Daniel Ellman

• Biography

  Daniel Ellman is an assistant professor (clinical) and the director of externships. Before joining Wayne Law, Ellman worked as a public defender at the Bronx Defenders practicing holistic defense. In addition to litigating criminal cases, he focused on the intersection of the criminal legal system and other fields, including immigration, housing, employment, and family law. Ellman then clerked for the Hon. Richard H. Bernstein on the Michigan Supreme Court. Ellman previously taught at the University of Michigan in the Department of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and as a bilingual fifth-grade teacher in Washington Heights, New York City.
  
  Ellman earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he received a merit scholarship, a public service fellowship, and an outstanding achievement scholarship. He earned a master’s degree in teaching from Pace University and a bachelor of arts, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College. Ellman was voted Wayne Law Upper-Class Professor of the Year in 2023 and received the 2023 Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award.
   

• Degrees and Certifications

  J.D., University of Michigan Law School
  M.S., Pace University School of Education
  B.A., Dartmouth College

• Courses Taught

  Criminal Law
  Holistic Defense Externship
  Public Service Externship
  Interviewing & Counseling
  Judicial Externship
  Professional Responsibility and the Legal Profession
   

• Accomplishments

   

• Accomplishments
  • Dan Ellman was named director of externships and assistant professor (clinical) at Wayne State University Law School.
• Courses taught by Daniel Ellman

  Spring-Summer Term 2024 (future)

  • LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum

  Winter Term 2024

  • LEX6300 - Criminal Law
  • LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8511 - Lawyering in the Nation’s Capital: Practicum
  • LEX8595 - Advanced Externship

  Fall Term 2023

  • LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8517 - Holistic Defense Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8518 - Holistic Defense Externship: Colloquium

  Spring-Summer Term 2023

  • LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8599 - Public Service Externship: Colloquium
  • LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum

  Winter Term 2023

  • LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8511 - Lawyering in the Nation’s Capital: Practicum
  • LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum

  Fall Term 2022

  • LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8517 - Holistic Defense Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8518 - Holistic Defense Externship: Colloquium

  Spring-Summer Term 2022

  • LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8599 - Public Service Externship: Colloquium
  • LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum

  Winter Term 2022

  • LEX6800 - Professional Responsibility and the Legal Profession
  • LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8511 - Lawyering in the Nation’s Capital: Practicum
  • LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
  • LEX8595 - Advanced Externship
  • LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum

Recent university news spotlights

• Warriors in the Community, episode 7: The Warrior Housing Corps
• New Wayne Defenders student group expands social work and law holistic defense partnership
• Board of Governors recognizes faculty scholarly achievements
• Wayne Law Students Select 2022-2023 Professors of the Year
• Social Work And Law Students Create Interdisciplinary Organization For Holistic Defense