Michael Anthony Lawrence
Associate Dean for Graduate, International and Interdisciplinary Programs and Professor of Law
465B Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6905
michael.lawrence@law.msu.edu
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Degrees: J.D. University of Wisconsin, 1992; M.S. University of Wisconsin, 1992; M.B.S. University of Colorado, 1987; B.S. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1981
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Bar Admissions: Colorado; Michigan; Illinois (inactive); District of Columbia (inactive); Wisconsin (inactive); United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; United States Court of International Trade
Courses: Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II, Constitutional Law Seminar, Property, Public International Law
Biography: Michael A. Lawrence is Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law, where he teaches courses on Constitutional Law, International Law, and Property. He was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at MSU College of Law in 2001-2003. Professor Lawrence frequently lectures and teaches short courses on these and other topics in various countries around the world; for example, in the last few years he has directed the College’s Summer Law Program in Guadalajara, Mexico; and has taught at the Chinese Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, LaTrobe University in Australia (Melbourne), and the University of Lodz in Poland. He was a Fulbright Scholar to China (Beijing University of International Business and Economics) for six months in 2005.
Professor Lawrence’s current research interests are in the field of constitutional law. His scholarly articles and OpEds have appeared in numerous leading law reviews and major newspapers. He is a member of the MSU College of Law Faculty Advisory Council (FAC) (chair: 2007-08); and was 2004-05 Chair of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Post-Graduate Legal Education, and 2006-07 Chair of the AALS Section on Pre-Legal Education.
Professor Lawrence enjoys family activities with his wife and three sons, as well as music, art, and running slow marathons.
Professor Lawrence has a B.S. degree from Indiana University, an M.B.S. from the University of Colorado, and M.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated with honors and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Wisconsin Law Review. Prior to joining the MSU College of Law faculty in 1994, he practiced at the Washington, D.C. office of Baker & McKenzie.