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Derek Matthews gives next generation of Cooley Law School students a start in legal profession in Tampa

Derek Matthews gives next generation of Cooley Law School students a start in legal profession in Tampa

Derek Matthews (Vinson Class, 2017) is no stranger to giving back to Cooley Law School in the Tampa Bay region. Outside of legal practice, Matthews sponsors the annual Cooley Alumni Golf Outing in Tampa and participates in alumni events and mentoring programs to build relationships with faculty and fellow graduates.

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    Multicultural Lawyering Takes Talking, But Mostly Listening

    Multicultural Lawyering Takes Talking, But Mostly Listening

    How can lawyers help their clients when the clients’ experiences – often traumatic and oppressive ones – are not like anything the lawyers have ever experienced or encountered?

  • Kimberly Lewis and Susan Lee: Unapologetically Unafraid
    Kimberly Lewis and Susan Lee: Unapologetically Unafraid

    Kimberly Lewis and Susan Lee: Unapologetically Unafraid

    Orientation for most students can be slightly overwhelming, but for Kimberly Lewis it was the launch of an exciting new future. A natural extrovert, she had already scoped out her classmates and locked in on one student. Someone she intuitively knew was interesting and smart.

  • Cooley Law School Faculty Expert Analysis on Rittenhouse Verdict
    Cooley Law School Faculty Expert Analysis on Rittenhouse Verdict

    Cooley Law School Faculty Expert Analysis on Rittenhouse Verdict

    Following the not-guilty verdict of Kyle Rittenhouse on November 19, 2021, Cooley Law School Criminal Law Professors Jeffrey Swartz and Anthony Flores were interviewed by media in Michigan and Florida.

  • Showcase Your Scholarship, Part Three: Self-Publishing
    Showcase Your Scholarship, Part Three: Self-Publishing

    Showcase Your Scholarship, Part Three: Self-Publishing

    Recent posts have described a process for showcasing your scholarship. It’s done by creating a digital archive to display and preserve your published articles. Part One featured the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Part Two compared Google Scholar (GS) and other platforms.

  • Former Judge and Criminal Law Professor Expresses Concerns Over Arrest Procedures
    Former Judge and Criminal Law Professor Expresses Concerns Over Arrest Procedures

    Former Judge and Criminal Law Professor Expresses Concerns Over Arrest Procedures

    “I am sympathetic to the prosecutor’s cause for gun safety reform, but at this point, the ends do not justify the means.” - Former Judge and Cooley Law School Criminal Law Professor Jeffrey Swartz.

  • Showcase Your Scholarship, Part Two: Google Scholar Profiles and Other Platforms
    Showcase Your Scholarship, Part Two: Google Scholar Profiles and Other Platforms

    Showcase Your Scholarship, Part Two: Google Scholar Profiles and Other Platforms

    Part One: Use SSRN To Archive Articles explains how to use the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) to create an online archive of your articles. A decade after SSRN was founded in 1994, Google launched a similar platform, Google Scholar (GS), and later added profiles. GS profiles too can be used to create an online archive to display and preserve publications.

  • Showcase Your Scholarship, Part One: Use SSRN to Archive Articles
    Showcase Your Scholarship, Part One: Use SSRN to Archive Articles

    Showcase Your Scholarship, Part One: Use SSRN to Archive Articles

    An earlier post suggested ways to maximize the impact of your scholarship through spin-off articles.This three-part post identifies another way to showcase your scholarship: establishing a digital archive to display and preserve your publications, including self-published ones.

  • Homeland & National Security Law Review Symposium: Drone Concerns?
    Homeland & National Security Law Review Symposium: Drone Concerns?

    Homeland & National Security Law Review Symposium: Drone Concerns?

    Do you have questions about drones and how they may impact your safety and security? Take a deep-dive into drones, their social impact, and the legal rules surrounding Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) during this timely and critically important upcoming virtual event.

  • Brittany Lindsay: COVID-19 Hero of Tampa Bay
    Brittany Lindsay: COVID-19 Hero of Tampa Bay

    Brittany Lindsay: COVID-19 Hero of Tampa Bay

    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor may have named Cooley student Brittany Lindsay a COVID-19 Hero of Tampa Bay, but her hero status started well before 2020. In March of 2020, Lindsay was a Senior Program Director at the local YMCA supervising the Office of Youth Development. She was responsible for essential workers’ children. When daycare shut down, it was her immediate responsibility to make all daycare options safe for the children of essential workers, like police, firefighters, and those in the military. In essence, Lindsay became an essential worker tasked to help pave the way for essential workers and their families.