––––––––––––––––––––
Subscribe to the Legal News!
http://www.legalnews.com/Home/Subscription
Full access to public notices, articles, columns, archives, statistics, calendar and more
Day Pass Only $4.95!
One-County $80/year
Three-County & Full Pass also available
- Posted April 01, 2013
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Volunteers at Novi's 52-1 District Court are focus of new Court Stories video
LANSING, MI--A husband-and-wife volunteer team who welcome, guide, and reassure visitors to Novi's 52-1 District Court are among those featured in the newest episode in Court Stories, the Michigan Supreme Court's online video series.
"Novi District Court: Volunteers Are Priceless" explains how the court staffed a customer service desk with volunteers, including retirees, who help visitors navigate the court. Volunteers also assist court staff, freeing employees for other duties. Student volunteers in the probation department get practical experience in the criminal justice system as a basis for future careers.
Judge Brian W. MacKenzie of the 52nd District Court said that part of the volunteer program is aimed at making the court experience less intimidating. "Much of the time, visitors don't know what to expect and aren't sure where to go," MacKenzie said. "Our volunteers provide a friendly face, and they're also well trained so that they can make the experience easier."
The story features MacKenzie, Court Administrator Joyce A. Renfrow, and district court staff and volunteers. Editing and design was provided by Brian Town of Michigan Creative in East Lansing.
Court Stories tells the everyday stories of Michigan courts and the people they serve. The series is on the "Michigan Courts" YouTube channel and on the Court's web site.
New Court Stories videos will be announced as they are posted to the "Michigan Courts" YouTube channel, http:// www.youtube.com/user/MichiganCourts?feature=plcp, and the Michigan Courts "One Court of Justice" web site.
Published: Mon, Apr 1, 2013
headlines Ingham County
- Get to Know Toi Dennis
- Michigan Law 1L Rana Thabata receives Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
- MSU Law student honored with animal law award
- Paid surrogacy is no longer a crime in Michigan
- Cooley Law School Innocence Project hosts wrongful conviction discussion at Alpena Community College
headlines National
- This Los Angeles lawyer found her calling as a death doula
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Artificial intelligence tools for brief writing and analysis are a small firm litigator’s new best friend
- Baker McKenzie partner drops suit seeking IRS documents on partnership scrutiny
- Family members sue networks after learning of loved ones’ deaths by seeing bodies on TV
- Ex-BigLaw attorney once ‘consumed with remorse’ over $10M client theft sentenced in new scheme