University of Alabama School of Law

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The University of Alabama School of Law,[4] (formerly known as the Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law at The University of Alabama)[5][6] located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is the only public law school in the state. It is one of five law schools in the state, and one of three that are ABA accredited. According to Alabama's official 2025 ABA-required disclosures, 93.2% of the Class of 2025 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation. An additional 5.5% of the Class of 2025 obtained JD-advantage employment.[7]

Parent schoolUniversity of Alabama
Established1872
School typePublic
DeanWilliam S. Brewbaker III[1]
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University of Alabama School of Law
Parent schoolUniversity of Alabama
Established1872
School typePublic
DeanWilliam S. Brewbaker III[1]
LocationTuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
33.2039°N 87.5354°W / 33.2039; -87.5354
Enrollment395 (2024-2025)
Faculty46 full-time, 66 non-full-time
USNWR ranking31st (tie) (2025)[2]
Bar pass rate95.24% (2025 First-time takers)[3]
Websitewww.law.ua.edu
ABA profileABA Standard 509 Report
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395 JD students attended Alabama Law during school year 2024–2025. 51 undergraduate institutions, 23 states, and 3 countries are represented among the class of 2026, and the student-faculty ratio is 6.7 to 1.[8]

Academics

Alabama 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. In conjunction with the Manderson Graduate School of Business, the law school also offers a four-year joint J.D./M.B.A. program. 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. Certificates in Public Interest Law, Governmental Affairs, and International and Comparative Law are also available.

Admissions have been increasingly selective. The class of 2026 has a median LSAT score of 167 and median undergraduate GPA of 3.95. The 75th and 25th percentile for these metrics are 168 and 4.00, and 159 and 3.63, respectively.[8]

Law clinics

Alabama Law guarantees that every interested student has the opportunity to participate in at least one law clinic before graduating. It is one of the few law schools in the country to make this guarantee.[9]

  • The Children's Rights Clinic works with the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program to assist youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system.[10]
  • The Civil Law Clinic is Alabama's oldest clinic and provides free legal advice and representation to University of Alabama students and community members in civil matters. Civil clinic students handle over 200 cases annually.[11]
  • The Criminal Defense Clinic represents indigent defendants in misdemeanor and felony criminal matters for both bench and jury trials.[12]
  • The Domestic Violence Clinic takes a holistic approach to assisting survivors of domestic abuse in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. In addition to providing comprehensive legal services, clinic students also perform outreach and education.[13]
  • The Entrepreneur & Nonprofit Clinic provides free transactional legal services to small businesses, start-ups, and nonprofit organizations. The suite of services include preparation of formation documents, agreement negotiation and drafting, and regulatory compliance.[14]
  • The Mediation Law Clinic provides an alternative to the adversarial litigation process for families to settle disputes more promptly and with a reduction in emotional trauma.[15]
  • The Appellate Advocacy Clinic provides free legal help in appeals involving civil matters, criminal cases, and issues with administrative agencies, allowing law students to take on real appeals from start to finish, including mediation, briefing and oral arguments in front of the Eleventh Circuit.[16]

Publications

In 2007 Jarvis & Coleman ranked the Alabama Law Review (ALR) 36th "on the basis of the prominence of their lead article authors."[17] This represents an incredible 63 position improvement from the rankings of ten years prior. For 2015–2016, ExpressO, UC Berkeley's manuscript submission service, ranked the ALR at 10th in terms of "number of manuscripts received."[18] In 2015 Washington and Lee's methods rank ALR at 46th in both the number of citations from other journals and the combined score.[19] These show an improvement of 10 and 26 positions, respectively, over the preceding 5 years.

Approximately 40% of students graduate with journal experience. This is a slightly lower percentage than many of Alabama's peer schools, but nonetheless above the national average.

Employment

According to Alabama's official 2025 ABA-required disclosures, 93.2% of the Class of 2025 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage required employment within nine months after graduation.[7] 29.7% of 2025 graduates were employed by a national law firm and 17.2% found judicial clerkships.[24] Alabama's Law School Transparency under-employment score for 2023 is 4.9%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2023 who were unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[25]

More information Employment Status, Percentage ...
ABA Employment Summary for 2025 Graduates [26]
Employment Status Percentage
Employed - Bar Passage Required
 
 93.2%
Employed - J.D. Advantage
 
 5.5%
Employed - Professional Position
 
 0.7%
Employed - Non-Professional Position
 
 0.0%
Employed - Undeterminable
 
 0.0%
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time
 
 0.0%
Unemployed - Start Date Deferred
 
 0.0%
Unemployed - Not Seeking
 
 0.0%
Unemployed - Seeking
 
 0.7%
Employment Status Unknown
 
 0.0%
Total of 146 Graduates
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Costs

Tuition and fees at the University of Alabama School of Law for the 2025–2026 academic year total $24,980 for residents and $48,100 for nonresidents.[27] 96% of students received grants during the 2024–2025 school year, of which 66% received at least half tuition.

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