WMU-Cooley Law School Professor David Tarrien has won the Cohn Prize in Law and Public Policy Scholarship.
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The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters has awarded WMU-Cooley Law School Professor David Tarrien with the Cohn Prize in Law and Public Policy Scholarship for his paper, “The Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School IEP Project: Engaging Students and Empowering Families.”
Tarrien’s paper explains how the Individualized Education Plan Project at WMU-Cooley Law School achieves specific goals in special education services for children, while developing law students to have a sense of responsibility to the community they are a part of by serving some of its most at risk members.
“It’s an honor to have been chosen to receive the Cohn Prize while at the same time raising awareness for needed changes to special education services locally, regionally and nationally,” said Tarrien.“Determining appropriate special education service for children is complex. The arcane nature of the statutes and rules surrounding IEPs often seem at odds with a caregiver’s eagerness to ensure academic success for a beloved child.”
At WMU-Cooley, Tarrien teaches Introduction to Law, Advanced Writing, Research and Writing, Federal Disability Law, Law of Cyberspace, Education Law, and Special Education Law.
Tarrien, who served as a volunteer researcher for the Michigan Disability Rights Coalition in East Lansing, was a law clerk and assistant attorney for Colpean and Associates in Lansing from 2002-03.
He has been a member of the boards of directors for both the Dyslexia Center of West Michigan and Arts in Motion. He is the founder and current board president of Friends of Dyslexia Education for West Michigan Children.
The Cohn Prize is awarded in recognition of Judge Avern L. Cohn for his patronage to the Academy and legal scholarship. This is the second time a WMU-Cooley professor has been awarded the Cohn Prize; Norman Otto Stockmeyer was honored in 2012 for his paper, “The Tortuous History of the Mutual-Mistake Doctrine in Michigan Contract Law.”
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