April 11, 2011

Stone Community Outreach Project Dedicated at Cooley Law School

Students, faculty and community members gathered at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School's Lansing campus in late March for a dedication ceremony held for the Stone Community Outreach Project. Named to acknowledge the late Reverend Lester D. Stone's devotion to the delivery of essential legal services to the elderly in Lansing, the Stone Community Outreach Project was established to identify and provide legal services to the elderly. Pastor Stone endorsed the project, along with a group of local clergy, and from its inception, partnered with Cooley's Sixty Plus, Inc., Elderlaw Clinic to improve the delivery of legal services to the entire community. A stone was dedicated in Pastor Stone's honor and is now proudly housed as a permanent fixture in Cooley's Sixty Plus, Inc., Elderlaw Clinic.

Front row (from left to right): Reverend Lawrence Hinton, Reverend Robert Nicholson, Cooley Associate Professor Patricia L. Mock, and Elder Melvin Maxey. Second row: Cooley student Tatianna Cespedes and community volunteers Annie Foreman, Beatrice Jones, Suzie Sturdevant and Rita Bunton. Third row: Cooley student Sheri Sainz, Cooley student Szu-Ju Chang, Reverend Ben Wade, Reverend David Foreman, Office Manager Katherine Bordner and Cooley student Jessica Ransom. Fourth row: Cooley student Sean Tuck, Cooley student April Cole, Staff Attorney Bill Fleener, Cooley student Jackee Moss and Cooley student Byron Randolph.

High-Res 300dpi Image © Thomas M. Cooley Law School 2011 Thomas M. Cooley Law School student, Sheri Sainz, addressed faculty, students and community members at a dedication ceremony for the Stone Community Outreach Project that was held at the school's Lansing campus in late March. The Stone Community Outreach Project, named to honor the late reverend Lester D. Stone, was established to identify and provide legal services to the elderly. A stone was dedicated in Pastor Stone's honor and is now proudly housed as a permanent fixture in Cooley's Sixty Plus, Inc., Elderlaw Clinic. From left to right: Cooley Law School students Byron Randolph, Sainz, April Cole, Jackee Moss, Tatianna Cespedes, Sean Tuck, Jessica Ransom and Szu-Ju Chang. High-Res 300dpi Image © Thomas M. Cooley Law School 2011

Cooley Law School is the largest law school in the nation. Founded in 1972, the private, non-profit law school operates J.D. programs across Michigan in Lansing, Auburn Hills, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor. Today, Cooley Law School has over 15,000 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.