From Ave to Cooley

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LeDuc says that it's up to the students to judge whether they've got a realistic shot at finishing--"you can't make people totally self aware." As for those who do graduate, he says, "The quality of the teaching here is such that any one of them knows that they are prepared to go anywhere in this world to practice and compete against any other lawyer from any other law school."

The U-M law school doesn't seem troubled by the new competition. The school is marking its sesquicentennial this month by breaking ground for a new building, with U.S. Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts on hand for the celebration--which is open to U-M students, staff, and alumni only.   

[Originally published in September, 2009.]