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Year	In this Issue
2025
Spring	Michigan Court of Appeals: 60 Years of Michigan’s “New Instrument in the Administration of Justice” or How It All Started by Carrie Sharlow Michigan Court of Appeals Judges In The Beginning…Origins of the Court of Appeals Research Staff: Looking Back on 60 Years by Otto Stockmeyer From the Court of Appeals to the Michigan Supreme Court by Kate Budzynski and Chelsea Kozar From the Office of the President From the Desk of the Executive Director
2024
Winter	Michigan’s Tribal Courts The Fruits of Foresight and Mutual Respect: Reflections on Michigan’s Tribal State Federal Judicial Forum by Frederick Baker, Jr. Tribal Court Recognition of Federal Court Subpoenas: A Small Success Story by Justin Gray The Importance of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to the Tribal Court System: A Brief History by Jasmin Gaytan Guillen and Robin Bilagody Advocates Guild Progressive Dinner Multi-Tasking Thomas M. Cooley by Carrie Sharlow G. Mennen Williams: A Legendary Politician, A Remarkable Justice, But Most Importantly, A Beloved Grandpa by LeeAnn Williams Stewart Society Membership
Fall	An Event-Filled Spring Eminent Domain, Poletown, and Wayne v. Hathcock Justice Alton T. Davis’ Portrait Unveiling The Legacy of Women on the Michigan Supreme Court: A Conversation with Current Justice Elizabeth Welch and Former Justice Maura Corrigan The History of the State Appellate Defender Office by Kathy Swedlow and Jonathan Sacks Summer Intern for 2024 Introducing the Society Assistant Executive Director
Summer	The Late Great Soapy Williams: Memories & Reflections of a Former Michigan Supreme Court Law Clerk by Gregory J. DeMars Society Archives Related to G. Mennen Williams 60 Years of Legal Research & Recommendations: A History of the Supreme Court Commissioners’ Office by Daniel C. Brubaker 2024 Annual Luncheon Photographs Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Elects New Officers Happy 100^th Birthday, Judge Avern Cohn Some More of the Newest Members of the Guild
Spring	Backwards and In Heels: Women on the Michigan Supreme Court From the Board of Education to the State Supreme Court, Or A Meeting of the Superficially Dissimilar by Justice Marilyn Kelly My Journey to the Study of Law by Justice Maura Corrigan Excellence Through Education: The Michigan Judicial Institute by Rachael Drenvosky and John Nizol Meet Executive Director Lynn Seaks
2023
Winter	Opening of the 2023-2024 Supreme Court Term Society Report to the Court Advocates Guild Dinner – October 25, 2023 Thoughts on Our Inheritance From Great Advocates of the Past – Remarks by Mary Massaron The Advocates Guild Membership Newest Members of the Guild Justice Kurtis Wilder Portrait Unveiling – Wednesday, November 29, 2023 A Year Can Define a Life: Robert P. Griffin by Carrie Sharlow Society Membership Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Thanks Donators!
