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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

Dean Baynes

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

Workshop participants from across the region came together to share insights and resources with attendees. From top to bottom (l to r): Professor Sally B. Richardson with Tulane University Law School, Associate Professor Martin Edwards from the University of Mississippi School of Law and Dean Madeleine Landrieu of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law; Dean Patricia Roberts of St. Mary’s University School of Law, Dean Angela Banks of ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, UH Law Dean Leonard M. Baynes, and Professor Donald Campbell with Mississippi Christian University School of Law; Clinical Professor Chanté Brantley of SMU Dedman School of Law, Dean Colin Crawford of the William H. Bowen School of Law at University of Arkansas Little Rock, Dean Anna Carpenter of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, and Adjunct Professor Beatrice M. Randall with Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

Regional AALS Workshop at UH Law Center Opens Doors for Future Law Professors

Aug. 28, 2026 — For attorneys and others interested in teaching the next generation of law school students, the path to legal academia can seem confusing and difficult to navigate.

Seth J. Chandler, the Beirne, Maynard & Parsons LLP Professor of Law at the UH Law Center.

UH Law Professor Seth Chandler Earns Spot Among Nation’s Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia

Aug. 26, 2026 — University of Houston Law Center professor Seth J. Chandler has been selected as one of the Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia for 2026 by The National Law Review and Wickard.

Houstonn Law Review Journals in a stack

Houston Law Review Rises in National Rankings, Maintains No. 2 Position in Texas

Aug. 18, 2026 — The University of Houston Law Center’s Houston Law Review continued to climb among the nation’s leading legal publications, showing substantial gains in the most recent Washington and Lee University School of Law Journal rankings.

EVENTS

August 24, 2026 - First day of Fall Classes