News Archives

December

12/13/11 - Ann Arbor Campus to Open Immigrant Rights and Civil Advocacy Clinic

12/7/11 - Two Michigan Circuit Court Judges Receive Honors as Cooley's Top Adjunct Professors

12/7/11 - Students Excel in National Moot Court Competition

12/5/11 - Auburn Hills Team Advances to ABA National Negotiation Competition

12/2/11 - Dean & Professor Publishes Book about Faith and Practicing Law

November

11/22/11 - Law Students Distribute Thanksgiving Meals to Area Families

11/21/11 - Ford Motor Company, Cooley Law School, Form Pro Bono Partnership

11/17/11 - Director Honored by Student Affairs Professional Association

11/17/11 - Author Speaks to Cooley Students about Famous Baseball Case

11/16/11 - Students Excel in Negotiation Competition

11/9/11 - Immediate Past President of the State Bar of Michigan Elected to Cooley Board of Directors

11/9/11 (Photo) - Pro Bono Pledge Taken at Cooley Law School

11/9/11 - U.S. Magistrate Judge Holds Motion Call at Cooley's Auburn Hills Campus

11/4/11 - Event Takes a Look at the Needs of Special Education Students

11/3/11 - Author Kevin Boyle speaks to a full house at Cooley Law School

11/1/11 - Heather Spielmaker To Receive Ingham County Bar Association's Liberty Bell Award

October

10/25/11 - Cooley Law School Hosts Elder Summit

10/20/11 - Cooley Files Motion to Dismiss Jobs Reporting Lawsuit

10/14/11 - Cooley Law School Teams Up With Community Organizations to Offer Tenants Free Legal Help

10/12/11 - Cooley Law School Enters Into Student Exchange Program with Germany's Largest Law School

10/10/11 - Cooley Assistant Dean, Graduate Receive Appointments by the Michigan Supreme Court

10/7/11 - Cooley Law School Alumni Association Elects New President

10/5/11 - Cooley Law School Students, Staff, Faculty Take Pro Bono Pledge

10/5/11 - Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stevens Speaks in Grand Rapids

September

9/30/11 - The Washtenaw County Bar Association and Thomas M. Cooley Law School Team Up to Form Local Chapter of the American Inns of Court

9/28/11 (Photo) - Cooley Law School Unveils Work of Art

9/28/11 - Annual Cooley Law Review Symposium Uncovers Lack of Legal Framework for Data Mining

9/27/11 - Cooley-Sponsored Annual Lansing Theater Series Announces 2011-2012 Shows

9/26/11 (Photo) - Cooley Launches Fall Term with Professionalism in Action Programs

9/20/11 - Cooley Law School Celebrates Constitution Day/Patriots Week

9/20/11 - More Than 1,000 Participants Raise 1,000s of Dollars for Local Schools at Cooley's 5k Race for Education

9/19/11 - Cooley Law School and Western Michigan University Launch Third Dual Degree Partnership

9/14/11 - Two Cooley Faculty Members Chosen to Participate in ‘Best Law Faculty’ in the Country Study

9/6/11 - Cooley Law School Purchases Second Florida Property Adjacent to New Tampa Bay Campus

August

8/30/11 - Father-Daughter Team Wins Prestigious Champion of Justice Award

8/11/11 - Study Shows Lawyers Have One of the Highest Employment Rates of All Professional Occupations

8/8/11 - Cooley to Open New Campus in Tampa Bay

8/1/11 - Retired Judge Betty R. Widgeon Joins Cooley Law School’s Ann Arbor Campus Leadership

July

7/28/11 - Cooley Law School and Olivet College to Officially Launch Michigan's First-Ever LL.M./MBA Insurance Program

7/27/11 - Cooley Law School Presents Inaugural Student Great Deeds Award

7/27/11 - Cooley Law School Welcomes Home Lt. Col. John Wojcik

7/20/11 - Cooley Law School Hosts 11th Annual Cooley For Kids Day

7/15/11 (Photo) - Students Recognized at Honors Convocation in Grand Rapids

7/14/11 - Cooley Law School Files Suit To Protect Students, Alumni And Reputation

7/12/11 - U.S. District Judge Holds Motion Call at Cooley's Auburn Hills Campus

7/11/11 - Cooley Law School Concludes 2011 CLEO College Pre-Law Program

7/1/11 - Cooley Law Review Presents its 2011 Distinguished Brief Award

June

6/30/11 - Professionalism In Action at Cooley Law School

6/24/11 (Photo) - Student Bar Association Teams Up With Lansing Parks & Recreation for Track & Field Day Event Preceding the 2011 Cooley For Kids Day

