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Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The University of Alabama School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1926
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
167
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.97
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$24,980
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
140
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
93.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
95.2%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

First-time bar passage — 2019 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
93.7%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
82.1%
Difference
+11.52 pts
First-time takers
126
118 passed

The weighted jurisdiction rate is the average first-time pass rate in the jurisdictions where this school’s graduates tested, weighted by the number of takers. It gives context for the school’s own rate.

First-time results by jurisdiction
JurisdictionTakersPassersSchool %Jurisdiction %Difference
Alabama666598.5%86.3%+12.19
17 Remaining Jurisdictions393589.7%76.1%+13.66
Texas11872.7%77.4%-4.64
Tennessee1010100%81%+19.00

Ultimate bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
94.7%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
137
Takers
133
Passers
126

Ultimate passage counts graduates who passed any bar exam within two years of graduating. It is a different measure from first-time passage and covers an earlier graduating class.

First-time passage history

First-time pass rate by graduating class
Graduating classSchoolJurisdictions
202595.2%81.3%
202491.4%80.4%
202391.3%78.2%
202291.3%80.4%
202189.3%78.8%
202093.6%78.8%
201993.7%82.1%
201887.8%76.8%
201793.8%77.9%