Community members shared laughter, tears and applause as they gathered Saturday to honor the life of veteran Detroit lawyer Bill Goodman at Wayne State University.

Goodman died Nov. 17, 2023, at age 83 and a funeral was held at Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield on Nov. 20, 2023.

Attendees filled the Community Arts Auditorium at Wayne State on Saturday afternoon, listening as speakers of all ages and backgrounds discussed the profound impact Goodman left on their lives and careers.

Goodman's decadeslong legal career included human rights and civil liberties advocacy, taking on cases like stop-and-frisk policies, Guantanamo Bay detentions, the Flint water crisis, Palestinian rights, police brutality, prisoners' rights, Vietnam War victims and more.

He co-founded Goodman and Hurwitz, P.C., a Detroit-based civil rights firm, co-founded the Sugar Law Center for Economics and Social Justice in Detroit, taught at Wayne State's law school for over 15 years, and served as the legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. … see full story at Detroit Free Press