Sept. 23, 2009

Cooley Law School’s Auburn Hills Campus Adds Assistant Professor

The Thomas M. Cooley Law School today announced that Dustin S. Foster has been appointed to assistant professor at Cooley’s Auburn Hills campus, where he has been a visiting professor and an adjunct professor since 2008.

Foster will continue serving as director of the Estate Planning Clinic as well as teaching Wills, Estates & Trust and Estate Planning Clinic classes. As director of the Estate Planning Clinic, Foster oversees students in one-term internships that are offered to weekend and evening students at the Auburn Hills campus. During their internships with the clinic, students interview and counsel clients as well as draft wills, powers of attorney and medical directives for clients, who are 60 years of age or more.

Foster is a member of the Michigan Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Oakland County Bar Association and the Ingham County Bar Association.

Previously, he worked with Bernick, Omer, Radner & Ouellette, P.C. in Lansing, Mich., and Berrien County Legal Services in St. Joseph, Mich.

Foster received a bachelor of arts from LaSalle University and a juris doctor from Cooley Law School.

Cooley Law School is the largest law school in the nation.  Founded in 1972, it operates J.D. programs across Michigan in Lansing, Auburn Hills, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor.  Today, Cooley Law School has nearly 14,000 graduates across the nation and worldwide and also offers joint degree and master of laws programs.  Cooley offers enrollment three times a year; in January, May and September.   Additional information about Cooley can be found at cooley.edu.