The State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly will present its Michael Franck and Unsung Hero awards to outstanding members of the legal community on Thursday, Sept. 22 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids. The presentation will take place during the assembly’s general session, which is being held in conjunction with the SBM Annual Meeting.
Michael Franck Award
“Lynn envisioned online books, kits and forms to help lawyers provide legal services to their clients more effectively and efficiently,” Kirkey said. “Lynn led ICLE to collect all of these resources in a subscription ‘partnership’ that enhances effective access to all of ICLE’s online resources and better meets the legal research and practice support needs of Michigan lawyers.”
Under Lynn’s leadership, “ICLE has become arguably the best CLE operation in the nation, and certainly a model organization, to which all others (including mine) repeatedly look for guidance,” Jack Reilly, executive director of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education wrote in his letter of support. “She’s been a trailblazer and a visionary, always willing to push the envelope and take risks to improve the way lawyers (whom she refers to as her partners) learn and develop professionally.”
Unsung Hero Award
He has spent “countless hours talking with, training, helping and mentoring law students, paralegals, attorneys and anyone else who wants to learn and get better,” the SBM said in announcing the honor.
Attorney Megan Smith noted in a letter that when she first began working as a law clerk for the court, Schrotenboer immediately took her under his wing, providing practice advice, assisting her with research, and giving her invaluable career contacts.
“He always has time for young lawyers, and I can say for certain that I have learned more from Jerry about practical lawyering than than I ever did in law school,” Smith said. “He was always more than willing to spend time with me. His wealth of knowledge and his drive to impart that knowledge on me is something for which I will be forever grateful.”
Unsung Hero Award
As an advocate for and board member of the Kent County Children’s Assessment Center, which provides a safe haven for children who are the victims of sexual violence, Hessmiller helps educate the community on how to recognize and prevent such heinous crimes against children, the SBM said in announcing the award.
Hessmiller serves as chairperson of the Kent County Human Trafficking Task Force, which provides help to victims of human trafficking. In that role, Smith teaches community leaders how to recognize the signs of human trafficking.
As a board member of the Grand Rapids Junior League, which exists “to improve children’s physical health by increasing access to safe, cooperative play for children in situations or neighborhoods where it is needed most,” the State Bar says Hessmiller “helps the staff understand the dangers of human trafficking and how they can become advocates in their daily lives for children’s safety.
“She can also be seen on a regular basis leading the organization’s efforts to build safe play areas, educating children on healthy eating, and helping them improve their overall health. And although she can’t prevent everything, she’s there again when justice needs to be done.
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