Michigan State University, College of Law Admission
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The Facts

Michigan State University is a rather large, private institution located in the town of East Lansing, Michigan, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 41,000 students. The university's College of Law, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 656 graduate law students. The average age of enrollment is around 28, and it is quite rare for any students to enter the school directly from their undergraduate education. The school is perhaps best known for its amazing library and subsequent research resources, its connections within the Michigan legal community, as well as for its practical approach to legal theory and philosophy. The school offers degrees in the 3 year JD, the 1 year LLM for international lawyers, as well as combined degrees in the 4 year JD/MBA, the 4 year JD/MPA, the 4 year JD/MLIR, the 4 year JD/JDMS, as well as the 4 year JD/MA. Some of the most popular programs of study include courses in the areas of international law as well as taxation.

Admission to Michigan State University's College of Law is fairly competitive among the relatively few students who apply; last year, over 1,055 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 700 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 210 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had an average LSAT score ranging from 150 to 158, as well as an average undergraduate GPA of about a 3.2. Students are notified of their admissions status on a rolling basis, and there is currently no early application program in place.

The College of Law has 30 faculty members, all of whom come from very diverse legal and professional backgrounds. Students give mostly glowing reviews of their professors, saying that they range from the strictly Socratic to the new school using South Park episodes in class. The school has a fairly manageable student to faculty ratio of 20:1, and while some classes are a bit large, most are small enough to allow for plenty of interaction and discussion between students and their professors.

Employment Facts

Students at MSU's College of Law don't seem too anxious about finding jobs after graduating; in fact, over 91% of the most recently graduating students found a job within a few months of receiving their degrees. Students are most frequently hired by firms such as Clark Hill PLC, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Kitch Drutchas Wagner and Kenney PC, Secrest Wardle Lynch Hampton Truex and Morley, the Michigan Court of Appeals, the Oakland County prosecutor's office, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Deloitte and Touche LLP, Ford Motor Company, General Motors legal staff, as well as Pepsi.

What's Good

"I think this law school is a very well-kept secret. It's really a wonderful place."

"Our professors are brilliant not only in legal matters, but in life itself."

"The students here tend to be really supportive of one another, not cutthroat in the least."

What's Bad

"There isn't ever enough on campus graduate housing available."

"There are some professors who are way too old-fashioned and don't keep up with the news."

"I wish there were more interesting internships available to us. It's pretty limited at the moment."

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