Above the Law

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School Website
NALP
Region
Midwest
State
Michigan
Dean
Evan H. Caminker
Enrollment
1,134
Student/Faculty Ratio
12.8
Talking Points
  • Places more graduates in Supreme Court clerkships than any other public law school in the US
  • Notable Alumni: Valerie Jarrett, Bob Woodruff, Brian Leiter, Ann Coulter, Rick Snyder

Recent Headlines from Above the Law

 

How much does your LSAT score really matter these days?

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 / 12:33 PM

More exam screw-ups from professors with no accountability…

Thursday, May 9, 2013 / 10:11 AM

One can live well in Ann Arbor on a six-figure salary….

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 / 1:24 PM

* Eugene Volokh analyzes the free-speech issues raised by the prosecution of Anya Bargh, the UConn law student accused of sending anti-Semitic and racist emails. [Volokh Conspiracy]

* Lawyerist thinks you suck, not the gunners. Discuss. [Lawyerist]

* Law and the Multiverse now has CLE courses about comic books. Maintaining this license just got that much easier. [Law and the Multiverse]

* Some new developments in the Ed O’Bannon case against the NCAA. Basically, discovery has not been kind to the NCAA. [Bloomberg]

* All the editors-in-chief at Michigan Law are women. Now, if another 90 or so journals follow suit, Staci’s article will seem outdated. [Michigan Law]

* Ruh-roh. Did David Boies blow the lid off campaign spending limits last cycle? [Huffington Post]

* No, Mike Bloomberg was not denied a slice of pizza yesterday. [Gawker]

* WARNING: If you understand math, the latest from NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly will annoy the hell out of you. [PrawfsBlawg]

* Man injured in a drunken fight sues the bar that he says should have cut him off. [Overlawyered]

Friday, May 3, 2013 / 4:26 PM

Please advise three more prospective law students on where they should go. They’ve gotten into some great schools, but greatness isn’t cheap.

Monday, Apr 15, 2013 / 9:14 PM

All hell breaks loose at the bottom of the T14 — we’re talking double-digit underemployment figures!

Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 / 2:00 PM

When a law student writes an overly dramatic email, it’s best to shut them down with a dose of sarcasm.

Friday, Apr 5, 2013 / 12:29 PM

* It looks like it’s time for yet another rousing game of Biglaw musical chairs. This time, 11 of Bingham McCutchen’s securities enforcement partners are hightailing it over to Sidley Austin en masse. [DealBook / New York Times]

* This week in on-shore outsourcing: there may be a job waiting for you at Kaye Scholer’s new operations center (so new we bet you didn’t know about it), so hurry up and apply, because the interviews are soon. [Tallahassee Democrat]

* “We’re trained in the law and persuasion, not firearms.” But maybe you should be? After the targeted killing of attorneys in Texas, prosecutors are now on high alert. [New York Times]

* When looking at the current law school model, Paul Caron of TaxProf Blog urges law deans to take advice from Jimmy McMillan because “law school tuition is simply too damn high.” [Businessweek]

* Change our admissions practices amid the worst legal economy we’ve seen in decades? “Ain’t nobody got time for that,” scoffed Sarah Zearfoss, director of admissions at Michigan Law. [AnnArbor.com]

* Drexel Law will accept applications for its two-year law degree program in May 2014. The higher-ups at the ABA are scheduled to laugh their asses off on or about the same date. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

* “[F]or James Eagan Holmes, justice is death.” In a move that shocked absolutely no one, the prosecution in the Aurora, Colorado movie theater massacre case is seeking the death penalty. [CNN]

Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 / 9:04 AM

Which elite law schools have failed to provide employment transparency data that’s required by the ABA?

Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 / 1:29 PM

You should be required to use and understand this tool before you apply to law school.

Friday, Mar 1, 2013 / 3:21 PM

More University of Michigan Law School news

  • Interview with AdmissionsDean

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    “Ours is a very collegial student body . . . so, I think it’s really important that there not be a high ‘jackass’ quotient here.” – Sarah Zearfoss – Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions, UMich Law
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