Alumni Engagement Opportunities
Consider a few ways to give back and help the students of Detroit Mercy Law.
As a member of Detroit Mercy Law's alumni community, you can provide essential support to students by sharing your time, first-hand experience, pride and loyalty by encouraging academically talented students to apply and attend Detroit Mercy Law. Providing perspective as a Detroit Mercy Law graduate is the most important part. Alumni not only bring back the nostalgia from their days at Detroit Mercy Law, but also helps keep the future of the Law School bright.
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Make a Gift
Your financial support benefits tomorrow's leaders and ensures that we continue our commitment to educating complete lawyers who will make a positive difference in their communities for generations to come. Learn more.
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Be an Active Alumni Association Member
As a graduate of Detroit Mercy Law, you are part of an alumni network more than 9,000 strong. Led by the Board of Directors, the Detroit Mercy Law Alumni Association is an active, engaged group that supports a variety of events and programming intended to improve the law school experience for students while enhancing the connection of alumni to their alma mater.
Your time, participation and commitment as a member of the Alumni Association not only supports the School, it helps boost your career opportunities and expands your social and professional network. Connect with batchekn@udmercy.edu to discuss engagement opportunities.
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Employ a Student
Connect with the Career Services Office (CSO) at cso@udmercy.edu or 313-596-0223 to learn about hiring students for full-time positions or externships and participating in our On-Campus Interviews (OCI) program. Learn more.
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Serve as a Mentor
Share advice formally or informally with current Detroit Mercy Law students and recent graduates as they navigate the legal profession. Connect with the Career Services Office (CSO) at cso@udmercy.edu or 313-596-0223 to discuss interests and mentorship opportunities.
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Speak to Students
The Lunch with a Lawyer program hosts attorneys, judges, and business leaders (many of whom are Detroit Mercy Law alumni) who visit with students over lunch or late afternoon hors d'oeuvres. If interested in participating in the Lunch with the Lawyer program, please contact the Career Services Office at cso@udmercy.edu or 313-596-0223.
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Work with Our Clinics
If you are Interested in pro bono work. one of our clinics may offer the right opportunity for you. To learn more, connect with Rebecca Simkins Nowak, Interim Assistant Dean, Experiential Education, at 313-596-9409 or simkinrg@udmercy.edu.
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Judge or Sponsor a Moot Court Team
Whether judging internal competitions, such as the Patrick Keenan Appellate Advocacy Competition, or sponsoring Moot Court teams traveling for national competitions, alumni experts are needed to provide essential guidance and feedback that improves students' advocacy skills.
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Become a Master of the Bench or Barrister for the Inn of Court
The Detroit Mercy Law chapter of the American Inns of Court brings together judges, lawyers, and law students who share a passion for professional excellence. Membership is made up of three categories – masters of the bench (judges, experienced lawyers, and law professors), barristers (lawyers with lesser seniority but who have several years of experience), and pupils (law students). If interested in becoming a Master of the Bench or Barrister, please contact Nicholas Schroeck, Interim Dean and Associate Professor of Law at schroenj@udmercy.edu.
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Recruit Students
Alumni can give back by encouraging future students to consider Detroit Mercy Law for their legal education. If you are interested in conducting outreach to future students, please contact lawadmissions@udmercy.edu. If you know an interested student, please encourage them to apply. Details are available on our Apply Now webpage.
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Affiliate: The Association of Black Law Alumni (the ABLA)
The Association of Black Law Alumni (the ABLA), is an affiliate of the Detroit Mercy Law Alumni Association. The ABLA's mission is to augment the resources of the law school and the legal profession by actively recruiting and mentoring black law students through scholarship and career networking opportunities. The ABLA also aims to facilitate communications between black law students, faculty, staff, and the administration and to enrich the legal education experience for black law students.