Thomas Cooley Law School
| Western Michigan University Cooley Law School | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1972 |
| School type | Private |
| Endowment | $21 million |
| Parent endowment | $262 million |
| Dean | Don LeDuc |
| Location |
Lansing, Michigan (flagship) Grand Rapids, Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan Tampa, Florida |
| Enrollment | 1,285 185 Full-Time JD 1,024 Part-Time JD 76 LLM |
| Website | cooley.edu |
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School is an American Bar Association accredited law school. WMU-Cooley has four campuses. Its main campus is in Lansing, Michigan and its satellite campuses are in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Auburn Hills, Michigan, and Tampa, Florida. First year courses may be taken at Western Michigan University's Kalamazoo campus.
An affiliation between Cooley and Western Michigan University went into effect on August 13, 2014.
According to Cooley's ABA required disclosures, only 27.4% of graduates from the class of 2015 obtained full-time, long term, bar passage required employment 9 months after graduation. 23.8% of graduates were unemployed 9 months after graduation. Only 51.86% of graduates managed to pass a state bar exam in 2015, a requirement to practice law.
The law school is named in honor of Thomas McIntyre Cooley, who was a prominent 19th-century jurist and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Cooley was also a dean of the University of Michigan Law School and visiting faculty at Johns Hopkins University. Thomas E. Brennan, also a former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, led a group of lawyers and judges in establishing the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1972.
On July 28, 2014, the ABA and The Higher Learning Commission gave their approval to the affiliation between Cooley and Western Michigan University.
On August 13, 2014, the affiliation became official and included Cooley changing its name from "Thomas M. Cooley Law School" to "Western Michigan University Cooley Law School."
Cooley prepares its graduates for entry into the legal profession. While most students work toward a Juris Doctor degree (J.D.), Cooley also offers the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree as well as joint degrees in Master of Business Administration (J.D./M.B.A.) and Master of Public Administration (J.D./M.P.A.). (The J.D/M.B.A. is offered in partnership with Oakland University; the J.D./M.P.A. is offered in partnership with Western Michigan University.)
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