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- ↑ Alabama State Bar Detailed Examinee Statistics for July 2019
- 1 2 "Alabama State Bar Admission Office - Exam Statistics". admissions.alabar.org. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ↑ US Non-ABA Approved Law Schools, Law School Admission Council, Inc.
- ↑ Group, Sinclair Broadcast (2013-07-30). "Dean of Miles Law School addresses poor Alabama Bar passage rates". WBMA. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ↑ Section 34-3-2.1: Certified graduates of certain law schools authorized to take bar exam Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine . Alabama State Legislature.
