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Joseline Jean-Louis Hardrick will join WMU-Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus as visiting professor teaching Constitutional Law. Hardrick will join the law school’s faculty on July 15.

On Tuesday, June 18, WMU-Cooley Law School’s Black Law Students Association held an event honoring Juneteenth, which recognizes the abolition of slavery, at its Tampa Bay campus.

Matt Nelson, an experienced appellate attorney with Warner, Norcross, and Judd was the first speaker during WMU-Cooley Law School’s three-part speaker series on trial skills at the law school’s Grand Rapids campus on Saturday, June 8.

During the week of June 3, WMU-Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus hosted career week activities.  Throughout the week, legal professionals from the Tampa Bay region spoke with law students about various careers in law.

State Representative Kara Hope of Michigan’s 67th House District spoke with WMU-Cooley Law School students who have an interest in politics on Friday, June 7. Hope, a graduate of WMU-Cooley, discussed her career path and current legislation she is working on.

On Wednesday, June 6, two clients of the Access to Justice Clinic shared their stories with students at WMU-Cooley’s Grand Rapids campus.

The Asian Pacific American Law Students Association at WMU-Cooley’s Lansing campus hosted Diplomat in Residence Lou Fintor on June 5, 2019.

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.