JURIST

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Michigan chapter (CAIR-MI) filed a lawsuit Monday against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) for making Muslim and Moorish Science women remove their hijabs for mugshots. Photographs of the women without their hijabs are posted on MDOC’s public website. DONATE NOW.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Monday lifted an order that would have required Michigan prosecutors to retry a 2007 murder case by May 2021 or release the defendant after state officials cited COVID-19-prompted trial delays. Michigan state prosecutors filed for a stay in December, pending the outcome of a petition for a writ of certiorari.

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LegalReader

MARCH 30, 2021

Heller has been recognized in Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Hall of Fame Class of 2021. This award recognizes Michigan legal leaders who are over the age of 60, or who have practiced law for 30 years or more, for their successful careers and. Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller, P.C., is pleased to announce that Harvey R.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday upheld a district court’s decision to uphold a Michigan mask mandate for young children, rejecting the arguments brought by a Catholic school in Lansing, including that the state mask order violated free exercise of religion.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 2, 2022

have banned certain books as a way to prevent the flow of material that they say might incite violence, the Michigan Department of Corrections has banned dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili under claims that books’ contents are a threat to the state’s penitentiaries, reports NPR. As prison systems across the U.S.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

Here's how to do it legally and ethically. So a woodchuck ate your garden and left you with nothing? When you're a hunter, you can eat your garden and the woodchuck, too!

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JURIST

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In November 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer revoked the easement agreement between Enbridge, a Canada-based company, and the state that allowed Enbridge to run its pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. The case has since been moved to the Western District Court of Michigan, a federal court.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

You and your dam legal fight: Steve Carmody of Michigan Public Radio reports that “ Michigan Supreme Court is the next stop for dam legal fight.”

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected Thursday a challenge to the mandatory membership requirements imposed by the State Bar of Michigan. Lucille Taylor, a lawyer from Michigan, challenged the state bar membership mandate on the grounds that it violates her freedom of association.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The unusual step of charging the parents in relation to the recent Michigan school shooting could ultimately embolden prosecutors to criminalize parents when their kids commit a crime and set a kind of precedent that will hit minority parents the hardest, reports Bloomberg Law News.

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The Crime Report

JULY 5, 2022

will conduct a legal review after photographs of shooting range targets with images of Black men on them were taken at the department’s practice area, The Guardian reports. The legal review will analyze that demographic ratio and how the police officers use the targets. A police department in Farmington Hills, Mich.,

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Above The Law

JULY 19, 2021

These people will never go away!

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Above The Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Given that a legal education can land the average law school graduate in up to six figures of debt, it makes sense that would-be lawyers are eager to snag Biglaw jobs, where salaries at leading firms begin at $225,000. Michigan: 53% 13. Rankings season is officially upon us, and this time around, even U.S. Northwestern: 67% 2.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

NRE is a project of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society at the University of California, Irvine, University of Michigan Law School and Michigan State University College of Law and was founded in 2012 in conjunction with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

California, Michigan, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Millions remain inadequately fed and housed, and there don’t seem to be nearly as many structural barriers in those areas as there are in the legal profession. Why should legal services be any different? have task forces up and running, exploring revisions to Rule 5.4.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Voters across Nevada, Connecticut, Michigan, Arizona, Nebraska and Ohio Tuesday voted on whether to expand or restrict voter access to election procedures. In Michigan, voters chose to expand voter access to fund ballot drop boxes and early, in-person voting. As it stands right now, Connecticut does not permit early, in-person voting.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For all the money being poured into legal technology development these days, woefully little gets spent on technology designed to enhance access to justice for low-income Americans. Here is the complete list of 2021 TIG grants: Alaska . California.

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LLRX

AUGUST 22, 2024

This spring the Michigan State University College of Law and the MSU Center for Law, Technology & Innovation introduced the “LegalRnD AI Studio,” a groundbreaking mini-course series designed to elevate law students' AI literacy, focusing on practical skills in generative AI.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 22, 2023

September 1, 2023: TILA Disclosures re Index Rates; California Garnishment ; Minnesota Debt Collection December 1, 2023: Bankruptcy December 31, 2023: Utah Data Privacy Musings by Diane Consumer legal protections are rare.

