MSC to Hold Public Administrative Hearing on May 20

For more information, go to https://www.courts.michigan.gov/news-releases/2026/april/supreme-court-to-hold-public-administrative-hearing-on-may-20/

To speak during the hearing, you must reserve a place on the agenda by notifying the MSC Office of Administrative Counsel by email at ADMcomment@courts.mi.gov or by phone at 517-373-1239

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Yvonne Black

May 7, 2026 8:34 pm

Yes, my concern is MCR 8.120 how can the MSC allow college law graduates, who do not hold a law license, to represent indigent people in court proceedings? I thought it is unlawful to represent another without a license?
600.916 Unauthorized practice of law.
Sec. 916.
(1) A person shall not practice law or engage in the law business, shall not in any manner whatsoever lead others to believe that he or she is authorized to practice law or to engage in the law business, and shall not in any manner whatsoever represent or designate himself or herself as an attorney and counselor, attorney at law, or lawyer, unless the person is regularly licensed and authorized to practice law in this state. A person who violates this section is guilty of contempt of the supreme court and of the circuit court of the county in which the violation occurred, and upon conviction is punishable as provided by law. This section does not apply to a person who is duly licensed and authorized to practice law in another state while temporarily in this state and engaged in a particular matter.

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Curtis Clark

May 9, 2026 4:02 pm

Reply to Yvonne Black

Yvonne Black well the MI state constitution needs to be changed. Its one-man-grand-jury is unconstitutional. And it eliminated the common-law township Justice of the Peace Courts. Why? Because those elected to the judiciary weren’t required to have a bar license!
Now it’s a cartel monopoly.