Steady growth has characterized Lansing-based Cooley Law School for the last several years. In April, Cooley Law School applications were up six percent compared to the same application period (September through April) in 2007.
“I think the word is out that Cooley Law School is the largest law school and we have an excellent program,” says Stephanie Gregg, assistant dean of Admissions for Cooley.
To meet this growing demand, Cooley Law School has expanded both in Grand Rapids and Auburn Hills. In January, Cooley opened a 63-acre campus in Auburn Hills, which is already being expanded upon.
Gregg says Cooley needed to expand to the two other locations because the main Lansing campus was getting too big. As the largest law school in the country, Cooley gets students from all over the world.
“When applicants are applying, they might wrongly think that just Michigan people are applying to Cooley, but only about 24 percent of our applicants are residents of the State of Michigan,” Gregg says. “We’re very much a national law school.”
Cooley students call 40 states and 33 foreign countries including Belize, Bosnia, Hati, South Korea and Pakistan, home.
Gregg says the school is on target to continue increasing application numbers.
Source: Karen Hogan, Seyferth Spaulding Tennyson Inc.
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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