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Attention @umichlaw.bsky.social students: We hope to see many of you today at our kickoff lunch event where we debrief about our summer internships in public defender offices. Come join us!
Next Monday 8/31, the Michigan Public Law Workshop is excited to welcome @ajosephoconnell.bsky.social, who will present her paper “The Disappearing World of Administrative Law.” The workshop is open to all members of the U of M academic community; anyone interested should let me know by DM or email.
I was really honored to be asked (along with so many really great people) to respond to Zeynep Pamuk's absolutely fantastic essay.
Boston Review@bostonreview.bsky.social · 4d agoOur forum “How to Save Science” is now online. Led by Zeynep Pamuk, with responses from @alondra.bsky.social @sbagen.bsky.social @jeremymberg.bsky.social @madeleineebaker.bsky.social @jamesowenweatherall.com @cbo.bsky.social @nataliebaviles.bsky.social @heatherdouglas.bsky.social + more
I am so thrilled to announce that MDefenders has received this grant. We are very excited about what this funding will do to enable us to grow and expand. Go Blue!
MDefenders at Michigan Law@mdefenders.bsky.social · 3d agoA national hub for education, research, & policy engagement, the MDefenders Ctr for Public Defense will train the next generation of public defenders while strengthening indigent defense across the U.S. #LookToMichigan. Thanks to @umich.edu & @umichlaw.bsky.social for believing in us!
A national hub for education, research, & policy engagement, the MDefenders Ctr for Public Defense will train the next generation of public defenders while strengthening indigent defense across the U.S. #LookToMichigan. Thanks to @umich.edu & @umichlaw.bsky.social for believing in us!
Michigan Law@umichlaw.bsky.social · 3d agoThe @mdefenders.bsky.social Center for Public Defense and the Ypsilanti Health Center-Legal Services of South Central Michigan Medical-Legal Partnership have earned grants from U-M's Strategic Initiative Fund. Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/michiga...
The @mdefenders.bsky.social Center for Public Defense and the Ypsilanti Health Center-Legal Services of South Central Michigan Medical-Legal Partnership have earned grants from U-M's Strategic Initiative Fund. Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/michiga...
Michigan Law Projects Earn Grants from University’s Strategic Initiative Fund | University of Michigan Law School
A newly announced grant from the University of Michigan will enable the Law School’s MDefenders program to create a new center for training and inspiring public defenders and for strengthening US indi...
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Why is it important for lawyers to brush up on their Shakespeare? According to Prof Niehoff, Shakespeare and lawyers both think about everything. Niehoff was recently on the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast to talk about his new book, Meeting Shakespeare at the Bar. www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
Shakespeare and the Law, with Len Niehoff | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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Hey, that’s me! I’m so thrilled to be starting this new chapter at Michigan Law, where I’ll be teaching and writing about constitutional law, criminal law, and law and religion (among other things!).
Michigan Law@umichlaw.bsky.social · 4d agoHannah Walser, Whose Scholarship Includes Interpretive Methods and the History and Theory of the Novel, Joins Michigan Law Faculty Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/hannah-...
Hannah Walser, Whose Scholarship Includes Interpretive Methods and the History and Theory of the Novel, Joins Michigan Law Faculty Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/hannah-...
Hannah Walser, Whose Scholarship Includes Interpretive Methods and the History and Theory of the Novel, Joins Michigan Law Faculty | University of Michigan Law School
Hannah Walser came to legal academia from the world of literature, where she studied, taught, and authored a book, Writing the Mind: Social Cognition in Nineteenth-Century American Fiction (Stanford U...
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Attention @umichlaw.bsky.social students: if you are interested in public defense or criminal legal system reform, please check out the MDefenders calendar of events below and join us!
MDefenders at Michigan Law@mdefenders.bsky.social · last wk.As we head into classes @umichlaw.bsky.social, MDefenders is excited to announce its fall calendar of events: docs.google.com/document/d/1... For more information about MDefenders: michigan.law.umich.edu/mdefenders MLaw 1Ls: Interested in joining our listserv? Email us at mdefendersboard@umich.edu!
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appointed Professor Timothy Pinto, ’97, to the Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect. Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/profess...
Professor Timothy Pinto Joins State Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect | University of Michigan Law School
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed Professor Timothy Pinto, ’97, to the Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect.
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In #MLROnline, Profs. Alexandra Klass (@umichlaw.bsky.social) & Dave Owen (@uclawsf.bsky.social) detail how the Trump Administration's increased assertions of presidential power in electric-grid governance impose heavy financial & environmental costs nationwide. #MLR #MichLRev READ: bit.ly/4bZi6Nw
As we head into classes @umichlaw.bsky.social, MDefenders is excited to announce its fall calendar of events: docs.google.com/document/d/1... For more information about MDefenders: michigan.law.umich.edu/mdefenders MLaw 1Ls: Interested in joining our listserv? Email us at mdefendersboard@umich.edu!
MDefenders: Full Calendar of Events
Fall Calendar of Events Writing Cover Letters and Resumes for Public Defender Jobs Date: Sunday, August 2, 2026 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Location: Zoom (link available in email to MDefenders listserv) ...
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Some news, as they say!!! I couldn't be more delighted to be @umichlaw.bsky.social's next Assistant Dean for Admissions!
