Michigan Legal Milestones

The Michigan Legal Milestones program recognizes significant legal cases and personalities in Michigan's history and uses bronze plaques, placed at featured sites, to relate the historical significance. A new milestone is dedicated each year. The Legal Milestone plaques are on display across the state.

The 38th Legal Milestone

The 38th Michigan Legal Milestone will honor the oldest standing county courthouse in Michigan, the 1839 Berrien County Courthouse. The dedication ceremony will be held on June 26, and will commemorate the important role played by the county courthouse in the history of our state's judiciary and communities.

The 37th Legal Milestone

Michigan's Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act, which bolstered existing civil rights law by extending the reach of its application and expanding the forms of prohibited discrimination, is the subject of the State Bar's 37th Michigan Legal Milestone. The dedication ceremony was held August 28, 2012 at the Michigan Capitol.

Submit a nomination for a future Michigan Legal Milestone online or download and complete the Word document.