Daniel Ellman (gz6301)
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Daniel Ellman is an assistant professor (clinical) and the director of externships. Before joining Wayne Law, Ellman worked as a public defender at the Bronx Defenders practicing holistic defense. In addition to litigating criminal cases, he focused on the intersection of the criminal legal system and other fields, including immigration, housing, employment, and family law. Ellman then clerked for the Hon. Richard H. Bernstein on the Michigan Supreme Court. Ellman previously taught at the University of Michigan in the Department of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and as a bilingual fifth-grade teacher in Washington Heights, New York City.
Ellman earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he received a merit scholarship, a public service fellowship, and an outstanding achievement scholarship. He earned a master’s degree in teaching from Pace University and a bachelor of arts, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College. Ellman was voted Wayne Law Upper-Class Professor of the Year in 2023 and received the 2023 Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award.
J.D., University of Michigan Law School
M.S., Pace University School of Education
B.A., Dartmouth College
Criminal Law
Holistic Defense Externship
Public Service Externship
Interviewing & Counseling
Judicial Externship
Professional Responsibility and the Legal Profession
Courses taught by Daniel Ellman
Spring-Summer Term 2024 (future)
- LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
- LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
- LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum
Winter Term 2024 (current)
- LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
- LEX8511 - Lawyering in the Nations Capital: Practicum
- LEX8595 - Advanced Externship
- LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum
- LEX6300 - Criminal Law
Fall Term 2023
- LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
- LEX8517 - Holistic Defense Externship: Practicum
- LEX8518 - Holistic Defense Externship: Colloquium
Spring-Summer Term 2023
- LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
- LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
- LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum
- LEX8599 - Public Service Externship: Colloquium
Winter Term 2023
- LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
- LEX8511 - Lawyering in the Nations Capital: Practicum
- LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum
Fall Term 2022
- LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
- LEX8517 - Holistic Defense Externship: Practicum
- LEX8518 - Holistic Defense Externship: Colloquium
Spring-Summer Term 2022
- LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
- LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
- LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum
- LEX8599 - Public Service Externship: Colloquium
Winter Term 2022
- LEX6800 - Professional Responsibility and the Legal Profession
- LEX8507 - Judicial Externship: Practicum
- LEX8511 - Lawyering in the Nations Capital: Practicum
- LEX8515 - Corporate Counsel Externship: Practicum
- LEX8595 - Advanced Externship
- LEX8598 - Public Service Externship: Practicum
Recent university news spotlights
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