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About This Site
This website tells the story of the University of Michigan Law School: its students, faculty, architecture, curriculum, and library; and the Law School’s influence on the development of law and legal education. A timeline of events at Michigan Law along with major events in national and world history provides context.
This project began in 2008 as part of the celebration of Michigan Law’s Sesquicentennial in 2009. It is an ongoing project of the Law Library.
Coverage: 1859-2009
Updates: Coverage ends with 2009, but we continue to add material indefinitely.
Traditions: The University of Michigan Law School Is —
Top-ranked in legal education and scholarship.
A national law school: Michigan Law has from its founding attracted students from around the country, and sent alumni out to practice law in every state.
An international law school: In 1878, the first Japanese students graduated. During Cooley’s deanship, the School took pride in being open to all persons literate in English, including over 80 subjects of the Emperor of Japan, who were sent to Ann Arbor as a part of the opening of that empire to external influence.
A diverse law school: In 1871 Michigan graduated the first woman to then be admitted to the bar, Sarah Killgore Wertman. The year before, Gabriel Hargo was the first African American to graduate from Michigan Law. He went on to practice law in Ohio.
An interdisciplinary law school: Many members of the faculty hold joint appointments in other schools and colleges at Michigan, and many possess doctorates in other disciplines.
A large law school: Michigan today has over 1100 students, and has historically been one of the dozen largest schools measured by full-time students. By the end of the Civil War, there were 385 students; by 1892, 651, and close to 1,000 or more post-World War II. By 2004, Michigan was 21st with 1,149 students. In 2008, Michigan Law had 20,076 living graduates.
A public law school: The University of Michigan is one of the world’s largest and finest public universities. Generous support from the people of Michigan over many years was essential to creating this outstanding institution, though the Law School is now funded almost entirely through tuition and private giving.
A school that relies on private support: Michigan Law’s thousands of graduates have supported the School since the early 20th Century, when President Harry Hutchins developed a national alumni network.