
WMU-Cooley Holds Spring Commencement for Michigan Campus Graduates
Michigan campus graduates of WMU-Cooley Law School were honored during a graduation ceremony on May 12 at the Michigan State University Auditorium.
Michigan campus graduates of WMU-Cooley Law School were honored during a graduation ceremony on May 12 at the Michigan State University Auditorium.
Graduates of WMU-Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus were honored during a graduation ceremony on May 14 at the University of South Florida Oval Theater.
WMU-Cooley Law School continued its monthly Community Conversations by discussing the PBS documentary Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice.
Equal Justice Works, a nonprofit organization that brings together an extensive network of law students, lawyers, legal services organizations, and supporters to promote a lifelong commitment to public service and equal justice, announced its 2022 fellow class.
LANSING, Mich. – On Friday, May 6, the WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project celebrated 20 years of screening legal cases, which has led to the exoneration of eight individuals, during a gala celebration and fundraiser at the Country Club of Lansing. The gala’s keynote speaker was Anthony Ray Hinton, who was wrongfully convicted of the 1985 murders of two restaurant managers in Birmingham, Alabama.
DETROIT, Mich. - April. 27, 2022 - Today, Wayne County Judge Kelly Ramsey set aside the conviction of Mr. Terance Calhoun. Calhoun was wrongfully convicted of 1st degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, and felony firearms possession arising from a pair of criminal sexual conduct cases in Detroit, Michigan, in October of 2006.
In recognition of the 20th anniversary of WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project, a gala will be held at the Country Club of Lansing on May 6.
On April 4, WMU-Cooley Law School student Heather Silcott was presented the Wanda Nash Award by the State Bar of Michigan’s (SBM) Animal Law Section.