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Top 20 Law Schools by Application Volume: UM Graduates — Fall 2008
Name of School
Applicants
Admitted
Attended
UNIV OF MICHIGAN 364 87 52
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 225 46 9
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 208 60 11
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 198 156 50
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY 182 98 15
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 174 58 9
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO 171 74 19
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 158 55 10
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 146 15 4
MICHIGAN ST UNIV DETROIT COLL 144 111 29
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 143 24 7
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 141 44 8
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 141 25 8
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW 137 76 17
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCH OF LAW 136 30 8
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY 133 11 4
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL 128 28 7
UNIV OF CHICAGO 128 18 4
UNIV OF VIRGINIA 127 13 5
UNIV OF ILLINOIS 118 21 3
UNIV OF WISCONSIN 118 35 7
Top 20 Law Schools Attended: UM Graduates — Fall 2008

Note the popularity of Michigan, Chicago, and DC schools. Seven of the top 21 schools "attended" are not different law schools from the highest volume "applied". Thus options are important in the application process.

Name of School
Applicants
Admitted
Attended
UNIV OF MICHIGAN 364 87 52
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 198 156 50
THOMAS M.COOLEY LAW SCHOOL 114 84 33
MICHIGAN ST UNIV DETROIT COLL 144 111 29
UNIV OF DETROIT MERCY 95 71 21
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO 171 74 19
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW 137 76 17
BENJAMIN CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW 109 43 16
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY 182 98 15
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV 60 37 14
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL 94 44 13
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 208 60 11
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 158 55 10
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL CHICAGO 79 53 10
UNIV OF TOLEDO 43 21 10
WASHINGTON UNIV MISSOURI 99 37 10
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 174 58 9
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 225 46 9
UNIV OF MARYLAND 56 18 9
UNIV OF MIAMI 86 49 9
Law Schools (30+ UM applicants) by Percentage of Admitted Fall 2008
Name of School
% Admitted
# Admitted
MEAN LSAT
MEAN GPA
  
