Michigan State University College of Law is a diverse and inclusive
learning community with roots dating to 1891 when it opened as Detroit College
of Law in Detroit, Michigan. It moved to its current East Lansing location in
1995 and remained a private institution until 2021 when it became a fully
integrated college of Michigan State University.
Today, MSU Law has more than 650 students, 55 faculty
members, 50 staff members, five librarians, and a world-wide network of some
11,500 alumni. MSU Law operates seven legal clinics overseen by nationally
recognized faculty that provide students an opportunity to work on actual legal
cases. Additionally, it offers some of nation’s leading law programs in new and
emerging legal education, including Intellectual Property and Trial Advocacy,
Indigenous Law and Policy Center, the Lori E. Talsky Center for Human Rights of
Women and Children, Conservation Law Center, and Animal Legal and Historical
Web Center.