Bridget Mary McCormack

Who is Bridget Mary McCormack?

Bridget Mary McCormack is a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court 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.

She launched and worked in a pediatric advocacy law clinic focusing on children with health problems, and a domestic violence clinic. Additionally, she is founder of the Michigan Innocence Clinic, the first innocence clinic in the country that exclusively handles non-DNA evidence cases.

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 in Michigan state Supreme Court elections appear on the nonpartisan section of the ballot.