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ABA Journal

MAY 31, 2023

Judge Bridget Mary McCormack, a retired Michigan Supreme Court chief justice, is slated to serve as the next council chair of the ABA’s Section of…

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

“The legal awards and honors that our attorneys receive are always nice, but they are more meaningful for what these awards and honors represent,” said Steven Gursten, Michigan Auto Law president.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2021

The post ACLU files suit on behalf of Black man falsely arrested based on faulty facial recognition appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

While we once might have thought these issues were temporary, many legal professionals continue to operate virtually, and even when we are fully free of the pandemic, many of us are likely to continue to practice virtually, at least part of the time. Legal Ethics During the COVID-19 Pandemic , Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.

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Above The Law

APRIL 30, 2025

Before we get to the list of the go-to law schools, its worthwhile to speak about the landscape for entry-level employment in the legal profession. We know that other T14 law schools — like Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and Michigan — choose not to participate in this ranking, so maybe Columbia joined them. Something to ponder.

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LegalReader

APRIL 13, 2022

Mckeen & Associates announced the addition of a new attorney to its legal team, Leon Walsh. Walsh has experience as a medical malpractice attorney in Michigan, as well as previous experience as a civil litigation associate and assistant public defender in Florida.

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DECEMBER 31, 2021

In his ruling, the federal judge suggested that the Michigan State Police officers had sued simply because they didn't like the agency's diversity policies, rather than having the right legal basis for a case.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2011

At last week's Michigan Association of Broadcasters Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference , I did a presentation to the a session of broadcast engineers and others, sponsored by the local chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

President Li Chen in a legal fight over the future of a proposed gigafactory in a Michigan town, a federal magistrate judge ruled Monday. Battery manufacturer Gotion cannot block the deposition of its U.S.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A school in an affluent Michigan suburb is hit with a racial discrimination lawsuit.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Six years ago, I wrote a column questioning charges in the Flint Michigan lead tainted water case as having more of a political than legal basis. Now, the state of Michigan will have to pay $300,000 to settle wrongful discharge claims by Liane Shekter Smith, the only employee who was fired as a result of the controversy.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Trellis , a company that provides legal analytics and research for state trial court records, has expanded its coverage into another five states, bringing its total coverage to 21 states. Trellis has now added coverage for courts in Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JANUARY 18, 2018

Lansing, MI – On January 16, the State Bar of Michigan in conjunction with Legal Talk Network released their new podcast, On Balance. Janet Welch, executive director of the State Bar of Michigan, said of the podcast, “I thought this was a terrific new way to deliver really meaningful content to our members.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

link] The Kentucky Court of Justice has multiple services to help the self-represented linked to their Legal Self-Help page at: [link] The page includes multiple tutorials on subjects such as eviction relief, small claims, protective orders, and an online glossary of legal terms.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 12, 2021

Reuters ] * Will do good work for food: Michigan Worker's Comp Lawyers is offering a scholarship for law students come 2022. Legal Reader ] * Violence isn't always the answer: Americans using threats to fight mask mandates inspired an interesting think piece. Insider ] * Prepare your applications 2Ls! OCI is back with a vengeance.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In recent years, McCormack has become a leading champion of initiatives to enhance access to justice, both within Michigan and nationally. She also secured funding for and chaired the Michigan Judicial Council, which has issued a comprehensive strategic plan for the state judiciary.

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The Crime Report

JULY 8, 2022

North Country Community Mental Health, which provides services to residents of six Michigan counties, has released the Charlevoix County First Responder’s Guide for Behavioral Interventions, a local interagency agreement to prevent the unnecessary incarceration of people with mental illness, reports the Petosky News-Review.

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Above The Law

MARCH 18, 2025

The government may be coming after some of the most successful law firms in the country, but weve got just what every member of the legal profession wants to see to get their minds off this dystopian nightmare: a ranking of the best law schools in the world. Move over U.S. News, because were about to go global.

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