Domestic violence trial advocacy training offered for prosecutors
The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan (PAAM) Violence Against Women Project (VAWP) plans to present next week a two-day “Domestic Violence Trial Advocacy Training” for prosecutors.
The online training will take place via Zoom on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 20-21, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This training is designed for the prosecutor or assistant prosecutor new to handling intimate partner violence crimes or those looking for a refresher if returning to handling those type of cases.
Attendance is mandatory on both days and for both morning and afternoon sessions.
This training satisfies 12 hours of continuing legal education for purposes of PAAM’s Best Practices Recommendations.
To register, prosecutors or assistant prosecutors should visit www.michiganprosecutor.org and click on “training.”
WLAM Literary Ladies Book Club meeting on tap July 29
The Women Lawyers Association of Michigan will present its next Literary Ladies Book Club on Thursday, July 29, beginning at 6 p.m. via Zoom.
For the July meeting, the club will be discussing “The Barbizon: The New York Hotel That Set Women Free” by Paulina Bren.
To register for this online discussion by Tuesday, July 27, visit www.womenlawyers.org and click on “events.”
U-M loses decision over withholding pay information
ANN ARBOR (AP) — A judge has ordered the University of Michigan to fill a public records request and release pay information for employees in an office dedicated to diversity and equal opportunity.
“Exposure of the university’s salary, bonus and overtime pay decisions allows the taxpayers to learn how the people’s money was spent, fulfilling the policy objectives” of Michigan's Freedom of Information Act, Judge Elizabeth Gleicher said this week.
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy aggressively uses the public records law to get information from state and local governments and public schools.
It sued the university after officials wouldn't disclose all compensation details for employees in the Office of Institutional Equity for a two-year period.
The university cited privacy exceptions and other reasons for withholding details about overtime and bonuses.
Gleicher at the Court of Claims said those defenses didn't fit.
“We are happy the court upheld the rule of law and transparency in government by ruling in our favor,” said Steve Delie of the Midland-based Mackinac Center.
University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said officials were reviewing the decision.
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