Daily Briefs (Oct 22)

Cooley roundtable event on redlining case set for Oct. 29
Cooley Law School will present a re-enactment of the 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case, Milliken v. Bradley, which addressed the planned desegregation of schools and busing in Detroit, on Friday, Oct. 29, 10:30 a.m., at its Auburn Hills campus.

The re-enactment is part of a day-long event, “From Redlining to White Flight: The History of Housing Segregation and the Importance of Regionalism,” and features Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, U.S. District Judge David Lawson, U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood, and Cooley professors Brent Simmons and Daniel Ray.

The event will examine how past practices and legal decisions contributed to the segregated housing patterns and its effect on school systems seen in metro Detroit today.

The program begins at 10 a.m. with a welcome session. Following the re-enactment, there will be a “Lunch and Justice Deliberation” from 12:30-1:30, then a panel discussion with former Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley, Dykema Law Firm partner and attorney Elliott S. Hall, Director of the Fair Housing Center of Metro Detroit Cliff Schrupp, former 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Nathaniel Jones, and Assistant U.S. District Attorney Judy Levy. The discussion will be led by Kurt Metzger.

The event wraps up at 3:30 p/m. The program is free and open to the public with registration.

For additional information or to register, visit www.miroundtable.org or call Freda G. Sampson at 313-870-1500, ext. 104.

Domestic Violence Committee and Family Law Section Offer Free Pro Bono Training
The State Bar of Michigan Domestic Violence Committee and Family Law Section will offer a free training from 1-5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29 in Ann Arbor and online in a simultaneous webcast. The event is free of charge with the agreement of each participating attorney to accept a pro bono family law case.

The training will cover initial client interviews, substantive legal issues, pleadings, pretrial and trial practices as they related to family law cases with domestic violence components, and is excellent for attorneys who are new to the area of family law and domestic violence. Each participant will receive a copy of “The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics,” by Lundy Bancroft.

For more information, contact Amanda Chubb at (517) 346-6396 or achubb@mail.michbar.org.

Notice
Please be advised that the Wayne County Probate Court will be closed in obsevance of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and will reopen on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 8 a.m.

In observance of Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2, the Wayne County Clerk’s Office will be operating as follows:
Closed: Assumed Names, Birth and Death Records, Concealed Weapons Permits, Notary Public, Passport Acceptance, Marriage License Application/Certification
Open: Elections, Circuit Court, Civil Filings (Room 201 CAYMC), Family/Domestic/PPO Filing (Room 928 CAYMC), Records, Criminal (FMHJ), and Juvenile (LHJ).

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