Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Blog

Plain Language to the Rescue

EGRESS? You are in a crowded restaurant. The fire alarm goes off and diners rush for the doors. One...

Lansing a best small college town

A national ranking of 200 small college towns by Preply.com selected Lansing, home of WMU-Cooley...

Archives Dig History

With the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the law school, it seems fitting to look back at...

President of Women’s Law Association Eyes Career as Administrative Law Judge

The first person in her family to attend law school, Alyssa Emery will graduate from WMU-Cooley Law...

ABA Standard 303(c) Causes Buzz in DEI Programming in Law Schools

Below is a conversation surrounding Standard 303. Curriculum with Demetria Frank, Associate Dean...

Online? Which Database to Use?

Of course, everything is online. While that statement is not actually true, most materials a...

Elizabeth Devolder: Connecting Love of Art and Law

Elizabeth Devolder (Hughes Class, 2016) was nothing short of a superstar in law school. She...

Coolcat - Where It All Begins

Coolcat has been around since 1990, yet whenever I write about it, I say “Coolcat, the library...

There's No Point in Having Dreams if You're Not Going to Fulfill Them

Pauline (Polly) Brennan was used to her husband, Tom — the late Michigan Supreme Court Justice...

Helper Hyphens Aid Comprehension, Prevent Confusion

I have blogged about the problem of excessive commas. Now I want to tackle the problem of a missing...