page_title: Cumberland School of Law
section_title: Planning
hierarchical_section_title: Cumberland School of Law / History / Planning
caption_attribution_description: Author: Brian R. Mooney Source: Digital Photo
context_page_description: Cumberland School of Law is an ABA accredited law school at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1847 at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, it is the 11th oldest law school in the United States and has more than 11,000 graduates. Its alumni include two United States Supreme Court Justices; Nobel Peace Prize recipient Cordell Hull, "the father of the United Nations"; over 50 U.S. representatives; and numerous senators, governors, and judges.
  The school offers two degree programs: the 90-hour Juris Doctor, and the Master of Comparative Law, which is designed to educate foreign lawyers in the basic legal principles of the United States. The school also offers eight dual-degree programs and a Master of Laws program with concentrations in financial service regulatory compliance, health law and policy, higher education law and compliance, and legal project management.
context_section_description: In December 2005 Cumberland adopted a long-term plan for the school. One call of the plan is to gradually downsize the number of students in order to provide smaller classes and closer individual attention to students. In 1995 the entering class was 212 and by 2007 that number had been reduced to 159.
  Today the law school is known for its emphasis on trial advocacy and is building a biotechnology emphasis through its Biotechnology Center.
caption: Memory Leake Robinson Hall in 2006
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