Bridget Mary McCormack
| Bridget Mary McCormack | |
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| Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Marilyn Jean Kelly |
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| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Steven P. Croley |
| Relations | Mary McCormack (sister) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Michigan |
| Alma mater |
New York University School of Law Trinity College, Hartford |
Bridget Mary McCormack is a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, a position she has held since January 1, 2013. Prior to her election, she was a professor at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor. She taught criminal law and legal ethics and oversaw the law school's clinical programs as associate dean of clinical affairs. Her academic work focused on practical experience in legal education.
McCormack launched and worked in a pediatric advocacy law clinic focusing on children with health problems, and a domestic violence clinic. She is founder of the Michigan Innocence Clinic, the first innocence clinic in the country that exclusively handles non-DNA evidence cases.
In November 2012, she was elected a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, to replace Marilyn Kelly, who was retiring from the bench. McCormack resigned from her position at the university before joining the Court. In seeking a seat on the Court, McCormack ran an independent outsider campaign, and was not a favorite of the Michigan Democratic Party establishment, though she ultimately received the party's endorsement.
McCormack went to high school in central New Jersey. She received her B.A. with honors in political science and philosophy from Trinity College in Connecticut in 1988. She received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden Scholar, in 1991.
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