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Cooley Law School Holds Summer Honors Convocations in Lansing and Tampa

LANSING, MI and TAMPA, FL — On July 24, Cooley Law School recognized students in the Trinity Term for their achievements during an honors convocation at its Lansing, Michigan, and Tampa, Florida, campuses.

During the events, Cooley Law School announced various student awards and scholarship achievements, including the Alumni Association Distinguished Student Award. This award is given to selected graduating students based on academic accomplishments, professionalism and ethics, leadership, extracurricular activities, and post-graduation plans. For the Trinity class, Todd Taylor and Larry Westcomb from the Lansing campus, were selected by the Scholarship and Awards Committee of the Cooley Alumni Association. They each were presented a diploma frame from the law school.

 

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