Student Success Task Force
For 2020-21 the Student Success Task Force will continue to examine how we best identify and support our students who are academically at risk in law school and on the bar exam. This examination should specifically include (1) the efficacy of the retake policy and (2) changes we need to make to our grading protocols to ensure we timely enroll 1Ls in the Winter Term Critical Legal Skills course. The Task Force will work closely with Prof. Louis N. Schulze, Jr. as he examines our programs and makes recommendations for improvement. The Task Force will report directly to the faculty.
Student Success Task Force Members
Prof. Karen Henning, Chair
Prof. Deborah Paruch
Prof. Michelle Richards
Dir. Sarah Garrison
Assoc. Dean Megan Jennings
Futures Task Force
The 2018-19 charge to this Task Force is broad: dream, plan, learn, discover, be challenged and excited about the future of legal education at Detroit Mercy Law. So much is changing in legal education and the legal market generally. The ABA has increased the number of on-line credits JD students may take; on-line courses are just the beginning. Jobs are changing and new jobs are coming into existence. Technology is ubiquitous but what does that mean for how we should be teaching and what our students need to learn? What academic programs do we need to develop that will help us grow and modernize and make use of new technologies for learning?
Futures Task Force Members
Prof. Catherine Archibald, Chair
Prof. Cristina Lockwood
Prof. Anne Yantus
Director Chris Congdon
Asst. Dean Tanya Lundberg
Teaching and Learning Task Force
For 2020-21 the Task Force will continue to help faculty and students navigate teaching and learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.The Task Force will report directly to the faculty.
Teaching and Learning Task Force Members
Prof. Jelani Jefferson Exum, Co-Chair
Prof. Troy Harris, Co-Chair
Prof. Erin Archerd
Prof. Catherine Archibald
Assoc. Dean Richard Broughton
Assoc. Reg. Megan Featherstone
Prof. Karen Henning
Assoc. Dean Megan Jennings
Dir. Christina Loebach
Prof. Andrew Moore
Prof. Michelle Richards
Asst. Dir. Jessica Rouser
Assoc. Dean Nick Schroeck
Prof. Alex Vernon