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Admission to the Law School is highly selective. Only one in five applicants to Michigan Law gains acceptance. The class of 2010 at Michigan possesses a median [[Law School Admission Test|LSAT]] score of 169 (which places one within the top two to three percent of all test takers), and a median GPA of 3.64. |
Admission to the Law School is highly selective. Only one in five applicants to Michigan Law gains acceptance. The class of 2010 at Michigan possesses a median [[Law School Admission Test|LSAT]] score of 169 (which places one within the top two to three percent of all test takers), and a median GPA of 3.64. |
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98% of the graduating class of 2006 was employed by graduation day, earning a median starting salary of $125,000. Additionally, 750 employers were present in Ann Arbor for the Law School’s Early Interview Week in August of 2006. |
98% of the graduating class of 2006 was employed by graduation day, earning a median starting salary of $125,000. Additionally, 750 employers were present in Ann Arbor for the Law School’s Early Interview Week in August of 2006. Historically, Michigan Law has been the top public law school for United States Supreme Court Clerkships, placing over 50 graduates in this position (the second highest public law school, [[Boalt]], has placed 32 graduates). |
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== History of Michigan Law School == |
== History of Michigan Law School == |
Revision as of 04:28, 13 April 2008
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1859 |
Endowment | US$248 million(2000) |
Dean | Evan Caminker |
Academic staff | 310 |
Students | 1,100 |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban |
Website | http://www.law.umich.edu/ www.law.umich.edu |
The University of Michigan Law School, located in Ann Arbor, is a unit of the University of Michigan. Founded in 1859, the Law School currently has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students, most of whom are earning the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Master of Laws (LLM). As of 2004, the Law School's faculty includes 72 full-time professors and 42 visiting or adjunct professors.
For decades Michigan Law has been regarded as one of the top law schools in the country--it ranked 3rd in the initial 1987 U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings and is one of only 7 schools to never appear outside the magazine's top 10. According to the 2009 edition of US News, Michigan Law is ranked 9th. Reputation surveys also consistently place Michigan among the top handful of schools, and, as recently as 1997, the Law School was tied for the top spot in the US News' attorney/judge survey. Moreover, Michigan Law consistently ranks first among public law schools.
Admission to the Law School is highly selective. Only one in five applicants to Michigan Law gains acceptance. The class of 2010 at Michigan possesses a median LSAT score of 169 (which places one within the top two to three percent of all test takers), and a median GPA of 3.64.
98% of the graduating class of 2006 was employed by graduation day, earning a median starting salary of $125,000. Additionally, 750 employers were present in Ann Arbor for the Law School’s Early Interview Week in August of 2006. Historically, Michigan Law has been the top public law school for United States Supreme Court Clerkships, placing over 50 graduates in this position (the second highest public law school, Boalt, has placed 32 graduates).
History of Michigan Law School
Michigan Law School was founded in 1859. Unlike other law schools whose programs developed slowly, Michigan quickly rose to national prominence. By 1870, Michigan was the largest law school in the country. The Law School boasts a long history of graduating women and minorities. In 1870 Gabriel Franklin Hargo graduated from Michigan as the second African American to graduate from a US law school. The school continued this tradition in 1871 when Sarah Killgore, a Michigan Law graduate, became the first woman to pass the bar. [1]
The University of Michigan Law Quad
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The English Gothic buildings that comprise the Law Quadrangle are the foundation of one of the most picturesque law campuses in the nation. Built between 1924 and 1933 the four original buildings comprising the Cook Law Quadrangle were constructed using funds donated by William Cook, an alumnus of the school. The original buildings were: (1) Hutchins Hall, the main academic building named for former Dean of the Law School and President of the University, Harry Burns Hutchins; (2) The Legal Research Building, likely the largest building in the world devoted exclusively to a law library; (3) The John Cook Dormitory, providing housing for 352 students; and (4) The Lawyer’s Club, a meeting space for the residents of the Quad, highlighted by a Great Lounge, and a stunning dining room with a high-vaulted ceiling, an oak floor, and dark oak paneling.[2] In 2007, the University of Michigan Reading Room was named 94th on a list of "American's Favorite Buildings."[3] The building is one of only three law buildings on the list.
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:
- University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
- Michigan Journal of International Law
- Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
- Michigan Journal of Race & Law
- Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
Moot court competitions
Michigan Law School students may compete in intramural and extramural moot court competitions, the oldest of which is the Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition. The Campbell Competition has been an annual event at the Law School for more than eighty years, and winning it is one of the highest honors a UM law student can achieve.
Student Funded Fellowships
Student Funded Fellowships (SFF) is a grant program designed to fund Michigan Law students who take low-paying summer jobs in the public interest. 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 up 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 alumni
- Ralph W. Aigler (LAW: J.D. 1907), Nationally known expert on property law, member of U-M faculty, 1910-1954; also inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor
- Ronald J. Allen (LAW: J.D. 1973), Northwestern University Professor of Law, named, in 2007, one of only four Americans to be designated as a Yangtze River Scholar, China's highest academic award, which was formerly only for Nobel Laureates. Allen is the first law professor to earn the award, which usually goes to scientists or economists.
