Miles Law School

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Miles Law School
Established	August 26, 1974
Dean	J. Richet Pearson^[1]
Location	Birmingham, Alabama, USA 33°28′53.13″N 86°54′31.9″W / 33.4814250°N 86.908861°W / 33.4814250; -86.908861Coordinates: 33°28′53.13″N 86°54′31.9″W / 33.4814250°N 86.908861°W / 33.4814250; -86.908861
Bar pass rate	17% (February 2011)^[2]
Website	www.mlaw.edu

Miles Law School is a state accredited law school located in Birmingham, Alabama.^[3] It is independent of Miles College.

Miles Law School was founded on August 26, 1974. Among the founders were Bishop C. A. Kirkendoll of the C.M.E. Church, Dr. W. Clyde Williams, former president of Miles College, former Alabama Judge and state Senator J. Richmond Pearson, and Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Graduates of the law school include former Birmingham Mayor Carole Smitherman and Alabama State Senate President Pro Tempore Rodger Smitherman.

Program of Study

The school offers a four year part-time evening program. Graduates of the law school receive the Juris Doctor.

In July 2009, Miles Law School's passage rate for the Alabama Bar Exam was 0% for first timers and 13.3% for repeats. By comparison, Alabama's other law school passage rates were: University of Alabama (95.3% and 66.7%), the Cumberland School of Law (91.3% and 100.0%), Jones School of Law (90.7% and 0%), and Birmingham School of Law (54.2% and 34.8%).^[4]

Accreditation

Miles Law School graduates are eligible to take the Alabama Bar Exam pursuant to the authority granted by the Alabama Legislature and the Alabama Supreme Court.^[5] The school is not accredited by the American Bar Association, nor is the school seeking accreditation; this means graduates are not permitted to take the bar exam in other states.

Notable alumni

Bobby Singleton, a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate
Carole Smitherman (b. 1952), a Birmingham City Councilor and former Mayor
Rodger Smitherman (b. 1953), a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate

References

↑ http://www.mlaw.edu/about-miles-law-school/our-dean
↑ Alabama State Bar Detailed Examinee Statistics for February 2011
↑ http://www.mlaw.edu/prospective-students/apply-for-admission-to-miles-law-school
↑ Detailed Examinee Statistics for July 2009. The Alabama State Bar.
↑ Section 34-3-2.1: Certified graduates of certain law schools authorized to take bar exam. Alabama State Legislature.

External links

Miles Law School

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Alabama	Birmingham School of Law Cumberland School of Law (Samford Univ.) Miles Law School Thomas Goode Jones School of Law (Faulkner Univ.) University of Alabama School of Law

Arkansas	University of Arkansas School of Law William H. Bowen School of Law (UALR)

Florida	Ave Maria School of Law Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law (Barry Univ.) Florida A&M University College of Law Florida Coastal School of Law Florida International University College of Law Florida State University College of Law Fredric G. Levin College of Law (UF) University of Miami School of Law Shepard Broad Law Center (Nova Southeastern Univ.) St. Thomas University School of Law Stetson University College of Law

Georgia	Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Emory University School of Law Georgia State University College of Law Savannah Law School University of Georgia School of Law Walter F. George School of Law (Mercer Univ.)

Louisiana	Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Paul M. Hebert Law Center (LSU) Southern University Law Center Tulane University Law School

Mississippi	University of Mississippi School of Law Mississippi College School of Law

North Carolina	Charlotte School of Law Duke University School of Law Elon University School of Law Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (Campbell Univ.) North Carolina Central University School of Law University of North Carolina School of Law Wake Forest University School of Law

South Carolina	Charleston School of Law University of South Carolina School of Law

Tennessee	Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (Univ. of Memphis) Nashville School of Law University of Tennessee College of Law Vanderbilt University Law School

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