The Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, hosted its “2024 Wade H. McCree Jr. Luncheon for the Advancement of Social Justice” earlier this month at the Detroit Athletic Club. Stephani LaBelle (center), director of Project Clean Slate, was this year’s recipient of the Wade H. McCree Jr. Award for the Advancement of Social Justice. Project Clean Slate is a City of Detroit initiative that helps residents expunge criminal convictions and improve access to better employment, housing, and educational opportunities. Among those on hand to congratulate LaBelle at the luncheon were (left to right) FBA President George Donnini of Butzel Long, LaBelle’s daughters Anna and Nora, and keynote speaker Charles B. Dew, Ephraim Williams Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Williams College. Dew’s teaching at Williams focused on the American South, the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the institution of slavery. His most recent book is “The Making of a Racist: A Southerner Reflects on Family, History, and the Slave Trade.”

headlines Macomb

• New leadership team takes helm at State Bar
• Governor signs legislation to protect Michigan children, consumers, and communities
• Nessel argues to cut Consumers Energy rate hike in half
• Detroit man bound over on two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution
• Howell man arraigned for allegedly threatening judge

headlines National

• Melissa Hart, the chair of the ABA Legal Ed council, dies
• Judge suspended after indictment over alleged perjury
• Bill Withers’ music publisher files copyright suit over Olivia Dean’s ‘I’ve Seen It’
• Judge reinstates US attorney in Washington fired by Trump
• Interim law dean of University of Florida named to permanent role
• Clio acquires Learned Hand, an AI company for courts, judges