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==Reputation==
==Reputation==
Michigan Law has long been a leader in elite legal education. Michigan Law was ranked third in the initial ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' [[Law school rankings in the United States|law school rankings]] in 1987, only below [[Yale]] and [[Harvard]], and is one of seven schools to never appear outside the magazine's top 10. In the most recent ''U.S. News'' ranking, Michigan Law is ranked ninth. As recently as 1997, the Law School was tied for the top spot in the ''U.S. News'' attorney/judge survey. Michigan Law consistently ranks first among public law schools. In Vault Law Rankings, Michigan is ranked second in the country.<ref> http://www.vault.com/lawschool/top25/],. ''[[Vault Top 25 Law Schools]]''. Accessed July 8, 2008.</ref>
Michigan Law has long been a leader in elite legal education. Michigan Law was ranked third in the initial ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' [[Law school rankings in the United States|law school rankings]] in 1987, only below [[Yale]] and [[Harvard]], and is one of seven schools to never appear outside the magazine's top 10. In the most recent ''U.S. News'' ranking, Michigan Law is ranked ninth. As recently as 1997, the Law School was tied for the top spot in the ''U.S. News'' attorney/judge survey. Michigan Law consistently ranks first among public law schools. In Vault Law Rankings, Michigan is ranked second in the country.<ref> http://www.vault.com/lawschool/top25/],. ''[[Vault Top 25 Law Schools]]''. Accessed July 8, 2008.</ref> Only [[Yale Law School]], [[Harvard Law School]], and [[Columbia Law School]] have graduated more Supreme Court Justices than Michigan Law.


Admission to Michigan Law is highly selective. Only one in five applicants is accepted. The most recent class had a median [[Law School Admission Test|LSAT]] score of 169 (top two to three percent of test-takers), and a median [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] [[Grade (education)|GPA]] of 3.7.
Admission to Michigan Law is highly selective. Only one in five applicants is accepted. The most recent class had a median [[Law School Admission Test|LSAT]] score of 169 (top two to three percent of test-takers), and a median [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] [[Grade (education)|GPA]] of 3.7.


About 99 percent of the graduating class of 2007 was employed by graduation, earning a median starting salary of $160,000. About 750 employers were present in Ann Arbor for the Law School's Early Interview Week in August 2006. Michigan Law has placed more [[List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court law clerks]] than any other public law school, with over 50 to date. Only [[Yale Law School]], [[Harvard Law School]], and [[Columbia Law School]] have graduated more Supreme Court Justices than Michigan Law.
About 99 percent of the graduating class of 2007 was employed by graduation, earning a median starting salary of $160,000. About 750 employers were present in Ann Arbor for the Law School's Early Interview Week in August 2006. Michigan Law has placed more [[List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court law clerks]] than any other public law school, with over 50 to date.


==History==
==History==
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==Moot Court Competitions==
==Moot Court Competitions==
Michigan Law School students may compete in intramural and extramural moot court competitions, the oldest of which is the prestigious Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition, an eighty-year tradition at the Law School.
Students may compete in intramural and extramural moot court competitions, the oldest of which is the prestigious Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition, an eighty-year tradition at the Law School.


==Student Funded Fellowships==
==Student Funded Fellowships==

Revision as of 03:10, 25 December 2008

University of Michigan Law School
UM Logo
TypePublic
Established1859
EndowmentUS$248 million(2000)
DeanEvan Caminker
Academic staff
310
Students1,100
Location
Ann Arbor
,
Michigan
,
USA
CampusUrban
Websitelaw.umich.edu

The University of Michigan Law School (Michigan Law) is the law school of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Founded in 1859, the school has an enrollment of about 1,200 students, most of whom are seeking Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees. The Law School has 81 full-time faculty members (60 tenured and tenure-track and 21 in clinical and legal practice). It is regarded as one of the most selective and prestigious law schools in the world.

The law school has graduated the late U.S. Supreme Court Justices Frank Murphy, William Rufus Day, and George Sutherland, as well as a number of heads of states and corporate executives. The school places more graduates in Supreme Court clerkships than any other public law school in the United States.

