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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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UH Law Center Earns 13 Educational Advertising Awards

March. 20, 2026 — The University of Houston Law Center’s Communications and Marketing Department has received 13 recognitions from the 41st Annual Educational Advertising Awards. This year, more than 2,000 entries were submitted by over one thousand colleges, universities, and secondary schools from all fifty states and numerous foreign countries.

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Newly Admitted Students Connect, Learn, and Envision Their Future at UH Law Center

March 19, 2026 - Prospective law students were greeted at the University of Houston Law Center’s Spring Admitted Students Day with a message of unity and Cougar pride.

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Fifth Circuit Hears High-Profile Appeals at UH Law Center Bringing Federal Courtroom to Campus

March 18, 2026 — The University of Houston Law Center welcomed students, faculty, staff, alumni, prospective law students, and members of the public in early March for a rare opportunity to see the federal appeals process unfold in real time as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held two days of oral arguments in the Danny M. Sheena Courtroom at the John M. O’Quinn Law Building.