Wednesday, October 12, 2005

AMSOL again receives glowing praise; #1 in the nation in federal clerkships per capita!

In the midst of the current issues surrounding the law school, let us not forget how far the school has come in just five years. The intent of this blog was never to disparage the law school in any way- for we all recognize how successful and unique it is. Rather, our primary goal is keeping the first-rate excellence of the school, which of course is due to all of the people who built it up, but also due to its location in Ann Arbor. This is often overlooked, for in Michigan we developed a healthy rivalry with the University of Michigan, and have an amazing amount of legal resources at our fingertips, not to mention the legal community nearby in Detroit, which provides numerous clerkships and valuable hands-on experience for our students and alumni. Here is a recent story by the BYU News Net that highlights the positive experience LDS students have had at AMSOL. Near the end, we see that AMSOL is #1 in a very significant area:

"Ave Maria boasts the largest per capita number of federal clerkships, the most prestigious a law graduate can go into, than any other law school in the nation, which is particularly impressive as the school opened only five years ago. They also exceed the nation in BAR pass rates — last year the graduating class had a 100 percent pass rate for the Michigan BAR."

Thanks to all of the faculty, staff, alumni, and students who continue to make AMSOL thrive in Michigan!
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Update:

Just so no one can keep using the refrain that AMSOL's Michigan bar rates are an anomaly or from a very small sampling, AMSOL is ranked #15 nationally in bar passage rates:

National Rankings: First-Time Bar Passage Percentages


15. ---- Ave Maria School of Law ---- 93%

4 Comments:

At 12:55 PM, Blogger James Nolan said...

That statement isn't very accurate. While 12 students is low for last year, the year before we had a comparable number of students take the Michigan bar compared to University of Michigan. I think it was something like 28 for us and then 40 for them...and we beat them that year too.

 
At 6:42 PM, Blogger Sine Metu said...

9 of the 23 federal clerkships obtained by AMSOL graduates are with judges in Michigan. Judges Gadola, Zatkoff, Ryan, and Suhrheinrich are responsible for all of those hires.

 
At 5:41 AM, Blogger YoBro Administrator said...

Stats,
Can you give us some website that backs up your 83% claim?

 
At 2:53 PM, Blogger Cheeky Lawyer said...

What percentage of the clerkships are appellate and what percentage are district court clerkships?

 

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