Bridget Mary McCormack

Justice Bridget Mary McCormack joined the Michigan Supreme Court in January 2013. Before her election to the Court in November 2012, she was a law professor and dean at the University of Michigan Law School. Since joining the Court, Justice McCormack continues to teach at the Law School as a Lecturer.

Justice McCormack is a graduate of the New York University Law School, where she was a Root-Tilden scholar and won the Anne Petluck Poses Prize in Clinical Advocacy. She spent the first five years of her legal career in New York, first with the Legal Aid Society and then at the Office of the Appellate Defender, representing over 1,000 clients in New York's trial and appellate courts. In 1996, she became a faculty fellow at the Yale Law School.

In 1998, she joined the University of Michigan Law School faculty. At Michigan Law, she taught criminal law, legal ethics, and various clinical courses. Her scholarship focused on the professional benefits of clinical legal education. She also created new clinics at the law school, including a Domestic Violence Clinic and a Pediatric Health Advocacy Clinic.

In 2002, she was made Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. Responsible for the continuing development of the law school’s practical education, she continued to expand the clinical offerings at Michigan Law School, launching a Mediation Clinic, a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, an International Transactions Clinic, a Human Trafficking Clinic, a Juvenile Justice Clinic, and an Entrepreneurship Clinic. In her capacity as professor and associate dean, she conducted and supervised many types of civil and criminal litigation at all levels of the state and federal courts. The University of Michigan Law School’s clinical programs are now recognized nationally as one of the best places to be trained as a lawyer.

Justice

Michigan Supreme Court

2013 - Current

Professor and Dean

University of Michigan Law School

1988 - 2013

2002 became Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.

New York University School of Law

J.D. | Law

Honors: Root-Tilden scholar and won the Anne Petluck Poses Prize in Clinical Advocacy

Supreme Court's Limited English Proficiency Implementation Advisory Committee

Chair

Current

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: Access to Justice committee, Working Group on Pro Bono and Public Service

National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts

Advisory board member

Current

National Association of Women Judges

Member

Current

Activities: Judicial elections committee

National Board of Legal Specialty Certification

Board member

Current

U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology

Appointed Member

Current

Activities: National Commission on Forensic Science

The American Law Institute

Elected member

2013