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Law.com annual ranking of graduates hired as associates
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2026
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2026
U.S. News and World Report Rankings
42nd
in Contracts/Commercial Law
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Why Houston Law
The University of Houston Law Center provides excellence and opportunity to students of all backgrounds. Its location in Houston, the fourth largest, and most diverse, city in the U.S., gives students and graduates access to one of the world's largest legal markets. The city is also home to the world’s largest health care and medical complex and recognized as the energy capital of the world with multiple Fortune 500 companies headquartered here.
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The Law Center also had four specialty programs ranked No.1 in Texas:
- Part-time Program
- Health Care law
- Intellectual Property
- Legal Writing
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
LATEST NEWS
UH Law Colloquium Speaker Dean Grinvald Digs into the Myth Behind Trademark ‘Policing’
May 13, 2026 — Trademark law has long been accompanied by a warning that brand owners must vigilantly enforce their rights or risk losing them.
Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle emboldens 2026 UH Law Center graduates to become protectors of the legal profession
May 19, 2026 — Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle of the Supreme Court of Texas urged the University of Houston Law Center’s Class of 2026 to embrace their roles as “guardians of the law,” reminding graduates that the legal profession depends not only on advocacy, but also integrity, empathy and public trust.
Why Does AI Matter in Legal Education? UH Law Center Professor Chander Says Leads to Better Writing, Deeper Research and Strong Scholarship as Class Publishes Book
May 15, 2026 — University of Houston Law Center Law Foundation Professor Seth J. Chandler and students in his Advanced Constitutional Law writing seminar turned a classroom experiment with generative artificial intelligence into a published book of essays examining contemporary constitutional issues.
