It was a BAD week for…
Students who hate to commute, after Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School notified students that it intends to cease operations at its Ann Arbor campus on December 31, 2014, forcing them to commute at least an hour to the next closest campus.
Cooley Law, which admits students to the school as a whole and not to one of its five campuses, had previously announced the closure as a possibility. It is still subject to approval of teach-out plans that the law school has submitted to its accrediting agencies, the Higher Learning Commission and the American Bar Association.
The Law School told its Ann Arbor students in August of accommodations it would provide should the campus close, including: Early registration at other campuses; $1,500 cash stipend to help cover costs of attending a different campus; $3,500 stipend for a bar review course for graduates; specialized advising for registration, financial aid, housing and other issues.
Ann Arbor students will need to take classes at the school’s campuses in Lansing, Auburn Hills, Grand Rapids, or Tampa Bay, Florida. More than 60 percent of Ann Arbor students have taken classes at other campuses.
