The following statements compares Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) and The University of Alabama School of Law (UA Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2025-2026, except bar passage and employment data for 2024-2025.
SMU Law tuition of $70,750 is more expensive than UA Law tuition of $49,710.
UA Law offers the better financial aid of $21,500 which is 43.25% of tuition amount.
SMU Law acceptance rate of 25.63% is lower than UA Law of 24.59%.
Both schools have same LSAT scores of 167 of 167.
UA Law's GPA of 3.97 is higher than SMU Law of 3.81.
SMU Law with 746 students is larger than UA Law with 392 students.
UA Law has higher bar exam pass rate than SMU Law.
UA Law founded in 1872 is older than SMU Law founded in 1911.
SMU Law requires more expensive application fees than SMU Law.
