The School of Law at University of Detroit Mercy
EDU
March 2, 2019
Law School Admissions
Application
| Director of admissions |
Kathleen H. Caprio |
| Application deadline |
April 15 |
| Full-time program application fee |
$50 |
| Part-time program application fee |
$50 |
| Besides the fall semester, can enter in |
N/A |
Admissions & Enrollment (Overall)
| Acceptance rate |
42.8% – Medium |
| Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants |
3.16 |
| Median LSAT score for all program entrants |
152 |
Admissions & Enrollment (Full-time)
| Acceptance rate |
43.7% |
| LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) |
149-156 |
| Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile) |
2.91-3.38 |
| Median undergraduate GPA for full-time program entrants |
3.13 |
| Median LSAT score for full-time program entrants |
153 |
Admissions & Enrollment (Part-time)
| Acceptance rate |
35.9% |
| LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) |
145-152 |
| Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile) |
3.01-3.59 |
| Median undergraduate GPA for part-time program entrants |
3.28 |
| Median LSAT score for part-time program entrants |
147 |
Law School Academics
Academic Program Details
| Academic calendar |
Semester |
| Joint degrees offered |
| J.D./M.B.A. |
| Canadian American Dual JD |
| J.D./LED |
|
| Special programs offered to J.D. students (as provided by the school) |
| Law Firm Program; Canadian US Dual JD Program;Veterans Clinic; Consumer Debt Clinic; Mediation Training and Clinic; Mortgage Foreclosure Defense Clinic; Asylum Clinic; Immigration Law Clinic; Mobile Law Office; Appellate Advocacy Clinic; Urban Law Clinic; NITA Intersession; American Inns of Court; Public Service Fellowships; Youth Justice Clinic; Juvenile Law Appellate Clinic. |
| Programs/courses offered in |
| appellate advocacy |
intellectual property law |
| clinical training |
international law |
| dispute resolution |
tax law |
| environmental law |
trial advocacy |
| health care law |
|
Curricular Offerings (Overall)
| Classroom course titles, beyond the first-year curriculum, offered last year |
203 |
| Seminars |
13 |
| Positions available in seminars |
208 |
| Positions available in simulation courses |
828 |
| Positions available in faculty-supervised clinical courses |
238 |
| Student activities (as provided by the school) |
| Moot Court; Law Review; Student Bar Association; Black Law Student Alliance; Phi Alpha Delta; St. Thomas More Society; Women’s Law Caucus; International Law Society; Sports and Entertainment Law Society; Arab and Chaldean Law Student Society; Federalist Society; Jewish Law Student Society; OUTlaws. |
Curricular Offerings (Full-time)
| Typical first-year full-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections) |
72 |
| Is there typically a full-time “small section” of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)? |
No |
| Typical size of first-year “small section” |
N/A |
| Positions filled in full-time program seminars |
119 |
| Positions filled in full-time program simulation courses |
536 |
| Positions filled in faculty-supervised full-time program clinical courses |
170 |
| Full-time students involved in field placements |
89 |
| Full-time students involved in law journals |
50 |
| Full-time students involved in advanced moot court or trial competitions |
67 |
| Full-time students enrolled in independent study |
17 |
Curricular Offerings (Part-time)
| Typical first-year part-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections) |
51 |
| Is there typically a part-time “small section” of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)? |
No |
| Positions filled in part-time program seminars |
35 |
| Positions filled in part-time program simulation courses |
139 |
| Positions filled in faculty-supervised part-time program clinical courses |
45 |
| Part-time students involved in field placements |
19 |
| Part-time students involved in law journals |
4 |
| Part-time students involved in advanced moot court or trial competitions |
7 |
| Part-time students enrolled in independent study |
5 |
Faculty Profile (Fall 2011)
| Student-faculty ratio |
17.2:1 – High |
| Full- and part-time faculty |
69 |
| Full-time minority faculty |
19.4% |
| Part-time minority faculty |
15.8% |
| Total faculty |
90 |
| Total faculty (men) |
55.6% |
| Total faculty (women) |
44.4% |
| Total faculty (minorities) |
14.4% |
Class Size
Law School Ranking
| Rank Not Published |
Best Law Schools |
|
|
(1) Ranking by Specialties
RNP in Part-time Law
|
Law Ranking Scores
| Score |
N/A |
| Peer assessment score (out of 5) |
1.4 |
| Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5) |
1.7 |
| GPA (25th-75th percentile) |
2.92-3.4 |
| Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants |
3.16 |
| LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) |
147-156 |
| Median LSAT score for all program entrants |
152 |
| Acceptance rate |
42.8% – Medium |
| Student-faculty ratio |
17.2:1 – High |
