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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.〔(Faculty Bio: Bridget Mary McCormack ), University of Michigan Law School.〕 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.〔〔Peter Shahin & Haley Goldberg, (McCormack, Markman to assume seats on state Supreme Court ), ''Michigan Daily'' (Nov. 7, 2012).〕 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.〔 McCormack is considered a liberal.〔 Her campaign for Supreme Court was endorsed by the Michigan Democratic Party, although Michigan supreme court elections are officially nonpartisan.〔 ==Education and background== McCormack went to high school in central New Jersey.〔Rob Trucks, (Bridget Mary and Mary McCormack: The Rhapsody Interview ), Rhapsody.com (Oct. 29, 2012).〕 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.〔 McCormack started her legal career in New York, first as trial counsel at the Legal Aid Society and then at the Office of the Appellate Defender. She taught at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut as a Robert M. Cover Fellow from 1997-98. She joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School in 1998,〔 and becamse associate dean of clinical affairs in 2003. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bridget Mary McCormack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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