Welcome to The University of Alabama School of Law. Our faculty and staff are committed to our Law School’s mission-providing a first-rate legal education for tomorrow’s lawyers. With an alumni network in 49 states, our Law School constantly is on the move. The Law School curriculum, special programs, and activities, displayed on this website, demonstrate the reasons why Alabama is ranked among the top 11 public law schools in the nation.

Here are some examples of Alabama’s growth and expanding opportunities.

Expanding Faculty: Five new faculty members joined the Law School this fall. The school hired eleven new professors over the last two years. This strengthened our already low student-to-faculty ratio.

Supreme Court Justices and Other Distinguished Guests: Eight U.S. Supreme Court Justices have visited the Law School. Over the last three academic years, Justices Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, and Clarence Thomas, as well as Aharon Barak, a former President of the Supreme Court of Israel, addressed our students. This year, Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, will visit.

Practical Skills in the Clinical Program: Six clinics–Elder Law, Civil, Domestic Violence, Community Development, Criminal Law, and Capital Defense–provide valuable hands-on experience for the students after their first year. Through funding from the Department of Justice, a seventh clinic in Mediation Law will open in Fall 2009. Alabama is one of the few law schools in the country that can guarantee a clinic experience to every student who so chooses.

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Aside from bricks and mortar, the true foundation of a law school rests squarely on the reputation of its faculty. Miles Law School is privileged to have preeminently qualified instructors; some of whom are successful alumni. The vast majority are practicing attorneys in the private and public sectors. Blending the academic and professional worlds with their theoretical knowledge and practical experience adds another dimension to classroom instruction. The common denominator is their genuine commitment to the training of legal minds.

Law school is unique in many respects from other fields of study. It requires a period of acclimation to a new way of thinking and processing information. Weekly class preparation entails a copious amount of reading assigments and case briefing along with research and writing. This experience is virtually universal for nearly all law students-everywhere.

Yet, the Miles Law School Experience incorporates all of the traditional aspects of legal studies and adds special character and flavor of its own that separates it from all others. Firstly, by catering to “non-traditional” and socially conscious students, the law school creates an environment of ”determined achievers“. Secondly, our history as an evening school remains the bedrock of our existence, which guides our present and shapes our future. Thirdly, our faculty members’ courtroom-to-classroom teaching enriches student learning.

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