Recent Cooley Law School graduate Morgan Prybys is turning a longtime dream of becoming a lawyer into a career focused on helping others. Prybys, who began her professional journey working in security before becoming a paralegal, was recently recognized with the Cooley Alumni Association Distinguished Student Award at the law school’s Honors Convocation. The award recognized her academic journey, involvement and commitment to supporting those around her. During her time at Cooley, Prybys was involved with several student organizations and served as a teaching assistant. She also gained hands-on experience through Cooley’s SixtyPlus ElderLaw Clinic, building on her interest in estate planning and elder law. Her legal interests also include compliance, an area in which she earned a Certificate of Merit. Her journey from doubting whether law school was possible to earning her J.D. and receiving recognition for her accomplishments reflects the persistence and growth that shaped her legal education. Read more about Morgan Prybys and her journey in the Legal News.
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Halloween is a spooky time of year. Haunted houses. Horror movies. Both scary business. Cooley Law School Professors give practical advice to home owners with chilling concerns for more than just one day out of the year.
This blog was originally posted May 18, 2016. Traditionally, each court hosting an induction ceremony for new attorneys asks the individual performing highest on the Bar exam to speak. This spring, The Hon. Craig C. Villanti, chief judge of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal, invited Maryam Saleh, a recent Western Michigan University Cooley Law School graduate and top Bar performer in the district, to speak on behalf of the attorneys being sworn in that day. The Second District covers 14 counties in five judicial circuits. There are five total District Courts of Appeal in Florida. We are proud and honored of Maryam and her accomplishments. Below is her speech from May 9, 2016, along with video excerpts about her journey in life, in law school, and what drives her going forward.
How can you be sure that the law school you pick is the right fit for you? Here are six things to consider before making the decision.
This blog was authored by Professor Lauren Rousseau and originally posted November 30, 2015. In April 2012, I lost someone I loved due to heroin addiction. He was a kid – only 19 years old – and I was his legal guardian. We had spent the better part of the previous year battling his disease. He had gone through part of an intensive outpatient program, but had been kicked out for using. He had done inpatient treatment twice, relapsing within 48 hours of release each time. And exactly one week after his last inpatient treatment, with his addiction once again in full force, the disease took him to the place where he lost his life. His death broke my heart, and the hearts of his family and friends. We will never be the same.
This blog was authored by Frank Aiello and originally posted October 27, 2015. I joined the faculty at Cooley Law School a little over 10 years ago. I enjoyed a rewarding legal practice at a law firm that I still remember fondly, but was intrigued at the opportunity to teach the law in a rigorous and innovative way, grounded in practical experience. Cooley had accessible admissions criteria, but promised a transformative experience to its graduates.
This blog was originally posted September 22, 2015. Catherine Groll is a litigation attorney at Willingham Cote. She has practiced as a litigator for 24 years and taught at Cooley as an adjunct professor for 12 years, receiving the Frederick J. Griffith III Adjunct Faculty Award for excellence in teaching in 2010. She was the commencement speaker for our Lansing campus in 2015. “Do you believe in miracles? If you do, then you have come to the right place today, and if you don’t believe in miracles, you have come to the right place, but you’re here at the wrong time, because in the next 20 minutes, you will be utterly and completely convinced that miracles can and do occur, and your life will be forever changed.
This blog was originally published on September 3, 2015. Triple-digit temperatures are not unusual in McAllen, Texas, but even the recent 100-plus degree heat could not melt the enthusiasm of 2011 graduate Victor Flores as he progressed through one of his best summers ever. Flores, 33, who capped his academic career at Cooley Law School by being chosen by his fellow graduates to give the Wilkins Class valedictory speech, has been having a spectacular couple of months.
If you’ve decided to pursue the noble profession of law, here are a few things Cooley graduate David Neef thinks you should know:
Cooley Innocence Project’s exoneree Donya Davis was choked up just thinking about this Mother’s Day.