Reputation

Michigan Law has long been a leader in elite legal education. Michigan Law was ranked third in the initial U.S. News & World Report law school rankings in 1987, only below Yale and Harvard, and is one of seven schools to never appear outside the magazine's top 10. In the most recent U.S. News ranking, Michigan Law is ranked ninth. As recently as 1997, the Law School was tied for the top spot in the U.S. News attorney/judge survey. Michigan Law consistently ranks first among public law schools. In Vault Law Rankings, Michigan is ranked second in the country.[1] Only Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and Columbia Law School have graduated more Supreme Court Justices than Michigan Law.

Admission to Michigan Law is highly selective. Only one in five applicants is accepted. The most recent class had a median LSAT score of 169 (top two to three percent of test-takers), and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.7.

About 99 percent of the graduating class of 2007 was employed by graduation, earning a median starting salary of $160,000. About 750 employers were present in Ann Arbor for the Law School's Early Interview Week in August 2006. Michigan Law has placed more Supreme Court law clerks than any other public law school, with over 50 to date.

History

The Law School was founded in 1859, and quickly rose to national prominence. By 1870, Michigan was the largest law school in the country.

In 1870, Gabriel Franklin Hargo graduated from Michigan as the second African-American to graduate from law school in the United States. In 1871 Sarah Killgore, a Michigan Law graduate, became the first woman to pass the bar.[2]

Although the law school is part of the public University of Michigan, only some three percent of the law school's expenses are covered by state funds. [3] The balance is supplied by private gifts and endowments.

Law Quad

The Lawyer's Club, Law Quadrangle, Library reading room, and Library exterior.

The Law Quadrangle is designed in English Gothic style

Built between 1924 and 1933 by the architectural firm York and Sawyer with funds donated by William Cook (an alumnus), the Cook Law Quadrangle comprises four buildings:

  • Hutchins Hall, the main academic building, named for former Dean of the Law School and President of the University, Harry Burns Hutchins
  • The Legal Research Building. In 2007, the University of Michigan Reading Room was named 94th on a list of "American's Favorite Buildings."[4]The building is one of only three law buildings on the list.
  • John Cook Dormitory, providing housing for 352 students
  • The Lawyer's Club, a meeting space for the residents of the Quad, highlighted by a Great Lounge, and a dining room with a high-vaulted ceiling, an oak floor, and dark oak paneling.[5]

Publications

Michigan Law School students publish six well-regarded law journals including the Michigan Law Review, the sixth oldest legal journal in the U.S. The other law journals include:

Moot Court Competitions

Students may compete in intramural and extramural moot court competitions, the oldest of which is the prestigious Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition, an eighty-year tradition at the Law School.

Student Funded Fellowships

Student Funded Fellowships (SFF) is a program designed to fund Michigan Law students who public interest summer jobs with low-pay. SFF is governed by a board of 9-12 law students and operates independently of the Law School. The Board elects its own members, including two co-chairs, a treasurer, and various committee chairs. Board members head fundraising efforts throughout the year, ranging from Donate a Day's Pay (DADP), in which highly paid law firm clerks donate a day's salary to SFF, to a grand auction in March that invites bids on various donated items, including sports tickets, meals with faculty members, and art. In the late spring, Board members review applications for summer funding and select a limited number of highly qualified students for grants. In 2007 about twice as many students applied for grants as could be funded.

Notable faculty

Notable Alumni

References

  1. ^ http://www.vault.com/lawschool/top25/],. Vault Top 25 Law Schools. Accessed July 8, 2008.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ http://www.law.umich.edu/campaign/thirdyearchallenge/Pages/thirdyearchallenge-faq.aspx
  4. ^ http://www.favoritearchitecture.org/
  5. ^ Bentley Historical Library New Website

See also

Notes

  1. ^ University of Michigan: Diversity Research & Resources, Proposal 2 Information. Link to UM wesbite
  2. ^ Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm, No. 2:06-cv-15024 (E.D. Mi.) (Lawson); Nos. 06-2640, 06-2642 (6th Cir. 2007).
  3. ^ January 10, 2007 statement by Dean Evan Caminker. See statement here
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