Renee Newman Knake, '99, Named Inaugural Foster Swift Professor in Legal Ethics at Michigan State University College of Law

Michigan State University College of Law Dean Joan W. Howarth recently announced a generous award from the law firm Foster Swift Collins & Smith.

The award provides support to create and name the Foster Swift Professor of Legal Ethics for a five-year term. This professorship will be held by Professor Renee Newman Knake, co-director of the Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession.

“It’s vital that our students be taught by the best legal minds so they are prepared to take on the challenges of the evolving legal profession,” Dean Howarth said. “I’m grateful to Foster Swift for also recognizing the importance of investing in our faculty.”