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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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Cumberland School of Law
Birmingham, Alabama
JD Admissions & Requirements
Data from 2023 admissions cycle
Cumberland School of Law is a prestigious JD program located in Birmingham, Alabama. In the competitive 2024 law school rankings, Cumberland School of Law was ranked 103 by US News & World Report, making it a strong option for prospective law students in the current application cycle. For the 2023 admissions cycle, Cumberland School of Law has an entering 1L class size of approximately 152 with an acceptance rate of 55.7%, positioning it among the competitive law schools for JD applicants.
Also known as
Law school: Where you spend three years learning to think like a lawyer, then a lifetime trying to think like a human again.
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Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law is located in Birmingham, Alabama, on a beautiful 247-acre campus and is one of the oldest law schools in the nation—established in 1847. At formation, when legal study was conducted by apprenticeship or through lectures, the law school pioneered an instructional method based on intensive trial practice. Today, the law school is one of the smallest ABA-accredited law schools in the nation by design. It continues to focus on teaching practical lawyering skills. Samford is the largest privately supported and fully accredited institution of higher learning in Alabama. Cumberland School of Law has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools since 1952 and has been accredited by the ABA since 1949. In the past 170 years, the law school has produced more than 13,000 accomplished alumni, including two US Supreme Court justices, several governors, a US Secretary of State (Cordell Hull, known as the Father of the United Nations), and numerous federal, state, and local judges.
Application opens: September 1st
Application deadline: May 1st
Admissions website: https://www.samford.edu/cumberlandlaw/admission
Admissions Email: [email protected]
Admissions Phone: 800.888.7213