Alabama (Montgomery) -- Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University -- Accreditation: Provisional ABA -- Year Founded: 1928

The Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, also known as Jones Law or JLS, is one of the professional graduate schools of Faulkner University. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, Jones School of Law at Faulkner University is religiously affiliated with the Churches of Christ.



ABA status

On June 10, 2006, the school was granted provisional approval by the American Bar Association. On December 5, 2009, the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the ABA voted to grant the school full approval.

Current status

BAR exam

Graduates from the law school perform extremely well on the bar exam. The bar passage rate for first time takers of the July 2007 Alabama State Bar exam was 92.7. Statistics for first time takers from the previous two July exams were 97.2% (2006) and 90% (2005). Graduates have a bar passage rate above 90% on out-of-state bar exams for first time takers. The bar passage rate for first time takers on the February Alabama bar exam are as follows: 91.7% (2008), 87.5% (2007), 83.3% (2006) and 100% (2005).

Events & News

School of Law Granted Full Approval by the ABA

On December 5, 2009 the American Bar Association's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar granted full approval to Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law.

Contact

5345 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, AL 36109 334.272.5820 or 800.879.9816