Fall	Life After the Court: Bridget Mary McCormack by Carrie Sharlow The Wives of the Big Four by Carrie Sharlow Portrait Unveiling for Former Chief Justice Maura D. Corrigan A New Project, A New Coleman Intern
Summer	Because of Emerson, and Because of Jesse by Carrie Sharlow African American Justices on the Michigan Supreme Court Percy J. Langster Milestone African Americans in Michigan’s Legal History When a Tall Tree Falls… 2023 Annual Luncheon Photographs 2023-2024 Board of the Historical Society Society Welcomes New Board Members
Spring	Chief Justice Stephen J. Markman Portrait Unveiling Chief Justice Marilyn J. Kelly Portrait Unveiling Former Chief Justice Maura D. Corrigan – Official Portrait Commission Chief Justice Elizabeth T. Clement Takes the Helm and Justice Kyra Harris Bolden Joins the Court! A Changing of the Guard at the Historical Society The Advocates Guild Dinner, October 26, 2022 by Mary Massaron Calling All Law Clerks! by John Fedynsky Researching the Origins of Law Clerks and the Michigan Supreme Court by Jack Sweeting A Supreme Court Brief: “A Loose Form of Verse”
2022
Winter	Home of Justice by Patrick Batterson Historic Homes of the Court Joe Gavin Elected Treasurer 2021 Society Law School Prize Winner: University of Michigan Law School: Kami Groom Annual Report to the Court Former Justice Kurtis T. Wilder Begins Official Portrait Commission Calling All Law Clerks! by John Fedynsky Tribute to Judge Avern Cohn by Andy Doctoroff
Spring/Summer	“Booted and Spurred”: Railroads, the Range, and the Public Good, the case of Williams v the Michigan Central by Martin Hershock Langford Morris Receives Society’s Top Honor: Dorothy Comstock Riley & Wallace D. Riley Legal History Award Winner 2022 Annual Membership Luncheon Photographs Portraits of Justice: Justice Aaron Vance McAlvay: Delivering Legal Services to Rural Michigan and Providing Geographic Diversity to the Bench by Lori Buiteweg James Kirwan Named Law Student Prize Winner for University of Michigan Law School
2021
Winter	The Man Behind the Portrait: Justice John McDonald and Artist Kreigh Collins by Brian Collins Changing of the Guard: From Justice Markman to Justice Welch Female Majority Advocates Guild: Great Advocates Spotlight by Patrick Batterson In Memory of Justice Lawrence Lindemer Where the Justices Lived
Fall	Frank Murphy and the Roosevelt Court by Paul Moreno 2021 Annual Membership Luncheon Photographs MSC Learning Center at the Hall of Justice Virtual Programs
2020
Winter	Historic Advocate Spotlight: Dynamic Figures in Michigan’s Legal History by Patrick Batterson 2020 Vision: Society President Carl Herstein’s Report on Plans for the Coming Year Supreme Court Learning Center Society Law Prize Winner Hillary John from the University of Michigan Law School Anatomy of a Michigan Supreme Court Case: A Night with Advocates and Justices
Summer	Portrait of Justice: Ernest Albert Snow by Fred L. Borchard Four Elected to Board of Directors Judge Cohn Awarded with Society’s Legal History Award Historic Advocates Spotlight: Dynamic Figures in Michigan’s Legal History by Patrick Batterson 2020 Coleman Intern: Ireoluwa Ayoola U-M Law Prize Winner: Luke Barbour
2019
Year End	Justice Edward Mundy: A Feisty Public Servant by Lori Buiteweg Invisible Scribes: 2019 Michigan Supreme Court Law Clerk Directory
Winter	No Rest for the Weary: William Asa Fletcher, Michigan’s First Chief Justice by Joseph Gavin Bridget McCormack Elected Chief Justice Thomas Russell Sherwood: 27th Michigan Supreme Court Justice Society Presents Law Prize to University of Michigan Law Winners
Fall	Justices From the North: Michigan Supreme Court Justices with Ties to Northern Lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula by Carl Herstein Society Annual Report to the Court A Man Who Loved His Job: Michigan’s First District Court Judge Ross Wilkins by Susan Fairchild
Spring/Summer	State Bar of Michigan President Jennifer Grieco’s Remarks at the Society’s Annual Luncheon Chief Justice McCormack’s Opening Remarks at the Society’s Annual Luncheon Cavanagh, Gavin Elected to Society’s Board; Professor Moreno Selected as Historical Advisor Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society 2019 Board of Directors
2018
