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The University of Michigan Law School

MAILING ADDRESS
625 South State Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1215

MAIN PHONE
734-764-1358

WEBSITE
http://www.law.umich.edu

ADMISSIONS EMAIL:
law.grad.admissions@umich.edu
REGISTRAR'S PHONE/FAX/EMAIL:
734-763-6499/734-936-1973/
lawrecords@umich.edu
CAREER SERVICE PHONE/FAX/EMAIL:
734-764-0546/734-764-5228/
lawcareers@umich.edu

An Overview


The University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor is one of the world's finest institutions of legal education. Housed in the Cook Quadrangle on the University of Michigan's central campus, the Law School is unmatched for beauty and is superbly functional for its residential and scholarly community. The School has a sizable and diverse faculty, with many preeminent in their fields. The careers of alumni also speak eloquently to the strength of the School; most graduates are leaders serving with distinction in the public, private, and academic sectors in this nation and beyond.

The University of Michigan, founded in 1817, celebrates a long and distinguished history. It was in1787 that the Northwest Territorial Ordinance provided public land for this and other Midwestern universities and established a tradition of respect for excellence in higher education.

The University of Michigan Law School, one of the oldest law schools in the nation, was founded in 1859. But unlike other highly selective law schools established in that era, admission was never restricted to the privileged. When Gabriel Hargo graduated from the Law School in 1870, Michigan-then the largest law school in the country-became the second American university to confer a law degree on an African American. That same year, Michigan was the first major law school to admit a woman, and in 1871, graduate Sarah Killgore became the first woman with a law degree in the nation to be admitted to the bar; by 1890, Michigan had graduated more women than any other law school. That commitment to access and diversity joined an equally powerful commitment to excellence, which continues to this day.

Degrees Offered
International Tax LL.M. Program

Admission Information


Requirements Details
Eligibility Applicants must have, at a minimum, the first degree in law required for law practice in the country in which their legal studies were pursued and at least three years' practice experience in taxation.
Transcripts Official transcripts and degree confirmations from all tertiary and post-graduate programs attended (e.g. undergraduate, graduate, law schools, and professional law institutes).

All transcripts must bear the registrar's signature or the institution's seal. Official academic records must give results of all coursework taken as well as results of yearly or comprehensive exams. Transcripts must be in English or accompanied by a certified English translation. Whenever available, transcripts must include official certification of the rank in class (for example, 4th in a class of 123 students), cumulative average grade, and receipt of honors.
Letters of Recommendation At least two letters of recommendation, on the official stationery of the recommender whenever possible, written in English or in the recommender's native language, with a certified English translation. All letters of recommendation must include the recommender form, completed by the applicant and the recommender.

At least one recommendation must be from a member of the law faculty. (If the student has been or enrolled in an LL.M. program at another U.S. law school, one of the letters of recommendation must be from a faculty member at that law school.) In general, letters of recommendation should be from persons who know the applicant well, and are able to evaluate their capacity for advanced legal studies and professional success, and can comment with specificity on their intellectual accomplishments and professional promise.
Personal Statement Two essays to supplement the resume: a personal statement and a statement of purpose written by the applicant in English as further described on the application form.
Proof of Competency in English Current official TOEFL or IELTS scores unless both of the following are true: (1) the applicant is a native speaker of English, and (2) the university education was conducted primarily in English. Students in the graduate degree programs must have a high level of English proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The minimum required scores are: 600 (PBT), 250 (CBT) and a TWE of 4.0, or 98 (iBT), or 7.0 on the academic IELTS test. Most admitted students have higher scores. The English tests must be taken before January 1, and must be sent directly from the institutions to the Law School or to LSAC. Applications cannot be reviewed without valid TOEFL or IELTS scores. If an applicant has taken multiple tests, photocopies of all results must be submitted with the application. The University of Michigan Law School's TOEFL institution code is 1839 03
Application Fee $75
Law School Admission Test N/A
Curriculum Vitae A curriculum vitae (resume)

