Why Choose the UH Law Center?

The UH Law Center is distinguished by its outstanding faculty, strong academic programs, affordability, great student and career services, and a supportive and growing legal community. Students will also find something else: a deep commitment to sustain and support an atmosphere which fosters learning.

Our faculty includes nationally recognized experts who help students mesh legal theory with practical applications of the law. From such core areas as family law, criminal law, and business and tax law, our clinics and practicals lend real-world immediacy to our curriculum. Specialty programs in intellectual property and information law, energy and environmental law, health law, and international law are widely acclaimed for their work in the latest legal and policy developments.

You will find a very supportive educational environment. Despite our emphasis on achievement, the atmosphere at the UH Law Center is more relaxed than rigid, more cooperative than competitive. Our students are motivated to earn their degrees, but they are uniformly unwilling to sacrifice personal friendships in pursuit of academic glory.

Location, location, location. There is a reason why most UH Law Center graduates choose to stay in Houston—it is a highly livable city blessed with a sophisticated bar. Houston is home to global enterprises and revels in its savvy business sense and multiculturalism. Yet it is friendly, affordable, and low-key.

We also have a commitment to diversity at the UH Law Center. The University of Houston System Board of Regents recognizes and endorses the benefits of diversity in the university setting. While the Admissions Committee has always considered the totality of each individual applicant’s background and strengths, beginning in 2004-2005 application process, we will consider the following factors: cultural history, ethnic origin, race, hardships overcome, service to others, extra curricular activities, grades, test scores and work experience. This list is not exhaustive. These and other elements may be addressed in your application packet. Click here to view the Regents complete policy.

UH Law Center At a Glance

Profile of the 2007 Class

Special Programs & Special Emphases

Blakely Advocacy Institute
Center for Children, Law, & Policy
Center for Consumer Law
Clinical Legal Education Program
Criminal Justice Institute
Employment & Labor Law
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Program
Health Law & Policy Institute
Institute for Higher Education Law & Governance
Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law
International Law
Tax Law

The University of Houston Law Center is one of only 25 U.S. law schools with three or more
nationally ranked specialty programs.

The Bar Exam

Law Center graduates have consistently outperformed the overall bar passage rate of first-time test-takers from all Texas law schools. In July 2006, our graduates achieved a pass rate of 90.4%.