Warner Norcross & Judd LLP is partnering with financial, construction and consulting companies to host a Green Real Estate Conference on Wednesday, June 9.
The seminar will focus on financing, developing, building, leasing and insuring green building projects.
Construction and real estate attorneys from Warner Norcross will join representatives from Comerica Bank, URS Corp. and FirstMetrix Corp. for the morning seminar, which runs from 7:30 a.m. to noon at The Westin Southfield Detroit, 1500 Town Center in Southfield.
The seminar costs $40 if registration is completed by Friday, May 21, or $55 after that date.
For additional information, go to www.wnj.com/newsevents or contact Sharon Sprague at 616.752.2326 or ssprague@wnj.com.
The Thomas M. Cooley Law School recently announced 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.
Stephanie Gregg, assistant dean of admissions, said most of the increase can be attributed to the popularity of the new campus in Ann Arbor, which already accounts for 25 percent of all applications.
The Auburn Hills campus is popular with Michigan residents, she said, with 42 percent of Michigan applicants selecting that location.
The school also has campuses in Lansing and Grand Rapids.
Court says convict’s rights were violated
DETROIT (AP) — In an unusual remedy, Wayne County prosecutors have been told to reopen a 2003 case and offer a plea bargain that carries a significantly shorter prison sentence.
A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday that Anthony Cooper got bad advice from his lawyer.
He went to trial, was convicted of assault with intent to murder and isn’t eligible for release until 2020.
The rejected plea deal carried a possible prison sentence of less than five years.
Cooper’s appellate lawyer, Valerie Newman, says it’s now possible he soon could be eligible for parole.
The appeals court says Cooper’s constitutional rights were violated by the ineffectiveness of his trial attorney.
The Michigan attorney general’s office says it’s reviewing the decision.
