Michigan State University College of Law

Michigan State University College of Law
Parent school	Michigan State University
Established	1891; 133 years ago (1891)
School type	Public law school
Parent endowment	US $4.4 billion (2021)[1]
Dean	Michael Sant’Ambrogio (acting)
Location	East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Enrollment	784[2]
Faculty	51 full time, 73 part time[2]
USNWR ranking	108th (tie) (2024)[3]
Bar pass rate	77.46% (2022 first-time takers)[4]
Website	www.law.msu.edu
ABA profile	www.abarequireddisclosures.org

The Michigan State University College of Law (Michigan State Law or MSU Law) is the law school of Michigan State University, a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law, it was the first law school in the Detroit, Michigan area and the second in the state of Michigan. In October 2018, the college began a process to fully integrate into Michigan State University, changing from a private to a public law school. The integration with Michigan State University was finalized on August 17, 2020.

The college is nationally ranked #108 by U.S. News & World Report out of 196 ABA approved schools.^[5][3] By counting flagship journals not separately ranked by Washington & Lee School of Law (W&L Law) in its Law Journal Rankings, Michigan State Law Review was the 63rd highest-ranked flagship print journal in 2022 with a score of 14.55 out of 100 and, per W&L Law, the 99th overall law journal.^[6]

For the class entering in 2023, the school had a 39.37% acceptance rate, 35.37% of those accepted enrolled, and entering students had a median LSAT score of 159 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.55.^[7]

For the 2022 graduating class, 72.25% of graduates obtained full-time, long-term bar-passage-required employment (i.e., employment as attorneys), and 11.45% were not employed part- or full-time in any capacity, within 10 months after graduation.^[8]

Notable alumni include current Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer, current Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth T. Clement, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice and mayor of Detroit Dennis Archer, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice and United States federal judge George Clifton Edwards Jr., former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Geoffrey Fieger, former Michigan Senate majority leader and former U.S. Representative Mike Bishop, and former mayor of East Lansing Mark Meadows.^{[citation needed]}