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March 2018
SUSTAINING and EXECUTIVE AFFILIATE Members RECEPTION
We gratefully acknowledge the additional support provided to our Chapter by our Sustaining and Executive Affiliate Members and invite them to a very special reception from 4:30-6:30 pm on March 1st, 2018 in the Special Purpose Room of the Miller Canfield Law Firm in Downtown Detroit. If you would like to come arebut not yet a Sustaining Member but would like to upgrade your membership, it’s not too late! Call Executive Director Mindy Herrmann at fbamich@fbamich.org and we can make…
Find out more »Bar Association Fair at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
If interested in spreading the word about membership in our great Chapter, please contact Executive Director Mindy Herrmann for details at fbamich@fbamich.org. We would love to have support in engaging these great law students!
Find out more »Fight Unjust Detention of Immigrants: Training for Pro Bono Attorneys
Join the ACLU of Michigan, Federal Bar Association Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and Michigan chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association for a one-day training for attorneys interested in helping persons be released from immigration detention, both pre- and post-removal order. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: Overview of immigration custody and detention processes Arguments to challenge detention Getting into federal court Strategies for relief for persons detained six months or longer after…
Find out more »CRIMINAL PRACTICE SEMINAR
Stay tuned for additional details. Online Registration: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Find out more »8th Annual Michael K. Lee “Celebrating Our Diverse Bar” Mixer
Join your friends and colleagues from local and affinity bar associations throughout Metro Detroit for an evening celebrating the diversity of our legal community. This special event is a fun, relaxed opportunity for local attorneys to make new connections and strengthen their existing networks. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER SPONSORING BAR ASSOCIATIONS: Arab American Bar Association Armenian American Bar Association Association of Black Judges of Michigan Black Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Chaldean American Bar Association Charles A. Pratt Bar…
Find out more »THE ART OF PLEADING
This event is a joint program of the national Federal Bar Association’s Civil Rights Law Section, the Eastern District of Michigan FBA Chapter, and the Michigan Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section. Speakers: Prof Alexander A. Reinert represented Javaid Iqbal in his lawsuit against John Ashcroft from the trial court through to SCOTUS. His research since then has included the impact of the Iqbal decision on federal litigation and he has found that the plausibility pleading standard adopted in Bell…
Find out more »Classroom to Courtroom: Honoring Diversity
The Federal Bar Association’s Diversity Committee is pleased to offer Michigan’s law students a chance to learn from federal judges, observe federal court proceedings, and meet members of the Eastern District’s federal bar. Come see how to turn classroom skills into a federal court practice.
Find out more »EDMI DIVERSITY COMMITTEE Special Event with Mr. Godfrey Dillard
The Diversity Committee is pleased to host Godfrey Dillard on March 28, 2018 to speak about his experience as an African-American civil rights activist. Mr. Dillard is an all-state basketball player from Detroit, Michigan who was the second of two African-American players signed by Coach Roy Skinner to integrate the Vanderbilt University’s basketball team in Nashville, Tennessee. In joining the Vanderbilt Commodores, Mr. Dillard became one of the first African-American players in the Southeastern Conference of the NCAA. As a…
Find out more »The Leonard R. Gilman Award Due Date
Please submit nominations for this award to FBA Chapter Executive Director Mindy Herrmann at fbamich@fbamich.org
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