Marla Mitchell-Cichon, distinguished professor emeritus at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and counsel to the law school’s Innocence Project, participated in a virtual legislative briefing on Feb. 19 focusing on the need for police transparency.
DETROIT, MICH. – Feb. 18, 2021 – Today, Wayne County Judge Bruce Morrow set aside the conviction of Mr. Kenneth Nixon. Nixon was wrongfully convicted of murder, attempted murder and arson in 2005.
“It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times: America in 2020,” was the title given to historian James Kratsas’ review of 2020 in a program sponsored by the WMU-Cooley Wellness Committee.
The West Michigan Student Bar Association at WMU-Cooley Law School’s Grand Rapids campus hosted its Welcome Back Game Night on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Florida Bar President Dori Foster-Morales spoke virtually to over 40 attorneys and law students on Monday, Feb. 1 and shared Florida Bar initiatives aimed at assisting current and future members of the bar in their legal practices and beyond.
WMU-Cooley Associate Dean Tracey Brame was a panelist for the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan’s discussion on Interrupting Implicit Bias.
Members of WMU-Cooley Law School’s Justice Ward Hunt Class were honored during graduation ceremonies on Jan. 24.
On Jan. 21, 2021, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré was the featured speaker during WMU-Cooley Law School’s Equal Access to Justice Day’s virtual program, “The New Normal: Leadership and Preparedness in the 21st Century: Pandemic and Political Unrest.”
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