| Graduates known to be employed at graduation |
N/A |
| Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation |
73.2% – Low |
| Bar passage rate (first-time test takers) |
77.6% – Low |
| State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar |
MI |
| Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers) |
84.8% |
Law School Student Body
Student Body (Overall)
Student Body (Full-time)
| Enrollment (full-time) |
556 |
Student Body (Part-time)
| Enrollment (part-time) |
120 |
Attrition Rates for Full- and Part-time Students (2010-2011)
| First-year students discontinuing law school |
13.9% |
| Second-year students discontinuing law school |
N/A |
| Third-year students discontinuing law school |
N/A |
| Fourth-year students discontinuing law school |
N/A |
| Male students discontinuing law school |
6.6% |
| Female students discontinuing law school |
3.8% |
Law School Cost
Financial Aid Contact Information
| Financial aid director |
Denise Daniel |
| Financial aid phone |
(313) 596-0214 |
| Financial aid application deadline |
April 1 |
Expenses
| Tuition and fees |
Full-time: $36,050 per year
Part-time: $28,856 per year |
| Room and board |
$11,510 |
| Books |
$1,950 |
| Miscellaneous expenses |
$8,276 |
| Is the tuition the same for first-, second-, and third-year students? |
Yes |
| Does the university offer housing restricted to law students? |
No |
| Does the university offer graduate student housing for which law students are eligible? |
Yes |
| Does the university offer a public-interest scholarship program to current J.D. students? |
Yes |
Grants (Full-time students)
| Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition |
23.9% |
| Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full |
3.4% |
| Students receiving grants of full tuition |
0.0% |
| Students receiving grants of more than full tuition |
0.2% |
| Median grant amount |
$8,000 |
| Grant range (25th–75th percentile) |
$3,000–$13,063 |
| Full-time students receiving grants |
27.5% |
Grants (Part-time students)
| Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition |
22.5% |
| Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full |
3.3% |
| Students receiving grants of full tuition |
0.0% |
| Students receiving grants of more than full tuition |
0.0% |
| Median grant amount |
$3,000 |
| Grant range (25th–75th percentile) |
$1,500–$7,400 |
| Part-time students receiving grants |
25.8% |
Indebtedness
| Average indebtedness of 2011 graduates who incurred law school debt |
$124,405 |
| Proportion who borrowed |
73.8% |
| Does the school offer a loan repayment assistance program for 2011 J.D. graduates? |
No |
Law School Library
Library Information Resources
| Print titles (excluding nonbook titles) |
54,835 |
| Microform titles |
197,570 |
| Electronic titles |
513,650 |
| Other non-book titles |
778 |
| Total titles |
766,833 |
| Volumes (excluding microforms) |
392,744 |
| Volume equivalent microforms |
197,810 |
| Total volumes and volume equivalents |
590,554 |
| Number of volumes in the collection that are stored off site and are systematically retrievable |
0 |
| Library’s online catalog or website includes links to electronic titles or databases made available by another campus library or consortia |
Yes |
Library Schedule of Operation
| Number of hours per week library is open on a regular schedule |
92 |
| Number of hours per week professional staff are on duty on a regular schedule |
92 |
| Number of hours per week only full-time support staff are on duty on a regular schedule |
0 |
| Number of hours per week only students or other part-time staff are on duty on a regular schedule |
0 |
| Number of hours of reference service provided per week on a regular schedule |
92 |
| Number of weeks per year library operates on an abbreviated schedule |
3 |
| Number of hours per week library is open on an abbreviated schedule |
83 |
| Number of hours per week professional staff are on duty are on an abbreviated schedule |
83 |
| Number of hours per week only full-time support staff are on duty on an abbreviated schedule |
0 |
| Number of hours per week only students or other part-time staff are on duty on an abbreviated schedule |
0 |
| Number of hours of reference service provided per week on an abbreviated schedule |
83 |
| Number of weeks per year library operates on expanded schedule |
8 |
Information Technology
| Department(s) responsible for the law school information technology operations |
law school information technology department, law school library, university information technology department |
| Approximate number of full-time-equivalent information technology staff (excluding hourly students and other temporary staff) |
4 |
| Number of open, wired network connections available to students in the law library (excluding computer labs) |
0 |
| Number of open, wired network connections available to students in classrooms |
15 |
| Number of open, wired network connections available to students in computer labs |
0 |
