Detroit Stands for the Rule of Law 2026

Start: Friday, May 01, 2026•12:00 PM

End: Friday, May 01, 2026•12:30 PM

Location: Coleman A. Young Municipal Center and Third Circuit Court (by the Spirit of Detroit)• 2 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226 US

Host contact info Email L4GG.MI@gmail.com [NOTE: This event will start promptly at 12:00 pm, please arrive a few minutes early]

**UPDATED INFORMATION**

SCHEDULE & PARKING:

Please arrive on time! The rally will be brief (~30 minutes) and we will start promptly at 12:00 pm to respect everyone’s schedules.

Lawyers and judges: please join a group photo at the conclusion of the event.

Parking is available nearby at the following locations:

● Ford Underground Garage, 30 E. Jefferson Avenue
● One Detroit Center Garage, 100 E. Congress Street (alternate entrance: 201 Larned St.)
● Buhl Parking Garage, 525 Griswold Street
● Millender Center Garage, 331 Larned Street

There is also metered street parking available on Woodward Avenue, Larned Street, and Congress Street. You can use the Park Detroit app to pay for street parking on your phone.


EVENT INFORMATION:

The Detroit legal community will stand with the community at large on May 1, 2026, as part of Law Day of Action, a nationwide, nonpartisan moment when lawyers and judges publicly reaffirm the oath we all took to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law. Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice and current City of Detroit corporation counsel Conrad Mallett, Jr. will deliver brief remarks.

Last year, more than 100 legal professionals gathered in Detroit alone. Across the country, 50 cities and 10,000+ lawyers and judges participated. This year, we are building something bigger because the moment demands it.

Here's the truth: the threats to our legal system right now are not abstract or theoretical. Judges are being threatened with impeachment for issuing lawful rulings. Federal court orders are being openly defied. Lawyers who defend constitutional principles face harassment. These are threats to the institutions that protect every one of our clients, regardless of who they are or what they believe.

The legal profession has a unique responsibility here. We swore an oath. We understand, perhaps better than any other professional community, what is at stake when courts lose their independence, when executive power goes unchecked, and when the rule of law becomes optional for those in power. And we know that when lawyers stay silent, the public reads our silence as acceptance.

Law Day of Action is not a protest. It is not affiliated with any political party or candidate. It is a profession-wide act of witness: lawyers and judges standing together at courthouse steps to say that our oath is not contingent on political convenience, and that equal justice under law is not negotiable.