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On Wednesday, Sept. 23, incoming students to Western Michigan University Cooley Law School participated in the school’s Professionalism in Action Orientation Program.

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School was named a top 10 law school for racial and ethnic minority enrollment in 2019 by Enjuris, a collection of independent legal resources for legal professionals.

The Kimble Center for Legal Drafting at WMU-Cooley Law School earned the WriteMark Plus quality mark from Write Limited, a New Zealand consulting organization, for its Medical Power of Attorney.

WMU-Cooley Law School students were recognized for outstanding academic achievement, professionalism and leadership roles with various student organizations during the law school’s Lansing campus Honors Convocation. This year’s honors convocation was held virtually due to COVID-19.

Attorneys David Singleton, executive director, Ohio Justice & Policy Center; and Henry Floyd, immediate past president of the Washington Bar Association (District of Columbia) and vice president of the National Bar Association, were featured speakers during WMU-Cooley Law School’s Constitution Day discussion “Inequality in Sentencing and Issues Facing Criminal Justice.”

On Sept. 3, WMU-Cooley Law School students Dalton Dennis and Jalitza Serrano were presented with WMU-Cooley’s Alumni Distinguished Student Award during the law school’s Tampa Bay campus Honors Convocation.

The 18th annual West Michigan Community Day of Remembrance and Scout Salute, which pays honors to those who died during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, included WMU-Cooley Law School Associate Deans Michael C.H. McDaniel and Tracey Brame as featured presenters.

WMU-Cooley Law School students were recognized for outstanding academic achievement, professionalism and leadership roles with various student organizations during the law school’s Grand Rapids campus Honors Convocation.