Winter	The Civil War and Law by Trenton Koch Frank Murphy: One-of-a-Kind and One of Our Own by Julie M. Dale How the Third Circuit Aquired the Murphy Portrait Judge Cohn to be Honored at Michigan History Conference Missing Spotlight on Solicitors: Part Four by Andrea Muroto Bilabaye
Fall	Justice Young’s Portrait Unveiled Invisible Scribes: 2018 Michigan Supreme Court Law Clerk Directory Society Visits West Side of State: Breakfast with the Michigan Supreme Court a Success Tribute to Justice Thomas E. Brennan: Michigan Supreme Court’s Youngest Chief Justice Advocates Guild Dinner Photographs Supreme Court Learning Center The 2018 Bench / New Crier, Bailiff on MSC Bench Megan Cavanagh Makes History: First Father-Daughter Duo on MSC Justice Elizabeth Weaver’s Portrait Dedicated Post-Humously Michigan’s First Female Majority Supreme Court Justice Potter’s House
Summer	In Memory of Wallace D. Riley and John W. Reed Raconteur and the Rule of Law by Justice Stephen Markman John Reed: The Fred Astaire of the Law School World by Justice Bridget McCormack In Memoriam: Wallace D. Riley, Esq. by Charles R. Rutherford Tribute to John Reed by John Fedynsky Tribute to Wallace D. Riley by John P. Jacobs Citation for a Good Man Justice Riley’s Husband Investiture of Justice Elizabeth T. Clement Sotomayor Visits Mid-Michigan: One Book, One Community is a Hit
Spring	Annual Luncheon Highlights Issue: Otis Smith: A Man From Flint by Donald Rockwell Some Remarks on Michigan’s Reception of the Common Law by Vincent Wellman Greetings from Society President Carl W. Herstein Board of Directors 2018-2019 Bird’s Top Hat: Society Donates Artifact to Michigan Supreme Court In Memoriam: John W. Reed Breakfast of Champions…for Justice
2017
Winter	A Letter From Society President Charles R. Rutherford The Year Ahead: Executive Director’s Report by Carrie Sampson MSU Law Prize Winner UM Law Prize Winner Spring 2017 Coleman Intern Stephen J. Markman Elected Chief Justice Marston in Michigan History Magazine Spotlight on Solicitors by Andrea Randall
Fall	Report to the Court by Society President Charles Rutherford Investiture Ceremony: Kurtis T. Wilder Larsen to Clement: Changes on the Court Gubernatorial Appointments to the Michigan Supreme Court: A Historical Perspective The Rule of Law, the Michigan Supreme Court, and the Advocates Guild by Mary Massaron Spotlight on Solicitors: Part Three by Andrea Muroto Bilabaye Portrait of Justice: Associate Justice Patricia J. Boyle by Mary Massaron Invisible Scribes Court Mourns Long-Time Crier SBM NEXT Conference Society Goes to Texas by Carrie Sampson
Summer	Highlights from the 2017 Annual Luncheon Ferguson v Gies: A Supreme Decision Chief Justice Markman’s Remarks Society Presents Dorothy Comstock RIley Legal History Award to President Charles Rutherford Society Board of Directors Artifact Acquisition Kurtis Wilder Appointed to Michigan Supreme Court Wheaton, DeMars Elected to Society Board Spotlight on Solicitors: Part Two by Andrea Muroto Bilabaye
Spring	Annual Membership Luncheon Features Vignettes Related to Detroit Justice Robert P. Young, Jr. Announces Retirement Justice Dorothy Comstock Riley Featured by Shinola for Her-Story Month Toxic Tort Case Is Subject of Summer Moot Court Program
2016
Winter	The Year in Review: President Charles Rutherford The Year Ahead: Executive Director’s Report A Life Worthy of Study: Augustus Woodward by John Fedynsky
Fall	Report to the Court: State of the Society 2016 by Charles Rutherford Portraits of Justice: Benjamin Franklin Graves by Judge Alfred Butzbaugh Chief Justice Robert P. Young, Jr.’s Remarks from the 2016 Advocates Guild Dinner Karl Llewellyn and the Important Role of Appellate Advocates by Mary Massaron A Portrait Dedication in Pictures Law Clerk Directory
Summer	Portraits of Justice: James Valentine Campbell by Bruce Courtade Justice Joan Larsen’s Remarks on Justice Scalia from the Society Annual Luncheon April 14, 2016 Exploring Careers in the Law 2016 From the Hall of Justice to the Pulpit: Former MSC Chief Commissioner Becomes Priest Advocates Guild Dinner Announced for October 5, 2016
Spring	Shaping Justice: How Michigan Supreme Court Justices and Bar Leaders Have Faced the Future, and What Might Come Next by Lori Buiteweg Our 2016 Board of Directors: Justice Levin Resigns from Board; Justice Mary Beth Kelly Joins Board Photos from the 2016 Annual Luncheon
