Wayne Law Facts
- Wayne Law has educated top attorneys, judges and leaders for more than 80 years and is located in Michigan’s cultural, economic and historical center — close to all of Michigan’s most distinguished firms.
- Our more than 90 full- and part-time expert faculty members allow Wayne Law to offer students over 175 courses and seminars each year.
- Our median class size is just 19 students (2008).
- Our 7 client clinics provide students with the practical experience needed to hit-the-ground running upon graduation.
- We award approximately $2.8 million in both merit- and need-based scholarships and grants every year.
- Our location in the heart of Detroit allows for infinite entertainment possibilities at professional sports games, concerts, museums and more.
- Our more than 35 student organizations add greatly to the quality of life at the Law School and allow students unparalleled leadership opportunities.
- Wayne Law graduates continue to lead the way on the Michigan Bar Exam, consistently passing on their 1st try at a rate significantly higher than the statewide average.
- 86 percent of our 2008 graduates seeking employment were successful in obtaining a job within nine months after graduation.
- Our graduates earn average starting salaries higher than 60 percent of graduates from 156 law schools nationwide. (The National Jurist)
- Our more than 11,000 living alumni serve as leaders in the legal community and work in a variety of settings in every state of the nation and more than a dozen foreign countries.
- 378 Wayne Law alumni were featured as Michigan Super Lawyers and 58 were featured as Rising Stars in 2008.
- Dean Robert M. Ackerman officially started in spring 2008. Dean Ackerman comes from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, where he taught torts, dispute resolution, conflict resolution theory, negotiation, and mediation. He also served as chair director of the Center for Dispute Resolution, at the time the nation’s seventh-ranked law school dispute resolution program. A cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, Ackerman served as dean and professor of law at Willamette University College of Law from 1996 to 1999.
