{"id":134601,"date":"2026-01-28T06:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134601\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:40:08","slug":"cooley-law-school-welcomes-new-students-at-tampa-bay-campus-the-florida-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134601\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooley Law School welcomes new students at Tampa Bay campus \u2013 The Florida Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                Cooley Law School welcomes new students at Tampa Bay campus<\/p>\n<p>                <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-553725\" class=\"wp-image-553725 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cooley-Tampa.jpg\" alt=\"Cooley Law School welcomed 30 new students to its Tampa, Florida, campus during the evening and weekend program orientation for the Hilary spring semester in January.\" width=\"996\" height=\"248\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-553725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cooley Law School welcomed 30 new students to its Tampa campus during the evening program orientation for the spring semester in January.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"302\">Cooley Law School welcomed 30 new students to its Tampa Bay campus during the evening program orientation for the spring semester.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"601\">Orientation was held January 9 and included the administration of the professionalism oath by Hillsborough County Circuit Court Judge Nick Nazarian. The oath requires students to adhere to Cooley\u2019s Honor Code, which serves as the official guide to student conduct and behavior while in law school.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"1027\">Incoming students also participated in discussions with current students, who shared advice on preparing for classes, effective study techniques, and ways to fully engage in the law school experience. Additional sessions included \u201cIntroduction &amp; Learning Techniques\u201d with President and Dean James McGrath, \u201cPreparing for Class with Dean\u2019s Fellows,\u201d and \u201cHow and Why to Read and Brief Cases,\u201d led by Cooley faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1242\">The orientation concluded with a pinning ceremony honoring incoming students and welcoming them into the profession and study of law. The pin symbolizes each student\u2019s professional persona as a lawyer in training.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1371\">Students beginning in January at Cooley Law School\u2019s Tampa Bay campus attend classes Monday through Friday during the evenings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cooley Law School welcomes new students at Tampa Bay campus Cooley Law School welcomed 30 new students to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-134601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-tampa","9":"tag-tampa-headlines","10":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}