Faculty and staff accomplishments

Robert Sedler

contributed a chapter, "The Constitution and Racial Integration in the Public Schools: A Retrospective," in Detroit and the New Political Economy of Integration in Public Education (Ivery & Bassett eds, Palgrave Macmillan 2022).

Christopher Lund

was awarded the Education Law Association’s August 2022 Steinhilber Award. This award recognizes outstanding brief writing in an appellate court in a case concerning education law. Lund was commended for his brief, Brief of Baptist Joint Comm. for Religious Liberty et. al. for Kennedy v. Bremerton.

Lynn B. Sholander

was named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Appellate Practice (2022); Super Lawyers: Michigan Rising Stars (2022); and Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Up & Coming Lawyer (2021).

Charles Brower

was cited by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Brower's article, Hollow Spaces, 61 Buff. L. Rev. 731, 812 (2013), was cited in Corporacion AIC, S.A. v. Hidroelectrica Santa Rita S.A., 34 F.4^th 1290 (11th Cir. 2022), an unusual case in which a three-judge panel urged the entire court to take the case en banc and to overrule circuit precedent.

Nancy Cantalupo

participated in The legacy and Impact of 50 years of Title IX, episode 19 of NAWLTalks, a National Association of Women Lawyers podcast.

Nancy Cantalupo

was published in Women's Media Center's News & Features on the 50th anniversary of Title IX, "The Future of Title IX."

Alan Schenk

was featured in the Detroit Legal News, "Steady influence: Book traces history of Wayne Law by focusing on the school's students."

Khaled Beydoun

contributed an article in The Washington Post, "The world of inconsistencies between Ukraine, the Middle East and beyond."

Jamila Jefferson-Jones

presented at Boston University School of Law as a part of the school’s Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Speaker Series on Race, Law, & Inequality. The talk was featured in Boston University’s The Daily Free Press, “‘Driving While Black’: Law professor discusses ‘racial territoriality’ and racism on America’s roads."

Peter Hammer

published “No Equal Justice": The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett Jr., Wayne State University Press, 2022. The book was co-written with Edward J. Littlejohn.

Kirsten Carlson

contributed an article in The Conversation, Detroit Legal News, "Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Blocking of Jan. 6 Docs: 3 Key Takeaways from Ruling."

Stephen Calkins

virtually presented “What the Heck is Happening to Competition and Consumer Law?” at the Connecticut Bar Association Antitrust & Trade Regulation Section Meeting on January 20, 2022.

Jamila Jefferson-Jones

presented on critical race theory as a part of Shifting Landscapes, a public lecture series at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts in Ludington, MI, and on Zoom.

Stephen Calkins

delivered the 19th Annual Shirley Playfair virtual lecture sponsored by the Jamaican Fair Trading Commission on December 8, 2021.

Stephen Calkins

delivered a virtual faculty seminar at University College Dublin on December 8, 2021.

Noah Hall

presented on environmental inequality at the Northwestern University Law Review Symposium: Reimagining Property in the Era of Inequality.

Kirsten Matoy Carlson

's Beyond Descriptive Representation: American Indian Opposition to Federal Legislation was accepted for publication at the Journal of Race and Ethnic Politics.

Katherine E. White

was inducted into the Michigan Military and Veterans Hall of Honor in 2021.

Stephen Calkins

presented "Luncheon Address: Antitrust Year in Review 2021," during the National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Litigation Training Program held in Philadelphia.

Kirsten Matoy Carlson

was a guest speaker for "A Discussion of 'Firekeeper's Daughter' and Domestic Violence and Criminal Jurisdiction on Tribal Land." The event was hosted by Michigan Legal Indian Services and United Three Fires Against Violence.

Khaled Beydoun

was named an 'Extraordinary Professor' by the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western in Cape in South Africa.

Jamila Jefferson-Jones

received the Advocacy Award from the American Bar Association's Section of State and Local Government Law Section.

Nancy Chi Cantalupo's

work was cited by the California Department of Justice in their amicus brief in a case currently before the California Supreme Court. Both Cantalupo's book chapter and the ABA recommendations for which she was the primary drafter were cited.

Dan Ellman

was named director of externships and assistant professor (clinical) at Wayne State University Law School.

Rebecca Robichaud

was named director of clinical education at Wayne State University Law School.