Cooley Law School finalized plans to move its Tampa Bay campus to the Tampa Oaks area of Temple Terrace, Florida, close to downtown Tampa.
Cooley Law School’s Florida campus will occupy part of the first floor and the entire second floor of the Tampa Oaks II building located at 12906 Tampa Oaks Blvd., which is near the University of South Florida, other higher education institutions and the I-75 corridor between Fletcher and Fowler Avenues.
Cooley Law School is an independent, private, non-profit law school that also has a campus in Lansing, Michigan. It was previously known as Thomas M. Cooley Law School and Western Michigan University Thomas M. Colley Law School.
“As Cooley Law School looks ahead to the future, we want to make sure our campus fits the needs of our students and faculty,” said James McGrath, president and dean of Cooley Law School.
Earlier this year, Cooley Law School entered into an agreement to sell its current campus to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Cooley Law School is leasing back the current campus at 9445 Camden Field Pkwy, in Riverview, until construction at Tampa Oaks II is complete.
Cooley Law School’s new Tampa Bay campus is near two apartment complexes and a Hilton Garden Inn providing attractive housing options for the school’s diverse mix of full- and part-time students.
Construction within the Tampa Oaks II building is expected to start soon. Renovations are also expected to be completed in time for the start of the law school’s January 2025 semester.
In addition to classrooms, the new campus will provide improved student- and faculty-focused amenities, such as appellate and trial courtrooms, a law library and space for the law school’s law clinics.
Once built out, the facility will include study rooms and ample study space, a welcome center, student lounge, student organization offices, faculty and staff offices and onsite parking.
Cooley Law School will lease the new campus from ESF Properties 22-01, LLC. Additional tenants of the Tampa Oaks Professional Park include HomeRiver Group, Fieldstone A&E and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