2015
Winter	The Year Ahead: President’s Report by Wallace D. Riley New Titles The Year in Review: Executive Director’s Report by Carrie Sampson Court of Appeals 50th Anniversary 2015 Coleman Intern by Kevin Cunningham Bronco! Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School Society Presents Law Prize at MSC College of Law Exploring Careers in the Law
Fall	Thomas McIntyre Cooley by Carl Herstein Donation of Cooley Letter by Don Binkowski First Women on the Court Appellate Advocates and the Sound of Defeat by Mary Massaron
Summer	A Brief History of the Court Reporter’s Office by Kevin Cunningham Chart of Court Reporters Law Student Prize at Michigan Law Loomis Guns Return to State Capitol Judge Cohn Honored Summer Reading List First Chair Report by Mary Massaron Pewabic Pottery Commemorative Title
Spring	David G. Chardavoyne Exit Smiling: Wallace D. Riley, Society President 1988-2015 President’s Message: Magna Carta and Its American Legacy by Charles Rutherford Society Elects New Officers: Gillooly Elected New Member of Board of Directors At the Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center by Rachael Drenovsky
2014
Winter	25 Years: A Review by Wallace Riley Tribute to Patricia Boyle: 94th Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court Executive Director’s Report by Carrie Pickett
Fall	War! Michigan’s High Court Says No to Absentee Voting for Absent Civil War Soldiers by David Collins An Evening at the Supreme Court: The Advocates Guild Dinner–October 8, 2014 State of the Society 2014: Report to the Michigan Supreme Court by Wallace D. Riley Traquair: Scotland’ Oldest Inhabited House Governor G. Mennen William and the Great Ferris Fire – 39th Michigan Legal Milestone #TBT 1941 Michigan Supreme Court
Summer	Justice John Dethmers: Eugene Wanger Donates Photos of 69th Justice Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society 2014-2015 Board of Directors Society Board of Directors Welcomes Julie Fershtman Leland Carr: A Snapshot by Laurie Dawson Exploring Careers in the Law: July 21-25 Society Law student Prizes G. Mennen Williams Exhibit in the Learning Center
Spring	Society Annual Luncheon: Arrogance or Vigilance: Michigan’s High Court Says No to Absentee Voting for Civil War Soldiers Civil War Justices Inquiry Into Isaac Marston
2013
Fall	Found! Alpheus Felch: Justice, Governor, U.S. Senator Miles from Home… Advocates Guild: Greetings From the First Chair by Mary Massaron Ross
Summer	Dorothy Comstock Riley Legal History Award: Honors Both Founder, President for 25th Anniversary
Spring	Celebrating 25 Years: 1988 – 2013 25th Anniversary Luncheon Viviano Appointed to Michigan Supreme Court Society Presents Law Student Prize at MSU College of Law
2012
Winter	The Year in Review: 2011 by Wallace Riley Where We Are Going: Executive Director’s Report by Carrie Pickett Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Board of Directors Found Photos Advocates Guild: A Night for Traditions 2011 Advocates Guild Dinner First Chair Report by Mary Massaron Ross New Law Day Contest from State Bar of Michigan Links to Michigan Legal Milestones
Fall	Three Elected to Michigan Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Kelly Prepares for Life Off the Court Book Review: Courtwatches: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History A “Switch” In Time Saves Nine by Jamie Crist Law Student Prize: University of Michigan Law School Law Student Prize: Thomas M. Cooley Law School From Coleman Intern to Lawyer Domestic Violence Exhibit Debuts in Learning Center Advocates Guild Dinner 2012
Summer	Portrait Unveiled! Conrad Mallett, Jr. Portrait Dedicated in Special Session Society Annual Luncheon Photographs 2012 Coleman Intern Jamie Crist Society Law Student Prize MSU College of Law The Attack on Planned Parenthood: A Historical Analysis Society Law Student Prize: Wayne State University College of Law Phi Beta Kappa: The Nation’s Oldest & Most Widely Known Academic Honor Society Happening on the Website…
Spring	Wounded Warrior: The Rise and Fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson Women Who Dared to Lead: New Exhibit Opens at the Michigan Women’s Historical Center The Big Four: Imported from Michigan by George Roumell and Barbara Bean Learning Center Offers “Moot Court” Programs for Students, Teachers
