Jeffries Hall

The University of Michigan Law School wanted to consolidate all of the disparate offices and departments that had located elsewhere on campus as a result of rapid growth throughout the years. The master plan was to bring them together in the same location within the historic Law Quad. As part of this centralization, an entirely new four-story building was constructed as a state-of-the-art learning facility.

Jeffries Hall is a 98,000-square-foot building that is fully sustainable and was awarded‚ LEED Gold, by the U.S. Green Building Council. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system was avidly supported by existing law students and held accountable the members of the project’s design team to ensure that they were the best in the sustainability category. With a budget of $54-million, construction was complete in October 2011 featuring technology-rich classrooms, a two-level clinic suite with client meeting rooms for pro bono law services, as well as new offices for Admissions, Financial Aid, Development and Administration.