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Legal Research at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Legal Research at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School

If you plan to study legal research, take a look at what Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WMU-Cooley Law School is located in Lansing, Michigan and approximately 972 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

53% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. WMU-Cooley Law School does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School with a master's in legal research.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

If you plan to be a legal research major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Tax Law/Taxation 11
Intellectual Property Law 6
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law 5
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 4

A degree in legal research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Lawyers 14,550 $110,180
Law Professors 360 $110,040

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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