Miles Law School

Miles Law School is a law school located in Birmingham, Alabama. It is independent of Miles College.Miles Law School was founded on August 26, 1974. Among the founders were Bishop C. A. Kirkendoll of the C.M.E. Church, Dr. W. Clyde Williams, former president of Miles College, former Alabama Judge and state Senator J. Richmond Pearson, and Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center.Graduates of the law school include Birmingham Mayor William A. Bell, former Birmingham Mayor and current 10th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Carole Smitherman, Current Miles College president, George T. French, Jr., District Court Judge Eric Fancher, as well as Alabama State Senators Bobby Singleton and Rodger Smitherman.Program of StudyThe school offers a four-year part-time evening program. Graduates of the law school receive the Juris Doctor.In July 2009, Miles Law School's passage rate for the Alabama Bar Exam was 0% for first timers and 13.3% for repeats.AccreditationMiles Law School is not accredited by the American Bar Association. It is one of two unaccredited law schools in Alabama, the other being the Birmingham School of Law.