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November 9, 2011

Pro Bono Pledge Taken at Cooley Law School

On Oct. 19, 2011, some 141 students, attorneys, and members of faculty took the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Voluntary Pro Bono Pledge; 122 were students, nine were members of faculty, five were staff attorneys, four were private attorneys from the community (three of which were Cooley alumni), and one was a non-attorney/law student - the daughter of the event's keynote speaker.

The ceremony started out with the singing of the National Anthem by an Auburn Hills student, Danielle Ray. Joy Fossel, the 2011 State Bar of Michigan Cummiskey Award winner, gave an inspirational speech, and Oakland County Circuit Judge Michael Warren administered the pledge to all 141 attendees. He then signed each certificate and shook hands with each student, attorney, and member of faculty.

The Cooley Voluntary Pro Bono Pledge requires students to participate in one pro bono activity during the upcoming year and every year thereafter for the rest of their legal careers. 

Nearly 150 students, faculty, and and attorneys take a voluntary pro bono pledge at Cooley Law School's Auburn Hills campus. Photo by John Meiu, courtesy of the Detroit Legal News.

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From left, Assistant Director of Cooley Law School's Center for Ethics, Service and Professionalism Dionnie Wynter, Judge Michael Warren, Cummiskey Award winner Joy Fossel, Associate Dean John Nussbuamer, and Assistant Dean and Professor Lisa Halushka

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