Janet K. Welch

E.D. of the State Bar of MI, history buff and legal future enthusiast. Tweets are only mine, retweets not endorsements. I change my mind a lot.

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

Michigan lawyers - don't ever think your voice doesn't count.
Michigan lawmakers approve $84M to give the poor a fair fight in court https://t.co/VckVuJwkZn via @LSJnews

[MI Supreme Court @MISupremeCourt]

Reinforcing the important role that livestreaming is now playing in courts, nearly 4,000 people watched Chief Judge Kenny preside over a hearing today. Public access and transparency are critically important to public trust of our court system.

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

So grateful to be in this beautiful universe, at this place, in this moment. https://t.co/qUhPbDBUIY

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

@PalaceLaw @ghadfield @DBRodriguez5 @kevinokeefe @victorli2000 @DCotter1 @rightbrainlaw @jack_newton @EJWalters @inspiredcat @RayNaCorp @One_400 @JEGrant3 @THE_johnstewart @AaronStreet @JayneRReardon @Mark_Britton @NickJRishwain @a2jkim @Andrew_Perlman @LucianPera @RobinWolpert If ever there was a moment for scale+technology to get traction in the legal services marketplace, this should be it.

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

@MaxKennerly Happy Birthday, Zayla!

[Bridget Mary McCormack @BridgetMaryMc]

Let’s make sure we take the best of these ideas with us, after the crisi.

[Bridget Mary McCormack @BridgetMaryMc]

Tune in for super practical advice on remote proceedings. Thank you @StateCourts Rapid Response Team for your leadership and content.

[Patrick Palace @PalaceLaw]

Focusing on the Urgent & the Important is critical to leadership during crisis #JohnPhelps @ncbp @NABE_News @TheFlaBar @StateBarofAZ @WAStateBar @NYSBA @OregonStateBar @UtahStateBar @natealder @MonteFrankCT @ABAesq @SBMExecDirector @StateBarofGA @AlabamaStateBar

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

This feels about right.

[Patrick Palace @PalaceLaw]

40/70 Rule for decision making during crisis. #JohnPhelps @ncbp @NABE_News @TheFlaBar @StateBarofAZ @WAStateBar @NYSBA @OregonStateBar @UtahStateBar @natealder @MonteFrankCT @ABAesq @SBMExecDirector @StateBarofGA @AlabamaStateBar

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

@CPY87 That is the sort of advice up with which you will not put? HT: Winston Churchill

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

As Coronavirus puts us into uncharted waters, tonight I have joined w 15 health leaders to publish an open letter in
@USATODAY with an urgent, lifesaving message:

Everyone who can, #StayHome.

Here's what it means for you, officials, and health workers

https://t.co/35Dupuji9a

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

@JoshuaLenon Who doesn't?

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

Wherein the argument is made that women's soccer skills are inferior to men's: https://t.co/vwhCBzDUOP

[Erin Banco @ErinBanco]

"Lawyers for the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) employer argued in a court filing Monday that women athletes are less skilled and work less demanding jobs than their male counterparts."

HUH. Must have missed all those men's world cup titles

https://t.co/sYnoGuylds

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

@MIStateBar waiting for you with open arms!

[Bridget Mary McCormack @BridgetMaryMc]

Go get it Bar takers.

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

@carolynelefant @PalaceLaw @ABAInnovation @WilliamCHubbard @ABAPresident @AnalyticLaw @Andrew_Perlman @natealder @TheFlaBar @UtahStateBar @OregonStateBar @NYSBA @JayneRReardon @AZStateBar @StateBarCA @WAStateBar @JEGrant3 @THE_johnstewart @DBRodriguez5 The appearance of age is real. Innovation doesn't age us, it keeps us going.

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

Michigan tradition of stellar leaders continues. Reginald Turner will join a distinguished line of ABA Presidents from Michigan, including former @MIStateBar president, @MISupremeCourt Justice, Detroit mayor, and mentor extraordinaire, Dennis Archer.

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

Hurrah! From MLaw Review's 1st woman editor (67): I was told I couldn’t do corp. work b/c no corp. exec would take advice from a girl, couldn’t do litigation b/c I’d have to travel ... & partners’ wives would be offended by my traveling w/ their husbands. https://t.co/gor9nmjiED

[Bridget Mary McCormack @BridgetMaryMc]

Editors in Chief.

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

@PalaceLaw @WAStateBar @ABAPresident @natealder @DBRodriguez5 100% agree mandatory bars that don't act in the public interest have no justification for their unique existence. Quibble only abt "self-regulation" because unlike Canadian law societies all regulatory decisionmaking of U.S. mandatory bars is subordinate to court or legislature.

[Chris Yates @CPY87]

The crowd for our presentation in Detroit on the new discovery rules grew to 250 today! 😳 Thank you to Judge Fresard and the Detroit Bar Association for organizing and hosting this valuable educational event!

⁦@MISupremeCourt⁩ ⁦@MIStateBar⁩

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

All eyes on Nova Scotia. https://t.co/MOwA3FAKW3

[Janet K. Welch @SBMExecDirector]

@margarethagan worth noting that in a minority of states lawyers regulate legal services, but in most states it's court rule or statute, not lawyers, that define the limiting regulations.