‘Get Energized’ at Straker’s Corporate Counsel Breakfast
The D. Augustus Straker Bar Association will host its 14th Annual Corporate Counsel Breakfast titled “Get Energized: Opportunities in Energy and Green Law” on Wednesday, April 7, from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at The Skyline Club in Southfield.
Panelists will include AnnMarie Sanford with Pepper Hamilton; Scott Miller, senior Talent Acquisition specialist at DTE; and Randal M. Brown with Plunkett Cooney.
To make a reservations, contact Lindsay Bonkosky at Lindsay.Bonkosky@specialcounsel.com or (248) 524-9131.
Wolverine Bar presents ‘Appellate Practice Forum’ on April 13
The Wolverine Bar Association will host its re-scheduled “Appellate Practice Forum” Tuesday, April 13, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Bodman LLP located at 5th Floor of Ford Field, 1901 St. Antoine Street in Detroit. The forum is also co-sponsored by the State Bar of Michigan Young Lawyers Section.
Featured speakers will include Michigan Court of Appeals Judges Kurtis Wilder and Elizabeth Gleicher, Jerome Watson of Miller, Canfield, Paddock, & Stone PLC; and Mary Massaron Ross of Plunkett Cooney.
The panelists will make an informative presentation about appellate practice and address topics such as: procedural formalities, effective brief-writing, and oral advocacy techniques. The audience members will also have an opportunity to ask questions.
For additional information, contact Ronda Tate at rtate@lewismunday.com.
March 31 forum to explore workers’ rights in the global economy
Wayne State University Law School’s Program for International Legal Studies, in conjunction with Labor@Wayne, will host a “Forum on Workers’ Rights in the Global Economy” from 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31, in Conference Rooms L & M in the McGregor Memorial Conference Center on Wayne State University’s campus.
According to Wayne Law Professor William Mateikis, the forum will provide an opportunity for a constructive dialog between a leading external workers’ rights activist and a leading internal workers’ rights advocate.
Forum speakers include: Manfred Elfstrom, program officer, International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF); Pat McDermott, Frank Perdue School of Business professor, Salisbury University; Carrie Nantais, assistant for The Jesuit Social and International Ministry, Detroit Province; and Ed Potter, director, Global Workplace Rights, The Coca-Cola Company.
This lecture is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Holly Hughes, program assistant for the Program for International Legal Studies, at hhughes@wayne.edu or (313) 577-3620.
Court closings
The Wayne County Clerk’s Office will close Friday, April 2, 2010, at noon in observance of Good Friday.
The Third Circuit Civil, Criminal, and Family Divisions will close at noon on Friday, April 2, 2010, in observance of Good Friday.
The 36th District Court will be closed on Friday, April 2 in observance of Good Friday. Only Criminal arraignments will be conducted.
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