A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

“Cumberland School of Law offers a superior education with exceptional academics, personalized instruction by a faculty dedicated to teaching, peer support from the nation’s top students, and community involvement in a thriving metropolitan city. From new law student to seasoned attorney, we will guide your way to a successful and fulfilling legal career.”

Judge John L. Carroll
Dean and Ethel P. Malugen Professor of Law;
B.A., Tuffs University; J.D., magna cum laude, Samford University's Cumberland School of law: Class of 1974; L.L.M., Harvard Law School; U.S. magistrate judge for the middle district of Alabama; former member, Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Civil procedure, complex litigation, discovery of electronically stored information, federal courts. Bio.