LAD to conduct free food stamp screening clinic March 14
Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. will conduct a free food stamp screening clinic on Thursday, March 14 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Rutherford Winans Academy, 16411 Curtis St.
The clinic is designed to identify children and families who are eligible for food stamps but do not receive them or who receive them but are qualified for larger grants
LAD’s Private Attorney Involvement unit will conduct the clinic with the help of pro bono attorneys from Ford Motor Co. and volunteer physicians and social workers from Beaumont Health System. The attorneys will screen participants using laptop computers and Internet access provided by the school.
The public is invited to attend the clinic. For further information, call LAD at (313) 967-5630.
Judge delays closing settlement in McDonald’s halal meat case
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan judge has approved a delay in closing a $700,000 settlement between McDonald’s and Muslims who were mistakenly told that food at a restaurant conformed to Islamic dietary rules.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Kathleen Macdonald on Monday granted a 28-day extension of a notice period in the case and lifted an injunction against a lawyer not originally connected with the case from making public statements. A final settlement hearing is scheduled April 17. The Jaafar and Mahdi Law Group filed the suit and agreed to the judge’s actions. The lawsuit says a Dearborn McDonald’s falsely advertised its food was halal. Islam requires invoking God’s name before an animal’s slaughter.
Firm to host Woman Advocate Committee’s networking program
Butzel Long’s Women’s Leadership Committee is the Michigan host for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Woman Advocate Committee’s Regional Networking brown bag lunch program at noon on Thursday, March 21, at the firm’s offices in Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, and Detroit. All female attorneys are invited to attend the program to discuss gender issues in the profession.
The program will include a special telephonic address from internationally-known speaker Carol Frohlinger of Negotiating Women, Inc., co-author of “Her Place at the Table” and “Nice Girls Just Don’t Get It.” Frohlinger will speak about second generation gender issues, the powerful barriers to women’s advancement, and more.
The program is free. Reservations are required and can be emailed to the following Butzel Long host attorneys:
—Ann Arbor, Jennifer Dukarski, dukarski@butzel.com.
—Bloomfield Hills, Deb Geroux, geroux@butzel.com
—Detroit, Angela Emmerling Boufford, boufford@butzel.com.
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