The New Law School Commons:
Introducing fresh new space and functionality

As the main gathering place for the Law School community, the Commons will fill a previously unused space between buildings on the Quad. It will be covered by a glass and steel roof that affords breathtaking views of the surrounding stone walls and leaded glass windows. The Commons will include two levels: a main floor with a café and a variety of seating options, and a lower level, designed with student social needs in mind. This beautiful, functional gathering place is poised to become the new heart of the Law School.

The New Academic Building:
Blending classic style with contemporary feel

This four-story building is Michigan Law’s first academic addition in more than 75 years. A monumental entrance on Monroe Street will directly face an entrance to Hutchins Hall. Designed in a modified Collegiate Gothic style, the academic building will clearly be part of the Law Quad "family" of buildings but will not imitate them. The new structure will be clad in stone and roofed in slate.

This building project also provides the opportunity to re-clad the metal siding on the Legal Research Building. The corrugated metal will be replaced with a stone facing that is an appropriate complement to the Law Quadrangle’s distinguished look and feel.

Exterior and Interior Illustrations
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Commons	Great Hall, new academic building
New academic building from Monroe Street	Clinic area, new academic building
New academic building from northwest corner of State and Monroe streets	Seminar room, new academic building