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 79% 156 157 3.37
MICHIGAN ST UNIV DETROIT COLL 77% 111 156 3.32
UNIV OF DETROIT MERCY 75% 71 153 3.15
THOMAS M.COOLEY LAW SCHOOL 74% 84 152 3.02
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL CHICAGO 67% 53 155 3.18
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 65% 34 162 3.43
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV 62% 37 159 3.33
UNIV OF PITTSBURGH 60% 27 159 3.45
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY 59% 19 159 3.22
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL 57% 36 156 3.33
UNIV OF MIAMI 57% 49 160 3.41
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW 55% 76 160 3.46
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY 55% 33 156 3.36
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY 54% 98 159 3.36
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 53% 16 158 3.40
UNIV OF OREGON SCH OF LAW 53% 18 160 3.40
TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 50% 20 162 3.55
ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 50% 18 160 3.33
UNIV OF TOLEDO 49% 21 157 3.25
UNIV OF ARIZONA 48% 15 161 3.46
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA 47% 17 158 3.18
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL 47% 44 162 3.44
LEWIS AND CLARK  47% 20 162 3.20
RUTGERS UNIV SCH OF LAW NEWAR 45% 15 159 3.35
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO 43% 74 160 3.50
PENNSYLVANIA ST UNIV DICKINSO 43% 15 158 3.47
UNIV OF DENVER COLLEGE OF LAW 41% 19 160 3.31
BENJAMIN CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW 39% 43 163 3.50
UNIV OF IOWA 39% 13 161 3.51
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 39% 9 161 3.42
UNIV OF SAN DIEGO 39% 16 162 3.27
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 38% 16 162 3.51
UNIV OF SAN FRANCISCO 38% 15 160 3.24
WASHINGTON UNIV MISSOURI 37% 37 166 3.56
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY 36% 15 167 3.54
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 35% 12 158 3.43
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 35% 55 165 3.73
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 34% 15 161 3.70
UNIV OF FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE 34% 15 161 3.59
UNIV OF TEXAS SCH OF LAW 34% 24 167 3.73
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 33% 58 160 3.47
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA HASTINGS 33% 23 165 3.53
UNIV OF COLORADO 33% 17 164 3.59
LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL LOS ANGELES 33% 13 162 3.32
UNIV OF MARYLAND 32% 18 160 3.48
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 31% 11 163 3.44
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY 31% 10 160 3.41
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 31% 44 165 3.61
WILLIAM AND MARY LAW SCHOOL 30% 17 164 3.62
UNIV OF WISCONSIN 30% 35 162 3.55
UNIV OF WASHINGTON 29% 9 165 3.67
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 29% 60 165 3.65
EMORY UNIVERSITY 27% 25 164 3.50
UNIV OF MINNESOTA 26% 18 166 3.60
DUKE UNIVERSITY 26% 29 169 3.77
UNIV OF MICHIGAN 24% 87 167 3.75
UNIV OF NOTRE DAME 24% 17 166 3.60
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCH OF LAW 22% 30 171 3.82
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL 22% 28 165 3.70
UNIV OF SOUTHERN CALIF LAW SC 22% 24 168 3.62
GEORGE MASON UNIV SCH OF LAW 22% 17 164 3.54
INDIANA UNIV - BLOOMINGTON 21% 18 163 3.46
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 20% 46 169 3.74
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCH 20% 15 166 3.73
UNIV OF ILLINOIS 18% 21 164 3.60
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 18% 25 168 3.75
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA 17% 7 161 3.64
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 17% 24 170 3.76
CORNELL UNIVERSITY 14% 11 166 3.88
UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA 14% 16 168 3.81
UNIV OF CHICAGO 14% 18 170 3.86
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL 11% 12 171 3.94
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 10% 15 173 3.82
YALE LAW SCHOOL 10% 4 * *
UNIV OF VIRGINIA 10% 13 167 3.94
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY 8% 11 168 3.89
STANFORD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 5% 3 * *
Law Schools (30+ UM applicants) by Percentage Attended Fall 2008
Name of School
ENR/ADM
% Attended
# Attended
MEAN LSAT
MEAN GPA
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL 67% 8 171 3.91
STANFORD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 67% 2 * *
UNIV OF MICHIGAN 60% 52 166 3.69
UNIV OF MARYLAND 50% 9 158 3.37
YALE LAW SCHOOL 50% 2 * *
UNIV OF TOLEDO 48% 10 157 3.08
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA 43% 3 * *
THOMAS M.COOLEY LAW SCHOOL 39% 33 151 2.96
UNIV OF VIRGINIA 38% 5 164 3.88
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV 38% 14 158 3.32
UNIV OF SAN DIEGO 38% 6 160 3.22
BENJAMIN CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW 37% 16 161 3.44
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY 36% 4 * *
INDIANA UNIV - BLOOMINGTON 33% 6 160 3.41
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 33% 5 160 3.62
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 32% 50 154 3.32
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 32% 8 166 3.58
UNIV OF IOWA 31% 4 * *
LEWIS AND CLARK  30% 6 161 3.16
UNIV OF DETROIT MERCY 30% 21 149 2.94
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL 30% 13 160 3.37
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 29% 7 166 3.63
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 27% 3 * *
WASHINGTON UNIV MISSOURI 27% 10 161 3.38
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 27% 4 * *
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCH OF LAW 27% 8 171 3.83
RUTGERS UNIV SCH OF LAW NEWAR 27% 4 * *
MICHIGAN ST UNIV DETROIT COLL 26% 29 154 3.32
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO 26% 19 159 3.39
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 25% 3 * *
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL 25% 7 163 3.62
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 25% 4 * *
UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA 25% 4 * *
EMORY UNIVERSITY 24% 6 162 3.36
UNIV OF COLORADO 24% 4 * *
UNIV OF NOTRE DAME 24% 4 * *
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW 22% 17 158 3.30
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 22% 2 * *
UNIV OF CHICAGO 22% 4 * *
UNIV OF WASHINGTON 22% 2 * *
PENNSYLVANIA ST UNIV DICKINSO 20% 3 * *
UNIV OF ARIZONA 20% 3 * *
UNIV OF FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE 20% 3 * *
UNIV OF SAN FRANCISCO 20% 3 * *
UNIV OF WISCONSIN 20% 7 159 3.59
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 20% 9 167 3.65
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL CHICAGO 19% 10 151 3.20
UNIV OF MIAMI 18% 9 157 3.39
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 18% 11 163 3.52
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 18% 10 165 3.66
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 18% 8 162 3.53
ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 17% 3 * *
UNIV OF OREGON SCH OF LAW 17% 3 * *
UNIV OF SOUTHERN CALIF LAW SC 17% 4 * *
UNIV OF TEXAS SCH OF LAW 17% 4 * *
UNIV OF DENVER COLLEGE OF LAW 16% 3 * *
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 16% 9 160 3.46
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY 15% 15 158 3.23
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY 15% 5 156 3.25
UNIV OF ILLINOIS 14% 3 * *
DUKE UNIVERSITY 14% 4 * *
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY 13% 2 * *
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 13% 2 * *
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 12% 4 * *
UNIV OF PITTSBURGH 11% 3 * *
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY 10% 1 * *
CORNELL UNIVERSITY 9% 1 * *
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA HASTINGS 9% 2 * *
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL 8% 3 * *
LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL LOS ANGELES 8% 1 * *
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCH 7% 1 * *
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA 6% 1 * *
GEORGE MASON UNIV SCH OF LAW 6% 1 * *
WILLIAM AND MARY LAW SCHOOL 6% 1 * *
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY 5% 1 * *
TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 0% 0 * *
UNIV OF MINNESOTA 0% 0 * *

