Washtenaw County

Washtenaw County Bar Association Board of Directors’
Statement on Upholding the Rule of Law and Judicial Independence

April 16, 2025

In support of the rule of law, judicial independence, and equal access to justice, the Washtenaw County Bar Association Board of Directors fully endorses the March 21, 2025, statement by the State Bar of Michigan officers, which reads:

STATEMENT FROM SBM LEADERSHIP ON UNPRECEDENTED THREATS TO
RULE OF LAW

As officers of the State Bar of Michigan, we are committed to promoting the administration of justice and upholding the rule of law—core principles that are essential to the proper functioning of our democracy comprised of three co-equal branches of government…

SEE FULL STATEMENT HERE

This statement is made by the duly elected officers and directors of the Washtenaw County Bar Association’s Board of Directors, not on behalf of all individual WCBA members. It does not necessarily reflect the views of officers’ or directors’ employers.