Rebecca Simkins Nowak
Rebecca Simkins Nowak
Assistant Dean, Experiential Education
Professor of Practice
Degrees
- J.D. Detroit College of Law
- B.A. University of Michigan
Biography
Rebecca was previously a Member of the Detroit law firm of Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker and in-house counsel at Quicken Loans. Rebecca taught Law Practice Management at Cooley Law School and Michigan State College of Law for 12 years. She also taught pre-trial skills. She is immediate past chair of the Law Practice Management & Legal Administrators Section of the State Bar. She is a 2012 Michigan Lawyers Weekly Leader in the Law and was Community Legal Resources' 2006 Volunteer Attorney of the Year.
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Selected Presentations
2026 (upcoming) Invited Speaker, National Armenian Pre-Law Conference, Armenian Bar Association, “Introduction to Law School.”
2025, Speaker, New England Clinical Conference, “The Travel Clinic: Taking it on the Road.”
2023, 2024, 2025 - Speaker, Opioid Summit, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Topic: Adult Expungements presented to medical and addiction professionals.