2011
Winter	The Year in Review: A Message From Society President Wallace D. Riley Goals for the Year Ahead: Executive Director’s Report by Carrie Pickett The Care and Feeding of Portraits: Three Georges Around the HOJ New Member Incentive Member Spotlight
Fall	Society Portrait Collection Grows: Dedication for Justice Taylor Held in September Law Student Prize: Thomas M. Cooley Law Student Prize: Michigan State University College of Law Justice Voelker’s Laughing Whitefish Re-Published by MSU Press by Bill Castanier Cavanagh Portrait Fund Established
Summer	The Legacy of Isaac Christiancy Lives On… About the Portraits Exploring Careers in the Law Crime Victim Rights Exhibit Law Student Prize: University of Michigan Life After the Michigan Supreme Court: Maura Corrigan and Michigan’s Children Advocates Guild Dinner Portrait Dedication: Clifford W. Taylor Archives of Michigan: Home of Early Court Papers
Spring	The Evolution of Michigan’s Hybrid Electoral System by Mark Hurwitz Michigan’s Big Four Highlights of the 2011 Annual Luncheon
2010
Winter	The Year in Review: A Message from the Society President Goals for the Year Ahead: Executive Director’s Report by Carrie Pickett The Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center Society Offers Lesson Plans to Middle School and High School Teachers
Fall	Terms of Service: Longest to Shortest-Serving Justices and the Allen B. Morse Connection Andrew Paulsen Named 2010 Coleman Intern Biography of John Swainson Published End-Of-Year Membership Renewal Advocates Guild Special Issue!
Summer	Annual Membership Luncheon 2010: All Roads Leads to Lansing Michigan’s County Courthouses by John Fedynsky Society Elects Borchard, Courtade, and Ellsworth to Board of Directors Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society 2010 Board of Directors
Spring	Save the Date for Michigan’s County Courthouses at the Annual Luncheon Law Day 2010: Law in the 21st Century Portraits of Two Justices: John Bird and Ernest Snow Member Spotlight: Judge Megan Maher Brennan
2009
Winter	A Message from the Society President: Reflections on 2008 Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center Update 2008 Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Board of Directors A Message from the Executive Director: Where We’re Headed in 2009 The Investiture of Justice Diane Marie Hathaway Rededication of “Big Four” Mural at Cooley Law School
Fall	Society Restores Desk of Justice Leland W. Carr Wanted: Historic Court Artifacts Bird, Snow Portraits Sent to Chicago Other Portrait Restoration Projects Test Your Knowledge of Michigan Supreme Court History Society Law Student Prizes Awarded at U.D. Mercy and MSU Colleges of Law Taking the Court to the People MSCHS Advocates Guild Hosts 3rd Annual Advocates Dinner Are You an Advocate Who Hasn’t Joined the Guild Yet????
Summer	Road Trip! A Look at the Places and Personalities Made Famous by Sherwood v. Walker by Norman Otto Stockmeyer The Verdict of History Project 2009 Coleman Intern: Stephanie Schnelz 2009 Board of Directors Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Society Welcomes New Vice President, Directors to Board Images from the 18th Annual Membership Luncheon: Thursday, April 30, 2009 – Detroit Athletic Club
2008
Winter	A Message from the Society President: A Look Back at 2007 2007 Board of Directors Can’t Wait for 2008: A Message from the Executive Director
Fall	Society Receives $45,000 Grant from State Bar Foundation A Changing of the Guard at the Historical Society Supreme Court Advocates Guild Hosts Second Annual Dinner
Summer	Society Hosts 17th Annual Membership Luncheon Society Welcome New Board Members Chief Justice Taylor Addresses Luncheon Images from the 17th Annual Membership Luncheon: Thursday, April 24, 2008 – Detroit Athletic Club
Spring	Society Unveils New Look for Web Site In Recent News….Society Hires 2008 Coleman Intern; Verdict of History Lesson Plans a Hit Financial Records
2007
Winter	The Year in Review: A Message from the Society President 2006 Board of Directors The Road Ahead: A Message from the Executive Director Telling the History of the Court from the Other Side of the Bench: The Historical Society Creates the Advocates Guild Financials
