Cooley Law School Blog

Not a Fan of the Courtroom? 7 Alternative Ways to Use a J.D. Degree

While perhaps the most well-known path after law school is taking the bar exam and becoming a...

Change of Pace: Cooley Alum Moves from Police Officer to Attorney

This article originally appeared on legalnews.com. This article has...

Top Five Reasons to Celebrate Five Years of Affiliation

Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School today marks the fifth anniversary of...

Cooley Honored by the Center for Plain Language

Cooley and its professors have always been known for teaching and advocating for the use of plain...

J.D. Concentrations and Why They’re Important in Law School

If you’re in law school, you’re there for a reason, not on a whim. Maybe you have always had a...

Five Reasons to Choose Cooley Law School

Post-graduate studies in any program are a huge commitment, but law school is especially...

Professor Beery: With Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Enter a New Era of Jurisprudence

Cooley Law School Professor Brendan Beery wrote this op-ed for Attorney At Law Magazine. This...

Cooley Grads Making Policy and Things Happen in the State of Michigan

If you want to be a part of any kind of movement, you have to be at the table when policy change is...

LeDura Watkins; One Year Later – Living Life Simply

On June 15, 2017, the Cooley Law School Innocence Project made history with the release of LeDura...

High Performance In These Two Classes is Best Predictors of Bar Success

The recent National Jurist article called What it takes to pass today's nasty bar exam didn't...