MiLW’s Woman of the Year: ‘Heaven only knows we have many things that need to...
When Michigan Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Kelly was named 2012 Woman of the Year, as part of Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s annual Women in the Law event, she used her acceptance speech to touch on many...
View ArticleWho is that stage left at the Detroit Opera House?
For those of you who are not theater buffs, we’re talking about the actor on the right. Why, it’s Justice Marilyn Kelly of the Michigan Supreme Court on opening night of the Michigan Opera Theater’s...
View ArticleMSC upholds Legislature’s authority to pass prior acts evidence rule … again
Last summer, the Michigan Supreme Court held in People v. Watkins that the Legislature had the authority to pass a law that allows prior acts evidence to be used in child abuse prosecutions. The...
View ArticleMSC: Farewell to Kelly
Justice Marilyn Kelly’s 16-year tenure on the Michigan Supreme Court ended yesterday. It was not her choice. A provision in the Michigan constitution that bars persons over age 70 from seeking judicial...
View ArticleFormer MSC justice joins Wayne Law
After 16 years on the Michigan Supreme Court — two of which as chief justice — former Justice Marilyn Kelly is going back to school. It was announced Monday that Kelly has joined the faculty of Wayne...
View ArticleWLAM names King, Coleman award winners
Former Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Kelly and Lorraine Weber, executive director of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation, have received awards from the Women Lawyers Association of...
View ArticleRepresentative Assembly to address court rules, justice selection
Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Kelly will be talking about the selection of high court justices at the April 27 State Bar Representative Assembly meeting. Over the years, Michigan’s...
View ArticleState Bar Representative Assembly: End judicial age limits
The State Bar Representative Assembly, after “vigorous debate,” has approved a resolution to end the constitutionally mandated age limit for Michigan judges. The Michigan Constitution says: “No person...
View ArticleKelly scholarship event at Roostertail June 11
The Marilyn Kelly Public Interest Endowed Scholarship at the Wayne State University Law School should get a significant funding boost next month at a benefit celebrating Kelly’s career. The scholarship...
View ArticleFamily Law – Parental rights correctly terminated despite evidentiary error
Even though the trial court should have admitted video-recorded interviews with the children in this parental-rights termination case, the termination order is affirmed. The post Family Law – Parental...
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