6/21/11 - Cooley Law School Turns Out in Force for 2011 Kidney Walk

6/21/11 - Cooley Law School Students and Faculty Walk to Raise Awareness About Serious Mental Health Issues

6/20/11 - Cooley Law School Alumni Association Golf Benefit Raises $43,000

6/20/11 - Cooley Law School Presents U.S. Rep. Hansen Clark as Part of Its Trinity Term 2011 Integrity in Our Communities Series

6/20/11 - Cooley Law School Students Participate in Innocence Conference

6/20/11 - Cooley Law School Bar Passage Rate Hits 80-Plus Percent Mark for 10th Consecutive Time

6/17/11 - Book Edited by Cooley Professor Gina Torielli Wins Award

6/16/11 - Cooley Law School Professor Receives Most Prestigious Legal-Writing Honor for the Second Time

6/15/11 - Cooley Law School Professor Joins Panel on Pentagon Papers

6/14/11 - Cooley Staff Person Honored for Work with United Way Campaigns

6/14/11 - Cooley Partners with Oakland University to Offer Nationally Recognized Pre-Law Summer Program for Underserved College Students from 8 States

6/10/11 - Cooley Graduate Named a Winner of Ralph M. Freeman Scholarship

May

5/24/11 - Notable Books Authors Whitbeck and Glazer Tour Cooley Law School Campuses

5/24/11 - Cooley Law School Celebrates Graduation of Henry Chipman Class

5/12/11 - Cooley Hosted the Hon. Justice Salim Joubran of the Supreme Court of Israel

April

4/14/11 - Cooley Law School Assoc. Dean Vestrand speaks to U.S. Coast Guard

4/14/11 - Student Honored for ‘Above and Beyond’ Community Service

4/13/11 - Cooley Law School Professor's Book to Be Released in April

4/13/11 - Cooley Law School Administrator Elected to Post

4/11/11 - Winners Announced for the 2011 Michigan Innovation and Intellectual Property Legal Writing Competition

4/11/11 - Stone Community Outreach Project Dedicated at Cooley Law School

4/4/11 - Cooley National Champions Prepare for International Client Counseling Competition

March

3/31/11 (Photo) - Pep Rally for National Champions

3/17/11 - Cooley Law School’s Auburn Hills Campus Doubles Its Library Capacity; Total Volumes in Four-Campus System Now Second Largest in the State

3/17/11 - Cooley Law School Student Wins Best Overall Advocate Award In Regional Moot Court Competition

3/15/11 - Cooley Team Wins Nationals at ABA's Client Counseling Competition

February

2/27/11 (Photo) - Mock Trial Board Takes the Plunge for Special Olympics Michigan

2/17/11 (Photo) - Service to Soldiers program holds "Basic Training" session for Florida attorneys

2/11/11 - James Thelen Joins Cooley Law School Leadership Group

2/4/11 - Harvard Number 1, Cooley Number 2. Here’s How.

2/10/11 - Cooley Law School Releases Series of Short Videos on Cybercrimes Involving Children and Teenagers

January

1/26/11 - CHDS Alumnus McDaniel Slated as Featured Speaker for ELP Class

1/13/11 - Florida Servicemen, Women To Reap Benefits Of New Pro Bono Legal Counsel Program

1/11/11 - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Brigadier General Michael McDaniel to Develop Program in Homeland Security Law at Cooley Law School

December

12/11/10 - Cooley Law School and State Bar of Michigan's Intellectual Property Law Section Co-sponsor Legal Writing Competition

November

11/24/10 - Cooley Professor Named to Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

11/24/10 (Photo) - Cooley Law School Homeless Assistance and Prevention Project

11/24/10 - Cooley Law School Professor Wins Prestigious Trademark Award

11/22/10 - Michigan Soldier, Law School Graduate Stationed in Kuwait to be Sworn in as an Attorney on November 24 via Live Video-Conference

11/19/10 - Cooley Alumnus Named Adjunct Professor of the Year

11/9/10 (Photo)- Redlining Case Re-Enactment Presented at Cooley Law School

October

10/22/10 - Teen Court Celebrates 10th Anniversary at Cooley Law School

10/15/10 (Photo) - Cooley Law School Hosts Forum on Constitutional Convention

10/7/10 (Photo) - Cooley Law School Provides New Home for Adams Pratt Collection

10/4/10 - Cooley Law School Becomes the New Home for the Adams Pratt Collection of Legal Texts

