Topic: University of Michigan Law School

'Trial of the century': Can BP deflect blame for Gulf oil spill?

What once seemed likely – a settlement – now appears off the table as the US prepares to take BP to court in New Orleans on Monday, alleging the company exhibited 'gross negligence' in the lead-up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. At stake: $17 billion.

Twinkies may survive? Yes, if there's a buyer. (+video)

Supreme Court: In affirmative action arguments, conservative bloc seems united

Supreme Court case on use of race in admissions could be landmark

Supreme Court: If affirmative action is banned, what happens at colleges?

Human trafficking: a misunderstood global scourge

Will the iPad follow the path of zippers, escalators, and heroin?

Groundhog Day in court? California ban on affirmative action is upheld. Again.

How Supreme Court ruling on Texas could reduce affirmative action across US

Affirmative action in college admissions goes back before Supreme Court

The higher education bubble has popped

Top law school deans endorse Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan

Firefighters in historic Supreme Court case finally promoted

In battle of the burqa, Obama and Sarkozy differ