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  2019 Symposium: Women and the Law

  2019 Detroit Mercy Law Review Symposium:
  Women and the Law

  The Law Review at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law held its 103^rd annual symposium: Women and the Law on Friday, March 8, 2019 (International Women's Day) in Detroit, Michigan.  This year's Symposium was dedicated to the ever changing role of women in the law.  The Symposium consisted of four panels covering education and legislation, the #MeToo movement, my body: the right to body integrity, and sexual exploitation, discrimination and the battle for equality.  A special thank you to our distinguished panelists.

  2019 Symposium Schedule

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  2018 Symposium: Return of Sanctuary Cities

  THE RETURN OF SANCTUARY CITIES:
  THE MUSLIM BAN, HURRICANE MARIA, AND
  EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

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  The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review held its annual academic Symposium on March 23, 2018, at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. The Symposium contemplated a broad range of issues associated with sanctuary cities–from past and present issues to potential future solutions.

  Symposium Schedule

  8:30 a.m.	Registration
  9:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks Phyllis L. Crocker Dean of University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  9:30 a.m.	An Introduction to Sanctuary Cities Andrew Moore Assoc. Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  10:00 a.m.	Session 1: Sanctuary Cities, Federalism, and States’ Rights “Anti-Commandeering Resolutions” and Sanctuary Cities Ilaria Di Gioia American Constitutional Law Lecturer, Birmingham City University Honorary Vice-Consul for Italy, Birmingham, UKFugitive Slaves, Sanctuary Cities, and the Illusion of States’ Rights Conservatism Sandra L. Rierson Assoc. Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Moderator: Prof. Cara Cunningham Warren, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  11:00 a.m.	Session 2: Courts’ Influence on Immigration Denial of Citizenship on False Testimony Grounds Nermeen S. Aratsu Co-Director, Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic Clinical Professor, City University of New York School of Law, The Constitutionality of Prolonged Detention of Non-Citizens in the Wake of Trump’s Executive Orders Elizabeth M. Knowles Supervisor, Immigration & Human Rights Law Clinic Professor of Law, University of Akron School of Law, The Plenary Power Doctrine and the Constitutional Avoidance Canon Ryan Azad Law Clerk, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Rule of Law and the Support of Activism Kerry E. Doyle Partner, Graves & Doyle Moderator: Prof. Alex Vernon, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  12:00 p.m.	LUNCH – in the Atrium
  1:00 p.m.	Session 3: Who is a Citizen, Who is Permitted In, and Temporary Protected Status  The Democratic City: Citizenship, Democracy, and Urban Life in the Time of Globalization Kenneth Stahl Professor of Law, Chapman University Fowler School of Law, Temporary Protected Status and Climate Change Refugees Glenys P. Spence Professor of Law, Arizona Summit Law School, Sanctuary, Temporary Protected Status, and Catholic Social Teaching Kristina M. Campbell Co-Director, Immigration and Human Rights Clinic Professor of Law, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law Moderator: Prof.  Andrew Moore, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  2:15 p.m.	Closing Remarks Cara Cunningham Warren Assoc. Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

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  2017 Symposium: The Impact of Formative Assessment

  The Impact of Formative Assessment:
  Emphasizing Outcome Measures in Legal Education

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  The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review held its annual academic Symposium on March 3, 2017, at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. The Symposium contemplated how the American Bar Association’s emphasis on outcome measures in its revised Standards for Approval will affect law students’ educational experience.

  Watch the symposium here.