September

9/28/10 (Photo) - Graduation Held at Cooley Law School Stadium

9/27/10 - Fourth Cooley Faculty Member Since 2005 to Receive Major State Bar of Michigan Award

9/22/10 - Cooley Expands and Restructures Career and Professional Development Department to Benefit Students and Alumni

9/17/10 - Cooley Law School Law Review Presents Article V Symposium

9/14/10 - Speed Mentoring? Cooley Law School Partners with Local Bar Association to Offer Mentoring in Short Intervals

9/8/10 - U.S. District Court Finds in Favor of Cooley Law School

9/1/10 - Professors Named to Cooley Law School Auburn Hills Campus

9/1/10 - Cooley Law School Announces Change for Auburn Hills and Ann Arbor Deans

August

8/25/10 - Annual Lansing Theater Festival Expands to Include Five Area Theaters; Upcoming Shows Announced

8/22/10 - Cooley Promotes 11 Faculty Members

8/11/10 - Cross Country Team Benefits from Cooley's 5K Race for Education

8/11/10 - Cooley Law School to Establish New Legal Service Clinic in Ann Arbor; Asks for Community Input on Clinic’s Focus

8/11/10 - Cooley Law School Celebrates New Jurist Society

8/10/10 - Cooley to host 7th annual Criminal Defense Trial Practice College from August 20 – 25

8/10/10 - Director of Cooley Law School’s Corporate Law and Finance Master of Laws Program Appointed as Chair of American Bar Association Council

8/3/10 - Cooley Law School Welcomes Lisa DeMoss to Lead Insurance Law LL.M. Program

July

7/26/10 - Cooley for Kids Reaches 10th Anniversary; Law School is Honored

7/26/10 - Law Students Get First-Hand Look at The Law In Action; U.S. District Court Hosts Hearings at Cooley Law School in Grand Rapids

7/22/10 - Cooley Law School President and Dean Don LeDuc Receives First-Ever Community Recognition Award

7/22/10 - Cooley students, attorneys provide free legal services to military men and women at Camp Grayling through the Service to Soldiers: Legal Assistance Referral Program

7/21/10 - Cooley Law School Professor Selected for Inclusion in "What the Best Law Teachers Do" Study

7/6/10 - FBI Director Appoints Cooley Law School Associate Professor to Advisory Policy Board for Criminal Justice Information Services

June

6/30/10 - Nearly 20 undergraduate college students complete Michigan's first-ever nationally sponsored institute designed to diversify the legal profession

6/30/10 - Cooley Law School Director Honored by Department of Military and Veterans Affairs with Legion of Merit

6/21/10 - Judge Greg Mathis to Help Cooley Kick Off New Scholarship Fund

6/18/10 - Cooley Law Review hosts 25th Distinguished Brief Award Banquet

6/17/10 (Photo) - Innocence Project Celebrates 7th Anniversary of Major Victory

6/16/10 - Record Number of Runners Raise Thousands for Schools at Cooley’s 5k Race for Education

6/7/10 - Tax Competition Winners Announced at Cooley Law School

6/5/10 (Photos) - Be a Tourist in Your Own Town

6/1/10 - Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly of the Michigan Supreme Court provides keynote address to students of color, low-income, and other disadvantaged students from 13 colleges and universities as they begin a month-long academic pre-law program at Cooley’s Auburn Hills campus

May

5/28/10 - Cooley Law School Student Wins Big Award from LexisNexis

5/28/10 - Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, Former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, the Michigan Court of Appeals, and Ten Metropolitan Detroit Bar Associations to Help Launch First-Ever ABA Sophomore Summer Institute

5/26/10 - Cooley Opens First Phase of $6 million Library Expansion at Lansing Campus

5/18/10 - Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice to Serve as Cooley Law School Commencement Speaker

5/4/10 - Cooley Law School Professor Awarded 2010 Rotary World Peace Fellowship for Teaching Peer Mediation Skills to Thousands of Lansing Students

5/4/10 - Cooley Law School Receives Record Number of Applications

April

4/30/10 - Judge Markey Presented With Marion Hilligan Public Service Award

4/20/10 - Cooley Law School Associate Dean Honored for Innovation

4/15/10 - Cooley Law School Professor to Undertake Ground-Breaking Research to Identify Client Preferences in Legal Writing

