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WMU-Cooley Law School Board of Directors Chairman Lawrence P. Nolan (Cooley Class, 1976) and Detroit area attorney Brian McKeen (Wing Class, 1982) were selected as members of Michigan Lawyers Weekly magazine’s  inaugural Hall of Fame class during a luncheon at the Detroit Marriott Troy, on May 30.

WMU-Cooley Tampa Bay campus Associate Dean Daniel Matthews has appointed Daniela Mendez to the role of campus director.  Mendez joined the law school after serving as an assistant public defender for Florida’s 13th Judicial Circuit.

WMU-Cooley student Jonathan Brignall was honored with the State Bar of Michigan Taxation Section Student Tax Achievement Award on May 23. In addition to the Student Achievement Award, Brignall was awarded first prize and $1,000 for the section’s writing contest.

On Tuesday, May 14, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed WMU-Cooley Law School Associate Dean Tracey Brame to the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission. As a member of the commission, Brame will represent the chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court for a term expiring April 1, 2023.

Each year, the Grand Rapids Bar Association (GRBA) presents the 3 in 10 Award to three attorneys in their first 10 years of practice who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement, exceptional public service and significant contributions to the legal profession. Honored on May 16, this year’s three award winners, Christine Cameron, Kellen Dotson, and Katie Johnson, are each graduates of WMU-Cooley Law School.

WMU-Cooley Law School partnered with the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) and the Michigan Supreme Court (MSC) to introduce a new resource available to mentors and mentor coordinators working with veterans assigned to the state’s Veterans Treatment Courts (VTC).

On Saturday, May 11, WMU-Cooley Law School Lansing campus students, faculty, staff, and alumni went to Reutter Park in downtown Lansing, Michigan, to offer legal assistance and other social services to the city’s homeless.

Incoming students at WMU-Cooley Law School’s Grand Rapids campus participated in the school’s Honor Code Oath and Professionalism in Action program on May 3.