  Symposium Schedule
  

  7:30 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
  8:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks Sandra L. Simpson Co-Director, The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Gonzaga University School of Law
  8:30 a.m.	Session 1:  In Theory, This Will Work: Cognitive Science and Learning Theory Bases for Formative Assessment Planning Your Class to Maximize Your Students’ Use of Highly Effective Learning Techniques James McGrath Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Support and Bar Passage Texas A&M University School of Law Embodied Legal Education: Incorporating Another Part of Bloom’s Taxonomy Sue Liemer Professor of Law and Director of Lawyering Skills Southern Illinois University School of Law Contemporary Teaching Strategies: Effectively Engaging Millennials Through Formative Assessment Renee Nicole Allen Director of Academic Success Program University of Tennessee College of Law Alicia Jackson Associate Dean for Student Learning and Assessment Florida A&M University College of Law Moderator: Prof. Victoria VanZandt, University of Dayton Law School
  9:45 a.m.	Session 2: Crunching the Numbers: Empirical Studies of Formative Assessment Trials Formative Assessments: A Case Study Ruth Colker Distinguished University Professor & Heck-Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Formative Peer Review: Promoting Interactive, Reflective Learning, or the Blind Leading the Blind? Dr. Andrew W. Noble Tutor in Law Coventry University College (United Kingdom) Should you bother reaching out? Performance Effects of Combining Early Direct Outreach to Low-Performing Students with Formative Assessment David Siegel Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law and Social Responsibility New England Law Moderator: Prof. Sue Liemer, Southern Illinois University School of Law
  10:45 a.m.	Session 3: Herding Cats: Coordination of Assessment and Standards (Part One) Suppose the Class Began the Day the Case Walked In the Door: Accepting Standard 314’s Invitation to Imagine a More Powerful, Professionally Authentic First-Year Learning Experience Jennifer Spreng Instructor in Law Success St. Mary’s University School of Law Avoiding Assessment Fatigue: Garnering the Lessons Learned from K-12, and thereby Helping Students Balance Numerous Types of Formative Assessments Sandra L. Simpson Co-Director, The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Gonzaga University School of Law The ABA Assessment Mandates and Academic Freedom Victoria Van Zandt Coordinator of the Legal Professor Program Professor of Lawyering Skills University of Dayton School of Law Moderator: Prof. James McGrath, Texas A&M Law School
  12:00 p.m.	LUNCH – in the Atrium
  1:00 p.m.	Session 4: Herding Cats: Coordination of Assessment and Standards (Part Two) The Rubric Meets the Road in Legal Education: Program Assessment of the Degree to Which a Law School’s J.D. Program is Achieve Its Learning Outcomes Benjamin V. Madison, III Professor of Law Co-Director, Center for Ethical Formation & Legal Education Reform Regent University School of Law Designing Assessments Around Learning Outcomes Joni Larson Professor of Law Indiana Tech Law School Linking Course Level and Institutional Assessment Docia L. Rudley Executive Director for Assessment Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law Moderator: Prof.  Ruth Colker, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
  2:15 p.m.	Session 5: Did We Forget Anything? The Students! Creating Desirable Difficulties: Strategies for Reshaping Teaching and Learning in the Law School Classroom Elizabeth M. Bloom Professor of Law and Director of Academic Excellence Program New England Law Benefits of and Methods for Incorporating Formative Assessment into the Classroom Julie St. John Assistant Professor of Comparative Legal Writing and Research University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Unrealized Potential: How Shifting the Focus to Student Learning Outcomes Could Positively Impact Law Students’ Mental Health Elizabeth Usman Assistant Professor of Law Belmont University College of Law Abigail DeBlasis Assistant Professor of Law Belmont University College of Law “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie”: Increasing Assessment and Individualized Feedback in Law School Classes through Bar-Style Essay Questions Julia Belian and Karen McDonald Henning Associate Professors of Law University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Moderator: Prof. David Siegel, New England Law
  3:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks Nadia Maraachli Editor-in-Chief, University of Detroit Mercy Law Review

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  2016 Symposium: Centennial Symposium

  Centennial Symposium

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  The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review celebrated its 100th anniversary with an academic symposium held on March 4, 2016 at Detroit Mercy Law in downtown Detroit. The Centennial Symposium showcased the past, present, and future of the City of Detroit, and gathered scholars, policy makers, and community members to discuss the past, present, and future of Detroit.

