Cooley Law school receives record number of applications
The Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced Tuesday that it received more applications in April 2010 than during any April in the school’s 38-year history. It is the second month in a row that the school has received a record number of applications.
April’s record 512 applications followed a record of 930 in March. The two-month total of 1,442 is 13.7 percent higher than the former March-April record set in 2007. April applications increased 25.4 percent from 2009, including a 58 percent increase in applications from Michigan residents.
In 2010, total applications are up 10 percent, with a 13 percent increase in applications from Michigan residents. In 2009, the school received 5,514 applications for its juris doctor program, along with 85 applications for its master of laws programs.
“Several things stand out in looking at the data from these two months,” said Assistant Dean of Admissions Stephanie Gregg. “Most of this increase can be attributed to the popularity of the new campus in Ann Arbor, which already accounts for 25 percent of all applications. And the Auburn Hills campus is proving to be very popular with Michigan residents, with 42 percent of Michigan applicants selecting Auburn Hills. The Grand Rapids campus continues to attract out-of-state residents, as last fall’s class and the deposits for this September’s class show that 66 percent of students are coming from outside of Michigan.”
Writer joins staff of The Legal News
John Minnis, former editor of The Grosse Pointe News, has joined the editorial staff of The Detroit Legal News.
His hiring was announced by Suzanne Favale, publisher of The Legal News network of three daily and seven weekly newspapers stretching across Michigan.
A resident of Grosse Pointe Woods, Minnis will be responsible for covering a range of legal matters in metro Detroit, while also contributing to the company’s quarterly magazine, Motion.
Minnis began his journalism career in 1985 at The Source Newspapers in Utica. He later worked at Neighbor Newspapers in Marietta, Ga., outside Atlanta, serving as associate editor of two of the company’s weekly publications. In 1988, Minnis and his wife, Terry, returned to the Detroit area, where he was hired as a reporter for The Grosse Pointe News. He rose through the ranks to become editor of the award winning weekly, eventually spending 19 years with the newspaper. Minnis has served as a freelance writer for The Legal News over the past three years.
A twin, Minnis grew up as one of eight children on a farm in the Thumb, graduating from Yale High School in 1973. He earned an associate’s degree from Macomb Community College, a bachelor degree in journalism from Wayne State University, and a master’s from Michigan State University. He serves as a trustee of the Grosse Pointe Public Library and on the Grosse Pointe Library Foundation board. He also is on the board of The Family Center of Grosse Pointe & Harper Woods, serving as volunteer newsletter editor and chairman of the marketing committee.
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