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Birmingham, AlabamaAn Exceptional Legal Community and Quality of Life
Located at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Birmingham, Alabama, offers a diverse array of professional and personal opportunities in a gracious Half of the membership of the Alabama State Bar practice in the metropolitan area, with a large number of major law firms making their headquarters in Birmingham. Midsized and smaller firms, as well as solo practices, round out Birmingham’s lively legal landscape, providing a multitude of convenient job opportunities for Cumberland students. (photo credit: Jeffrey Greenberg) Among the HighlightsBirmingham has been proclaimed “America’s Most Livable City” by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. A November 2009 article from Forbes.com magazine cites Birmingham Metro as one of “America’s Best Bang-For-The-Buck Cities.” Among the list criteria are solid housing markets, stable employment, desirable cost of living and quick commutes times. Newsweek magazine named Birmingham “One of America’s Top 10 Cities” in which to live. Additionally, Partners for Livable Communities ranked Birmingham as one of the top 11 best midsized cities in which to live. Birmingham’s health-care ranks fifth overall in the United States in a comparison study of 354 metro areas in North America—understandably so, since the city’s largest employer, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has gained international stature for its medical center. Home to five Fortune 1000 companies, the city is also headquarters for many national and international corporations, including leaders in banking, insurance, and publishing. Birmingham is legendary for the commitment and sacrifice of its community volunteers. The United Way of Central Alabama’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society (donors of $10,000+) is the 11th largest in America of 279 such societies nationwide.
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Southern setting. Nicknamed the “Magic City” because of its rapid growth after the city was founded in 1871, the metro Birmingham area boasts a population of more than a million people in a seven-county area.