Cooley Law School Won’t Enroll New 1Ls at Ann Arbor Campus, Plans Faculty Layoffs
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Law students hoping to start their first year at Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s Ann Arbor, Michigan, campus this fall will have to change their plans.
According to an internal announcement obtained by Above the Law, Cooley “will hold off enrolling incoming first-term students at the Ann Arbor campus for fall 2014.” The Ann Arbor location is one of four Cooley campuses in Michigan; a fifth campus is in Tampa, Florida.
The Ann Arbor hold on enrollment is part of a plan “designed to right size and reinvent the school,” says the announcement on an internal portal. The “aggressive financial management plan” also includes faculty and staff layoffs.
Students currently enrolled at the Ann Arbor campus will have access to the school’s full curriculum, the announcement says.
“As with most law schools across the country, Cooley’s enrollment and revenue have continued to decline,” the announcement begins. “Despite our ongoing cost control efforts, it has become apparent that we must now reassess our costs, including our faculty and staff levels, in light of current enrollment.”
The announcement also says that Cooley will work to keep tuition increases as low as possible, and its 2014-15 academic calendar won’t change.
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