Michigan State University College of Law
Legal education branch of Michigan State University
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| January 2024 | Linda Sheryl Greene stepped down as dean, with Michael Sant'Ambrogio serving as interim dean. |
| 2023 | 5.15% of graduates obtained local or state judicial clerkships within 10 months after graduation. |
| 2023 | 27.84% of graduates were employed in public interest, government, higher education, or business within 10 months after graduation. |
| 2023 | 69.59% of Michigan State University College of Law graduates obtained full-time, long-term bar-passage-required employment as attorneys within 10 months after graduation. |
| 2023 | 1.55% of graduates obtained a federal clerkship within 10 months after graduation. |
| 2023 | 8.76% of graduates were employed in full-time JD advantage positions within 10 months after graduation. |
| 2023 | Michigan State University College of Law admitted students for the entering class, with an acceptance rate of 39.37% and an enrollment rate of 35.37% among accepted applicants. The admitted students had an average LSAT score of 159 and an undergraduate GPA of 3.55. |
| 2022 | Michigan State University College of Law achieved a 77.46% bar examination passage rate for first-time test takers. |
| 2022 | Michigan State Law Review was ranked 99th among American law school journals, receiving a score of 14.55 out of 100 by Washington and Lee University School of Law. |
| June 1 2021 | Linda Sheryl Greene became Dean and MSU Foundation Professor of Law, serving as the Inaugural Dean of the College of Law. |
| 2020 | The law school's Ultimate Bar Pass Rate was 88.26% for the graduating class, as defined by ABA standards of graduates passing the bar examination within two years of graduation. |
| August 17 2020 | Integration with Michigan State University was finalized, completing the transition to a public law school. |
| January 2020 | Melanie B. Jacobs was appointed as the law college's interim dean. |
| October 26 2018 | MSU's board of directors voted to fully integrate the College of Law into the University, transitioning from a private to a public law school. |
| 2017 | Elizabeth T. Clement became a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and is currently serving as chief justice. |
| 2016 | Lawrence Ponoroff became the Dean in the fall, serving until the end of December 2019. |
| 2015 | Mike Bishop became a U.S. Representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district, serving until 2018. |
| 2010 | Alton Thomas Davis was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm. |
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