University of Michigan Law School Stats

By the Numbers

Established: 1859
Number of Students: 1,151

Student Body Demographics:
Minority: 24%
African-American: 5.3%
American Indian: 1.7%
Asian-American: 12.3%
Hispanic: 4.6%
International: 3.5%

Residents: 21%
Nonresidents: 79%
Men: 57.3%
Women: 42.7%
Number of Professors: 86
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 12.4 to 1

Tuition: Resident: $41,500; Nonresident: $44,500
Number of Applicants: 5,577
Number of Acceptances: 1,181
Yield: 30.2%

% graduates entering different occupations 2007:
Government: 1.3%
Public Interest: 5.8%
Judicial Clerks: 14.2%
Academia: 1.1%
Law Firms: 74.4%
Business/Industry: 3.2%

Bar Passage Rate: 93%

Contact

The University of Michigan Law School
Admissions Office
726 Oakland Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Admissions phone: (734) 764-0537
Admissions fax: (734) 647-3218
Admissions e-mail: law.jd.admissions@umich.edu

Academics

Specialized programs: Program in Refugee and Asylum Law; Environmental Law and Policy Program; European Legal Studies Program; Japanese Legal Studies Program; Chinese Legal Studies Program

Special institutes or centers: Center for International and Comparative Law; John M. Olin Center for Law and Economics