WSU Law takes part in State Bar program
Another Michigan law school is partnering with the State Bar to introduce the “Professionalism in Action” program to its first year students.
Wayne State University Law School students will have the opportunity Friday, August 27 to interact and discuss ethical hypotheticals and professional conduct with more than 50 prominent Detroit-area attorneys and judges.
The program will be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Detroit Athletic Club.
“Professionalism in Action,” introduced in 2009 by SBM Past President Ed Pappas emphasizes the importance of ethics and civility using pre-selected hypothetical situations and small group discussions among law students, lawyers and judges.
Wayne Law Dean Robert M. Ackerman will give a welcoming address. State Bar President Charles Toy and Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen will provide remarks before group sessions and evaluations. A reception will be held immediately after the program.
“A lawyer’s expertise and skills are not complete without an ethical and professional aspect,” said SBM President, Charles Toy. “They are an intrinsic part of our legal tradition, and law students have everything to gain from these discussions with seasoned professionals.”
For more information, contact Danon Goodrum-Garland at 517.346-6333 or Wayne Law Professionalism in Action coordinator Marilyn Vaughan at 313.577-4822.
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ACLU sues CIA, FBI over detention
LOS ANGELES (AP) — American Civil Liberties Union lawyers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the FBI, CIA and other federal intelligence agencies, accusing them of detaining and torturing an American citizen later convicted on terrorism charges in the United Arab Emirates.
The lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Southern California seeks information about the treatment of Naji Hamdan, an American of Lebanese origin who was arrested in the United Arab Emirates in August 2008.
The ACLU accuses U.S. agencies of colluding with United Arab Emirates security forces, which kept Hamdan in a secret prison in Abu Dhabi without charging him with a crime until an earlier lawsuit by the rights group prompted his transfer to an official prison.
Hamdan, 44, who now lives in Lebanon with his family, was released in October 2009 after being convicted and sentenced to time served.
The former auto parts dealer and manager of the Hawthorne Islamic Center in Southern California has said he confessed under torture and suspected that U.S. authorities played a role in his detention and prosecution.
The ACLU said in its lawsuit that U.S. intelligence officials have refused to divulge any information about Hamdan’s imprisonment, despite a Freedom of Information Act request filed in January.
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Man accused in fake death certificate case
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Bail has been set for a Massachusetts man accused of faking his own death certificate to avoid prosecution.
Michael Rosen was arraigned in the same courthouse where earlier this month someone presented the document claiming that the 42-year-old Salem man had died. Officials became suspicious after noting that Rosen’s birthplace, cause of death and the cemetery where he was supposedly buried were misspelled.
Bail was set at $10,000 after Rosen pleaded not guilty to charges including forgery.
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