State Supreme Court welcomes Justice Thomas
Published: January 24, 2025
At
their first conference of 2025, the Michigan Supreme Court last Wednesday
formally welcomed Justice Kimberly A. Thomas to the bench. A graduate
of Harvard Law School, Thomas comes to the court with experience as a
clinical law professor at the University of Michigan Law School and
co-founder of the Juvenile Justice Clinic.
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