William Francis Murphy was an American politician,lawyer,and jurist from Michigan. He was a Democrat who was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940 after a political career that included serving as United States Attorney General,35th Governor of Michigan,and Mayor of Detroit. He also served as the last Governor-General of the Philippines and the first High Commissioner to the Philippines.
The Michigan State University College of Law is the law school of Michigan State University,a public research university in East Lansing,Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law,it was the first law school in the Detroit,Michigan area and the second in the state of Michigan. In October 2018,the college began a process to fully integrate into Michigan State University,changing from a private to a public law school. The integration with Michigan State University was finalized on August 17,2020.
John Burley Swainson was a Canadian-American politician and jurist who served as the 42nd governor of Michigan from 1961 to 1963.
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is Michigan's court of last resort and consists of seven justices. The Court is located in the Michigan Hall of Justice at 925 Ottawa Street in Lansing,the state capital.
Leland Walker Carr was an American jurist.
Thomas E. Brennan was an American attorney,jurist,and academic administrator who was the founder of Thomas M. Cooley Law School and the 81st Justice and chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
James Leo Ryan is an inactive senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Elizabeth Ann Weaver was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1995 to 2010 and served as chief justice from 1999 to 2001.
James H. Brickley was an American judge and politician who served as the 56th and 58th lieutenant governor of Michigan and a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1982 to 1999. He was a member of the Republican Party.
George Clifton Edwards Jr. was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He also served as commissioner of the Detroit Police Department.
The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law is the law school of the University of Detroit Mercy and is located in Downtown Detroit,Michigan across from the Renaissance Center. Founded in 1912,Detroit Mercy Law is a private Roman Catholic law school and has been ABA-accredited since 1933. The Law School has an annual enrollment of 612 students including 223 Nonresident Aliens,and currently has 67 faculty members.
Howard Wiest was an American jurist. Although he neither graduated from high school nor attended law school,he read law,became Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court,and went on to be "the Dean" of all Michigan jurists.
The Michigan general election,2018 was held on Tuesday,November 6,2018 throughout Michigan. The Democrats swept all of the statewide offices formerly held by the Republicans.
Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Tripp Clement is an American lawyer who serves as the chief justice of Michigan since 2022. She has served as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since 2017,after being appointed by Governor Rick Snyder.
Kurtis T. Wilder is a former associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court,appointed in May 2017 by Gov. Rick Snyder.
Megan Kathleen Cavanagh is an attorney who was elected in November 2018 to become an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court with a term beginning in January 2019.
Kyra Harris Bolden is an American judge,politician,and civil litigation attorney. She has served as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since January 1,2023. Bolden was a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives for the 35th district from January 1,2019 to January 1,2023.
