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2025
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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
10th Circuit Cites Work by UH Law Professor Bret Wells in Landmark Ruling
April 28, 2026 — A recent ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned on interpretation of the economic substance doctrine, which holds that a company’s business dealings must have a legitimate business purpose to qualify for tax benefits.
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Hecht Addresses Judicial Independence at UH Law Sondock Lecture
April 24, 2026 - Complaints about the judiciary aren’t new. Nathan L. Hecht, 27th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, cited examples dating back to the era of Thomas Jefferson as he delivered the 2026 Justice Ruby Kless Sondock Jurist-in-Residence Lectureship in Legal Ethics at the University of Houston Law Center.
UH Law Recognizes Professors Craig Joyce and Sandra Guerra Thompson with Office Dedications
April 23, 2026 - The University of Houston Law Center recently celebrated the contributions of two longtime professors by naming faculty offices in recognition of their careers, scholarship and impact.
