Admissions Office
The University of Michigan Law School
Admissions Office
726 Oakland Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Telephone: 734.764.0537
Fax: 734.647.3218
E-mail: law.jd.admissions@umich.edu
Staff
Sarah C. Zearfoss
Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions
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Dora-Maria Sonderhoff
Assistant Director, Advanced Legal Studies Degree Programs (M.C.L., LL.M., and S.J.D.)
Dora-Maria Sonderhoff has worked for the Law School since 1999, and oversees all aspects of the M.C.L., LL.M., and S.J.D. application process. She comes from a family of lawyers, and has an international background and experience. A native German raised in Japan, she graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts with a BA cum laude in Comparative Literature. She then worked in classical music management in Vienna, Austria, prior to moving to Ann Arbor. In addition to German, Japanese, and English, Dora-Maria speaks French and Italian.
LIZ SEGER
Assistant Director
Liz came to the Admissions Office in 2008. She received her B.A. in Russian History and Religion from the University of Kentucky in 2001, and her J.D. from the Law School in 2005. At Michigan, Liz was active in the Clinical Law Program and the Voting Rights Initiative, and wrote for the student newspaper, the Res Gestae. Prior to joining the office, she worked as a public defender in Montgomery County, Ohio. Liz is crazy about word games, vegetarian cooking (the spicier the better), UM football, and
the various mammals who share her home.
Lindsey Stetson
Assistant Director
Lindsey joined Admissions in 2009. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Michigan and her J.D. cum laude from the Law School. At the Law School, Lindsey participated in the Women’s Law Student Association developing new fundraising events. As a Michigan undergraduate student, she found herself onstage with various student theater groups. Prior to joining the office, Lindsey practiced corporate transactional law at Miller Canfield in Detroit and Skadden in Chicago. Lindsey spends her time outside the office focused on her many obsessions: cooking, gourmet salt, pug rescue, Michigan sports, and the list goes on.
Rainey Lamey
Admissions Counselor
Rainey has over 10 years of service with the University of Michigan in undergraduate and law admissions, as well as systems implementations and management. She graduated from UM with an honors bachelor's degree in Classical Hellenism and a degree in Mathematics. She also received her JD from the University of Michigan Law School and an MS in Natural Resources Policy and Behavior. Prior to joining UM, she worked for nonprofit environmental organizations.
JJ Arevalo
Graduate Admissions Coordinator
Before joining the Law School Admissions Office in August 2001, JJ worked in student services at the Undergraduate Admissions Office. He studied music for two years at Oberlin Conservatory of Music before relocating to Ann Arbor. Most importantly, JJ serves as our resident Texan, and speaks fluent Spanish.
Janice kennedy
Secretary Senior
Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Janice has been involved in or part of the University community most of her life. She worked in the old main hospital from 1968-69, leaving to start her family, but returned in 1995. Prior to joining the Law School in 2006, she has worked in the following areas within the University: Ophthalmology; Vice President for Government Relations, Athletics; Speech and Language; and the School of Public Health. She and her husband enjoy family time with their grown children and nine grandchildren, and involved in church activities, creative writing, sewing, and knitting.
alec Byrne
Secretary Senior
Alec has worked in high profile offices such as the Michigan Legislature, where he was the Constituent Services Director to the House Majority Floor Leader, and the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce, where he was the Executive Assistant to the President. Alec joined the Admissions Office after starting his University of Michigan career at the Ross School of Business.
Sabrina Ervin
Database Report Writing Analyst
Sabrina arrived at Michigan in 1993 as an undergraduate student and in 1998 began her career at the University in the College of Engineering Office of Resource Planning and Management. She moved to the M-Pathways Project in 1999, and as the project developed into an official department (MAIS), Sabrina continued her work there providing functional and instructional support of the University’s enterprise business systems. Her professional experience has allowed Sabrina the opportunity to gain expert level knowledge of the University’s administrative systems as well as many University business processes. Sabrina spends a great deal of her spare time as an administrator for Maximum OutPut Track Club, whose goal is to help athletes experience their best possible achievement both athletically and academically. She loves bowling, watching her nieces run track, and dreams of some day owning her own professional football franchise.
Renita Banks
Office Supervisor
Supervising personnel in an Admissions Office is all-encompassing -- Renita facilitates smooth handling of all Law School Applications, coordinates all recruiting efforts, and maintains harmony in the office. Renita has been with the University since 1989, joined the Law School in 1996 in the records office, and joined Admissions in 1997; she was promoted to supervisor in September of 1999.
Emily Gee
Clerk Intermediate
Emily had five years of work experience in higher education prior to her arrival at the University of Michigan in 2000. Among her duties is the coordination of post-admit mailings and facilitation of tasks in the admissions process.
Yvonne Fuller
Data Entry Operator Intermediate
Yvonne Fuller has been with the University of Michigan since May 1999. After starting in Parking Services, she transferred to the Admissions Office in June 2001. Her current position includes maintenance of financial data pertaining to the admissions process.
Jamie Webster
Clerk Associate
Jamie started working for the Law School Admissions Office in August 2002, and has been a part of the University community since 1996, when she began working for the Property Control Office. Outside of work, Jamie pursues her interests as a licensed pilot, a sky-diver, a published poet, and a designer of sea-bead weavings.