Cooley Professors Discuss Russian-Ukraine War and Violations of International Law

As the Russia-Ukraine War continues, Cooley Law School Professors David L. Finnegan and retired...

Legal and Criminal Justice Expert speaks to Media on Police Officer Shooting

Following the April 4 shooting death of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya by a Grand Rapids police officer,...

Confusion: Bad for Contracts, Good for Students

In the middle of their study of Contract law, students encounter a cluster of cases dealing with...

Reflections On A Career: 5 Lessons Learned

I retired in December, 2021, and I had the honor of being asked to present a lecture on what I...

What Should Be Done About Michigan's No-Good, Very Bad Way of Selecting Supreme Court Justices?

THE PAST The "Looking Back: 1930s" article in the January 2022 Michigan Bar Journal concludes by...

Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement: A Pregnant Teen, Two Gay Men, and a Gender-nonconforming Woman

Many people helped make the modern Civil Rights Movement, which aimed to get equal treatment of all...

A Look at the Civil Side of Fraud

Fraud is the deliberate misrepresentation of a material fact, made with the intention of inducing...

The Study of Remedies, Law's Cure for Wrongdoing, is in Declining Health.

I have previously blogged about the unfortunate case of Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal. In a poll of...

Cooley Law School Faculty Expert Analysis on Rittenhouse Verdict

Following the not-guilty verdict of Kyle Rittenhouse on November 19, 2021, Cooley Law School...

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...