Was the statement your client gave to police contaminated? Take a look that this model motion, which argues statements given after a client was fed non-public information about a crime are involuntary and must be suppressed: datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

The Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law has named Professor William Novak as a recipient of its Steven M. Polan Fellowship in Constitutional Law and History. 5Qs with Professor Novak: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-nov...

How can #MedicalAI use data about social determinants of health (education, demographics, etc.)? In CPI TechReg, Ryan DoyLoo (@umichlaw.bsky.social '26) & I argue #SDoH in AI have lots of potential, but also risks—and we need more governance & monitoring. repository.law.umich.edu/facarticles/...

The erosion of campaign finance limits continues. My thoughts on today’s SCOTUS opinion in Bloomberg. www.bloomberg.com/view/article...

More than a decade ago, Amanda Rauh-Bieri, ’17, and Brett Frazer, ’17, met in Professor Edward Cooper’s Civil Procedure class. This spring, they raced through 201.95 miles of Spanish countryside in a gravel bike race called the Traka. Read more: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/two-201...

Yeah have A LOT of thoughts on the decisions today:

Professor Dana Thompson's podcast, The Common Wealth, is back for season 2! The podcast examines the projects and policies shaping urban communities and asks a critical question: can these tools truly create systemic, lasting change? Watch the trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU7m...

As @leahlitman.bsky.social points out, if you’re a corporation you are in good hands in our nation’s Supreme Court. If you’re a live human being, it’s another story. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

New from Professor @leahlitman.bsky.social

I'm in the Contrarian @contrariannews.org on how the Court's immigration cases from yesterday gave the Trump administration a hall pass to violate federal statutes & the Constitution. www.contrariannews.org/p/scotus-jus...

Jessica was a main reason I opted to go to @umichlaw.bsky.social almost twenty years ago, and that was before I started really reading her scholarship. Among other things, her ability to combine rigor with an extremely readable style is an excellent example for scholars in all areas.

Professor @nicholson.bsky.social's new paper in the Columbia Science & Technology Law Review: Monitoring, Oversight, and Learning in Medical AI: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/st...

5 Questions with Professor @leahlitman.bsky.social about her forthcoming paper, "The Passive Vices." 5Qs: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-lea... Read the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ssrn.bsky.social

Does Michigan Law Admissions use AI? How much can applicants use AI? Were there any takeaways from last cycle's AI essay prompt? Should AI skills be included in your resume? In today's episode of A2Z, Dean Z covers everything AI in law school admissions: youtu.be/96NmSb1p5Hs

Show, don't tell: this brief provides a basis to request that your jury watch a video on implicit bias prior to deliberation. The video features a civil rights attorney, a Federal Judge, and a U.S. Attorney. datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

Great to connect with UMich Law students at ACS national convention in Washington, DC last week!

“As a public law school, we exist not only to educate students but to advance the public good. Our legal clinics are one of the most direct and powerful ways we fulfill that mission.” —Debra Chopp, associate dean for experiential education quadrangle.michigan.law.umich.edu/issues/summe...

ICYMI - I got to talk with Alex Witt about the remaining SCOTUS cases for the term!

Michigan Law has long been known as a top training ground for future law professors. Carrying on the tradition are three recent academic fellows who have secured full-time professorships in law schools around the country starting this fall. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/michiga...

Thanks to Joan Biskupic for including my thoughts in this story about the lack of a middle at the current Supreme Court: www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/p...

Meet Jacob León. Jacob is a recent @umichlaw.bsky.social MDefenders graduate who is heading to work as a public defender at the Bronx Defenders in New York. Jacob is going to be an amazing public defender. The Bronx is so lucky to have him.

“We’re all temporarily abled. We don’t start from a place of ability, and many of us won’t end that way, either." -The Hon. J. Chris Larson, @umichlaw.bsky.social alum, who created an internship program for people with intellectual disabilities quadrangle.michigan.law.umich.edu/class-notes/...

ShotSpotter alerts are too imprecise to constitute particularized suspicion for a suspect, as recognized by courts across the country. Use this motion to argue that courts in your jurisdiction should follow suit: datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

“After one of the worst days of our lives, we had a team of knowledgeable, professional, compassionate, and caring student-attorneys by our side who made us feel like winners from day one.” michigan.law.umich.edu/news/civil-r...

“I’d hope fewer and fewer people are being charged today based on junk fire science, but I know it’s not going to be zero.” Professor Imran Syed on the Michigan Innocence Clinic in the @detroitnews.com: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

The Summer issue of the Law Quadrangle is out now! It focuses on Michigan Law's clinics as well as other practical experiences available on campus. All that plus Briefs, Class Notes, and more! Read it here: quadrangle.michigan.law.umich.edu/issues/summe...

