- AMSL’s inaugural commencement and the highest bar passage rate in Michigan and above 90 percent nationwide.
- His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan donates a rare collection of 45 Canon Law books to the Law Library.
- Commencement speaker: Samuel Dale Brownback, U. S. Senate
- Honorary degree recipients: The Honorable Samuel Dale Brownback, The Honorable Robert Heron Bork and Charles Edward Rice.
- Ave Maria Lecturer: Ambassador Michael Novak, George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy and Public Policy.
