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Jennifer Ruiz (3L) serves as President of the Hispanic and Latino Law Student Association (HiLLSA), Osvaldo Vega (2L) serves as Social Media Coordinator of the Hispanic and Latino Law Student Association (HiLLSA) and Marva DeArmas ‘15 opened her own firm in 2020 specializing in working with the Cuban community. All are part of the ODEIB Student Feature for Hispanic Heritage month.
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law’s Veteran’s Law Clinic (VLC) had its first fully Honorable Discharge upgrade granted for a U.S. Navy veteran. Professor Holly Christian, Director of the VLC, expanded the clinic’s practice to include record corrections when she joined the law school in 2021. Nachiket Sarvaiya, Dual 3L, wrote the memorandum that was presented to the Board of Corrections for Naval Records.
Nicholas Carroll '24 is proud to wear his identity as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community on his sleeve. He is the most recent past-President of OUTLaws, a student organization at Detroit Mercy Law dedicated to advancing the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ perspectives within the law school, and works with allies, with the school, and beyond to end discrimination in all forms.