In 2006 as a lawyer Beckering sought the Democratic nomination[a] for the Michigan Supreme Court.

She made it to the general election ballot but placed a distant third behind incumbents Maura Corrigan and Michael Cavanagh.

[4] Beckering is vice president of the Grand Rapids Bar Association, with a term set to expire on January 1, 2025.

President Biden nominated Beckering to the seat vacated by Judge Janet T. Neff, who assumed senior status on March 1, 2021.

[6] A hearing on her nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to take place on August 11, 2021, but was postponed.