Michigan Supreme Court Justice Megan Cavanagh will be the high court's chief justice once outgoing Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement leaves her seat on the bench in the coming months. Cavanagh, through a court spokesperson,

Former Hamilton County judge Megan Shanahan was formally sworn in Thursday as the Ohio Supreme Court's 165th justice. Shanahan, with her two young children and her husband, Bart Cosgrove, looking on, said the high court isn't only about precedent and procedure.

The Michigan Supreme Court announced its justices have selected a new chief justice with the upcoming departure of the current incumbent. The justices unanimously selected Megan Cavanagh to succeed Elizabeth Clement when she steps down,

Ugandan High court Judge Lydia Mugambe has been found guilty of modern slavery by the Oxford Crown Court for illegally bringing a housemaid to the UK and refusing to pay her for her services. She is scheduled to be sentenced on May 2 and faces life imprisonment.

The 49-year-old, who is also a High Court judge in Uganda, was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law, facilitating travel with a view to exploitation,