Dean’s Message

Dean Mark GordonWelcome to the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law!  We have developed a distinct model of 21st century legal education designed to deepen your theoretical understanding of the law, sharpen your analytical skills, and give you the practical knowledge and skills that will enable you to hit the ground running when you graduate.

You might be wondering why it is that as applications to law schools across the country have fallen over the past two years, we at UDM School of Law have seen significant increases.  In fact, we received applications for the class entering August 2006 from students in 20 states,  four Canadian  provinces, and four other countries.

I think you will discover much of the reason for that as you look through this website, but let me mention some recent developments at UDM School of Law.

  • The list of law firms across the country interviewing at our school continues to increase.  Whether you are looking for a job in Detroit, New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., or elsewhere, we have a network of alumni ready to help you with your search, and we now welcome as part of our on-campus interview program major law firms from all around the country.
  • We now offer a special Law Firm Program for third-year students that will give all third-year students in the Fall 2007 entering class an opportunity to work on simulated complex transactions in courses designed together with leading law firms across the nation.
  • In order to encourage students to study abroad, we now offer a modest stipend to many of our first-year full-time students to help defray the travel expenses of traveling abroad to selected programs for study during the summer after their first year of law school.  For those students seeking even more international exposure, we offer an increasing range of international and comparative law courses, as well as the opportunity to apply to our unique joint degree program with the University of Windsor in which students learn both US and Canadian law in three years and receive degrees from schools in both countries.

I could go on and on.  I do hope you will spend some time exploring our web-site.  And if you are intrigued by what you see, please visit us at an upcoming Visit Day or Open House.

Sincerely,

Mark Gordon, Dean