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Thomas Goode Jones
School of Law
MottoMacto Deus
Parent schoolFaulkner University (since 1983)
Established1928
School typePrivate
Endowment$ 18.5 million[1]
DeanMatt A. Vega[2]
LocationMontgomery, Alabama, U.S.
32°22′59″N 86°13′05″W / 32.383°N 86.218°W / 32.383; -86.218
Enrollment304[3]
Faculty48[4]
USNWR rankingTier 4[5]
Bar pass rate94%[6]
Websitewww.faulkner.edu/law
ABA profileJones Profile

The Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, also known as Jones Law, JLS or JSL, is one of the professional graduate schools of Faulkner University, located in Montgomery, Alabama. According to Jones' official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 60.4% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[8]

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, an alumnus of the Virginia Military Institute, a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, and Governor of Alabama for two terms. He was also appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to serve as the United States District Judge for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Thomas Goode Jones authored the Alabama Code of Ethics, a document that served as a model for the American Bar Association's 1908 Canons of Professional Ethics.

Faulkner University acquired Jones School of Law in 1983.

ABA status

Thomas Goode Jones School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association.[9]

Current status

Thomas Goode Jones School of Law building

Institution

The law school's professors are engaged in important scholarly pursuits. Among those journals in which the school's faculty have recently published articles are the Northwestern Law Review, the Connecticut Law Review, the Tennessee Law Review, and the Harvard Journal of Legislation. Aron Ping D'Souza, in the October 2009 edition of The Journal Jurisprudence,[10] observed that the "depth of jurisprudential scholarship by" Faulkner's law professors "positions Faulkner University among the bourgeoning centres of contemporary, passionate jurisprudential scholarship."

Competitions

Advocacy programs are a vibrant part of the law school. Students compete in national competitions in appellate advocacy and trial advocacy. [11]

In March of 2014, the school won the Florida State Civil Mock Trial Competition in Tallahassee, FL. This win brought the Mock Trial National Championship count to 3 for the 2013-2014 Academic Year, more than any other school during the 2013-2014 Academic Year.

In October 2013, the school repeated as National Champions at the Lone Star Classic Mock Trial Competition. Not less than a month later, the school also won the Michigan State Mock Trial Competition in East Lansing, MI.

In October 2012, the school won the Lone Star Classic Mock Trial Competition in San Antonio, Texas. Sixteen schools from across the nation, including six U.S. News’ top-ten trial advocacy law schools, were invited to compete in the tournament hosted by St. Mary’s Law School. Faulkner defeated Michigan State, Stetson and Cumberland to reach the finals for the fourth straight year. Faulkner Law went on to win it all against an excellent Georgia State team in the championship round.

In 2008, members of the law school's Black Law Students Association won the National Championship at the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition in Detroit, Michigan. In the same year, one of the school's trial advocacy teams took third place at the National Trial Competition (NTC) in Austin, Texas. The NTC is sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Texas Young Lawyers Association. More than 1,000 law students from nearly 300 teams representing 147 U.S. law schools participated in this tournament. Another trial advocacy team placed third at the Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition. One of the school's appellate advocacy teams took home top brief honors (first and second place) at the St. Louis Regional of the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition.[12]

In 2007, one of the school's appellate advocacy teams finished as national semi-finalists at the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition. In 2009, a team from the school made it to the national finals of that competition. In 2009, the school's National Moot Court team won Region VII, defeating teams from Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Samford University's Cumberland School of Law along the way. In addition to participating in national competitions, the law school hosts two intra-school competitions: The Greg Allen Mock Trial Competition and the 1L Moot Court Competition.[12]

Employment

According to Jones' official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 60.4% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation. Including J.D. advantage, other professional jobs, and non-professional jobs, total employment was 83.2% compared to 84.5% nationally. [13]

Rankings

In 2016, U.S. News and World Report did not publish a rank for Thomas Goode Jones School of Law which means that it was ranked in the bottom 25% of all law schools.[14]

Costs

Tuition at Thomas Goode Jones School of Law for the 2014-2015 academic year is $34,000.[15]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References

  1. ^ Law School Almanac: 2008 Endowments. Retrieved on June 6, 2009.
  2. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  3. ^ Princeton Review: Student Body, Jones School of Law. Retrieved on June 6, 2009.
  4. ^ Jones By the Numbers. Retrieved on June 6, 2009.
  5. ^ Best Law School Rankings | Law Program Rankings | US News
  6. ^ Princeton Review: Jones School of Law. Retrieved on June 6, 2009.
  7. ^ Faulkner University - Consumer Information
  8. ^ "Employment Statistics" (PDF).
  9. ^ In Alphabetical Order | Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
  10. ^ The Journal Jurisprudence
  11. ^ "Advocacy Programs".
  12. ^ a b "Record of Excellence".
  13. ^ "Employment Statistics" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Best Law School Rankings | Law Program Rankings | US News". Grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  15. ^ "Tuition and Expenses".
  16. ^ "Hooper, Jr., Perry O." ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
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