- Edgardo Angara (LAW: LLM 1964), former president of the University of the Philippines and Senate President of the Philippines.
- Prudence Carter Beatty, (LAW: J.D. 1968), US Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York
- Steven G. Bradbury (LAW: J.D. 1988), Acting Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Counsel)
- Nicole (Niki) Burnham (LAW: J.D. 1994), Author, RITA award winner
- Mike Cox (LAW: J.D. 1989), current Michigan Attorney General
- Ann Coulter (LAW: J.D. 1988), Political personality
- Clarence Darrow, (LAW: DNG) Defense lawyer in the Scopes Trial
- Harry M. Daugherty (LAW: LL.B. 1880), Republican party "boss"
- William Rufus Day (LAW: LL.B. 1870), United States Secretary of State, 1898; United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1903-1922
- Harry T. Edwards (LAW: J.D. 1965), Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia
- Larry Elder (LAW: J.D. 1977), Radio and television talk show host
- Barry Fink (LAW: J.D.), American Century Investments a $106 billion asset management company, hired Mr. Fink as Chief Operating Officer in 2007. Mr. Fink will serve as a director of the American Century Cos. Inc. board.
- Harold E. Ford, Jr. (LAW: J.D. 1996), U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1997-2007.
- Ralph M. Freeman (LAW: LL.B. 1926), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1954-1990
- John J. Gardner (LAW: attended 1866-1867), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1893, and was mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey.[4]
- Richard Gephardt (LAW: J.D. 1965), U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1977-2005
- James P. Hoffa (LAW: LL.B. 1966), President of International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Amalya Lyle Kearse(LAW: J.D. 1962), Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Victor King (LAW: J.D. 1989), Contestant on "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" (Won $500,000; most money won on the game show to date)
- J. Thomas McCarthy (LAW: J.D. 1963), Author of McCarthy's Treatise on Trademark and Unfair Competition
- Charles Edward Merrill (LAW: 1906-1907), Co-Founded stock brokerage firm Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch. Worked at Merrill Lynch 1914-56
- Frank Murphy (LAW: LL.B. 1914), United States Attorney General, 1939, and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1940-1949
- Rob Portman (LAW: J.D. 1984), Director of the Office of Management and Budget
- Branch Rickey (LAW: J.D. 1911), Innovative Major League Baseball Executive.
- Richard Riordan (LAW: J.D. 1956), Los Angeles Mayor, 1993-2001
- John M. Rogers (LAW: J.D. 1974), Federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
- Larry Sager, (LAW: J.D. 1999), Author of No Guns, No Knives, No Personal Checks—The Tales of a San Francisco Cab Driver winner of the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award for the Best First Book (Fiction) from the Independent Publishers Marketing Association.
- Ken Salazar (LAW: J.D. 1981), U.S. Senator from Colorado
- Anthony Joseph Scirica (LAW: J.D. 1965), Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Cynthia Leitich Smith (LAW: J.D. 1994), Author
- George Sutherland (LAW: 1883), United States Supreme Court Justice
- Masaaki Tanaka (LAW: LLM), President and Chief Executive Officer of UnionBanCal Corporation and its principal subsidiary, Union Bank of California (NYSE:UB).
- Larry D. Thompson (LAW: J.D. 1974), Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
- Henry Clay Thornton (LAW: AM 1868), Prominent Logansport, Indiana, attorney; Uncle and mentor of William Wheeler Thornton
- William Wheeler Thornton (LAW: LL.B. 1876), Judge, Author, Indiana Deputy Attorney General, Indiana State Supreme Ct. Librarian
- Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker' (LAW: attended 1881-82), baseball player and author credited with being the first African-American to play professional baseball at the major league level.
- James J. White, (LAW: J.D. 1962), foremost expert on the Uniform Commercial Code.
- Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., (LAW: ) owner of Buffalo Bills football team.
- Roxanne Wilson, (LAW: J.D. 2003), an appellate attorney and candidate in The Apprentice 5
- Bob Woodruff (LAW: J.D. 1987), journalist and news anchor for ABC News
- Sam Zell (LSA: B.A. 1963; LAW: J.D. 1966) - Real estate developer and founder of Equity Office Properties or EOP, second in size only to the United States Government in value of property owned. Formerly Chairman of NAREIT or National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.
- Miriam Defensor Santiago (LAW: LL.M. 1975, S.J.D. 1976) - Senator of the Republic of the Philippines
References
See also
- List of University of Michigan people - People associated with the school are marked with LAW
- Law School Alumni in Government & Public Service
- Law School Alumni Legislators
- Catherine MacKinnon - Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law
External links
- University of Michigan Law School
- A virtual tour of the Law Quad
- 3d Law School Building in Google Earth
Notes
- ^ University of Michigan: Diversity Research & Resources, Proposal 2 Information. Link to UM wesbite
- ^ Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm, No. 2:06-cv-15024 (E.D. Mi.) (Lawson); Nos. 06-2640, 06-2642 (6th Cir. 2007).
- ^ January 10, 2007 statement by Dean Evan Caminker. See statement here