10/14/10

The results of the July 2010 bar examination were released to applicants on Wednesday, October 13, 2010. The names of certified passers will be posted on the Board of Law Examiners' website on October 18, 2010, after 12:00 p.m.

After being sworn in to the courts of Michigan, you will need to complete a membership application to join the State Bar of Michigan and pay your membership dues. To complete the State Bar of Michigan new member application and pay by credit card, go to e.michbar.org click on “I am not a State Bar member with a P number. Sign Up (click here),” create a web account, and continue with the membership application. Do not create an account online until you have been sworn in. If you desire to complete the paper application and pay with a check, you may download a new member application form. After completing the new member application form, an original true copy, or certified copy of the Order of Admission will need to be provided to the State Bar of Michigan. Some courts provide the Order of Admission directly to the State Bar. You will not be eligible to practice law until you have been issued a P number by the State Bar of Michigan.

Local bar associations are scheduling their admissions ceremonies. We will post information on those ceremonies as soon as we receive it from the local bars.

Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association

Date: Friday, October 29, 2010
Time: 12:30-1:30 p.m. (with registration starting at Noon)
Location: 13th Floor Auditorium,Coleman A. Young Municipal Building
More information at www.detroitlawyer.org

Genesee County Bar Association

Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Courtroom: Hon. Geoffrey L. Neithercut, Rm. 504, 3rd Floor
Location: Genesee County 7th Judicial Circuit Court, 900 S. Saginaw St., Flint, MI 48502
Registration Information

More Information: Ramona Sain at (810) 232-6012 or rls@gcbalaw.org

Grand Rapids Bar Association

Kent County residents will receive a packet of information from the Grand Rapids Bar Association regarding the admissions ceremony. If you live outside the county, please call Debby Kurtz at (616) 454-5550.

Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 3:30 p.m.; plan to arrive at 2:45 p.m.
Location: Grand Valley State University Eberhard Center, 301 W Fulton St., Rm 215, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Registration is required by November 5
Website: www.grbar.org

Grand Traverse–Leelanau–Antrim Bar Association

Contact the Thirteenth Circuit Court Administrator’s Office at (231) 922-4706.

Ingham County Bar Association and Cooley Law School

Date: Monday, November 8, 2010
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Cooley Center, 4th Floor Courtroom, 300 S. Capitol Ave.
More Information: www.inghambar.org

Kalamazoo County Bar Association

Visit www.kalamazoobar.org or contact Susan Himmel at the Kalamazoo County Circuit Court, (269) 385-6079.

Macomb County Bar Association

Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Hon. Mark Switalski's Courtroom
More Information: call Tracy Stabryla (586) 468-2940
Visit www.macombbar.org

Oakland County Bar Association

The Oakland County Bar Association will hold its fall Lawyer Admission Ceremony
with judges sitting en banc, Chief Judge Nanci J. Grant presiding.

Date: Friday, November 5, 2010
Time: 11:45 a.m.
Location: Oakland County Commissioner's Auditorium, 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac, MI 48341
Registration is required at www.ocba.org or call Jan Anson at (248) 334-3400

Saginaw County

Contact Chief Judge Robert L. Kaczmarek, (989) 790-5478, or other circuit judge of choice.

Washtenaw County Bar Association

Website: www.washbar.org