Cooley News Round Up

"Western Michigan University Considers Formal Alliance with Cooley Law School," by Yvonne Zipp (MLive)

Money Quote: "[B]oth sides agreed to take a number of exploratory steps to gauge the impact an alliance would have on each institution."

How about exploring the impact on your prospective students too as part of your exploratory steps?

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"Schools propose Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School," by Mike Nichols (grbj.com)

Money Quote: “'We expect to improve the bottom line student recruitment. It’s a good time to go to law school,' [James] Robb, [Cooley’s associate dean for external affairs and senior counsel] said. Enrollments are down, graduating classes are much smaller and with the increasing demand for lawyers — and anticipated improvement of the economy — job prospects for students graduating in 2016 or 2017 will be improved, according to Robb. Both Robb and [WMU President John] Dunn also discussed their hopes to develop a '3+3 education program,' which would allow students to get their undergraduate degree in three years and then get their law degree in three years, saving students a year of extra study, tuition and living costs."

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"Cooley Law School explores affiliation Western Michigan University,"  by Matthew Miller (Detroit Free Press reprint from Lansing Journal)

Money Quote: "Now, Cooley is looking at a name change, exploring a formal affiliation with Western Michigan University that would rechristen the five-campus private law school the Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School."

All five campuses are going to have "Western Michigan University" in front of "Thomas M. Cooley Law School"? Even the campus at Oakland University?

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"America's Second Best Law School Sues Online Critic and Loses on Appeal,"  by Cyrus Farivar (Ars Technica)

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled unanimously in favor of a former law student who used his blog to anonymously complain about Cooley Law School. Here is a copy of the opinion.