welcome to WMU-Cooley

We are exceedingly proud of our affiliation with Western Michigan University, one of the nation's top 100 public universities.

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Western Michigan is rated by the Carnegie Research Foundation as a "high research" institution, by U.S. News as atop-tier university, and by Washington Monthly as a "best buy" and top-100 university. In Western Michigan we have a partner that enthusiastically shares our access, teaching, service, and professionalism philosophies.

With three shared-degree programs already in place, we are looking to build many new opportunities for learning, research, and job placement in the coming years.

Our Mission

The Mission of the Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School is to prepare its graduates for entry into the legal profession through an integrated program with practical legal scholarship as its guiding principle and focus. This mission includes providing broad access to those who seek the opportunity to study law, while requiring that those to whom that opportunity is offered meet WMU-Cooley's rigorous academic standards.

History

Lansing, Michigan is where the WMU-Cooley story started in 1972. Founded by JudgeThomas E. Brennan, then Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, Cooley began operations in a single story, rented building located on Grand Avenue in downtown Lansing.

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President Don LeDuc

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Associate Dean Nelson Miller

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Associate Dean James Robb

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