MSU College of Law Dean Michael Sant’Ambrogio and Geoffrey Fieger pose for a photo with a commemorative plaque to recognize 25 years of the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute. Photo credit: John McGraw of McGraw Multimedia.
Michigan State University College of Law recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute, or TPI, honoring a quarter century of immersive, skills-based legal education and the enduring impact of alumnus Geoffrey Fieger.
More than 100 students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered to commemorate the milestone and recognize Fieger’s transformative $4 million gift, which established the institute in 2001.
At the time, Fieger said his vision was to create a program devoted to “the art of advocacy,” training law students to become fearless trial lawyers prepared to take on powerful institutions on behalf of “the forgotten and the damned.”