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. 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, 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. Thomas Goode Jones School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association. Graduates from the law school perform extremely well on the bar exam. The bar passage rate for first time takers of the February 2010 was 100%. The July 2007 Alabama State Bar exam was 92.7. Statistics for first time takers from the previous two July exams were 97.
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| Location: | Montgomery,
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| Founded: | 1928 |
| School type: | Private university, Private school |