When Reda Taleb (McLean Class, 2015) talks about “giving back,” she isn’t just reciting a slogan — she’s living by example. The daughter of immigrants from Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, Taleb’s parents, along with her six older siblings, laid roots in Dearborn’s south end, an area known for its pollution-emitting factory smoke stacks and community of Arab Americans seeking the “American Dream.”
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Cooley Law School student Christy Hauter-Nichols never thought study abroad was an option because of her hectic schedule as a wife, mother of five, businesswoman and law student. However, a chat with Valerie, her good friend, fellow law student, and a mom herself, changed everything.
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For some people, excelling in law school is enough to keep their plate full. For others–Kyona McGhee included–their plate is never full enough; so, they keep piling it on. McGhee, of Flint, Michigan, a third-year student at Cooley Law School's Auburn Hills campus, was recently chosen to attend the National Women’s Law Students Organization’s (NWLSO) inaugural Ms. JD Leadership Academy at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Described as an “initiative created to further the mission of supporting and improving the experiences of women law students,” the Academy admitted just 50 students nationwide to attend the intensive workshop in September.
Cooley Law School student Charles Hickman found new meaning in the real estate adage, location, location, location. After spending his summer traveling, studying and experiencing the incredible cities of Toronto and Oxford, he had a lot to share about the experience. "Toronto was absolutely amazing,"exclaimed Hickman. "As a global city, it really encompasses and captures the interests of professionals and students. Plus I got to spend three weeks at the lovely St. Michael's College, a location straight out of a novel." Hickman relished every moment.
This blog was originally posted January 27, 2017. Cooley, as a certified veteran-friendly school, talks to its military students, faculty and graduates about their journey from the military to law school and about their career goals. January 2017’s feature is Cooley graduate Zaneta Adams, a U.S. Army Retired PFC. She served eight years in the military, including her time with the U.S. Army National Guard, the Army Reserves, and Active Duty. After being severely injured during active duty, she made it her purpose to get a legal degree and serve so her fellow brothers and sisters could get the veteran benefits they deserve.
Blog contributor Distinguished Professor Emeritus Otto Stockmeyer explains the historic role of the part-time faculty and the tremendous contributions they have made to Cooley Law School law students over the decades.
Lawyers doing pro bono service can be good for a law firm’s bottom line, even while pro bono is good for everyone else. That premise was the subject of a presentation that WMU-Cooley Associate Dean Nelson Miller recently gave to leaders of the Hillsborough County (Florida) bench and bar in Tampa at a bar association inaugural annual pro-bono luncheon. It is also the subject of Dean Miller’s ABA Law Practice Management Section book “Building Your Practice with Pro Bono,” copies of which the event organizers gave to attending lawyers and judges.
The word “contentious” could be applied to many social and political issues of our times, but few can compare with the ongoing healthcare debate. It is one issue that has the potential to touch everyone, from the day of conception to the end of life. And likely will.
There’s plenty to do near our Cooley Law School Tampa Bay Campus. Our students love learning and living in the Sunshine State all year long. But Fall comes with some extra opportunities for fun. So go ahead, take that study break, and see how quickly you can cross these items off your fall bucket list. Read more about freaky fun things to do this fall in Tampa...
It's all gotten so easy. If you have a question, you just ask your phone or plug in a search. Shazam! You have the answer. Simple. Right? So much research can be done online and in the comfort of one's own home. It seems like going to the library to work or study is almost a lost art. Something from the past. A creaky old antique. Unnecessary. Nothing could be further from the truth for law students. Students not only spend hundreds of hours in the law libary studying, they come to appreciate and love the library, and a librarian's help even more.
