Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
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The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law is an American Bar Association accredited law school and is the only law school in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has been associated with the University of Memphis since the law school's formation in 1962. The school was named in honor of former University president Cecil C. Humphreys.
The law school has graduated more than 4,500 students since its inception, and it currently has approximately 460 students and twenty-three full time professors. It is consistently named an “excellent value” in legal education by National Jurist Magazine. Additionally, for the last two years, it has a top law school job placement rate in the state with over 98% of graduates being employed within nine months of graduation. The bar passage rate for the July 2006 exam was 92.4%, the highest of any law school in Tennessee and well over the state average of 79.8%.1 The school also has the highest bar passage rate in the State of Tennessee over the last 15 years.2 In the 2007 Back to School issue of preLaw, the University of Memphis Law School was ranked fifth in the list of "Best Value Law Schools." 3
Many students participate on moot court or mock trial teams or are involved with one of the school's law journals, the University of Memphis Law Review and the Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure. Also, the school's Moot Court/Mock Trial program has sent seven teams in ten years to the national competitions.
Former Memphis businessman Herbert Herff was a major benefactor to the University of Memphis. When he died in 1966, Herff left the bulk of his estate in trust with the State of Tennessee for the benefit of the University. Among his Foundation's funding is the Herbert Herff Presidential Law Scholarships and the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law.
Because of inadequate, old facilities, Dean James Smoot positioned the law school for a move from its building on the University's main campus in East Memphis to a former customs house on the Mississippi River in downtown Memphis. Until purchased by the law school, a portion of the building had been serving as a post office. Designed by Memphis firm Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, the new law school is located in the heart of Memphis' downtown. Tennessee's governor, Phil Bredesen, has also lent his support and pledged forty-one million dollars in state funds for the move. The move was officially announced on January 12, 2006, and it is anticipated that the downtown facility will be ready for classes January 2010.
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1. University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, http://www.law.memphis.edu/admissions/statistics.htm
2. University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, http://law.memphis.edu/building/tradition_of_excellence.htm
3. preLaw magazine, http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/prelaw-bts07/index.php?startpage=25
4. University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, http://www.law.memphis.edu/news/NationalMootCourt.htm
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