University of Alabama School of Law
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| Parent school | University of Alabama |
| Established | 1872 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | Mark E. Brandon |
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. 33°12′39″N 87°32′46″W / 33.210941°N 87.546186°WCoordinates: 33°12′39″N 87°32′46″W / 33.210941°N 87.546186°W |
| Enrollment | 520 (approx.) |
| Faculty | 50 full-time; 40 adjunct |
| USNWR ranking | 26 |
| Bar pass rate | 97% (Official ABA Data) |
| Website | www |
| ABA profile | [1] |
The University of Alabama School of Law (also known as Alabama Law) located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is a nationally ranked top-tier law school (First Tier) and the only public law school in the state. In total, it is one of five law schools in the state, and one of three that are ABA accredited. According to Alabama's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 70.5% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
The diverse student body, of approximately 520, represent 174 undergraduate institutions from 23 states and Canada. Of the incoming class of 2012, approximately 40% were female and 15% were minority students.
The School of Law offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree, as well as an International LL.M., an LL.M. in Taxation, and an LL.M. in Business Transactions. A joint J.D./M.B.A. program is also available. Students may also pursue a number of graduate degrees through established dual enrollment programs for M.A. or Ph.D. in Political Science, M.P.A., Ph.D. in Economics, or LL.M. in Taxation. In addition, a Certificate in Public Interest Law is available through the Public Interest Institute.
Admissions have become increasingly selective with the median LSAT and undergrad GPAs, of the 2013 incoming class, reaching 164 and 3.86, respectively. The 75% to 25% range for these metrics was from 166-157 and 3.94 to 3.42.
Students are guaranteed an opportunity to participate in at least one of the school's seven law clinics.
In 2007 Jarvis & Coleman ranked the Alabama Law Review (ALR) 36th "on the basis of the prominence of their lead article authors." This represents an incredible 63 position improvement from the rankings of ten years prior. A year before, ExpressO, UC Berkeley's manuscript submission service, ranked the ALR at 22nd, in terms of "number of manuscripts received." Washington and Lee's methods rank ALR significantly lower at 57th, by the number of citations from other journals, and 75th according to their composite scoring. However, these too show a significant improvement of 41 and 47 positions, respectively, over the preceding 6 years.
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