The Topical Files series includes two sub-series. These two topical files overlap with those in other Law School accessions; the researcher is advised to inspect each accession.
Topical Files [E. Blythe Stason] 1927-1961
The subseries, Topical File, 1927-1961, was added to the Law School record group from the personal papers of E. Blythe Stason, Dean of the Law School from 1939 through 1960.
Box 101
Administrative Committee 1956-1961
Box 101
American Bar Association survey of the legal profession 1949
Box 101
American Journal of Comparative Law 1951
Box 101
American Judicature Society 1927-1940
(4 folders)
Box 101
California Bar examinations 1932-1952
Box 101
Case Club 1954-1959
Box 101
DeWitt (Clyde) trust and related 1939-1957
(5 folders)
Box 102
Editorial Board
Box 102
Editorial Committee
Box 102
English attorneys (correspondence with) 1949
Box 102
Goddard (Edwin) estate 1944-1950
Box 102
Graduate and Research Committee 1935-1961
(6 folders)
Box 102
Institute of Public Administration Executive Committee 1945-1951
Box 102
Inter-American Bar Association forums, etc. 1947-1949
(2 folders)
Box 102
International Law Forum 1948
(2 folders)
Box 102
James B. Angell Foundation 1945
Box 102
Law Institute/Roundtables 1939-1942
(4 folders)
Box 102
Law School Admission Policy, 1946/47-1954 (scattered)
Box 102
Law School Alumni statistics and other data 1950
Box 102
Law School Centennial 1959-1960
Box 103
Law School histories
Box 103
Law School-various reports 1934-1941
Box 103
Law School-various reports 1940-1961
Box 103
Law School miscellaneous 1955-1960
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Law School planning memoranda, etc
Box 103
Legal Aptitude Test, Committee on
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Legislative Research Center 1950-1959
Box 103
Michigan Law Review
Box 103
Michigan State (validity of name change)
Box 103
Personnel Committee 1957
Box 103
Planning Committee 1957-1959
(2 folders)
Box 103
Post-World War II
Box 103
Planning for the Law School
Box 103
Planning for the University
Box 103
Refresher courses for veterans
Box 103
Rule of Law Seminar 1956-1957
Box 103
Scholarship Committee 1940-1961
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Stason faculty gift and portrait presentations 1960
Box 103
State Bar of Michigan
Box 103
Student Bar Association 1956-1959
Box 103
Summer Session, Executive Committee 1945-1950
Topical Files 1954-1997
The subseries, Topical Files, 1954-1997, covers the tenure of several deans. Of special interest may be the Placement Office files, where material relating to the 1988 ban on CIA recruitment at the school is located; the Capital Campaign files, which contain correspondence relating to the campaign of the late 1970s to raise funds to build the Law Library Addition; and the Academic Policy Group Subcommittee on Sexual Orientation files, a task force chaired by Dean Bollinger in 1992 and 1993.
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Academic Policy Group (APG) Subcommittee on Sexual Orientation 1991-1994
(Deans Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns)
Academic Regulations
Box 104
1979
Box 104
MCL/LLM 1982
Admissions
Box 104
Admissions Office Reports 1959-1979
(2 folders)
Box 104
Bi-residency 1992
Box 104
Deans Scholars 1990
Box 104
General 1971-1990
(2 folders)
Box 104
Minority 1972-1984
(2 folders)
Box 104
Recruiting 1966-1967
Box 104
Affirmative Action 1975-1985
Box 104
Alumni Reunion and Law Forum 1980-1986
Alumni Survey
Box 104
Classes of 1951-1956, 1966-[1971]
Box 104
Classes of 1969-1979, 1978-1985
American Association of Law Schools
Box 104
1987-1993
Box 104
AALS Constitutional Law Conference 1993
American Bar Association
Box 104
1971-1994
Reinspections
Box 104
1969-1970
Box 104
1977-1980
Box 105
1985-1986
Box 105
Standard 212 (Affirmative Action Requirements) 1979-1980
Box 105
American Bar Foundation 1971-1985
Box 105
Appellate Defender Program (David Chambers) 1971-1973
Box 105
Audit by State of Michigan Audit General 1978
