Adjunct Faculty
Detroit Mercy Law is proud to have many talented adjunct faculty members, from a variety of practice areas, teaching many interesting courses and leading many clinics. These Adjunct Faculty are teaching the Fall 2026 semester.
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Business & Corporate Law
Fall 2026 Business & Corporate Law Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching Sean Cowley '08 Advanced Advocacy Jeffrey Gorcyca '93 Alternative Dispute Resolution LFP John Hatchard Business Crimes - ONLINE Lynn Ingram Advanced Advocacy Patrick Kruse '96 Advising Entrepreneurs LFP Jaime Miettinen Select Topics in Business Law Seminar Kristen Silwanowicz '11 In-House Counsel LFP Alexandria Taylor '11 Small Firm Practice LFP -
Criminal Law
Fall 2026 Criminal Law Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching Ashley Craythorne SADO Criminal Advocacy Clinic Suzan Gabbara Criminal Trial Clinic (Co-Director) Christopher Graveline Selected Topics in Criminal Procedure: Modern Policing Robert Heimbuch Prosecution Skills in the 21st Century Tara Hindelang Pretrial Criminal Advocacy LFP Michael McCarthy '79 Trial Practice Patrick Muscat Prosecution Skills in the 21st Century Valerie Newman Conviction Integrity Clinic (Co-Director) Joyce Reasonover '92 Criminal Trial Clinic Jenna Ribbons Restorative Justice Seminar Hon. Michelle Rick '91 Access to Justice - ONLINE Margaret Smith Trial Practice Claire Ward State Appellate Defenders' Office Clinic -
Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context
Fall 2026 Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching David Cook Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context Ashlyn Grim Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context Niccol Kroding Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context Alicia Mazurek Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context Carly Sassi Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context Meijken Westenskow Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context -
Environmental Law
Fall 2026 Environmental Law Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching Nicholas Leonard Environmental Law Clinic Jeremy Orr Environment Law -
Family Law
Fall 2026 Family Law Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching Hon. Eric Cholack Counseling and Negotiations Amy Roemer Family Law Clinic Jennifer Rosen '98 Juvenile Law Appellate Clinic -
Health Care Law
Fall 2026 Health Care Law Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching Deirdre Golden Health Law - ONLINE Sheerin Siddique Small Firm LFP: Health Law -
Real Estate Law
Fall 2026 Real Estate Law Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching David DeReyna '93 Estate and Trusts -
Immigration Law
Fall 2026 Immigration Law Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching Christian Ieraci '22 Immigration Law LFP -
Intellectual Property Law
Fall 2026 Intellectual Property Law Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching Colin Cicotte Patent Law Chelsea Everson Arts and Entertainment Clinic Denise Glassmeyer '84 International Intellectual Property Clinic Heather Kleinhardt International Intellectual Property Clinic Timothy K. Kroninger '85 Trademark and Entrepreneur Clinic Steven Rich Arts and Entertainment Clinic Shannon Smith '13 Patent Drafting -
Labor Law
Fall 2026 Labor Law Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching Peter Hrastovec Canadian and US Professional Responsibility (Canadian Content) Justin Onwenu Private Sector Labor Law Anthony Paris Unemployment & Workers Rights Clinic -
Legal Research and Writing
Fall 2026 Legal Research and Writing Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching Michael Bird Introduction to Legal Research Alexandra Bostick Introduction to Legal Research -
Other Practice Areas
Fall 2026 Other Practice Areas Adjunct Faculty Class Offerings Professor Class Teaching David Campbell '04 Canadian & US Torts (Canadian Module) Daniel Dalton '90 Law and Religion Hon. Macie Tuiasosopo Gaines '13 Probate LFP Lisa Gigliotti Bioethics and the Law Seminar Megan McKnight eDiscovery Jalal Moughania Introduction to Islamic Law Barbara Patek Federal Pro Se Clinic Hon. Melissa Pope American Indian Law Amer Zahr Arab-Americans and the Law