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"We are living through a massive assault on basic premises of our constitutional system" said Ford School Professor Samuel Bagenstos, in a question-and-answer article for The New Yorker magazine. He said, "I really hate the significance that’s being ...

Don Moynihan, Ford School professor and co-director of the Better Government Lab, talked about the court orders against the Trump administration, saying, ""Trump administration broke the law by pausing legitimate spending. The courts told him to knoc...

A new study from the University of Michigan documents the far-reaching costs of eviction filings for Pennsylvania tenants who had eviction cases filed against them but experienced a “best-case scenario” in court, meaning they had legal representation...

Today, the Prosecutor Transparency Project released findings from a multi-year analysis of racial disparities in the prosecutorial system in Washtenaw County. The Prosecutor Transparency Project — a collaboration between the Washtenaw County Prosecut...

Distinguished litigator, legal expert, and public servant Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt (Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals) will join the Ford School faculty for fall 2022 as a Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence. Judg...

"We've had every combination of partisan control you can have: all Democrat, all Republican ... the outcome is no new environmental legislation of major consequence," Rabe said. "That creates a vacuum." The legislative void is not the only reason...

This course will explore the legal enforcement of those human rights that are fundamental and are the birthright of all human beings.  We will review the international political and legal framework established over the past fifty years to protect hum...

This course will explore the legal enforcement of those human rights that are fundamental and are the birthright of all human beings.  We will review the international political and legal framework established over the past fifty years to protect hum...

This course will explore the legal enforcement of those human rights that are fundamental and are the birthright of all human beings.  We will review the international political and legal framework established over the past fifty years to protect hum...