Gautam Hans@gshans.bsky.social · 2w agoThe most wonderful news for my alma mater @umichlaw.bsky.social!! My dear friend and colleague @mchannon.bsky.social is the perfect choice — thoughtful, perceptive, collaborative, and a superb ambassador for the leaders and best. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/margare...
The University of Michigan Board of Regents announced Dr. C. Cybele Raver as its choice to become the university’s 17th president. The Board will hold a special meeting on Sept. 1 to take a formal vote. myumi.ch/xjwJm
Grateful to Adam Liptak for highlighting Daniel Deacon and my piece Legalistic Noncompliance in his latest newsletter (on Trumps response to several SCOTUS decisions from last term): @dtdeacon.bsky.social static.nytimes.com/email-conten...
The Docket: After Supreme Court losses, Trump keeps pushing
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We can't believe summer is almost over. Before classes start, we wanted to share one final video profiling one of our wonderful MDefenders graduates: Elias Graca. Hear Elias talk about his work in the Juvenile Justice Clinic @umichlaw.bsky.social and why he is drawn to public defense:
“Any decision down the line that implicates the Great Lakes … is absolutely going to have to follow this opinion. That’s all really good news for natural resources and for the human communities who rely on them.” —Professor Oday Salim in @michiganadvance.com michiganadvance.com/2026/08/08/h...
How a Michigan Supreme Court decision on a Line 5 permit might ripple beyond the pipeline • Michigan Advance
This story is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. A decision from the Michigan Supreme Court last week about a...
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Check out this old flooring uncovered by our facilities team after removing carpeting from Hutchins Hall 118. 😮
New from Professor Gabriel Mendlow in Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law: "Justifying the Police: State Coercion and the Crime Prevention Power" Read the paper here: academic.oup.com/book/62927/c...
I talked with Caroline MacGregor at WEMU about my new book, The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government. You can listen here. www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20...
U-M Law Professor Barbara McQuade discusses her new book "The Fix: Saving America from a Mob-Style Government"
Professor of law practice at U-M and former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Barbara McQuade joined WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor for discussion about her new book, “The Fix: Saving Ame...
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New from Professor @sbagen.bsky.social in the Washington University Law Review: "The Crisis of Appropriations Law" Read the paper here: wustllawreview.org/2026/07/26/t...
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Appropriations law is a unique body of federal law. Appropriations law imposes its own somewhat baroque set of statutory interpretation rules, approves of very broad delegations to the Executive Branch without meaningful limiting principles, and is often exempt from judicial review. One leading scholar has referred to these and related differences from ordinary public law doctrine as reflecting “appropriations marginalization” and “appropriations exceptionalism.”[2]
But perhaps that is all about to change. Donald Trump’s historically aggressive challenge to Congress’s power of the purse has spurred an unusually large volume of exceptionally high-stakes appropriations law litigation. That litigation has already prompted lower courts to abandon a hands-off approach. The Supreme Court’s initial responses have largely sought to divert these issues out of the federal district courts and to the Court of Federal Claims.[3] But the Supreme Court may yet find itself expanding judicial enforcement of appropriations law principles—particularly the constitutional and statutory prohibition on executive impoundment of funds appropriated by the legislature.
The potential implications go beyond the availability of judicial review for impoundment cases, however. The baroque statutory interpretation principles governing federal spending have been developed largely by the Government Accountability Office (GAO)—an agency of the Legislative Branch—as well as by lawyers within the Executive Branch. Although courts have occasionally weighed in on those principles, they have not been the prime movers. Rather, they have largely confirmed and entrenched the practices of those Article I and Article II entities.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7ujup2mkbinirbhqc2crgn7i/bafkreie4dupukbyucecu7h4zbiwimp4r6ynchottuxsy2tlyz7otk6unh4)
Professor @richardprimus.bsky.social joined WKAR News to talk about democracy and self-government 250 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC8...
State's witness won't get out of your hair? This brief details research demonstrating that hair microscopy evidence does not meet the standards of reliable scientific evidence, as well as research showing how persuasive forensic testimony is to juries. datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...
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Professor Patrick Barry has been named to a new role as director of artificial intelligence initiatives for Michigan Law. Barry will help coordinate our expanding portfolio of AI-related initiatives, focusing on skills training and student programming. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/profess...
Professor Patrick Barry to Serve as the Law School’s Inaugural Director of AI Initiatives | University of Michigan Law School
Professor Patrick Barry has been named to a new role as director of artificial intelligence initiatives for Michigan Law.
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Professor Patrick Barry to Serve as the Law School’s Inaugural Director of AI Initiatives | University of Michigan Law School
Professor Patrick Barry has been named to a new role as director of artificial intelligence initiatives for Michigan Law.
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Meet Allie Berdon. Allie is an aspiring public defender @umichlaw.bsky.social from New York. To hear more about Allie's journey, check out this video:
An International Declaration on Gender Apartheid and Its Destructive Consequences will formally launch with an online event. 📆: August 13, 2026 🕛: 12-1:30 PM EST Register: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/launch-...
Launch Event for International Experts’ Declaration on Gender Apartheid to Mark 5th Anniversary of Taliban Takeover | University of Michigan Law School
An International Declaration on Gender Apartheid and Its Destructive Consequences will formally launch August 13 with an online event hosted by Michigan Law.
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#MichiganLawReview is now accepting article and essay submissions through our Scholastica portal. You can find submission guidelines here: michiganlawreview.org/submissions/. We look forward to reading your work!
