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2025 Detroit Mercy special Law Review Symposium
Monday, November 10, 2025, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Detroit Mercy Law, Room 226
“Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Exploring the Legal Issues Surrounding Deadly Shipwrecks and Honoring the 50th Anniversary of a Great Lakes Tragedy”
The 2025 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review Symposium invites you to join a special symposium on the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Exploring the Legal Issues Surrounding Deadly Shipwrecks and Honoring the 50th Anniversary of a Great Lakes Tragedy.
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September 18, 2025
Continuing our Legacy of Innovation & Access: Detroit Mercy Law offers first online JD program in Michigan
Detroit Mercy Law is the first and only law school to offer an online JD program in Michigan. Applications are now open for the first incoming class, to begin in fall 2026. The program is designed to be a fully-online, part-time, four-year program. 
September 08, 2025
Detroit Mercy Law to launch state’s first online J.D.; major gift from alumnus Jonathan D. Rose will fund startup
The Online J.D. Program (OJD) will be the first in Michigan and just the 21st in the nation. Applications for the four-year program are now being accepted at law.udmercy.edu. It has been accredited by the American Bar Association.
July 16, 2025
Detroit Mercy Law Awards Voice for Justice Fellowship
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law awarded Voice for Justice Fellowships to Mariah Sammons, a rising third-year student, and Toni Loptien, a rising second-year student. The fellowships support their service as legal interns this summer at nonprofit organizations dedicated to advancing access to justice. 
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