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clinics and externships

63 hours of required substantive and skills-based courses, + 27 hours of elective course work, including at least 3 credits of a clinical program.

 

Clinical Programs

Cooley believes students immersed in a dynamic, hands-on learning environment study and understand the law more fully and are better prepared to serve their clients.

Cooley requires a minimum of 3 credit hours in a clinical experience. Students may apply for clinic courses once they have accumulated 40 credit hours.

Questions

Contact the Office of Planning, Programs and Assessment at (517) 371-5140, or email externs@cooley.edu.

Externship Program

externships

Externships are learning opportunities for students placed with lawyers and judges who have agreed to provide a mentored learning environment.

Student externs receive classroom training from faculty members in addition to supervision and evaluation by their attorney mentor.

Students work in a selected legal environment away from the law school. Students will receive academic credit for their work when they meet all of the educational objectives of the externship and satisfy all of the program requirements.

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Students have the option of participating in one of the following 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. More information >

The Estate Planning Clinic

A one-term live client clinic, available for evening and weekend students. More information >

Cooley Innocence Project

Helps secure the release of wrongfully imprisoned persons. More information >

Family Law Assistance Project (FLAP)

A two-term clinic in which students represent low-income people in family law and domestic violence matters in Oakland County Circuit Court. More information >

Washtenaw County Public Defender

Cooley's blended clinic, where students handle a wide variety of defense work, from misdemeanors to felonies. More information >

 

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