4/14/10 - Lugnuts Launch Home Opener in Cooley Law School Stadium

4/13/10 - Cooley Team Brings Home Trophies from National Competition

4/13/10 - Cooley Law School Honored for Community Service Work with Kids

4/12/10 (Photo) - Out with the Olds, in with the new: Lugnuts home becomes Cooley Law School Stadium with signage installation

4/12/10 - The 11th Annual 5K Race for Education, Sponsored by Cooley, Set for June 11

4/9/10 - Cooley Law School Receives AALL Excellence in Marketing Award

4/2/10 - Cooley Law School Marks Record Breaking Applications in March

4/2/10 - Leader of Cooley's Grand Rapids Campus Provides Text on the Framework for Teaching Law

4/1/10 - Cooley Professor Joseph Kimble honored by the Association of American Law Schools

March

3/31/10 - Cooley President Don LeDuc recognized as a Leader in the Law

3/31/10 - Cooley Seminar Features Judges’ Practical Tips for Attorneys

3/31/10 (Photo) - Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy shares personal, professional experiences with Cooley students

3/30/10 - Woman Law Group Honors Two Cooley Students

3/29/10 - Expanding The Law School Applicant Pipeline: Nationally Recognized Pre-Law Program For Underserved College Students Comes To Michigan

3/26/10 - Cooley Joins Effort to Help American Troops in Iraq

3/26/10 (Photo) - Citizen-Lawyer-Soldier Welcomed Home from Iraq

3/25/10 (Photo) - Cooley Law School Client Counseling Team Places 3rd in the U.S.

3/24/10 (Photo) - Cooley Teams Find Success at Moot Court Regional in California

3/24/10 - Citizen-Lawyer-Soldier to be Welcomed Home from Iraq by Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, Federal Court Chief Judge Gerald Rosen, and Deputy Assistant Secretary Of Defense Michael McDaniel

3/17/10 (Photo) - Cooley Law School Unveils Newest Art Piece in March 16 Ceremony

3/12/10 (Photo) - Cooley Law School President Honored by Lansing Black Lawyers Association; Two Students Awarded Scholarships

3/10/10 - Cooley Assistant Dean To Be Honored for Community Contributions

3/10/10 - Cooley Law School Team Goes Undefeated in Regional Rounds of the National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Advances to National Finals

3/8/10 - Cooley Law School Publication Wins Top Award

February

2/23/10 - Game on: Lansing Lugnuts will begin 15th season in Cooley Law School Stadium

2/22/10 - Lansing Lugnuts to Play 15th Season in Cooley Law School Stadium

2/17/10 - Cooley and Olivet College Establish Ground-Breaking Partnership to Support Job Growth in the Insurance Industry

2/12/10 (Photo) - Cooley Law School donates 121 computers and 17 monitors to the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing

2/10/10 - Cooley Law School Students Join Hands for Haiti on Feb. 22
February 10, 2010

2/4/10 (Photo) - Thomas M. Cooley Law School recognizes alumnus for service

January

1/13/10 - Cooley Law School's Auburn Hills Campus Announces 2010 MLK Day Celebration

1/13/10 - Cooley Law School's Grand Rapids Campus Announces 2010 MLK Day Celebration

1/7/10 - Students at Cooley Law School’s Ann Arbor campus participate in Professionalism in Action orientation

1/6/10 (Photo) Cooley’s director of the Corporate Law and Finance graduate program receives the Champion of Justice Award

December

12/22/09 - Lansing Attorney Who Represents High-Profile Clients Speaks About Jury Trials and the Media at Cooley on January 14

12/22/09 - Cooley Law School's Lansing Campus Announces 2010 MLK Day Celebration

12/10/09 - Cooley Law School Professor Paul Sorensen Named Grand Rapids 'Bet-The-Company Litigator of the Year' by Best Lawyers

12/9/09 - Cooley Law School Dean, Professors Appointed to State Bar of Michigan Character and Fitness Committee Positions

12/1/09 - Bradley J. Charles Joins Cooley Law School's Ann Arbor Campus as an Assistant Professor

November

11/24/09 (Photo) - Cooley Law School unveils Andy Warhol's portrait of Justice Brandeis

11/20/09 - Cooley Law School Recognizes Lansing Attorney, Cooley Alumnus with 2009 Adjunct Faculty Award

11/18/09 - Cooley Law School Dean Recognized By The Black Law Students Association

