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LLM Alumni Demonstrate the Power of a Michigan Law Friendship Forged Around the Globe | University of Michigan Law School It is not uncommon for students in Michigan Law’s LLM program to form close ties. For most, it seems inevitable given the intense curriculum, the commonality of being in new surroundings often far fro...

“We’ve now also met up at conferences in Austria, Italy, Texas, and Brazil, and we’re already planning for next year,” said Bakshi.

On the unique friendship of Bruno Cunha, LLM ’17, and Kushagr Bakshi, LLM ’22:

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Eve Brensike Primus on How and Why to Keep Fighting Against Injustice | University of Michigan Law School Professor Eve Brensike Primus, ’01, recently spoke to a student audience about navigating the legal field as a budding professional. She encouraged the soon-to-be lawyers to continue fighting against ...

I was so honored to receive @umichlaw.bsky.social’s L Hart Wright Award for teaching excellence this past year. Teaching here is such a privilege. Here are some of my remarks upon accepting the award: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/eve-bre...

As one student wrote, “Professor Primus has touched so many lives in the Law Quad. Her class has changed the way that I think about law for the better... Between teaching Criminal Procedure and running MDefenders, Professor Primus does the work of a small army. She is—put simply—stellar.”

A light layer of fresh powder this morning on the @umichlaw.bsky.social quad ❄️☃️

Data for Defenders Bringing Social Science into the Courtroom

New @umichlaw.bsky.social #DataforDefenders motions to compel discovery about & suppress evidence obtained through Flock's AI-inspired license plate reader technology. These motions explain why Flock-obtained data is not reliable and needs to be challenged in court. datafordefenders.org

This Friday, featuring Professor @aratojulian.bsky.social

Issue 3 of Volume 124 is now live on our website! Make sure to read these exceptional pieces by @dsc250.bsky.social, @greerdonley.bsky.social, Nakita Cuttino, Alexis Karteron, and Avery Comar at michiganlawreview.org/volume/vol12.... Stay tuned for highlights of each publication in the thread below!

THE CONTAINMENT, by Michelle Adams. In this powerful new book Adams, a law professor at the University of Michigan, recounts the failed effort to integrate Detroit’s schools through sweeping regional busing rules in the 1970s, struck down by the Supreme Court, and examines the case’s ongoing relevance. For fans of “Unexampled Courage,” by Richard Gergel; and “Simple Justice,” by Richard Kluger

Congratulations to Professor Michelle Adams on her book, The Containment, being included in the 100 Notable Books of 2025 in the @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...

Judge sides with 4 immigrants held at Michigan’s mass ICE detention facility A legal team from the University of Michigan is fighting for the rights of four immigrants who've been detained for months at the North Lake Processing Facility near Baldwin.

“This ruling confirms what we have always known — everyone in the United States is entitled to due process, regardless of their citizenship status,” 3L Nithya Arun, a CRLI student attorney who argued the case, said in a statement.

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McCrudden to Receive Gold Medal from Royal Irish Academy for Contributions to the Social Sciences | University of Michigan Law School The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) has named Professor Christopher McCrudden as a winner of its 2026 RIA Gold Medal.

Congratulations to Professor Christopher McCrudden, who will receive a 2026 Gold Medal from The Royal Irish Academy, which is awarded to individuals who have made a demonstrable and internationally recognized scholarly contribution to their fields.

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It's that time of year again! #GoBlue

Is Justice Barrett Listening? | Los Angeles Review of Books Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”

I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.

Check it out!

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Five Takeaways on Forced Labor Issues from the Transnational Law Symposium | University of Michigan Law School Activists, academics, and other experts in the fight against forced labor convened at Michigan Law recently for the annual Transnational Law Symposium.

Michigan Law recently hosted a conference titled “Forced Labor, Trafficking, and Recruitment: Measuring Progress in the Movement for Equitable Supply Chains," addressing numerous issues tied to slavery and human trafficking.

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"Mike Tyson once observed, ‘Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.' It turns out that every financial regulator has a plan until they encounter a crisis."

Read, "The Mike Tyson Theory of Financial Regulation" by Professor Jeffrey Zhang:

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The Victims’ Rights Mismatch - Michigan Law Review A puzzling mismatch lurks inside victims’ rights law. Victims’ rights are most easily justified when held by living victims, but the cultural movement has triumphed largely as a response to crime-caus...

Victims’ rights are often justified for living victims, yet the movement centers on crime-caused deaths. In “The Victims’ Rights Mismatch,” Professor Lee Kovarsky (@kovarsky.bsky.social) proposes a tiered rights regime for victims’ rights. Read the article here: michiganlawreview.org/journal/the-...

Abstract This Article proposes that tax can be a useful supplement to other measures to regulate Autonomous Artificial Intelligence (AAI) and limit its potential harmful effects. This proposal differs from command-and-control regulation of AAI along the lines of European Union legislation that may unduly limit the development of AAI. It also differs from existing proposals to tax AAI to generate revenue to help workers displaced by AAI programs, or to tax the data used by AAI. The proposal is based on granting AAI programs like ChatGPT separate legal personhood, like corporate personhood, while incentivizing or requiring their corporate owner to place them in a separate corporate shell. The tax rate on AAI’s income is adjusted based on harmfulness indices based on an objective assessment, thereby creating an incentive for its corporate owner to reduce the harm. Developing a new tax on AAI excludes it from the limits imposed by the existing international tax regime on taxing multinationals, which are inappropriate for a tax on a person that does not have a physical location except on servers that can be located anywhere. Instead, the tax should be levied by the jurisdictions in which AAI users are located.

