Magazine Stories: Milliken v Bradley:
The Northern Battle for Desegregation

Verda Bradley worked hard to ensure a bright future for her children. After growing up under the restrictions of Jim Crow laws in Knoxville, Tennessee, Bradley moved to Detroit seeking greater freedom and economic stability.

She was not alone. In 1940, two years before she arrived in Detroit, African Americans made up 9.2 percent of the city’s population. Just under 30 years later when her children entered school, almost 500,000 more African Americans had moved to the city, swelling their ranks to 44.5 percent of the population.

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Comprehensive media plan: Calling for an end to undisclosed funding of judicial elections in Michigan

In the summer of 2013, the leaders of the State Bar of Michigan decided to try to put an end to the undisclosed funding of "issue ads" in judicial elections. Our senior managers put together a request to Michigan's Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, and I crafted a comprehensive media plan to make our request as well-known to the public as possible.
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How to use Facebook for your Law Firm

Get the most out of social media for your law firm

I taught a beginning session on “How to Utilize Facebook for Your Law Firm” at 2014 ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago. This session was for people who had no idea how to utilize Facebook as a tool for marketing the work of themselves and their law firms.

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11
Sep

Milliken v Bradley: The Northern Battle for Desegregation

Verda Bradley worked hard to ensure a bright future for her children. After growing up under the restrictions of Jim Crow laws in Knoxville, Tennessee, Bradley…

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12
Sep

Media Plan: State Bar of Michigan Calls for an End to Secret Funding of Judicial Campaign Ads

In Michigan, the people who fund so-called issue ads during election cycles are not required by law to disclose their identities. In the election cycle of…

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27
Mar

How to Use Facebook for your Law Firm

I taught a beginning session on "How to Utilize Facebook for Your Law Firm" at 2014 ABA TECHSHOW in March of 2014 in Chicago. This session…

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30
Aug

Standing up for women

Vicki Neiberg was an unwilling housewife. Though she wanted to earn a graduate degree and pursue an important career, she was turned down for a fellowship…

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10
Sep

Travel to Leelanau Peninsula

Imagine taking a leisurely drive through rolling hills covered with vineyards and orchards, occasionally catching a glimpse of azure water in the distance. Imagine a stop…

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12
Oct

Making Your Content Work for You on Social Media

I worked with Allison Shields and Deborah Gonzalez to write an in-depth paper on how to utilize content marketing effectively on social media channels, and then…

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