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Law Review Distinguished Brief Award Symposium

Join keynote speaker Justice Richard Bernstein for this year's Distinguished Brief Awards.

Thursday, March 2, 2023
6:00-8:00 p.m.

Justice Richard Bernstein became the first blind justice, elected by voters statewide, to the Michigan Supreme Court in November 2014. With a commitment to justice and fairness, Bernstein began his eight-year term in January 2015. Prior to being elected to Michigan’s highest court, Justice Bernstein was known as a tireless advocate for disability rights as an attorney, heading the public service division for The Sam Bernstein Law Firm in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Blind since birth, Justice Bernstein is a Phi
Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan and earned his juris doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.
 

 

Hon. Richard Bernstein