New from Professor Reuven Avi-Yonah

“Boden Lecture: Taxation of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence.”

In the Marquette Law Review: scholarship.law.marquette.edu/mulr/vol108/...

5Qs: Crane’s New Book Chronicles Fight Between Tesla and Auto Dealers | University of Michigan Law School The laws behind US auto dealer franchises prohibited direct sales from manufacturers to consumers for close to 100 years—up until Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, decided to challenge that system.

5 questions with Professor Daniel Crane on his new book, Direct Hit, chronicling the fight between Telsa and auto dealers:

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ICYMI! We managed to go through all of the court’s other November arguments and a smattering of other news….

Michigan Law Alumni Discuss AI’s Impact on the Legal Profession | University of Michigan Law School Three alumni whose careers have placed them at the forefront of law and technology returned to campus recently to share their perspectives and advice in the panel AI, the Future of the Legal Professio...

Three alumni whose careers have placed them at the forefront of law and technology returned to campus recently to share their perspectives and advice in the panel AI, the Future of the Legal Profession, and You.

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It’s too often said that int’l law demands little of states re: democracy at home. For years, African continental institutions have developed and fought for robust international democratic norms. This symposium examines the trajectory, promise, and perils of Africa’s International Law of democracy.

Reforming Abolition - Michigan Law Review Abolition is an elusive concept, which allows people with various political views to identify with the idea. This Article unpacks some of the conceptual features that lead to its elusiveness. This imp...

Abolition’s ambiguity lets people with diverse views connect with the idea. In “Reforming Abolition,” Professor Daniel Fryer (@umichlaw.bsky.social) argues this flexibility serves its political mission. “It’s a call to reform abolition.” Read the article here: michiganlawreview.org/journal/refo...

Issue 2 of Volume 124 is now live on our website! Make sure to check out these insightful articles by Daniel Fryer, @dorfmandoron.bsky.social, and @kovarsky.bsky.social at michiganlawreview.org/archive/. Throughout the week, we will highlight each article in the thread below. Stay tuned for more!

As student-attorneys in the Veterans Legal Clinic, Andrew Schreder, ’25, (left) and Ryan Stults, ’25, (right) conducted a three-day jury trial under the supervision of the clinic’s director, Matthew Andres, ’02 (center).

Law Students Conduct Jury Trial, Negotiate Settlement On Behalf of Veterans Legal Clinic Clients

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The Federal General Counsel, Law, and Our Democracy at a Crossroads - Michigan Law Review This speech, given by the general counsel of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on January 7, 2025, examines how federal government lawyers can help ensure that laws are faithfully admini...

Former general counsel of the CFPB, Seth Frotman (@srf1802.bsky.social), examines how federal government lawyers can help ensure that laws are faithfully administered to address contemporary challenges. Read MLR Online's latest publication here: michiganlawreview.org/the-federal-...

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5Qs: Noah Kazis Discusses the “Radical” Structure of the Fair Housing Act | University of Michigan Law School The federal Fair Housing Act deserves wider recognition for the powerful logic at its core, according to Professor Noah Kazis.

“For all the Fair Housing Act’s many weaknesses, for all its ineffectiveness in practice, the act has always had radical ambitions. If those ambitions are recognized, they can, perhaps, be built upon.”

—Professor @noahkazis.bsky.social

Read more in this 5Qs: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-noa...

At every stage of the process — downloading the data, storing the data, filtering, then with outputs, at every stage there is possible infringement. The question is if they're doing it for the machine to learn or to generate outputs," said Matt Blaszczyk

Matt Blaszczyk, research fellow at @umichlaw.bsky.social discusses tech companies' use of copyrighted material from Hollywood studios and other creative work to train models to build AI products. via @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/grok-workers...

Rhodes Discusses Detroit Bankruptcy | University of Michigan Law School Nearly 11 years after the City of Detroit exited bankruptcy, the presiding judge, the Hon. Steven Rhodes, ’73, recently spoke to a class of Michigan Law students about the complexities of the case and...

Nearly 11 years after the City of Detroit exited bankruptcy, the presiding judge, the Honorable Steven Rhodes, ’73, recently spoke to a class of Michigan Law students about the complexities of the case and its continued implications for the city’s future.

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Tomorrow!

"The Environmental Lawyer's Role in Complex Site Cleanup Projects" with Sara Peterson.

📆: Wednesday, November 5
🕑: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
📍: Jeffries Hall Room 1020

This event is free and open to the public.

Learn more: michigan.law.umich.edu/academics/ce...

What's Left of the New Deal State? - Michigan Law Review New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State. By Anthony Gregory. Harvard University Press. 2024. Pp. 473. $45. Introduction A vast body of scholarship situates itself i...

Curious about America’s security state origins? MLR Online’s latest is a book review of Anthony Gregory’s New Deal Law and Order. Professor Dhaliwal (@sandeepinbk.bsky.social) explores how FDR’s “war on crime” shaped criminal justice and state power. Read here: michiganlawreview.org/whats-left-o...