From its distinguished faculty taking a genuine interest in their students' success, to offering some of the smallest class sizes of most law schools in the country, Cumberland School of Law offers a collegial, scholarly environment that continues to receive high ratings for its quality of life and instruction.
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U.S. News & World Report (2011) Top Five Law School for Trial Advocacy.
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Eight joint-degree programs offered, including a J.D./M.B.A. that can be completed in three years in most cases.
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Awarded nearly three million dollars in scholarship assistance during the 2010-11 academic year.
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Entering median stats for entering Class of 2011: 155 LSAT / 3.29 GPA
(Percentiles: 75th 157 / 3.53 and 25th 152 / 2.97)
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90.3% = Employed or enrolled in a graduate degree program within 9 months of graduation. *Class of 2010 as reported to The Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP) on February 15, 2011.
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91.3% = Passage the Alabama Bar Exam on their first attempt. *Class of 2010 as reported to The Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP) on February 15, 2011.
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Fall 2011 total enrollment: 489.
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18 : 1 student to faculty ratio for Fall 2011.
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Faculty members with law degrees or master of laws degrees from many different law schools, including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, University of Michigan, and Stanford, among others.
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The law school's small class sizes, among the smallest first-year law classes offered nationally, ensures personalized attention from faculty and staff. The entire first-year class consists of roughly 155 law students split among three evenly divided sections.
