2009-10 Tuition + Fees
» Costs, scholarships, admissions |
- $1,025 per credit hour
- $28,740 (Full-time, based on ABA criteria + $40 SBA Activity Fee)
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2009-10 Estimated Educational Expenses |
- $13,800 (books, room & board, personal, transportation, and loan fees for two semesters).
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Admissions |
- Admissions eligibility is based on an
applicant's LSAT and Undergraduate Grade Point Average (UGPA).
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Admission
Index |
- UGPA (as evaluated by Law School Data Assembly
Service) x 15 + LSAT (LSAT scores accepted up to 5 years.)
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Scholarships & Financial Aid |
- Honors Scholarships range from 25 to 100% of tuition, based on Admission Index and LSAT score. Once enrolled, students can earn or increase their scholarships based on class rank.
- 52.5% of students receive scholarships.
- Michigan residents may be eligible for a 10% scholarship enhancement.
- Financial Aid available!
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Academic
Calendar |
- Year-round academic program with 3 semesters per year: January (Hilary), May (Trinity), and September (Michaelmas).
- Students may begin their studies in September, January, or May.
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Flexible
Scheduling
Options |
- Part-time and full-time programs
- Classes offered on weekdays, weeknights, or weekends
- Degree completion in two, three, or four years
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Locations |
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Faculty |
- Largest law school faculty in the nation, with 124 full-time faculty and 160+ adjunct faculty.
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Minority Enrollment |
- Largest JD minority enrollment in the nation.
- Largest JD foreign national enrollment in the nation.
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Student Profile |
- 3,783 students enrolled
- 858 are members of minority groups
- 1,773 are women
- 221 are from foreign countries
- 84% are enrolled part-time
- Median LSAT score 146
- Median undergraduate GPA 2.99
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Cooley Graduates |
- 13,500+ in all 50 states and a 12 countries
- Average starting salary $52,400
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Degrees |
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Clinical
Programs |
- Our externship program placed over 800 students in the last academic year. Currently, we have more than 2,100 approved placements across the United States and in select foreign countries.
- Access to Justice Clinic (Grand Rapids) provides free civil legal services to low and moderate income residents.
- Cooley Innocence Project (Lansing) helps innocent, incarcerated defendants obtain DNA testing;
- At the Estate Planning Clinic (Lansing and Auburn Hills), students counsel clients and draft wills, powers of attorney, and medical directives for them. Night and weekend students have priority.
- The Family Law Assistance Project (Auburn Hills). Students work on family law issues -- divorce, custody and domestic violence -- under the supervision of faculty and Lakeshore Legal Aid staff attorneys.
- At the Public Sector Legal Clinic (Grand Rapids), night and weekend students provide transactional, advisory, legislative or systemic nature to government clients in management or elected office.
- Sixty Plus, Inc., Elderlaw Clinic (Lansing) provides free civil legal help to area senior citizens;
- The Washtenaw Public Defender Clinic (Ann Arbor). Students have their own caseload and work with seasoned public defenders in a criminal litigation setting.
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Law
Library |
- 600,000+ volumes - Brennan Law Library is among the largest in the nation
- 52 full-time staff + 27 professional librarians
- Reference Desk staffed 86 hours per week by professional librarians. Research volumes from all 50 states, plus Federal and International materials.
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Accreditation
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