Fall	The 1986 Michigan Supreme Court Election Historical Society Receives $9,400 Grant from the Michigan Humanities Council Supreme Court Advocates Guild Hosts Inaugural Dinner
Summer	Chief Justice Cooley: A Legal Vignette Presented by Professor Paul Carrington at the Annual Membership Luncheon Society Welcomes New Board Member Society Hosts 16th Annual Membership Luncheon Images from the 16th Annual Membership Luncheon: Wednesday, April 18, 2007: Detroit Athletic Club
Spring	The Defeat of Thomas M. Cooley In the 1885 Election 16th Annual Luncheon to Feature Legal Vignette by Professor Paul D. Carrington Supreme Court Commissioner
2006
Winter	A Look Back at 2005: A Message from the Society President 2005 Board of Directors What’s Ahead in 2006: A Message from the Executive Director Financials
Fall	Coleman Intern Completes Research Projects by Lance Phillips Did You Know….Of the 112 justices who have served on the Michigan Supreme Court Bench, 21 served their country in the armed forces before joining the Court. The 1943 Defeat of Bert D. Chandler Did You Know…
Summer	Michigan’s Strange and Unexpected History of Equality: A Legal Vignette Presented by Professor Paul Finkelman at the Annual Membership Luncheon Society Welcomes New Officer and Board Members Society Hosts 15th Annual Membership Luncheon Rosa Parks Resolution Images from the 15th Annual Membership Luncheon: Thursday, April 27, 2006 – Detroit Athletic Club
Spring	Luncheon Program Will Feature Vignette by Co-Editor of The History of Michigan Law About The History of Michigan Law Learning Center Working on Several New Projects
2005
Winter	The Year in Review: Gains and Losses Looking to the Future: A Message from the Executive Director Membership Roster
Fall	Historical Society Celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the Creation of the Supreme Court of the Michigan Territory Images from the 200th Anniversary Reception The First Decade of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan by David G. Chardavoyne Join the Eastern District of Michigan Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
Summer	John Voelker: Justice, Author, Fisherman, Friend by Frederick M. Baker, Jr. Society Welcomes Michael G. Harrison To the Board Society Hosts 14th Annual Membership Luncheon Portrait of Justice Theodore Souris Dedicated Images from the 14th Annual Membership Luncheon: Thursday, April 28, 2005 – Detroit Athletic Club
Spring	Historical Society Hosts Special Session Acknowledging Loan of the Big Four Portrait
2004
Winter	A Look Back at 2003: A Message from the Society President The Road Ahead: A Member from the Executive Director Financials 2003 Board of Directors
Fall	Test Your Knowledge of the Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court
Summer	The Long Road Home Annual Membership Luncheon In Recent News….The Society Welcomes Two New Directors Historical Society and the Learning Center Team Up to Hose Brown v. Board of Education Anniversary Event
Spring	Trial of the Last Man Executed in Michigan To Be Topic of Luncheon Vignette
2003
Winter	Michigan Supreme Court Dedicates Hall of Justice President’s Messages In Recent News…Society Hires 2003 Coleman Intern; Big Four Writing and Research Project Underway Financials 2002 Board of Directors
Fall	2003 Coleman Intern Completes Women and the Law Project Society Members Earn State Bar Honors Michigan Supreme Court Justices as Authors In the Spotlight…Two Supreme Court Authors: Justice William Potter; Justice Thomas A.E. Weadock
Summer	Society Honors Justice Dorothy Comstock Riley With Legal History Award The Society Celebrates Its 15th Year Society Aides in Renovation of Flint Courtroom Images from the 12th Annual Membership Luncheon
Spring	Society Dedicates Portrait of Justice James H. Brickley Justice Dorothy Comstock Riley To Be Honored With the Legal History Award
2002
Winter	Controversies and Cases: The Indigenous Peoples of Michigan Portrait Fund Established for Justice Conrad L. Mallett President’s Message: Tragedies and Triumphs Financials On the Horizon In Recent News 2001 Board of Directors
Fall	Society Receives Historic Artifact DeMystifying the Judiciary In Recent News….
