Located in beautiful Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama School of Law has more than a few impressive statistics. More than 40% of all graduating seniors leave with journal experience, alumni were named in 17 judicial clerk positions last year alone, the collective faculty published 15 books and 71 articles last year, nine US Supreme Court justices have lectured in the recent past, every Alabama law student is guaranteed clinical experience and job placement rates above 95% and has done so for the past fifteen years. It's easy to understand all of these incredible accomplishments; the student to faculty ratio is 10:1. In February 2011, the school celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', written by Alabama native and UA alumni Harper Lee. Tradition and history play a significant role on the campus, as evidenced by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's presence during the celebration. The law school offers much to the student body, including many volunteer opportunities law students are encouraged to participate in. Some of those opportunities include a summer public interest grant program, a dean's community award for service and many others. It's an active campus that promotes the importance of a sound legal education, but with ribbons of goodwill and community weaved in. The formula works. As mentioned, all students are guaranteed opportunities to play a role in one or more of the school's law clinics. There are seven total, including the Capital Defense Clinic, the Civil Law Clinic (it handles 200-plus cases each year), the Community Development Clinic, Elder Law Clinic, Domestic Violence Clinic (provides free legal aid in divorce, abuse and custody issues), Mediation Law Clinic and the Criminal Defense Clinic. Further, the Alabama Law Review routinely earns recognition in a national platform for its timely and relevant topics. The law school boasts an impressive 97% bar pass rate. Tuition rates are slightly more than $15,700 for in state students and those attending from out of state can expect to pay approximately $28,000. Students from at least 23 states and several countries arrive each year. The bar is raised for those wishing to attend the University of Alabama School of Law; the median LSAT and GPAs for 2009 were 165 and 3.76 respectively. Some of the most recognized names in politics and the legal sector are graduates of the university. Jeff Sessions, Hugo Black Edward Almon are a few of the political names that credit the University of Alabama for their educations. Morris Dees, who founded the Southern Poverty Law Center, Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller and, of course, Harper Lee are all alumni. For more information on the University of Alabama School of Law, visit its site at Law.UA.edu.

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