11/14/09 (Photo) - Cooley Law School unveils portrait, celebrates the Alumni Memorial Scholarship Fund

11/13/09 (Photo) - The Ingham County Bar Association honors Cooley Law School founder, board member

11/11/09 - Legal Assistance Referral Program provides pro bono legal service to 650 deploying Michigan National Guardsmen and women

11/5/09 - Cooley GR Students Select Professor Of The Year

11/2/09 - Cooley Law School Elects Three New Members to its Board Of Directors

October

10/22/09 - Michigan Supreme Court Hearing to be Held at Cooley Law School Auburn Hills Campus

10/20/09 - Cooley Law School Announces $6 Million Library Expansion and $2 Million Scholarship Fund

10/19/09 - Cooley Law School Announces Fourth Season Sponsorship of Stages of The Law Theater Series

September

9/23/09 - Cooley Law School's Auburn Hills Campus Adds Assistant Professor

9/23/09 - Cooley Law School's Lansing Campus Adds Two Professors

9/22/09 - MSU Basketball Coach Tom Izzo To Speak at Cooley Law School’s Soifer Memorial Lecture on Sept. 30

9/17/09 - Cooley Law School Names Head Of Public Services For Ann Arbor Campus Library

9/8/09 - Is High-Tech Government Surveillance A Threat To Constitutional Rights?

August

8/31/09 - Cooley Law School Assistant Dean Elected to the Grand Rapids Bar Association's Board of Directors

8/26/09 - Cooley Law School Associate Dean Appointed as a Hearing Panelist for the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board

8/20/09 - Cooley Law School Assistant Dean Named Vice Chair Of The Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission

8/17/09 - The American Society of Legal Writers Announces New Executive Director Norman E. Plate

8/6/09 - Aug. 14 Forum Brings National Perspective to Public Defense Reform, Role of Defense Attorneys

8/5/09 - Cooley Law School Names Assistant Dean, Faculty Members of Ann Arbor Campus

July

7/30/09 - Cooley Law School Names Director Of Ann Arbor Campus

7/28/09 - Cooley Sponsors Forums To Safeguard Against Foreclosure, Predatory Lending

7/10/09 - Cooley Awards $11,000 to Six Michigan Schools

June

6/30/09 - Michigan Soldier in Iraq to be Sworn In as an Attorney Via Live Video Conference

6/23/09 - Cooley Professor Otto Stockmeyer Named 'Exemplary Legal Writing Honoree' by Green Bag

6/17/09 - Cooley Law School Announces New Assistant Dean of Auburn Hills Campus

6/15/09 - Cooley Graduate Awarded A 2009 Equal Justice Works Fellowship

6/10/09 - Cooley Law School Names Top Official Of Its Newly Announced Ann Arbor Campus

06/08/09 - Cooley To Open Campus In Ann Arbor

06/2/09 - Tax Experts To Discuss How To Recognize When A Client Has Criminal Exposure

May

5/18/09 - Cooley Opens New Addition, Doubles Size Of Auburn Hills Campus

5/7/09 - Cooley Law School’s 10th Annual 5k Race For Education Set For June 5

5/1/09 - Cooley Tax Competition Winners Named

April

4/30/09 - Cooley Law School Teams With Honigman Attorneys To Create Michigan Judge’s Guide To The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

4/28/09 - SBM Partners with Cooley Law School to Lead Professionalism Orientation Program for New Students

4/24/09 - Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers: Judge Bernard Friedman to convene federal court at Cooley’s Auburn Hills campus on May 13

March

3/24/09 - Cooley Professors, Staff Member, Honored for Service

3/19/09 - Cooley Professor Named to City Board of Review

3/19/09 - Cooley Professor Honored as Leader in the Law

3/17/09 - Cooley Law Team Edges Out 143 Competitors In National Client Counseling Competition

January

1/15/09 - Cooley To Offer New Advanced Corporate Law And Finance Degree; Former General Motors Executive Joins Law School To Lead Program

1/12/09 - 10th Annual Judging the Law Schools is Released

1/9/09 - Tim Murphy Hired as Assistant Vice President at Cooley Law School

1/9/09 - Access Control Supervisor at Cooley Law School Wins Award

1/7/09 - Public Invited To Jan. 19 Event Featuring Joe Brown, Nationally Recognized MLK-Case Judge and TV Personality

1/6/09 - Cooley Law School Applications Reach New High