Stepparent adoptions discussed during MJI webinar
The Michigan Judicial Institute, in collaboration with the Michigan Probate and Juvenile Registers Association, will hold a webinar for probate/juvenile registers and staff on Tuesday, Aug. 16, from noon to 1 p.m.
The event, “Stepparent Adoptions,” will focus on the necessary pleadings, forms and processes that should be followed in stepparent adoptions.
Speakers will include Jeff Johnson, permanency & adoption coordinator with Livingston County Circuit Court.
To register, visit https://mjieducation.mi.gov and click on “events.” Attendees will receive an e-mail from Zoom with a link to join the webinar.
Annual ACC-MI Golf Outing planned for August 29
The Association of Corporate Counsel, Michigan Chapter, will host its 25th Annual ACC Michigan Golf Outing on Monday, Aug. 29, at Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield.
The outing supports the chapter’s scholarships for future in-house counsel.
Cost includes 18 holes of golf, cart, fun, and fellowship. The outing will culminate with the annual meeting, dinner, and prizes.
The day will begin with registration at 10:30 a.m. followed by golf with a shotgun start at noon.
To register, visit www.acc.com/chapters-networks/chapters/michigan.
ABA files brief in college admission cases before top court
The American Bar Association has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to adhere to its prior decisions allowing consideration of race as a factor in the higher education admissions process.
The cases involve Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. In both, the issue is whether the schools can employ admissions policies that consider race as one of several factors consistent with the court’s past decisions, including its 2003 ruling in Grutter v. Bollinger.
The ABA brief said the association has “a profound interest” in the use of such policies by educational institutions because they are a training ground for students who will eventually enter the legal profession.
“Eliminating race-conscious admissions policies would inflict great harm on the legal profession and the nation,” the ABA brief said. “Such policies play a vital role toward eliminating the taint of racism from our justice system and from other areas where lawyers perform vital functions.
These admissions policies also ensure a more racially diverse legal profession and judiciary, which are essential to the legitimacy of our legal system and to the legal profession’s ability to better serve the needs of our diverse society.”
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