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The Cooley curriculum requires 63 hours of required substantive and skills-based courses, and 27 hours of elective course work, including at least 3 credits of a clinical program.
Questions? Contact the Office of Planning, Programs and Assessment at (517) 371-5140, or email externs@cooley.edu. |
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Clinical Programs |
| Students have the option of participating in one of the following Clinics: |
 Introduction to Clinics |
Sixty Plus, Inc., Elderlaw Clinic
Cooley's two term in-house, live-client clinic, which provides free legal assistance to elderly residents of Ingham, Eaton, and Clinton counties |
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The Estate Planning Clinic
A one-term live client clinic, available for evening and weekend students |
Cooley Innocence Project
Helps secure the release of wrongfully imprisoned persons |
The Domestic Violence Clinic
A two-term clinic in which students represent low-income people in family law and domestic violence matters in Oakland County Circuit Court |
Washtenaw County Public Defender
Cooley's blended clinic, where students handle a wide variety of defense work, from misdemeanors to felonies |
Externships
Students work in a selected legal environment away from the law school |
Waiver
If a student has fulfilled the educational goals of the clinical programs through comparable lawyering work and reflection, students may be granted a waiver of the clinical requirement. |
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Sixty Plus / Elderlaw
Introduction to Sixty Plus
Estate Planning Clinic
Local Sponsors
Donate to Sixty Plus
Innocence Project Cooley Innocence Project
Mission
Donate to the Innocence Project |
