the faculty. She also developed various training programs for research assistants and faculty assistants and provided bibliographic instruction for law school classes. Godfrey earned her J.D., cum laude, at the University of Michigan Law School in 2000. While in law school she served as a contributing editor of the Michigan Law Review. She earned her B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan in 1996. While at Michigan she was Phi Beta Kappa and an Angell Scholar, and graduated with highest distinction. Before beginning her work at the Law Library in the fall of 2001, she served as law clerk to Judge Paul D. Borman, of the Eastern District of Michigan. Godfrey is a member of the State Bar of Michigan.


Accomplishments
  • May 16, 2011
    Aimée Godfrey will receive a master's degree in theology June 1 from Sacred Heart Major Seminary. The title of her thesis, which she defended last week, is "The Status Questionis of Catholic Bioethicists on Brain Death."


In the News
  • Aimée Godfrey was profiled in a Legal News article titled "Road to discovery: Law professor helps students hone skills in critical thinking."


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