University of Alabama

Law School Overview

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Law School Overview

The full-time program application fee at the School of Law at University of Alabama is $40. Its tuition is full-time: $19,660 per year (in-state) and full-time: $32,920 per year (out-of-state). The student-faculty ratio is 10.1:1. The School of Law at University of Alabama has 75 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

The University of Alabama School of Law utilizes a broad legal curriculum with electives in specialty areas including environmental law and intellectual property law. Students are guaranteed at least one clinical experience before graduating and can choose from a variety of clinics, including ones that focus on elder law, civil law, and community development law. Students can complete a joint J.D./M.B.A. in three or four years in conjunction with the Manderson Graduate School of Business.

Outside of class, J.D. candidates can participate in more than 40 student organizations, including the Military Law Society and the Law and Film Society. More than 40 percent of students are involved in the school’s four legal journals: the Alabama Law Review; the Journal of the Legal Profession; Law and Psychology Review; and the Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review. The school’s Public Interest Institute coordinates community service projects and supports students who want to work in public interest law. The School of Law also offers a Certificate in Public Interest Law to students who complete a required courseload and volunteer at least 50 hours of service.

Notable alumni of the University of Alabama School of Law include Jeff Sessions, a U.S. Senator from Alabama, and Morris Dees, cofounder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit civil rights organization. Because Harper Lee, author of the classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird, attended (but did not graduate from) the Alabama School of Law, the school cofounded the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, an annual contest to award fiction about the role of lawyers in society.

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Year founded	1872
Public/private	Public
Law school designation	Regional

Admissions

Application deadline	N/A
Full-time program application fee	$40
Part-time program application fee	N/A
Admissions Phone	(205) 348-5440
Admissions E-mail	admissions@law.ua.edu
Web site	http://www.law.ua.edu

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty	75
Student-faculty ratio	10.1:1
Total faculty	87

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	487
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012	174

Cost

Tuition and fees
Full-time: $19,660 per year (in-state) Full-time: $32,920 per year (out-of-state)
Room and board	$11,850

Careers

Employed at graduation 2	66.5%
Median private sector starting salary	$90,000
Median public service starting salary	$57,000

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents

623,964

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data