Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
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| Motto | Macto Deus |
| Parent school | Faulkner University (since 1983) |
| Established | 1928 |
| School type | Private |
| Endowment | $ 18.5 million |
| Dean | Charles Nelson |
| Location |
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. 32°22′59″N 86°13′05″W / 32.383°N 86.218°WCoordinates: 32°22′59″N 86°13′05″W / 32.383°N 86.218°W |
| Enrollment | 304 |
| Faculty | 48 |
| USNWR ranking | Tier 4 |
| Bar pass rate | 77.6% |
| Website | www |
| ABA profile | Jones Profile |
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The Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, also known as Jones Law, JLS or JSL, is one of the professional graduate schools of Faulkner University, located in Montgomery, Alabama. According to Jones' official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 60.4% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
Jones School of Law was founded in 1928 by Montgomery County Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones. The law school is named after Judge Walter B. Jones' father, Thomas Goode Jones, an alumnus of the Virginia Military Institute, a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, and Governor of Alabama for two terms. He was also appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to serve as the United States District Judge for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Thomas Goode Jones authored the Alabama Code of Ethics, a document that served as a model for the American Bar Association's 1908 Canons of Professional Ethics.
Faulkner University acquired Jones School of Law in 1983.
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association.
The law school's professors are engaged in important scholarly pursuits. Among those journals in which the school's faculty have recently published articles are the Northwestern Law Review, the Connecticut Law Review, the Tennessee Law Review, and the Harvard Journal of Legislation. Aron Ping D'Souza, in the October 2009 edition of The Journal Jurisprudence, observed that the "depth of jurisprudential scholarship by" Faulkner's law professors "positions Faulkner University among the bourgeoning centres of contemporary, passionate jurisprudential scholarship."
Advocacy programs are a vibrant part of the law school. Students compete in national competitions in appellate advocacy and trial advocacy.
In March of 2014, the school won the Florida State Civil Mock Trial Competition in Tallahassee, FL. This win brought the Mock Trial National Championship count to 3 for the 2013-2014 Academic Year, more than any other school during the 2013-2014 Academic Year.
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