Lansing, Mich. – On May 8, Cooley Law School Associate Dean and Professor Tracey Brame was awarded the Grand Rapids Bar Association’s Champion of Justice Award during the organization’s 2025 Law Day event at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
The Champion of Justice Award recognizes innovative contributions of a lawyer which advance the mission of the GRBA, which is: To promote justice, professional excellence, and respect for the law, foster the dignity and integrity of the profession, and/or provide law-related services to the community.
The event, held in conjunction with the Federal Bar Association- Western District of Michigan, explored the American Bar Association’s 2025 Law Day theme, “The Constitution's Promise: Out of Many, One,” and featured artist Sam Knecht, who spoke about his oil-on-linen piece, “Signing of the American Constitution,” which currently hangs in Washington, D.C.