"Michigan Law" redirects here. For the laws in the State of Michigan, see Law of Michigan.
University of Michigan Law School
Parent school
University of Michigan
Established
1859; 165 years ago (1859)
School type
Public law school
Endowment
$500 million (2019)[1]
Parent endowment
$17.9 billion[2]
Dean
Mark D. West
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Enrollment
976
Faculty
183
USNWR ranking
9th (tie) (2024)[3]
Bar pass rate
97.27%[4]
Website
michigan.law.umich.edu
ABA profile
Standard 509 Report
The University of Michigan Law School (Michigan Law,MLS) is the law school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1859, the school offers Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Comparative Law (MCL), Juris Doctor (JD), and Doctor of the Science of Law (SJD) degree programs.[5][6]
Notable alumni include U.S. Supreme Court Justices Frank Murphy, William Rufus Day, and George Sutherland, as well as a number of heads of state and corporate executives. Approximately 98% of Class of 2022 graduates were employed within ten months of graduation; its first time bar passage rate in 2023 was 95.45% and the passage rate for all graduates within two years was 99.20%.[7]
The school enrolls about 976 students and employs about 107 full-time faculty members and 76 non-full time faculty members.[8]
^Leiter, Brain (May 3, 2022). "Per student value of law school endowments21.html". Retrieved December 4, 2023.
^"Endowment generated 5.2% return in FY '23". University of Michigan. October 19, 2023. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
^"University of Michigan—Ann Arbor". Best Law Schools. U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^"These US law schools had the highest bar pass rates in 2023" (web). American Bar Association. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
^"Michigan Law History | University of Michigan Law School". michigan.law.umich.edu. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
^"Abbreviations – Brand & Visual Identity". Retrieved December 4, 2022.
^"University of Michigan Bar Passage Report" (PDF). American Bar Association. December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
^"University of Michigan 509 Report" (PDF). University of Michigan Law School. December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
and 28 Related for: University of Michigan Law School information
The UniversityofMichiganLawSchool (MichiganLaw,MLS) is the lawschoolof the UniversityofMichigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan...
Cooley LawSchool (Cooley) is a private lawschool in Lansing, Michigan, and Riverview, Florida. It was established in 1972. At its peak in 2010, Cooley...
The UniversityofMichigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution...
Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers. It was renamed Western MichiganUniversity in 1957. Western is one of the...
Stephen M. Ross Schoolof Business at the UniversityofMichigan (branded as Michigan Ross) is the business schoolof the UniversityofMichigan, a public research...
Wayne State UniversityLawSchool (Wayne Law) is the lawschoolof Wayne State University in Detroit. Wayne Law is located in Midtown, Detroit's Cultural...
Administration Library of the Ross Schoolof Business, and the Law Library of the UniversityofMichiganLawSchool. The University Library is also separate...
of individuals who have attended Columbia LawSchool. For a list of individuals who have attended or taught at Columbia University, see the list of Columbia...
Michigan, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It consists of the UniversityofMichigan Medical School and the university's affiliated hospitals and healthcare...
professor oflaw at the UniversityofMichiganLawSchool. Litman is a co-host of the podcast Strict Scrutiny, a podcast about the Supreme Court of the United...
law at the UniversityofMichiganLawSchool, Murray is a professor oflaw at New York UniversitySchoolofLaw, and Shaw is a professor oflaw at the University...
The MichiganLaw Review is an American law review and the flagship law journal of the UniversityofMichiganLawSchool. The MichiganLaw Review was established...
degrees to a J.D. Duke UniversityLawSchool made the change in 1968, and Yale LawSchool in 1971. List of vice presidents of the United States by education...
stepped down in March 2017. She is a professor oflaw at the UniversityofMichiganLawSchool, the author of "Attack from Within" and a legal analyst for...
The following is a list ofUniversityofMichigan alumni. There are more than 640,000 living alumni of the UniversityofMichigan in 180 countries across...
Dame LawSchool is the lawschoolof the Universityof Notre Dame. Established in 1869, it is the oldest continuously operating Catholic lawschool in the...
UniversitySchoolofLaw – not reported, but likely around 3.3 after 1L. Only 31% of 1L class grades are A−'s or higher. UniversityofMichiganLaw School...
The lawofMichigan consists of several levels, including constitutional, statutory, regulatory and case law. The Michigan Compiled Laws form the general...
List ofUniversityofMichigan alumni This is a partial list of notable alumni in law, government and public policy from the UniversityofMichigan. Please...
Global Information