 

Law Schools (30+ UM Applicants) by Attended/Total Attended (%) 2008

UM undergraduates scatter far and wide for law school.  We are one of the top five feeder schools to law schools nationally.  This chart shows the percent of applicants attending the law school from the total applicant pool in 2008.  Again more than 30 UM Applicants applied to the school to be on the list.

Name of School
Att/Total Att %
# Attended
UNIV OF MICHIGAN 8.0% 52
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 7.7% 50
THOMAS M.COOLEY LAW SCHOOL 5.1% 33
MICHIGAN ST UNIV DETROIT COLL 4.5% 29
UNIV OF DETROIT MERCY 3.2% 21
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO 2.9% 19
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW 2.6% 17
BENJAMIN CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW 2.5% 16
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY 2.3% 15
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV 2.2% 14
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL 2.0% 13
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 1.7% 11
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 1.5% 10
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL CHICAGO 1.5% 10
UNIV OF TOLEDO 1.5% 10
WASHINGTON UNIV MISSOURI 1.5% 10
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 1.4% 9
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 1.4% 9
UNIV OF MARYLAND 1.4% 9
UNIV OF MIAMI 1.4% 9
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 1.2% 8
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL 1.2% 8
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCH OF LAW 1.2% 8
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 1.2% 8
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL 1.1% 7
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 1.1% 7
UNIV OF WISCONSIN 1.1% 7
EMORY UNIVERSITY 0.9% 6
INDIANA UNIV - BLOOMINGTON 0.9% 6
LEWIS AND CLARK  0.9% 6
UNIV OF SAN DIEGO 0.9% 6
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY 0.8% 5
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 0.8% 5
UNIV OF VIRGINIA 0.8% 5
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0.6% 4
DUKE UNIVERSITY 0.6% 4
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 0.6% 4
RUTGERS UNIV SCH OF LAW NEWAR 0.6% 4
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 0.6% 4
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY 0.6% 4
UNIV OF CHICAGO 0.6% 4
UNIV OF COLORADO 0.6% 4
UNIV OF IOWA 0.6% 4
UNIV OF NOTRE DAME 0.6% 4
UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA 0.6% 4
UNIV OF SOUTHERN CALIF LAW SC 0.6% 4
UNIV OF TEXAS SCH OF LAW 0.6% 4
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 0.5% 3
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL 0.5% 3
PENNSYLVANIA ST UNIV DICKINSO 0.5% 3
ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 0.5% 3
UNIV OF ARIZONA 0.5% 3
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 0.5% 3
UNIV OF DENVER COLLEGE OF LAW 0.5% 3
UNIV OF FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE 0.5% 3
UNIV OF ILLINOIS 0.5% 3
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA 0.5% 3
UNIV OF OREGON SCH OF LAW 0.5% 3
UNIV OF PITTSBURGH 0.5% 3
UNIV OF SAN FRANCISCO 0.5% 3
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 0.3% 2
STANFORD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 0.3% 2
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 0.3% 2
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA HASTINGS 0.3% 2
UNIV OF WASHINGTON 0.3% 2
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY 0.3% 2
YALE LAW SCHOOL 0.3% 2
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA 0.2% 1
CORNELL UNIVERSITY 0.2% 1
GEORGE MASON UNIV SCH OF LAW 0.2% 1
LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL LOS ANGELES 0.2% 1
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY 0.2% 1
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY 0.2% 1
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCH 0.2% 1
WILLIAM AND MARY LAW SCHOOL 0.2% 1
TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 0.0% 0
UNIV OF MINNESOTA 0.0% 0
UM and National Applicants Accepted Over Time
Application Year UM Applicants Number Accepted Percent Accepted National Applicants Number Accepted Percent Accepted
2002-03 1172 907 77% 99,504 56,825 57%
2003-04 1233 923 75% 100,604 55,941 56%
2004-05 1183 922 78% 95,760 56,134 59%
2005-06 1022 836 81% 88,662 56,034 63%
2006-07 900 735 82% 84,021 55,547 66%
2007-08 884 757 86% 83,371 55,546 67%