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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 Center Communications and Marketing Team Earns Honors for National Redistricting Media Outreach Campaign
Aug.13, 2026 – As Texas became the center of a national redistricting battle, the University of Houston Law Center’s Communications and Marketing team saw an opportunity to connect journalists covering the rapidly developing story with UH Law faculty expertise.
UH Law Webinar Examines Major Supreme Court Rulings
Aug. 11, 2026 – From tariffs and birthright citizenship to voting rights and separation of powers, recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions are shaping some of the nation’s most consequential legal and policy debates. University of Houston Law Center faculty will discuss those rulings and their broader implications during the 2026 U.S. Supreme Court Update on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
UH Law Professor Joe Sanders Honored with Harry J. Kalven Jr. Prize
Aug. 04, 2026 —Joseph Sanders, the A.A. White Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, is the recipient of this year’s Harry J. Kalven, Jr. Prize, the Law and Society Association’s highest honor for lifetime achievement in empirical research examining the relationship between law and society.