| Number of open, wired network connections available to students elsewhere in the law school |
0 |
| Does the law school have a wireless network? |
Yes |
| Wireless network is available |
in the law library, in classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, elsewhere in the law school |
| Does the school require entering students to own a computer? |
No |
Physical Library Facilities
| Net square feet of space assigned for library purposes |
23,839 |
| Total seats available for library users |
265 |
| Details about the library and other facilities (as provided by the school) |
UDM’s Kresge Law Library is situated within the School and contains individual and group study, reading and computer areas. The Library houses more than 390,000 volumes and serves as a federal depository. Faculty offices, classrooms, common areas with wireless access, administrative offices, bookstore, cafeteria, and student organization offices are all located on the law school campus. |
Law School Careers
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2010 administrations)
| State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar |
MI |
| Bar passage rate (first-time test takers) |
77.6% – Low |
| Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers) |
84.8% |
Class of 2010 Graduates
| Total graduates |
198 |
| Graduates known to be employed at graduation |
N/A |
| Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation |
73.2% |
Class of 2010 Graduates-Class Breakdown at Graduation
| Graduates whose employment status is unknown |
N/A |
| Graduates whose employment status is known |
N/A |
| Graduates known to be employed at graduation |
N/A |
| Graduates known to be enrolled in a full-time degree program |
N/A |
| Graduates known to be unemployed and seeking work |
N/A |
| Graduates known to be unemployed and not seeking work |
N/A |
Class of 2010 Graduates-Class Breakdown at Nine Months
| Graduates whose employment status is unknown |
2.5% |
| Graduates whose employment status is known |
97.5% |
| Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation |
73.2% |
| Graduates known to be enrolled in a full-time degree program |
3.5% |
| Graduates known to be unemployed and seeking work |
17.7% |
| Graduates known to be unemployed and not seeking work |
3.0% |
Starting Salaries of Graduates Employed Full-time (Class of 2010)
| 25th percentile private sector starting salary |
$44,500 |
| Median private sector starting salary |
$60,000 |
| 75th percentile private sector starting salary |
$66,250 |
| Percent in the private sector who reported salary information |
19% |
| Median public service starting salary |
$50,000 |
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2010)
| Percent employed in academia |
3.4% |
| Percent employed in business and industry |
25.5% |
| Percent employed in government |
12.4% |
| Percent employed in all judicial clerkships |
6.2% |
| Percent employed in law firms |
47.6% |
| Percent employed in public interest |
4.1% |
| Percent employed in an unknown field |
0.7% |
Employment Location (Class of 2010)
| Graduates employed in-state |
58% |
| Graduates employed out-of-state |
15.4% |
| Graduates employed in foreign countries |
27% |
| Number of states where graduates are employed |
10 |
| New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) |
0.8% |
| Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) |
8.9% |
| East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) |
60.2% |
| West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) |
0.0% |
| South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) |
2.4% |
| East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) |
0.0% |
| West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) |
0.0% |
| Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) |
0.0% |
| Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) |
0.8% |
| Employment location unknown |
0.0% |
Career Services
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school)
| Career services operations |
Full-time Career Services Assistant Dean; Full-time Director; Full-time Program Coordinator; Mock Interviews; Fall and Spring On-Campus Interview Programs; Alumni Mentor Program; Career Counseling; Resume and Cover Letter Review; Career Seminars; Job Postings; Preparing to Practice Series and other special events. |
Job Type
| Bar admission required/anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks) |
60.9% |
| Bar admission required/anticipated – percent employed in full-time positions |
95.1% |
| J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent) |
12.0% |
| J.D. preferred – percent employed in full-time positions |
87.5% |
| Professional other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse) |
12.8% |
| Professional other – percent employed in full-time positions |
82.4% |
| Non-professional other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path) |
3.8% |
| Non-professional other – percent employed in full-time positions |
80.0% |
