The Thomas Goode Jones School of Law (FaulknerLaw, Jones Law, JLS, or JSL) is the

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Faulkner University Faulkner University is a private Christian university in Montgomery, Alabama. It is affiliated with the Churches of Christ. History The university was founded in 1942 by Dr. Rex Turner, Dr. Leonard Johnson and Joe Greer as Montgomery Bible S ...

, located in

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History

Jones School of Law was founded in 1928 by Montgomery County Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones. The law school is named after Judge Walter B. Jones' father, Thomas Goode Jones, a

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who was

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and U.S. District Judge for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Faulkner University acquired Jones School of Law in 1983. Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). Graduates are eligible to sit for the bar exam in any state.

Admissions

For the class entering in 2022, out of 411 applicants 47.93% were admitted, 50.76% of those admitted enrolled, with the average enrolled student having an

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score of 151 and a 3.18 GPA.

Employment

According to Jones' official ABA-required disclosures, 58.6% of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.

Costs

Tuition at Thomas Goode Jones School of Law for the 2020–2021 academic year was $39,000.

Programs

Thomas Goode Jones School of Law offers a joint J.D./LL.M. in dispute resolution, as well as a J.D. program.

Notable alumni

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, former member of the

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representing Alabama's 2nd congressional district *

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, Associate Justice of the

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, Associate Justice of the

Notable faculty

John Eidsmoe John A. Eidsmoe is an American attorney and professor of Law emeritus. He has previously taught at the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University, Montgomery, Alabama, the O. W. Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University and Oak Br ...

, professor of law emeritus. *

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, assistant professor of law (2004 to 2007); as of 2021, Chancellor of the

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References

External links

* {{authority control Law schools in Alabama Universities and colleges in Montgomery, Alabama Educational institutions established in 1928 1928 establishments in Alabama Faulkner University