The Thomas M. Cooley Law School received a $300,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative federal grant program (CFDA 16.746). The funding will support the WMU-COOLEY LAW SCHOOL INNOCENCE PROJECT CONVICTION INTEGRITY PROGRAM from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The goals of the federal grant program include providing training and technical assistance to prosecutors and defense attorneys litigating capital cases as well as reviewing individual post-conviction claims of innocence. With this award, the Cooley Law School Innocence Project will work to deliver wrongful conviction review services and further the goals of the Capital Case Litigation Initiative program during the specified award period.
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