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The Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office Conviction Integrity Unit, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Innocence Project and the Urban Institute a $249,948.00 grant. The 24-month long grant program is entitled “Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions.”

Lansing, Michigan – October 22, 2018: Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School has appointed Amy Timmer to be interim dean effective October 22, 2018.

On Wednesday, Oct. 17, the Student Bar Association at WMU-Cooley Law School’s Grand Rapids campus hosted a skills workshop on jury selection, which is known as “Voir Dire,” or “speak the truth.”

In support of Mental Health Awareness Day, WMU-Cooley Law School’s Auburn Hills campus hosted the presentation, “Stress in the Legal Field,” on Thursday, Oct. 11.

Former Attorney Shares his Battle with Addiction During WMU-Cooley Mental Health Awareness Day Event

On Oct. 3, five members of the Grand Rapids Bar Association's Young Lawyers section came to WMU Cooley Law School to share with law students their fears while they were in law school, how they overcame them, and how to succeed in today's marketplace.

WMU-Cooley Law School Debt Relief Clinic Director Victor H. Veschio has been appointed by the Florida Bar to serve a three year team on the 13th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee “F.”

The student chapter of the Organization of Women Lawyers and the Mentorship Committee at WMU-Cooley Law School’s Grand Rapids campus hosted the first part of a series of discussions focusing on anxiety Oct. 2.