BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:25th Anniversary Gala - Cooley Innocence Project DESCRIPTION:RSVP Today: Cooley Innocence Project 25th Anniversary\n\nSince its founding in 2001\, the Cooley Innocence Project has given students the opportunity to work on real cases with real\, life-changing consequences. As Michigan's only post-conviction DNA innocence organization\, the Cooley Innocence Project has screened thousands of cases and helped secure the exoneration of 10 wrongfully convicted individuals.25th Anniversary Gala - September 19\, 2026\nTo mark this milestone\, Cooley Law School will host a 25th Anniversary Gala honoring the legacy and impact of the Cooley Innocence Project. The event will bring together alumni\, faculty\, students\, legal partners\, and supporters for an evening of reflection and recognition\, celebrating lives changed\, cases fought\, and the collective commitment to justice that has defined the Project for 25 years. Proceeds from the gala will support the continued work of the Innocence Project and the next generation of students dedicated to seeking truth and accountability.Guest Speakers:Dan Slepian - NBC News journalist\, author\, podcaster\, producer at Dateline NBC\, and Pulitzer Prize finalist.Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez - Internationally recognized justice reform advocate. Spent nearly 24 years wrongfully imprisoned. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

RSVP Today: Cooley Innocence Project 25th Anniversary

Since its founding in 2001\, the Cooley Innocence Project has given students the opportunity to work on real cases with real\, life-changing consequences. As Michigan&rsquo\;s only post-conviction DNA innocence organization\, the Cooley Innocence Project has screened thousands of cases and helped secure the exoneration of 10 wrongfully convicted individuals.

25th Anniversary Gala - September 19\, 2026
To mark this milestone\, Cooley Law School will host a 25th Anniversary Gala honoring the legacy and impact of the Cooley Innocence Project. The event will bring together alumni\, faculty\, students\, legal partners\, and supporters for an evening of reflection and recognition\, celebrating lives changed\, cases fought\, and the collective commitment to justice that has defined the Project for 25 years. Proceeds from the gala will support the continued work of the Innocence Project and the next generation of students dedicated to seeking truth and accountability.

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