Cooley Law School Library nearly doubles shelf, floor space at Auburn Hills campus

The Thomas M. Cooley Law School's Auburn Hills campus has nearly doubled its library space, its collection and other features as the school works to accommodate its growing student body.

The expansion, which has been done in bits and pieces since 2008, when Cooley's Auburn Hills campus opened, should handle growth for the next 20 years, says Helen Levenson, Cooley's head of public services for the Auburn Hills campus library.

The increase in volumes combined with Cooley's collections at its Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Lansing campuses, makes Cooley the second-largest law library in the state.

"Our goal with this expansion was to give students, lawyers, and members of the public a chance to not only have access to these resources, but to give them the opportunity to do so in a comfortable environment that provides an ideal setting to study and research the law," says John Nussbaumer, associate dean at the Auburn Hills campus.

Besides nearly doubling overall library space to more than 21,000 square feet and shelf space from 8,100 to nearly 16,000 linear feet, the expansion and other changes have also doubled seating and and group study rooms. About 800 students attend school at the Auburn Hills campus.

"Our projected growth is a nice healthy figure," Levenson says. "It's fantastic to see it all done and ready to accommodate the current student body and the projected student body."

Source:  Helen Levenson, head of public service for Cooley Law School Auburn Hills campus library; John Nussbaumer, associate dean at Cooley Law School Auburn Hills campus
Writer: Kim North Shine