MAACS Administrator Keeley Blanchard is named a Champion of Justice!

Michigan State Bar Names its 2025 Award Recipients

Congratulations to MAACS Administrator Keeley Blanchard for being recognized by the State Bar of Michigan as a 2025 Champion of Justice!  Read more


Marilena David named Director of the State Appellate Defender Office

Marilena David has been named Director of the State Appellate Defender Office by the Appellate Defender Commission at its meeting on May 2, 2025.  Read more


SADO is hiring! Apply now!

Multiple positions open -- applications due 5/25/25

SADO is hiring an Assistant Defender (Juvenile Lifer Unit), a Mitigation Specialist, and a Reentry Specialist.  Read more


Landmark ruling gives hope to youth sentenced to mandatory life

People v Taylor & People v Czarnecki, decided April 10, 2025

Today, Michigan joined a handful of states that recognize that young people have the capacity to change and should have the opportunity for freedom.   Read more


Community service – Can we do better?

From the April 2025 Criminal Defense Newsletter

When carefully and thoughtfully imposed, community service presents a win-win form of sentencing for the community and defendants convicted of low-level crimes.  Read more


Michigan Supreme Court vacates and remands in Kvasnicka

From the April 2025 Criminal Defense Newsletter

Michigan Supreme Court vacates Court of Appeals’ decision declaring Michigan’s terroristic threats statute facially invalid, and remands for consideration of whether complete invalidation of statute can be avoided by reading mens rea.   Read more


Safe & Just Michigan

From the April 2025 Criminal Defense Newsletter

A few simple policy changes could enable thousands of Michiganders to safely restore suspended drivers’ licenses, according to a new report released by the Lansing-based nonprofit Safe & Just Michigan.  Read more


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