Bodman attorney elected president of DBA Barristers Board
Bodman attorney Erica J. Shell has been elected president of the board of directors of the Detroit Bar Association (DBA) Barristers Section for a term to run from July 2020 to July 2021.
Shell has held several leadership positions with the Barristers board and its committees and served most recently as vice president of the board for a one-year term that ended in July 2020. She received the 2019 Barrister of the Year Award, which honors a Barristers board member who has exhibited a special commitment to service.
The Barristers is the young lawyers section of the DBA and is open to attorneys who have been admitted to practice for ten years or less. The Barristers is active and service-oriented, with a focus on service to the community and service to the bar. The organization provides new lawyers with opportunities to expand their leadership skills, pursue community service projects, attend educational seminars, and network with other young lawyers.
Shell, who is based in Bodman’s Detroit office, concentrates her litigation practice in resolving disputes that arise during real property acquisition and development.
She is active with several Detroit-based charities, including service as a volunteer mentor with VIP Mentoring, as a member of the Angel Tree Committee for Matrix Human Services, and as a member of the Young Donor Committee for Loyola High School. She is also active with the Detroit Regional Chamber and is a member of the Chamber’s Energy & Environment Committee.
Exam 'glitch' causes even more anxiety for aspiring lawyers
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of people seeking to become lawyers in Michigan took an online exam Tuesday that had problems with passwords, officials said.
The bar exam is typically a two-day, in-person test. But coronavirus restrictions turned it into a one-day online essay exam with extraordinary conditions to prevent cheating, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Software disconnected the internet on computers and turned on the camera and microphone, the newspaper said.
Internet access was restored after each section so test takers could log in and get a password for the next stage, but there was a "technical glitch" with passwords at one point.
"As a result of this delay, test takers were notified via email that the testing day will be adjusted to allow additional time and account for those who got in late," Michigan Supreme Court spokesman John Nevin said in the afternoon.
The problem added anxiety to a stressful day.
"No one I've talked to is able to access the second module of the exam. So this is going great so far," Tyler Silvestri said on Twitter.
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