Domestic Violence Committee offers free pro bono training
The State Bar of Michigan Domestic Violence Committee will offer an in-person training on how to handle pro bono family law cases with domestic violence components from 1-5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 at Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s Lansing Campus. It will be simultaneously broadcast to Cooley’s three other campuses in Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, and Grand Rapids.
The training, provided by attorneys with many years of hands-on family law experience, will cover initial client interviews, substantive legal issues, pleadings, and pretrial and trial practices as they relate to family law cases with domestic violence components. It will offer a comprehensive introduction to family and domestic violence law for attorneys new to this area of practice, and will also serve as a great refresher for more experienced attorneys.
The training is free of charge for attorneys who commit to take on a pro bono family law case within six months. Register online. For more information contact SBM Pro Bono Counsel Robert Mathis at (517) 346-6412 or rmathis@mail.michbar.org.
Gov. Snyder names Caprathe to Appellate Defender Commission
LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday announced the appointment of former Judge William Caprathe, of Bay City, to the Michigan Appellate Defender Commission.
The Michigan Appellate Defender Commission is responsible for the development of a system of indigent appellate defense services.
Caprathe was first elected Circuit Court Judge of the 18th Circuit in 1980, where he served until his retirement in 2010. Caprathe currently operates a mediation and facilitation business, associated with Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan LLC. Prior to serving as a judge, he spent 14 years as a trial attorney. Caprathe is involved with numerous organizations, and has been a faculty member of the Michigan Judicial Institute since 1983. He holds a bachelor’s of business administration from Michigan State University and a degree from the Detroit College of Law.
Caprathe will serve a four-year term expiring May 24, 2017, and his appointment is not subject to the advice and consent of the state Senate.
Court sides with FBI in lawsuit over racial data
DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court has sided with the FBI in a Detroit lawsuit over access to records involving the use of race and ethnicity in investigations.
The FBI won’t give up the information to the American Civil Liberties Union, saying it might harm ongoing probes. The ACLU is concerned the FBI could be targeting certain ethnic groups and violating civil rights through racial profiling.
In a 3-0 decision Wednesday, an appeals court says the FBI properly invoked an exception in federal law in denying certain records. The court says some data could alert criminals and terrorists to how the FBI uses demographic information.
The ACLU’s Michigan chapter sued in 2011 after getting redacted pages and denials from the FBI.
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