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VA Financial Aid and Benefits

Cooley's financial aid advisors can help ensure you maximize your Montgomery GI or Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program) Post 9/11 education benefits.
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Military Admissions

Cooley has admissions advisors who can help to expedite your law school application process and assist you throughout your law school experience. Contact our Admissions Office.

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JAG Careers

  • JAG, VA and Civil Service legal opportunities available
  • Approved externship placements in active duty, National Guard and Reserve JAG offices
  • Dozens of distinguished alumni serving or having served as JAG officers
  • Faculty advisors with prior JAG experience
  • Student Orgs for students interested in JAG careers
  • On-campus JAG recruiting
  • Service to Soldiers pro bono experience available

Alumni Success Stories

Tom Smith graduated from Cooley in May 2006 and now has a career as a captain in the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps doing exactly what he loves to do. Tom attended Cooley because of its excellent academic program and commitment to professionalism. Learn more about Tom.

Service to Soldiers:
Legal Assistance Referral Program

Cooley's pro bono program for deployed and returning military personnel which has assisted hundreds of Michigan troops with civilian legal matters since its inception.

Cooley Law School Teams With Area Lawyers To Provide Free Legal Services To Deploying Marines At Camp Grayling This Weekend

Service To Soldiers Receives Michigan State Bar Foundation Grant

Michigan's Guide to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)

Michigan's Guide to the Servicemembers Civil Relief ActDownload a copy of the Michigan's Guide to Service members Civil Relief Act (pdf).

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) offers special protections to soldiers against civil actions like divorce and foreclosure while they are deployed.

Cooley and attorneys with Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (Honigman) bring clarity to SCRA's application for Michigan's courts and, ultimately, provide another layer of support to Michigan servicemen and women.

 

We are military and recruiter friendly

News & Events

Nov 11, 2009 - Auburn Hills Campus Honors Veterans

Michigan Soldier in Iraq Sworn In as an Attorney Via Live Video Conference

Michigan Soldier in Iraq Sworn In as an Attorney Via Live Video Conference
The Long-distance ceremony for Army Major Miles Gengler of Grand Blanc is a cooperative effort of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, National Guard, and Michigan Supreme Court. [full story]

Is High-Tech Government Surveillance A Threat To Constitutional Rights?

Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers: Judge Bernard Friedman to convene federal court at Cooley’s Auburn Hills campus

Former U.S. Prosecutor Discuss The Balance Of Power In Government During Wartime In A Cooley Law Review Symposium

Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Chrysler LLC, Freedom Calls Foundation Team Up To Expand Help To U.S. Service Members Across The Country

Senior Official At U.S. Attorney’s Office To Join Cooley Law School

 

 

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