Judging in west Michigan
Subtitle: celebrating the community impact of effective judges and courts
By: Nelson P. Miller, Kara Zech Thelen, Christopher G. Hastings, & Devin Schindler, editors
Contributors: Thomas M. Cooley Law School; Grand Rapids Bar Association
Publisher: Vandeplas Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lake Mary, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781600423987; 9781600421358
Subjects: Judges; Administration of Justice; Courts; Tribunaux; Biography & Autobiography; Lawyers & Judges; Law
Other titles: Celebrating the community impact of effective judges and courts
Description: An edited collection of writings by various judges from western Michigan; titles to most of the essays are supplied by the editors.
Notes: Published in cooperation with the Grand Rapids campus of Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and the Grand Rapids Bar Association.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of west Michigan jurisprudence; title: The compassion of supervised release / Robert Holmes Bell; title: Consistency as the hallmark of sound judging / Robert A. Benson; title: Solving the world's problems one case at a time / Calvin L. Bosman; title: The clues to successful judging : the 17th Circuit Court bench of 1972 / Patrick C. Bowler; title: Discreet persons learned in the law / Hugh W. Brenneman Jr.; title: Annie Sullivan meets Perry Mason / Ellen S. Carmody; title: Standing on the shoulders of others / Pablo Cortes; title: A precious Midwestern sensibility / Scott W. Dales; title: A long-retired judge's timeless oath / Albert J. Engel; title: Providing the glue for the community / William G. Kelly; title: A satisfying remembrance / Dennis C. Kolenda; title: The sound workings of a reformer's heart / Jeffrey Martlew; title: The medical mile : a health care revolution in Grand Rapids / David W. McKeague; title: Unweaving one more tangled web / William Schma; title: Judging in faith, family, and humor / Sara Smolenski; title: Choosing judges in west Michigan : for better, for worse, for reel / Paul J. Sullivan; title: Letting it sit for a night for forebears to measure / Christopher Yates.