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Deadline approaching for law license renewals


The deadline for the 2020-2021 law license renewal process is fast approaching. Michigan attorneys must make their annual disclosures and renew their law license by Monday, November 30, to avoid the $50 late fee.

Attorneys can renew their law license by logging in online at https://e.michbar.org and clicking “Renew Your Law License Now” at the bottom.

Answers to frequently asked questions can be found at www.michbar.org/generalinfo/fees.

Anyone with questions about fees or needing assistance with the website or payment process can email sbm-fee-billing@michbar.org or call 517-346-6377.

 

WMU-Cooley Law professor publishes article in law review
 

“Voter Suppression – A Recent Phenomenon or an American Legacy,” an article by WMU-Cooley Law School Associate Professor Renalia DuBose, has been selected for publication by the University of Baltimore Law Review in February 2021.

The article celebrates two momentous events in the United States — record voter participation in the 2020 presidential election and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution giving women the right to vote.  

In the article, attitudes of early governing officials, as well as federal documents regarding equality and citizenship in Colonial America are examined, as they are critical to the right to vote. The reputation of the United States as the global standard-bearer of democracy is questioned as the United States has not consistently pursued universal suffrage. A historical analysis of voter expansion and voter suppression in the United States is detailed.  In the article, DuBose offers strategies to advance voter participation and to address voter suppression.

DuBose, who teaches at WMU-Cooley’s Tampa Bay, Florida campus, is a retired 34-year public educator/administrator and assistant superintendent in central Florida urban school districts, and a member of the Florida Bar. She is the daughter of a Baptist preacher who attended Selma University in the 1960s and studied under Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to learn nonviolent strategies to desegregate schools and workplaces and increase voter participation in Pensacola, Florida. Her father was honored by the governor of Florida as a 50-year civil rights pioneer. DuBose has been involved in voter participation initiatives for almost 50 years.

 

Virtual Lunch & Learn to look at ‘Trends in Employer Provided Health Insurance’
 

The Employee Benefits Committee of the State Bar of Michigan’s Taxation Section will present “Virtual Lunch & Learn: Trends in Employer Provided Health Insurance.”

The online program will take place via Zoom on Thursday, December 3, from noon to 1 p.m. and feature Teresa Rogell of HUB International.

There is no cost to attend and lunch will be provided.  To register, email Lena Gionnette at lgionnette@nixonpeabody.com. Registrants will receive an electronic gift card the morning of the event to order lunch delivery.


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