The American Bar Association Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division is honoring Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School Prof. Gary P. Bauer with its Solo and Small Firm Trainer Award.
The award recognizes attorneys who have made significant contributions to educating lawyers or law students regarding the opportunities and challenges of a solo and small firm practice.
Bauer will be recognized during the Solo and Small Firm Awards Luncheon on Friday, May 13, during the 2016 Joint Spring Meeting at the Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel in Key West, Fla.
Bauer has made a number of significant contributions to educating lawyers and law students regarding the opportunities and challenges of a solo and small firm practice, according to the ABA.
In 1999, under Bauer’s guidance, Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School created a general practice, solo and small firm concentration that provided mentoring for students who were interested in solo and small firm practice.
Bauer volunteered to oversee the effort, working with the faculty advisers as well as mentoring students.
Bauer also created the WMU-Cooley class, Solo by Design™, to educate students on managing clients and operating a law firm as a solo practitioner. He recently launched a website and blog, sololawyerbydesign.com™, to provide law students, recent solo practitioners and seasoned professionals who wish to go solo with information and resources to be successful in the legal business.
Meanwhile, Bauer co-founded the “Solo Institute,” a continuing legal education conference held once a year in Michigan, sponsored by the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Michigan.
The program is now one of the most heavily attended CLE programs in Michigan.
Bauer practiced law as a criminal defense attorney before joining WMU-Cooley Law School in 1997.
He served in the U.S. Air Force before earning his bachelor’s degree from Purdue University, master’s degree from Central Michigan University and J.D. from WMU-Cooley Law School.
Bauer has written or co-written more than nine publications on the topic of teaching the law.
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