Professors David Moran and Bridget McCormack launched the Michigan Innocence Clinic at the Law School in 2009 to investigate and litigate claims of innocence by convicted prisoners in cases where DNA evidence is not available. In its first 15 years, the clinic’s work resulted in the release of 45 people whose combined wrongful incarceration totaled more than 700 years. Professor Moran, who retired as director of the clinic in 2024, will discuss several cases in which the clinic won final exoneration for its clients and how these cases illustrate fundamental problems in the criminal justice system. Professor Moran holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics and mathematics and earned his J.D. from the U-M Law School. He has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court six times. In 2005, the Innocence Network awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in the Michigan Innocence Clinic.