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Joseph Kimble, WMU-Cooley Law School Distinguished Professor Emeritus, has been named to the Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame Class of 2021.

With the Clean Slate Act going into effect on April 11, WMU-Cooley Law School Associate Dean Tracey Brame and the law school’s Access to Justice Staff Attorney Kamau Sandiford hosted a training session for attorneys during the Grand Rapids Bar Association and Legal Aid’s Spring Training Session on Thursday, March 25.

On March 25, the State Bar of Michigan American Indian Law Section (AILS) and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section's (ADRS) Diversity and Inclusion Action Team co-sponsored a virtual discussion for mediators, arbitrators, other alternative dispute resolution practitioners, and members of the American Indian Law Section.

WMU-Cooley Law School’s Law Review took an in-depth look at qualified immunity and police reform during its annual symposium on March 18.

Virtual honors convocations were held at all WMU-Cooley campuses this month, highlighting students' accomplishments and awards.

Attorney Wolfgang Mueller, of Novi, Michigan, said he “cannot think of a more noble calling” after donating to WMU-Cooley Law School’s Innocence Project. The founder of the Mueller Law Firm donated $8,500 to the project to support their work. The project strives to earn the release of factually innocent prisoners who have been wrongfully convicted.

Joseline Jean-Louis Hardrick, a professor at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus, has been appointed to the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission for the Middle District of Florida.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Enjuris.com has ranked WMU-Cooley Law School as a top 20 school for female enrollment in 2020.