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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.

WMU-Cooley Law School Professor Anthony Flores was recognized during a reception at WMU-Cooley on March 31 following his being appointed to the post of judge for Lansing’s 54A District Court by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

In collaboration with State Representatives Sarah Anthony (Lansing) and Kara Hope (Holt), Attorney General Dana Nessel, the Capital Area Michigan Works!, Safe and Just Michigan, and Nation Outside, WMU-Cooley Law School held an expungement fair at the law school’s Lansing campus.