Historical Vignettes

Date

Speaker

Title

04-16-2025 Matthew L.M. Fletcher,
Professor, University of Michigan Law School
The Common Ground of Michigan’s Tribal and State Courts: A Historical Perspective
04-11-2024 Justin Simard,
Professor, MSU College of Law
Slavery’s Legal Legacy and Its Meaning for Michigan Lawyers
04-20-2023 Judge Joan Larsen,
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Lessons From Thomas M. Cooley
05-26-2022 Martin Hershock,
Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn
“Booted and Spurred”: Railroads, the Range, and the Public Good, the Case of Williams v The Michigan Central
10-28-2021 Paul Moreno,
Professor, Hillsdale
Frank Murphy and the Roosevelt Court
05-14-2020 Cancelled: Due to COVID-19
04-18-2019 Jennifer Grieco,
SBM President
A Century of Suffrage
04-18-2019 Chief Justice Bridget M. McCormack Thomas M. Cooley #freesoil
04-19-2018 Donald Rockwell,
SBM President
A Man from Flint: Justice Otis Smith
04-19-2018 Vincent Wellman Michigan’s Reception of the Common Law
04-20-2017 Lawrence P. Nolan,
SBM President
Ferguson v Gies: A Supreme Decision
04-14-2016 Lori Buiteweg,
SBM President
Shaping Justice: How Michigan Supreme Court Justices and Bar Leaders Have Faced the Future, and What Might Come Next
04-10-2016 Justice Joan Larsen Justice Scalia
04-16-2015 David Chardavoyne Michigan Supreme Court Historical Reference Guide, Second Edition
04-10-2014 David A. Collins Michigan’s High Court Says No to Absentee Voting for Absent Civil War Soldiers
05-2-2013 Thomas E. Brennan, Society 25th Anniversary
04-19-2012 Judge Larry Glazer Wounded Warrior: The Rise and Fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson
04-28-2011 Mark Hurwitz The Evolution of Michigan’s Hybrid Electoral System
04-29-2010 John G. Fedynsky All Roads Lead to Lansing
04-30-2009 Norman Otto Stockmeyer Road Trip! A Look at the Places and Personalities Made Famous By Sherwood v. Walker
04-24-2008 Chief Justice
Clifford Taylor
Society 20th Anniversary
04-18-2007 Paul D. Carrington Chief Justice Cooley
04-27-2006 Paul Finkelman The Surprising History of Race and Law in Michigan
04-28-2005 Frederick M. Baker Jr. John Voelker: Justice, Author, Fisherman, Friend
04-24-2003 Justice Marilyn Kelly Virtual Tour of the Hall of Justice
04-18-2002 Governor John Engler Governor Engler’s Judicial Philosophy
04-26-2001 Thomas E. Brennan Reflections of a Former Chief Justice
04-13-2000 Dennis W. Archer Baseball’s Reserve Clause
05-20-1998 James L. Ryan Remarks – Annual Luncheon Vignette
05-15-1997 Gene Mossner Eugene Snow Huff v. The Supreme Court of Michigan
04-18-1996 Avern Cohn A Footnote to a Footnote
05-11-1995 Charles W. Joiner Remarks – Annual Luncheon Vignette
04-28-1994 John W. Reed It’s Worth Remembering
03-19-1992 Thomas E. Brennan Remarks – Annual Luncheon Vignette