I spoke with @npr.org 1A this morning about SCOTUS: the1a.org/segments/sco...

New on Professor Patrick Barry's substack, Digital Lawyering: AI and Tokens digitallawyering.substack.com/p/ai-and-tok...

New from Professor @profrrothschild.bsky.social in the Columbia Law Review, State Climate Superfunds, explores enacting new laws that would require the companies who have most profited from fossil fuel usage to assist in funding climate adaptation projects. columbialawreview.org/content/stat...

I joined Grant Hermes on his podcast to discuss ideas for better governance from my new book, The Fix. You can listen here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Calling all juvenile defenders! Empirical evidence reflects the fact that young folks who have been exposed to trauma are far more likely to give false, unreliable, and involuntary confessions. Consider this a factor in the inquiry. For more: datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

Professor Reuven Avi-Yonah proposes using taxation as an effective way to control emerging AI technology. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-avi...

Meet Nell Haney. Nell is a recent MDefenders graduate who is heading to work as a public defender at the Neighborhood Defender Service in Detroit. We are going to miss her @umichlaw.bsky.social, but we can't wait to see all of the amazing things she will do!

Michigan Lawyers Weekly has chosen Professor Dana A. Thompson, ’99, as a 2026 Legal Innovation Award honoree for Innovation in Legal Education, specifically citing her work as the founding director of the Law School’s Zell Entrepreneurship Clinic. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/thompso...

Social science shows that we tend to underestimate the coercion others feel when pressured by authority. Some states already require reasonable suspicion before consent searches can occur. Use the data in this pleading to argue that yours should too: datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

Great work from a bunch of my UM colleagues on the impact of Michigan’s Medicaid expansion. It reinforces the conclusion that the ACA was a great step forward, and the OBBBA is a serious threat. youtube.com/watch?v=B-Dz...

My article, State Climate Superfunds, has been years in the making, and I'm so thrilled it is now published with Columbia Law Review: columbialawreview.org/content/stat...

The #NJSupremeCourt recently recognized the scientific controversy around shaken baby syndrome. Check out this motion to argue your case #junkscience #publicdefendertwitter #D4D datafordefenders.org/wp-content/u...

In a recent article, Gabriel V. Rauterberg and Jeffery Y. Zhang of @umichlaw.bsky.social argue that shadow banks remain under-regulated and call for the SEC to use securities law to mitigate systemic risk. www.theregreview.org/2026/06/04/h...

Heads up for everyone in Ann Arbor! @literatibookstore.bsky.social @aadl.org

Hard to put into words (even for me) just how lawless & partisan this is. It is the Court (effectively) saying that, actually, unconstitutional intentional racial discrimination is A-OK; the equivalent of the Court's slush fund for insurrectionists - but a legal regime for white supremacists.

"Our four fellows this year demonstrate how important it is to have caring, thoughtful people in government roles." Read about this year's Fiske Fellows: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/four-mi...

It’s Wednesday. That means another episode of #SistersSidebar where we answer your questions. You can listen here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

This summer, while the MDefenders students are away doing internships in public defender offices, we thought we'd introduce you to some of our student members. This week meet recent graduate, Spoorthi Krishnaraj. Spoorthi is heading to New Orleans to work as a public defender.

“More individuals and families are navigating immigration proceedings these days without professional assistance. Together, the three grants support the lab’s response across multiple fronts.” —Professor Jessica Lefort michigan.law.umich.edu/news/immigra...

“AI increasingly can mimic human judgment, but that’s all it is doing. Using AI exclusively is to absolutely forgo the human element of it—the sense of judgment—which is so key to what we do in admissions.” —Dean Z in @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Walk-back of Trump’s slush find needs to include his tax audit immunity. My thoughts in today’s @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/02/o...

I discussed my new book, The Fix, with David Rothkopf. You can watch or listen here. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

A new book by Professor @barbmcquade.bsky.social , ’91, argues that the actions of the current presidential administration threaten the practice of democracy in the United States and also offers ideas to oppose that threat. Read more: bit.ly/4uOzLin Buy the book: sevenstories.com/books/4821-t...

FSIS’s proposed line-speed rules may ignore worker safety by overreading Seven County, so courts and agencies should enforce reasoned decision-making, argues Andrew Stawasz of @umichlaw.bsky.social. www.theregreview.org/2026/06/01/s...