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 Crawford appointed to SBM’s Character and Fitness Committee

Dickinson Wright Attorney Jerome Crawford was recently appointed by the Board of Commissioners to a two-year term serving on the State Bar of Michigan District I Character and Fitness Committee.

The Character and Fitness Committee is responsible for investigating the character and fitness of candidates for admission to the State Bar of Michigan. Committee members serve in panels of three to attend interviews for a candidate. The panel of committee members is charged with determining whether those issues impact the applicant’s ability to practice law in a fair, honest and open manner. The panel’s decision is reflected in a written report and recommendation to the Standing Committee on Character and Fitness.
 
Crawford is an associate in Dickinson Wright’s Troy office. He focuses his practice in the areas of commercial and business litigation; intellectual property; music, sports and entertainment litigation; real estate and bank litigation; and workouts, restructurings and foreclosures. He advises clients with regards to the formation of LLCs and corporations and drafting and/or amending organizational documents. In the intellectual property arena, he counsels Fortune 500 companies regarding risks associated with potential trademark use and registration on a wide array of retail products. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Oakland County Bar Association, the Wolverine Bar Association, and the Straker Bar Association. Crawford received his B.A. from Michigan State
University and his J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law.
 

Wayne Law to host poster exhibition about boycotts June 16-20

Wayne State University Law School’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights will host an exhibition featuring posters from more than 20 historical and contemporary boycott movements. Boycott! The Art of Economic Activism, which is free to the public, will be open from 8:30 - 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, through Friday, June 20, in Room 1244 of the Keith Center. The exhibition of posters from the 1950s to the present includes such movements as the Montgomery Bus Boycott; United Farm Workers’ grape and lettuce boycott; divestment from South Africa to protest Apartheid; boycotts of corporations using sweatshops; and Palestinian call for Boycott, Divest and Sanctions. A free opening reception with refreshments is planned from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 16. Reservations are requested for the reception. To register, call (313) 577-3620 or email keithcenter@wayne.edu. Parking is available for $6.50 (credit and debit cards only) in Structure One across West Palmer Street from the law school.

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