| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER DEANS 1947-TO PRESENT |
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 A.A. White |
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 John B. Neibel |
 George Hardy |
 Robert L. Knauss |
 Stephen Zamora |
 Nancy B. Rapoport |
 Raymond T. Nimmer |
 Leonard M. Baynes |
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The University of Houston Law Center is an outstanding law school committed to providing our students with a superior legal education. Our highly ranked programs by U.S. News and World Report, including Health Law and Policy (#2), Intellectual Property and Information Law (#8), and part-time program (#6), combined with our #50 ranking among top law schools, attract exceptional students year after year. Our faculty and staff continue to raise the bar, while our strong alumni network exemplifies the excellence of a UH Law Center education throughout the world.
Dean Leonard M. Baynes has focused his deanship around the Power of Legal Education. Dean Baynes envisions the Law Center as a resource-rich institution, where students are fundamentally transformed as they are taught to think like lawyers – to write precisely, to analyze rigorously, to advocate persuasively, and to conform to the highest professional standards. The Power of Legal Education can be realized with the support of our alumni and friends. The Law Fund, our unrestricted annual giving program, provides an opportunity for everyone to ensure the success of this vision.
The Dean's Society is an integral force behind the Power of Legal Education. The generous support of its members allows the Law Center to innovate and respond to emerging opportunities that will help the Law Center continue rising and be the best. Members are called upon for their insight and input in order to make a meaningful impact in the quality and capabilities of the Law Center. The Dean's Society provides a forum where everyone can make a difference.
Deriving its name from the continuum of leadership guiding the Law Center, the Dean's Society is the highest giving level of the Law Fund. It recognizes the most exclusive group of alumni and friends devoted to providing significant unrestricted support to the Law Center each year.
For a list of our current Dean's Society members, click here.
The flexible nature of the Law Fund allows Dean Baynes to direct funds to the highest priorities of the Law Center, including:
"When we gather at Dean's Society meetings, the people in the room clearly care about the Law Center. Our gifts to the Law Fund are unrestricted, and they open the door to a wide range of possibilities to benefit students and faculty alike."
- Susan Bickley '84
"My Dean's Society gift is my way of thanking the Law Center for providing me the opportunities that helped to begin my legal career, and ensuring that current and future students continue to have those same opportunities."
- Cynthia Mabry '10
As part of a unique group of Law Center donors, Dean's Society members enjoy benefits for their dedication to enhancing the UH Law education, including:
Dean's Society members are recognized based on their giving level within the society. Membership ranges from a minimum annual gift of $2,500, up to $24,999.
Dean's Council: $20,000 to $24,999
Founders Council: $15,000 to $19,999
Leadership Council: $10,000 to $14,999
Scholars Council: $5,000 to $9,999
Fellows Council: $2,500* to $4,999*NEW! $1,000 for young alumni graduates of the last ten years.
We are profoundly grateful to those who have made generous contributions and joined the Dean's Society. For a list of our current Dean's Society members, click here.
ONLINE: To make a gift safely and securely online, please click here. Be sure to designate your gift for the "Dean's Society".
MAIL: To make a gift by mail, click here and print out the Dean's Society donor form, complete the form, and send it to the address below:
University of Houston Law Center
Office of Law Alumni Relations
4604 Calhoun Road
Houston, Texas 77204-6060
Stephen Schad
Director of Annual Giving
University of Houston Law Center
(713) 743-2539
saschad@central.uh.edu
