Current Issue

• July 1, 2009 (PDF)

Overview

The Pillar is the official student-generated and managed newspaper of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The newspaper focuses on reporting school events and issues relevant to Cooley students that are related to success in law school and to assimilating into the surrounding communities.

General features include:

• Discussion of current legal issues
• Information essential to thrive in the law-school environment (especially at Cooley) and to pass the MPRE and state bar exams
• Job opportunities and career development information
• Student organization events
• Articles from organizations such as Law Review and Moot Court
• Student polls
• Coverage of incoming and graduating classes
• Articles from various Cooley administration departments
• Informative articles regarding current community events that affect students
• Articles regarding places to dine or unwind in the Cooley communities

The Pillar distributes copies of each issue at no charge to the Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Auburn Hills campuses for students, faculty, and administration.

The online version of The Pillar expands readership by providing access to persons not in the immediate Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Auburn Hills communities.

The Pillar
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
300 S. Capitol Avenue, Room 307
PO Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901

Telephone: (517) 371-5140 x 4408 (main office) or 4409 (advertising)
Fax: (517) 334-5782
pillar@cooley.edu

Advertising

The Pillar publishes six issues in each of the three annual terms at Cooley and reaches more than 3,000 students, faculty members, and administrative personnel in Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Auburn Hills.

In addition, Cooley welcomes incoming classes of up to 1,000 students three times each year, providing a large influx of potential new customers to businesses in the three communities housing Cooley campuses. The average Cooley student is around 27 years of age. Further, Cooley has students from nearly every state in the United States and many foreign countries.

Research has shown that these students typically seek convenient local businesses offering a wide variety of services. So although larger papers may reach more readers, those papers do not necessarily reach the large built-in market with diverse interests that Cooley provides.

For more information on advertisements, call the Advertising Manager at (517) 371-5140, ext. 4409 or email The Pillar at: pillarsubmission@cooley.edu.

Submission Requirements

The Pillar welcomes articles and other submissions for publication. The deadline for submissions is Monday at 5 p.m. on even-numbered weeks of each term. The following requirements apply:

• Submissions must include the author’s name and phone number and may be e-mailed to pillarsubmission@cooley.edu in Word, Corel, or WordPerfect.
• Submissions must be written in 12-point Times New Roman font and single-spaced.
• Submissions on computer disk must indicate the file name and software version used. Include a hard copy of the submission. If you want the disk returned, include an SASE with sufficient postage and print your name on the disk.
• Submissions may be delivered to Room 307 of the Cooley Center or placed in The Pillar mailbox in the SBA office on the lower level of the Cooley Center.
• Editors have sole discretion on editing and publishing submissions.

Archived Issues

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