Cooley Law School found in compliance after short probation period
Read MoreLANSING, MI and TAMPA, FL — On July 24, Cooley Law School recognized students in the Trinity Term for their achievements during an honors convocation at its Lansing, Michigan, and Tampa, Florida, campuses.
TAMPA, Fla. – Cooley Law School Professor Joseline Jean-Louis Hardrick has been selected as the recipient of the Florida Bar’s 2025 Law Faculty/Administration Professionalism Award. The annual award recognizes a member of Florida law school faculty or administration who, through teaching, scholarship, and mentorship, instills and exemplifies the highest standards of professionalism in the legal field.
LANSING, MI — The Cooley Law School Innocence Project hosted author, legal scholar, and Cooley graduate Nathan Goetting for a meet-the-author event on July 10. Goetting, now director of the George Romney Institute for Law and Public Policy at Adrian College, discussed his recently released book, “The Supreme Court’s Actual Innocence Problem: How the Supreme Court of the United States Has Failed to Reduce Wrongful Convictions.”
DETROIT, Mich. – Cooley Law School student Toren Chenault has been awarded the 2025 Ralph M. Freeman Law School Scholarship by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The honor, which includes a $1,000 award, was presented during a formal ceremony held at the federal courthouse in Detroit.
LANSING, Mich. – Cooley Law School student Anna Buckingham has been named the 2025 Margaret “Peggy” Lynch Professionalism Scholar by the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan. Sponsored by Masco Corporation, the $3,500 scholarship is awarded annually to a law student who demonstrates leadership in advancing the position of women in society, particularly through service in social justice, family law, child advocacy, or work supporting underserved populations.
Hollywood, FLA. – Cooley Law School student Tory Sanders Jr. has been recognized as an “outstanding law student” by the City, County and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar. Sanders received a $500 scholarship during CCLGL Section’s 48th annual conference at the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood in April.
Statement from Cooley Law School Board of Directors Chairman Mitchell Zajac on the passing of former president and dean, Don LeDuc:
Lansing, Mich. – On May 8, Cooley Law School Associate Dean and Professor Tracey Brame was awarded the Grand Rapids Bar Association’s Champion of Justice Award during the organization’s 2025 Law Day event at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
LANSING, MI — On April 3, Cooley Law School’s Chaldean American Law Student Association (CALSA) hosted Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan at the law school’s Lansing campus.
