While visiting the UAE, where he spent several months, Justice Bernstein encountered a high level of enthusiasm and excitement at all levels of government and leadership.
State supreme court justice confirms he has been working from outside the country for 3 months
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein. Photo from the Michigan Judiciary.
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein has been working from Dubai and Israel for the last three months while he participates in a program to improve cultural understanding of people with disabilities.
Bernstein, who is blind, said he is working full time as a justice, connecting remotely to arguments, while working with a program that is part of the Abraham Accords, signed by Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
The Michigan Supreme Court has been having remote hearings because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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