MSU Law Fact Sheet

A COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM Our wide range of courses will prepare you for success on the bar exam and in your legal career.

MSU Law’s curriculum offers opportunities to pursue your career goals and challenge your intellect in 14 focus areas and certificate programs.

FOCUS AREAS & CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS Alternative Dispute Resolution Child & Family Advocacy Commercial Law Constitutional Law Corporate Law Criminal Law Environmental & Natural Resource Law Family Law Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute

Our students and graduates are making an impact in the legal profession and in their communities across the nation and all over the world.

MSU Law students gain legal experience at 200+ nationwide externship locations each summer. Our Office of Career Services connects students with opportunities in private practice, nonprofit human rights organizations, public prosecutors’ and defenders’ offices, Fortune 500 companies, and state and federal governments.

FALL 2014 ENTERING CLASS PROFILE LSAT

151 – 158

25th – 75th PERCENTILES

SCHOLARSHIP AID DISTRIBUTION $7,500$12,500 22%

FULL 22% TUITION

GPA

3.25 – 3.70 25th – 75th PERCENTILES

$15,000$20,000

38%

18% $25,000$30,000

Indigenous Law Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law International & Comparative Law Public Law & Regulation Taxation Law

MINORITY ENROLLMENT

STATES REPRESENTED

24%

29

With half a million alumni worldwide, you’ll find the MSU network wherever you plan to practice.

ADMISSIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP AID Our student body represents a vast range of personal and professional backgrounds. MSU Law students come from dozens of academic majors — engineering, liberal arts, political science, business, performing arts — and from universities across the country. This diversity creates a lively classroom environment and a rich exchange of ideas.

In 2014, 75% of the incoming class received scholarship or grant aid with an average award of over $20,000.

PRACTICE-READY GRADUATES

Candidates should apply for admission as early as possible before the February 1 priority deadline for scholarship consideration.

MSU Law’s focus on experiential learning gives our graduates the practice-ready skills that employers are looking for. Our clinical programs are giving students the opportunity to hone their legal writing, research, and analysis skills in the service of real clients.

BREAKDOWN OF JOBS BY SECTOR

50%

24%

PRIVATE PRACTICE

CLINICAL PROGRAMS

BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY

Conflict Resolution Clinic Criminal Law Family Law First Amendment Law

12% 9.5% 4.5%

PUBLIC INTEREST

Housing Law

GOVERNMENT

Immigration Law

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP

Intellectual Property Law Investment Law Prisoners’ Rights Law

NATIONWIDE EMPLOYMENT BY LOCATION

Tax Law Urban Agriculture Law

CLASSES OF 2008 THROUGH 2013

Students also acquire legal experience while working for the federal government through our popular Washington, DC, Semester Program.

MSU College of Law Office of Admissions and Financial Aid Law College Building 648 N. Shaw Lane, Room 300 East Lansing, MI 48824 admiss@law.msu.edu

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