  We recorded the event for those who were unable to attend. You can watch Deputy Mayor McKinnon give his Opening Remarks; the first panel examine Detroit’s Past: Race, Riots, and Wars; an inside out view of Bankruptcy and the Grand Bargin, an exciting look at Detroit’s Future; and Judge Michael Riordan’s Closing Remarks.  

   

  Symposium Schedule

  8:00	Coffee and Bagels
  8:30	Welcome and Introductions
  9:00	Opening Remarks Isaiah McKinnon, Deputy Mayor City of Detroit
  9:30	Detroit’s Past: Race, Riots, and Wars Roy Finkenbine, Professor of History and Director of the Black Abolitionist Archive, University of Detroit Mercy Tom Stanton, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of Detroit Mercy Gregory Sumner, Professor of History, University of Detroit Mercy
  11:00	Detroit’s Present: Bankruptcy the Grand Bargain The Honorable Gerald E. Rosen, Former Chief Judge of the US District Court for Eastern District of Michigan Eugene A. Gargaro, (’67) Chair of the Board of Directors of the Detroit Institute of Arts Brian Frye, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Kentucky College of Law
  12:30	Lunch
  1:30	Detroit Going Forward  Shaakirrah Sanders, Associate Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law Andrea Boyack, Associate Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law Timothy Dugdale, Founder of Atomic Quill Media
  3:00	Closing Remarks The Honorable Michael Riordan (’90), Michigan Court of Appeals

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  2015 Symposium: Great Lakes Symposium

  The Public Trust Doctrine:
  An Ancient Tool for Protecting the Great Lakes from New Hazards

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  The 2015 Symposium titled, “The Public Trust Doctrine: An Ancient Tool for Protecting the Great Lakes from New Hazards,” was held on Friday, October 16, 2015, at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 651 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, from 9:30 am – 3:15 pm.  Please view our Great Lakes Symposium Issue, Vol 93 Issue 2, to read more from our distinguished speakers. 

   

  SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

  Time	Topic	Speaker
  9:30 a.m.	Welcome
  10:00 a.m.	Introductory Remarks
  10:15 a.m.	A Proper Framework for the Public Trust  Doctrine and the Great Lakes	Noah Hall  Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Student Affairs Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI James Huffman Dean Emeritus Lewis and Clark Law School Portland, OR Alexis Andiman Graduate Fellow Attorney The Conservation Law Center Bloomington, Indiana
  11:45 a.m.	Lunch	Grant Trigger
  1:00 p.m.	Trails and Microplastics: New Developments	Nicholas Schroeck Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Law Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI Melissa Scanlan Associate Professor Vermont Law School South Royalton, VT Jim Olson
  2:15  p.m.	Public Trust Doctrine Abroad	Keynote Speaker Catherine Iorns Magallanes Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand
  3:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks

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  2014 Symposium: Urban Agriculture in Distressed Cities

  Going to Seed: Urban Agriculture in Distressed Cities 

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  The 2014 Symposium titled "Going to Seed: Urban Agriculture in Distressed Cities" was held on Friday, March 7, 2014, at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 651 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, from 9:30 am – 2:45 pm.  Please view our Fall 2014 Symposium Issue, Vol 91 Issue 3, to read more from our distinguished speakers. 

  Participants

  Jaime Bouvier
  Senior Instructor in Law & Co-Director of the Academic and Writing Support Program
  Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  Cleveland, OH

  Daniel Carmody
  President of Eastern Market Corporation
  Detroit, MI

  Becky L. Jacobs
  Associate Professor
  University of Tennessee College of Law
  Knoxville, TN

  Dara Marcus
  Graduate Student in Public and International Affairs
  University of Ottawa
  Ottawa, Canada

  Jessica Owley
  Associate Professor
  SUNY Buffalo Law School
  Buffalo, NY

  Daniel Pitera
  Associate Professor of Architecture
  Director of Detroit Collaborative Design Center
  University of Detroit Mercy
  Detroit, MI

