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The Black Law Students Association at WMU-Cooley Law School’s Grand Rapids campus hosted a panel discussion to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Monday, January 18.

In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, WMU-Cooley Law School’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) hosted a virtual panel presentation entitled, “MLK Day 2021: Chaos or Community.”

Today, while celebrating its Founders Day, it is fitting that WMU-Cooley Law School announces a new initiative devoted to increasing the practices of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the legal profession

After serving as director for the WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project since 2012, Professor Marla Mitchell-Cichon turned the clinic’s leadership over to WMU-Cooley Associate Dean and Professor Tracey Brame effective Jan. 1.

During a hearing in Ingham County Circuit Court on Nov. 23, WMU-Cooley Associate Dean Michael McDaniel, along with retired WMU-Cooley Professor Nancy A. Wonch, made the motion before the Hon. Rosemarie E. Aquilina to allow U.S. Army Reserve Soldier Major Carmen J. Quesenberry to practice law in Michigan.

WMU-Cooley Law School honored 70 graduates of its Justice William Strong Class during a virtual commencement ceremony on Dec. 6.

The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office and the Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School Innocence Project are pleased to announce that the Department of Justice is awarding

The WMU-Cooley Law Review honored attorneys Tracy D. Knox, Aaron D. Lindstrom, Amanda Morris Smith, and David Porter during the organization’s annual Distinguished Brief Award ceremony on Nov. 19.