Summer	Governor Engler’s Judicial Philosophy Images from the 11th Annual Luncheon: Thursday, April 18, 2002 – Detroit Athletic Club Chief Justice Corrigan Addresses the Crowd
Spring	Governor Engler To Be Honored With the First-Ever Legal History Award In Recent News In the Spotlight….Two Former Governors
2001
Fall	Michigan Supreme Court History: The Civil Rights Struggle Beam Signing Held for Hall of Justice in Lansing In Recent News 20th Century Portrait Collection Completed
Summer	Reflections of a Former Chief Justice Images from the 10th Annual Membership Luncheon: Thursday, April 26, 2001 – Detroit Athletic Club In Recent News In the Spotlight: Justice Thomas K. Kavanagh; Justice Eugene F. Black
Spring	People v. Dean – An Early Suffrage Case in Michigan Supreme Court History In the Spotlight: Justice George Martin In Recent News Coleman Legal Milestone Dedicated in Battle Creek President’s Message: The Close of a Century 2000 Board of Directors The Road Ahead: A Message From the Director Financials
2000
Winter	Disorganization, Reorganization and Controversy: The Trials and Tribulations of the Nineteenth-Century Court by Scott A. Noto Membership Roster President’s Message: Review of 1999 by Wallace Riley Recent History
Fall	Two Former Chief Justice Honored by State Bar: Dorothy Comstock Riley Receives Distinguished Public Service Award; Legal Milestone to be Dedicated in Honor of Mary Stallings Coleman Society Bids Farewell to Executive Director, Welcomes New Director Chief Justice Weaver Delivers State of the Judiciary Address Hall of Justice Update
Summer	Michigan’s “Big Four” Justices Loom Large Over Lansing Cooley Law School Toasts the Big Four at June Reception The Investiture Ceremony of Hon. Stephen J. Markman
Spring	Ninth Annual Membership Luncheon Draws Record-Breaking Crowd Baseball’s Reserve Clause: Hon. Dennis W. Archer Presents Legal Vignette at Society’s 9^th Annual Membership Luncheon
1999
Fall	Michigan Supreme Court Breaks Ground for Michigan Hall of Justice President’s Message Thomas E. Brennan Justice John D. Voelker Portrait to be Dedicated Society’s Traveling Exhibit Makes the Rounds to Michigan Law Schools Historical Profiles: Isaac P. Christiancy Historical Profiles: Benjamin F. Graves Portrait Fund Established for Justice Patricia J. Boyle 1999 Coleman Intern Wraps Up Project
Summer	Society Presents Portrait of Justice Charles L. Levin to Michigan Supreme Court President’s Message 1999 Coleman Intern Selected New Society Member Inspired by Big Four Member News
Spring	Chief Justice Elizabeth Weaver’s Extraordinary Journey From Boardroom to Classroom…to Courtroom President’s Message The End of An Era: Conrad L. Mallett, Jr. Resigns From Court Society News, Events & Announcements: New Justices Sworn In – Marua D. Corrigan; Robert P. Young, Jr. Historical Profiles: The Big Four Historical Profiles: James V. Campbell
1998
Fall	Portrait Rescued From Near Ruin From the President: Committees Take Shape by Wallace Riley The 1998 Coleman Intern: Jill K. Moore Reference Guide Makes History Passing of the Baton: New Executive Director Has “Wright” Stuff Society Website Exhibit Tours Law Schools
Summer	Society’s 10^th is First Rate! Celebration Second to None From the President The Coleman Internship The “Big Four” Fund Justice Patricia Boyle Conservation Studio Tour: Directors Go On Site Membership Profile: Robert Maniscalco A Visit with Justice Marilyn J. Kelly Roundtable Receives Rave Reviews! Coleman Intern Focuses on Reference Guide MSC Quiz State Bar 26^th Michigan Legal Milestone
Spring	Changing of the Guard: New Court Portrait Makes History From the President: Newsletter Runs Quarterly Fabulous Find in Stanton Storage! Fletcher Image Found While Mystery Still Confounds! Voelker Featured at MSU Exhibit MSC Trivia Quiz Intern’s Notes by Sean Sanford Return of the Round Table: Second Annual Judicial History Meeting Law Firm Enjoys Its History Membership Profile: Terri Land Remembering Alan L. Gornick Boyle Portrait Fund A Decade In Review: Society Celebrates Turning Ten Society Researches History of Court Officers

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