  Rebecca Purdom
  Assistant Dean of Environment Programs, Director of Distance Learning, and Associate Professor of Law
  Vermont Law School
  South Royalton, VT

  Anastasia Telesetsky
  Associate Professor
  University of Idaho College of Law
  Moscow, ID

  Peter T. Wendel
  Professor
  Pepperdine University School of Law
  Malibu, CA

  Becky Lundberg Witt
  Staff Attorney
  Community Law Center, Inc.
  Baltimore, MD

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  2013 Symposium: Michigan Immigration and Economic Growth

  Global Michigan:  Immigration and Economic Growth

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  The 2013 Symposium titled, “Global Michigan:  Immigration and Economic Growth,” was held on March 8, 2013, at the Detroit Athletic Club.

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  2012 Symposium: The Future of Intellectual Property

  The Future of Intellectual Property

  The 2012 Symposium titled, “The Future of Intellectual Property,” was held on March 9, 2012 at the Detroit Athletic Club, and consisted of four panels covering the topics of: The Future of Patent Law, The Future of Trademark Law, The Future of Copyright, and The Future of International Intellectual Property Law.

  A special thank you to our distinguished panelists.

  The Future of Patent Law:

  Honorable Judge Avern Cohn
  United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

  Dr. Saby Ghoshray Ph. D.
  Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, President & Director
  World Compliance Co.

  Denise Glassmeyer
  Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane P.C.
  The Future of Trademark Law:

  Tim Gorbatoff
  Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
  General Motors

  Glynn S. Lunney, Jr.
  McGlinchey Stafford Professor of Law
  Tulane University Law School

  The Future of Copyright Law:

  Robert Brauneis
  Professor of Law; Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program; Co-Director of the Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies; Member, Managing Board, Munich Intellectual Property Law Center
  George Washington University Law School

  Jessica Litman
  John F. Nickoll Professor of Law
  University of Michigan Law School

  Marybeth Peters
  Former United States Register of Copyrights

  The Future of International Intellectual Property Law:

  Myra J. Tawfik
  Professor of Law
  University of Windsor School of Law (Windsor Law)

  Peter K. Yu
  Director, Intellectual Property Law Center
  Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law at Drake University Law School

  Michele J. Woods
  Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs
  United States Copyright Office

  Moderators:

  Michael P. Brennan
  Principal
  Harness, Dickey & Pierce

  Charlie Rutherford
  Law Offices of Charles R. Rutherford; Retired Shareholder
  Dykema Gossett, PLLC

  Howard B. Abrams
  Professor of Law
  University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

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  2011 Symposium: 20 Year Review of Justice Clarence Thomas

  Celebrating an Anniversary: A Twenty-Year Review of Justice Clarence Thomas’ Jurisprudence and Contributions as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court

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  Our 2011 Symposium on the topic of “Celebrating an Anniversary: A Twenty-Year Review of Justice Clarence Thomas’ Jurisprudence and Contributions as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court” was held on March 11, 2011.

  Thank you to our distinguished panel of speakers. 

  Moderators:

  Honorable Justice Brian Zahra
  Michigan Supreme Court

  Honorable Judge Christopher Murray
  Michigan Court of Appeals

  Keynote Speakers:

  John Eastman
  Dean at Chapman University School of Law, Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law
  Former Clerk for Justice Thomas

  Panelists:

  Richard Albert
  Boston College

  J. Richard Broughton
  University Detroit Mercy School of Law

  Jonathan Entin
  Case Western Reserve University

  Scott Gerber
  Ohio Northern University

  Dean Lloyd Semple
  UDM School of Law

  Christopher Smith
  Michigan State University

  Ilya Somin
  George Mason University

  Shaun Springer
  University of Detroit Mercy School of Law graduate

  Lee Strang
  The University of Toledo

  Ralph Rossum
  Claremont McKenna College