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Western Michigan University Cooley Law School’s director of graduate and extended programs Catherine McCollum is taking on an additional role as director of online learning.

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Distinguished Professor Emeritus Otto Stockmeyer has been awarded the 2020 Cohn Prize for Law and Public Policy by The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters.

WMU-Cooley’s Career and Professional Development Department
hosted the National Association of Women Judges 2020 Mentor Jet program at the law school’s Grand Rapids campus on Wednesday, March 11.

Oakland County lawyer and Western Michigan University Cooley Law School graduate Markeisha Washington was presented with the law school’s Integrity Award on March 9.

In celebration of National Women’s History Month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services held an all-women naturalization ceremony at WMU-Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus on Friday, March 6. The ceremony includes the Oath of Allegiance, the final step to citizenship for the candidates.

The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus honored Florida State Senator Arthenia L. Joyner (2006-2016) with the 2020 Distinguished Leadership Honoree at its annual Black Tie Ball held at the Hilton Garden Inn on Saturday, March 7.

Western Michigan University Law School’s Access to Justice Clinic, in partnership with WMU-Cooley graduate and attorney Amanda Sterkenburg, held an Expungement Clinic on Saturday, Feb. 29, for those wanting to learn about the expungement process and receive assistance in their expungement application.

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School has elected three new members to its board of directors