Michigan Press Association Joins Public Citizen in Appeals Court to Stop Cooley's Assault on the First Amendment

01/12/2012

The Michigan Press Association, Gannett Company, Inc., Scripps Media, Inc. (as owner and operator of WXYZ-TV in Detroit), the Detroit News, Inc., The Macomb Daily, and The Rail joined the Public Citizen in Michigan Appeals Court filing an amicus brief supporting the position that the Thomas M. Cooley Law School should not be entitled to proceed with their frivolous claims and should be subjected to scrutiny under the widely accepted constitutional Dendrite standard. Gannet Company is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend. The Detroit News is one of the two largest newspapers in Detroit.

Michigan Press Association Amicus Brief and Public Citizen Brief:

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Comments

Jeff link

01/16/2012 8:45pm

Good evening, I am a 2011 graduate of a Midwestern T4. I recently received my first email soliciting my employment status and a thought occurred to me. As a longtime follower of the law school scam blog movement, I have heard much of the distortion of employment statistics, in part, because only winners are reporting their salaries.

Given the increased attention the various blogs have received in the past year, why not post, and encourage other in the blog movement to post, encouragement for 2011 graduates to contact their schools and provide all of the information we would like to see the schools be required to collect and publish? (at least those of us who are transparency oriented)

I am planning on sending this suggestion out to other blogs. Let me know what you think.

Jeff

ExCoolaid

01/18/2012 10:33am

Nice! In sum, it's telling Cooley to go FRCP12B6 itself! :)

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A Cooley degree sounds like a real "steal" at $52,476 a year, no?? Would you attend this RANK NOT PUBLISHED "law school" with one of the WORST REPUTATIONS in the country and pending allegations of FRAUD, NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION, AND DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES in a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT for $250,000,000 (that's right- TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS) for three long hard years and spend over $156,000 (not including debt from undergraduate studies) for some of the worst chances at passing the bar (161 out of 193 law schools) or obtaining employment (181 out of 193 law schools) in America as Cooley itself reports (See Page 395/424) and a shot at an absolutely pathetic starting median salary (not even the average!) of between $46,000-$49,000 a year?? Those atrocious numbers are for those who are actually employed! On last check, this 2nd best school in the nation (only in their own make-believe rankings) had an EARTH-SHATTERING 3 employers on campus for interviews combined total from its FOUR CAMPUSES (soon to be 5) to recruit from its 4000+ student body and had a 1L attrition rate of 26% ?!?!?!?! A simple google search will reveal that noone has anything good to say about the school besides the school itself, its PR trolls, and its students who feel obligated to defend this wretched institution after investing hundreds of thousands of dollars and having their entire future and careers dependent on the Cooley brand. This one is a no-brainer folks, if you are thinking of attending the Thomas M. Cooley Law School I would suggest you invest your time, effort, and money in more fulfilling, rewarding, and financially prudent endeavors. I have provided links to a lot of information, I urge you to make an informed decision before you decide to attend this school.

I am Rockstar05, a former student of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Scam who was smart and fortunate enough to GET OUT to a better law school. I am here to bring truth and awareness to the students getting suckered in by this unethical, hypocritical, corporatized, and despicable excuse for a law school.