July 8, 2008 - The Board of Directors at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School has re-elected The Hon. Brent Danielson, judge in the 85th District Court in Manistee, Mich., to another four-year term as Chairman of the Board.
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July 2, 2008 - (Auburn Hills, MI) – U.S. Troops serving in Iraq will now have access to legal services free of charge via video conferencing under a new partnership formed by Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Chrysler LLC, and the Freedom Calls Foundation.
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June 27, 2008 - The Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s Center for Ethics, Service, and Professionalism will host Michael J. Burke, author of the soon-to-be-published autobiography, Never Enough: One Lawyer's True Story of How He Gambled His Career Away. [full
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June 11, 2008 - Grand Ledge, Michigan’s Neff Elementary School came out the big winner of the 9th annual Cooley 5K Race for Education on Friday, June 6 as the event’s top proceeds winner. [full
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June 2, 2008 - Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s Graduate Tax Program and the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Michigan were pleased to honor the winners of the 5th Annual Thomas M. Cooley Law School Writing Competition at the State Bar of Michigan's 21st Annual Tax Conference held on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, in Plymouth, Michigan. [full
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May 13, 2008 - Students will be able to earn a law degree and a master's of business administration simultaneously thanks to a new partnership announced today by the Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Cooley) and Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business (WMU). The joint-degree program will require 12 fewer credits than if the degrees were earned separately. [full
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May 13, 2008 - Cooley
Law School will team with area lawyers this weekend at Camp
Grayling, Mich., to provide free wills and powers of attorney
to approximately 250 Marine reservists who will be deployed
to the Middle East. [full
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May 7, 2008 - A Macomb County court case that has grabbed local headlines will now be featured around the country as part of a two-hour special edition of NBC’s magazine program Dateline on May 9 from 9 p.m. until 11 p.m. [full story]
May 6, 2008 - 492 prospective law students applied to the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in April 2008, exceeding by 12 percent the monthly record of 438 applicants set during the same period last year. [full story]
April 8, 2008 - Since
2006, Trudeau has offered pro bono legal services to clients
of Lansing's Cristo Rey Community Center. He
and a group of Cooley law students provide pro bono and bilingual
legal services approximately three times a month. [full
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April 1, 2008 - While applications to law schools across the country and in the Midwest are flat, Thomas M. Cooley Law School's campus in Grand Rapids has seen a 26 percent increase in the number of applicants this school year. [full story]
March 26, 2008 - The Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced today that it will launch a new course in May 2008 regarding driving under the influence law. The course is believed to be one of the first law school courses in the United States to specifically deal with the law as it relates to driving under the influence. It will be taught by Birmingham attorney Patrick T. Barone, a nationally regarded expert in the field. [full story]
March 24, 2008 - Four Thomas M. Cooley Law School students were recently named champions in the regional round of the American Association for Justice's Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC), for the second straight year, held in Seattle, advancing Cooley to the National Finals. [full story]
March 19, 2008 - The Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced today that Stephen Murphy, Eastern District U.S. attorney, will teach as a visiting professor at the Auburn Hills campus, 2630 Featherstone Road, beginning this May. Murphy will teach Evidence, a core class in Cooley's Juris Doctor program. [full story]
March 17, 2008 - The Thomas M. Cooley Law School today announced Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Leo Bowman as the second speaker in this year's "Integrity in our Communities" lecture series. Judge Bowman will present "Integrity on the Bench" on Wednesday, March 26 at noon until 1:30 p.m. at the Auburn Hills campus, 2630 Featherstone Road. [full story]
March 12, 2008 - The Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced today that Nelson Miller has been promoted from Assistant Dean to Associate Dean of the Grand Rapids campus. [full story]
March 10, 2008 - A program offering free legal services to Michigan servicemen and women has received an $11,350 grant from the Michigan State Bar Foundation. [full story]
March 7, 2008 - Cooley Law School at Auburn Hills and the campus chapter of the Black Law Students Association have formed a voluntary alliance with the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association that will benefit students and practicing attorneys alike in southeast Michigan. [full story]
March 4, 2008 - Thomas M. Cooley Law School Professor Cynthia Ward will lead a discussion on the ethical implications highlighted in “Jane Eyre” prior to the performance of the play at Lansing Community College’s Dart Auditorium on March 29 at 7 p.m. [full story]
February 29, 2008 - The Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced today that it will hold its ninth annual Race for Education on Friday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Lansing. The 5K event has raised more than $60,000 for Lansing-area educational institutions since it began in 2000. [full story]
February 22, 2008 - Alan Gershel, chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office-Eastern Michigan District Criminal Division, will join the school's faculty as a Visiting Professor in May. Gershel will teach Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Cooley's new Auburn Hills campus. [full story]
February 13 , 2008 -
A lot of hard work paid off Feb. 9-10 when Cooley Law School students Oeishik (Kai) Goel and Heather Grace won top honors at the 13th Annual National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition, held in Santa Ana, California. [full story]
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