Wayne State University Law School has announced a tuition freeze and changes to its scholarship program that effectively amount to a 14 percent tuition cut for all incoming students.
The law school also is offering nearly $1 million in new scholarship opportunities to its current students.
The cut involves a tuition freeze that guarantees current and incoming students that rates remain at $28,138.50 through at least the 2015-16 academic year.
In addition to stabilizing tuition costs, the law school has created a scholarship program that guarantees all incoming students a minimum $4,000 scholarship annually.
“We strive to provide quality legal education that is affordable and accessible,” said Wayne Law Dean Jocelyn Benson. “By stabilizing the cost of tuition and providing more scholarships than ever before, Wayne Law becomes an even better investment for anyone seeking to obtain an affordable, nationally ranked legal education in a world-class city.”
Wayne Law recently was recognized as the “Best Value Law School” for 2014 by The National Jurist and its sister publication, preLaw magazine. The ranking was based on the cost of tuition, student debt accumulation, bar passage rate, cost of living and employment success.
“Creating value for students goes beyond affordability,” Benson said. “Our location in the heart of Detroit during such a transformative time offers students access to hands-on legal experience in areas ranging from corporate law and entrepreneurship to public interest and civil rights that you cannot get at any other law school.”
She noted Wayne Law’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights provides groundbreaking programs, including the recently announced Detroit Equity Action Lab, which will bring together 60 organizations working in the areas of racial equity, health care, education, food security, safety and housing to address issues of structural racism in Detroit.
The equity lab is funded through a three-year, $1.3 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
The growing focus on creating and sustaining businesses in and around Detroit has helped grow Wayne Law’s Program for Entrepreneurship and Business Law, officials said. Initiatives include the expansion of the Business and Community Law Clinic and establishment of the Patent Procurement Clinic, which is part of a pilot program within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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