Box 105
Bakke Case (Education Quotas) 1977-1978
Bar Exam Results
Box 119
Michigan 1977-1989[Student records restricted until July 01, 2074]
Box 119
Minorities 1981[Student records restricted until July 01, 2066]
Box 105
Minorities (compiled) 1977-1980
Box 119
Other States 1982-1994[Student records restricted until July 01, 2079]
Box 105
Black Student Scholarship Fund 1968, undated
Box 105
Broomfield Essay Contest 1970-1979
Box 105
Brussels-Michigan Cooperation 1971-1985
Box 105
Budgeting 1978-1994
(32 folders)
Capital Campaign
Box 106
1972-1981
(8 folders)
Box 106
Getty, J. Paul 1975-1976
Box 106
Humphrey, George M. II 1973-1979
Box 106
Jones, Robert A. (Development Director) 1973-1979
(3 folders)
Box 106
Kresge Foundation 1974-1978
Box 106
Library Addition 1978-1984
Library Dedication October 30-31, 1981
Box 106
Correspondence and Memoranda 1980-1982
Box 106
Invitations (includes lists of donors) 1980-1981
Box 106
Speeches 1981
Box 106
Lilly Endowment 1973-1974
Box 106
Long, Thomas G. 1973-1977
Box 106
Souther, Calvin N. 1974-1980
Box 106
Towsley, Harry A. 1974-1979
Box 106
Christmas Party 1975-1979, undated
Box 106
Class Scheduling (includes list of new and visiting faculty) 1972-1986
Clinical Law
Box 107
1970-1991
(2 folders)
Box 107
All Programs 1976-1993
Box 107
Clinical Appointments 1987-1993
Clinical Law II
Box 107
Pepe, Steven 1975-1978
Box 107
Tax Program 1976-1979
Box 107
Committee on Status of Clinicians 1987
Box 107
Ethics and Psychiatry 1974-1977
Box 107
Clinical Law Proposal to Center for Research on Learning and Teaching 1976
Box 107
Compliance Reports (Minority Group Data--Employees) 1965-1970
Box 107
Computing Center 1967, 1982-1987
Box 107
Curriculum 1972-1984
Box 107
Darrow, Clarence Scholarship 1995-1996
Box 107
DeWitt, Clyde Estate 1956-1962
Box 107
Diploma Privilege 1979
Box 107
Disciplinary Statutes and Regulations 1968-1981
Box 107
Endowment Fund Reports 1983-1990
Box 107
Establishment of a New Law School in Michigan 1967
Box 107
Ethics undated
Box 107
Evaluation and Planning--Phase I 1976
Fellowships
Box 107
Tony Patiño 1984-1985
Box 107
Financial Aid 1971-1986
(2 folders)
Ford Foundation
Box 107
Annual Reports (See also Box 54) 1969-1974
Box 107
Desegregation Study (Paul Dimond) 1978-1981
Box 107
Miscellaneous 1954-1972
(3 folders)
Box 108
Foreign Students 1971-1981
Box 108
Foundations (House Resolution #13270) 1969
Gifts
Box 108
Shapero, Harold M. 1982
Box 108
Sullivan, Robert A. Professorship 1978-1991
Box 108
Willey, Roy E. 1978-1997
Box 108
Grade Guidelines 1979
Box 108
Great Lakes Natural Resource Clinic 1980-1985
(2 folders)
History
Box 108
Class of 1878 1977
Box 108
Hargo, Gabriel F. (First Black Person to Graduate from University of Michigan Law School, 1870) 1993-1994
Box 108
Histories by Henry Wade Rogers 1969, 1989
Box 108
"The Law School, 1940-1973," by Charles A. Lowenhaupt 1973
Box 108
Humphrey, George M. 1965-1976
Box 108
Immigration Law Project 1986
Box 108
Information, Technology and Law--Research Proposal 1970
Box 108
International and Comparative Law 1971-1977
Box 108
Japanese Law Programs 1978-1989
Joint Programs
Box 108
Law and Economics 1975-1983
Box 108
Miscellaneous 1980-1985
Box 108
Journal of Law Reform 1968-1994
Box 108
Judiciary Council 1967-1977
Box 108
King, Martin Luther Jr. Day 1991-1995
(4 folders)
Box 108
Knappen Club 1981
Box 108
Law Clerks 1979-1994
Box 108
Law Firm's Fund Letters 1967
Box 108
Law Library 1971-1988
Box 108
Law Library Addition Law Suit 1984
Box 108
Law Quadrangle Notes 1982-1992
Box 108
Law Review 1971-1994
(2 folders)
Box 109
Law School 1971-1986
Law School Fund
Box 109
1961-1992
(6 folders)
Box 109
Metzger Account 1972-1991
Box 109
Napoleon, Greg 1986-1987
Box 109
National Committee Annual Meeting 1979
Box 109
Law School Rankings 1977-1994
Lawyers Club
Box 109
1971-1994
(2 folders)
Box 109
Agreement with University Housing and Bylaws 1968-1978
Box 109
Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors 1971-1979
(9 folders)
