Grand Rapids Campus Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 16, 2012 - On January 16, the Black Law Students Association at Cooley Law School's Grand Rapids campus hosted the school's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day program. The topic of this year's event was "Where are all the black men?" The program focused on the numbers of incarcerated black men and their transformation when they are released from prisons/jails. Program panelists included Grand Rapids attorney Patrick Miles, 61st District Court Judge Benjamin Logan, social worker Stacy McGinnis and Joe Jones from the Grand Rapids Urban League. The program was moderated Cooley students Kara Beaufort and Phil Harte.

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Pictured (left to right) are Patrick Miles, Judge Logan, Stacy McGinnis and Joe Jones.

 

Pictured (left to right) Judge Logan, Phil Harte, Shavasia Lanier, Ashley Burress, Tiffany Floyd, Amanda King, Joe Jones, Stacy McGinnis, Patrick Miles, Cooley Assistant Dean Tracey Brame, Ashlee Reynolds

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