Other Information


Criteria Details
Nature and Tenure of Courses Offered One Academic Year
Application Procedure/Time to apply/Application deadline The deadline for receipt of the completed application and all supporting materials is January 31 of the calendar year for which admission is sought. University is happy to accept applications starting in October.
LL.M. Degree Requirements The LL.M. degree is awarded upon completion of 24 credits with at least a 2.7 ("B-") average in two terms (eight months) of study.
To earn an LL.M. degree in the Specialized Programs, students are required to get:

Course Requirement
International Legal Studies LL.M. Program 24 credits with at least a 3.0

Details of Courses Offered


The International Tax LL.M. Program is designed for a select group of professionals and academics in tax law who wish to complement their legal knowledge and experience with in-depth studies of U.S. and international tax law and policy.

The program is directed by Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and is taught by four professors from the Law School and two professors from the Business School, offering a full range of courses including basic tax, corporate tax, partnership tax, international tax, and public finance. In addition, tax scholars from other top U.S. law schools present cutting-edge work in all tax policy workshops.

The main difference between Michigan's program and similar programs at other law schools is its size: this selective program is designed for a small group of four to 10 outstanding students. Students receive more individual attention than in larger programs, allowing for close contact with faculty, as well as opportunities to interact with fellow students of different primary interests

Financial Aid


Michigan Grotius Fellowships: Applicants to the graduate programs at the University of Michigan Law School are welcome to apply for Michigan Grotius Fellowships to assist in financing their graduate studies. Named after Hugo Grotius, the seventeenth century Dutch jurist generally regarded as the father of modern international law, the fellowships acknowledge superior academic and professional achievement in all areas of law and recognize the promise of a distinguished legal career following graduate study. Applying for financial aid, including Grotius Fellowships, does not affect a candidate's admissions decision, as all financial awards are determined only after admissions decisions have been made.

Italian Alumni Law Fellowship: Michigan Law has a distinguished body of alumni in Italy, many of whom play leading roles in the Italian legal, academic, and business community. In recognition of the value the LL.M. year in Ann Arbor had for them, they generously contributed to a scholarship fund to help future applicants who completed their primary legal studies in Italy, to finance their LL.M. year at Michigan Law.

Providing up to $20,000 to pursue a Master of Laws degree, the scholarship will be available beginning in the 2013-2014 academic years. Recipients are selected by the Law School on the basis of merit as determined through the admissions process. Eligible admitted students will automatically be considered for the Italian Alumni Law Fellowship based on the information provided in their application to the advanced degree law programs. Applicants do not need to fulfill any additional requirements.

Cost of Attendance

Expenses for 2013-2014

Tuition and fees $52,784
Living Expenses (including mandatory health insurance) $18,930

Career Development/Services Offered


The Office of Career Planning provides a broad range of programs to help students and graduates as they explore career opportunities while also serving employers both nationally and internationally.

OCP encourages and helps guide students to look broadly at all the opportunities that Michigan Law education makes possible. Michigan Law School is there for these students and emphasis is on one-on-one counseling which begins during the admissions process and continues long after the students become alumni.

Students at Michigan Law have always enjoyed a wealth of opportunities, even in a difficult economy. This university of law concentrates on institutional attention. To this end, they merged the Office of Public Service and Office of Career Services into a single entity, the Office of Career Planning (OCP), to facilitate students' exploration of opportunities in a variety of practice settings, and to build and develop all elements of existing well-rounded programs. The coordinated approach of this reorganization reflects the reality of the students' careers, which are more often a melding of multiple opportunities than a strict division between private and public. This new structure help students focus on both long- and short-term goals, and also facilitates the following improvements:

  • the hiring of additional counseling staff, with resulting expanded counseling hours and diversified expertise
  • increased career-planning and networking programming
  • development of post-graduate and summer-funding opportunities that allow individuals to enter into new markets
  • ever-increasing use of powerful and broad alumni base
  • expanded outreach to new employers outside a traditional network