Macomb County Bar Foundation (MCBF)
The Macomb County Bar Foundation is the charitable affiliate of the Macomb County Bar Association and is a reflection of the Macomb County legal community?s 100 years of public service and civic involvement.
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Law Day
Law Day is May 1. This holiday was created during the Cold War to showcase the United States' system of rule of lawin direct juxtaposition to the military might and hardware displayed throughout Soviet Bloc countries at their annual May Day parades. Black's Law Dictionary says that the holiday was "created in honor and respect of our legal system."
The Foundation supports the Macomb County Law Day ceremony held each spring in the Macomb County Board of Commissioner's Auditorium. This standing room only ceremony is the culmination of student's work grades 1 through 12
that discuss, debate and create essays, posters and multi-media presentations on legal topics. Law Day Winners. |
Constitution Day
The Macomb County Bar Foundation believes that educating students, adults and life long learners about the Constitution is critical to our community and nation. This marvelous document laid the foundation for the most stable government in the world. It is a living document that operates in our everyday lives. The genius of U.S. Constitution has resulted in over 100 other countries using it as a model for their own.
The Macomb County Bar Foundation plans to celebrate Constitution Day (September 17th) every year through community based educational programs that address the myriad aspects of this unique and special document. |
Lawyer Teacher Partnership
The Lawyer-Teacher Partnership program is the Macomb County Bar Association and the Macomb Intermediate School District are working together to teach law-related curriculum to upper elementary students (4th to 6th grades). The attorney partners serve as a positive link to the legal community for the class. The attorneys and teachers collaborate to present a minimum of three law-related lessons to the class during the school year. The lessons developed by the partners in the past have included simply answering questions about our legal system, identifying the people in the courtroom and their jobs, acting out a mock trial, arranging for a visit by the class to a real courtroom, and reading a fairy tale and identifying the possible crimes committed (think "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". Our program has been the largest of its' kind in the state since it began in 1990. |
"Legally Speaking"
Legally Speaking is a television show co-produced by the Macomb County Bar Foundation, Macomb County Bar Association and Sterling Heights Television. For over ten years the show has helped to educate the public on matters of law and entertained them with profiles of legal cases and leaders of law. The show is proud of its range of people on such interesting subjects as Vice President Dick Cheney on the subject of war, Ted Nugent on gun control to Rosa Parks on civil rights. Other titles include Discipline in Schools after 9/11, Drunk Driving Laws and Assisted Suicide. We are especially proud of the many awards the show has received, including Emmy awards from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Television for the epidsode "The Price of Innocence", the story of wrongly convicted Ken Weinemko and the Innocence Project. The Foundation is pleased to support the law related education television show Legally Speaking reach over 450,000 people in Macomb County, over 660,000 people in Oakland County and close to 950,000 in Wayne County each week. |
Law Related Community Events
The Foundation has produced or co- produced along with the Macomb County Bar Association political debates, including the 2002 Macomb County Sheriff Debate, the 2004 Macomb County Prosecutor's debate and the only Michigan Attorney General debate in 2002. The Foundation is poised to produce community issue forums with a focus on law related subjects important to the Macomb Community. |
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