Houston, July 8, 2025 – The University of Houston Law Center’s Health Law & Policy Institute (HLPI) has released an updated digital edition of the “Texas Bench Book on Control Measures and Public Health Emergencies,” a critical legal resource for Texas judges, public health officials and emergency planners.
May 6, 2025 - Craig Cormier II, a 3L at the University of Houston Law Center, is spending his last spring semester of law school as a fellow for the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services in Austin.
April 08, 2025 – The U.S. spends more on health care than most developed countries yet receives the worst outcomes – but there is a solution, according to health policy expert Elena Marks who spoke recently at the University of Houston Law Center’s Health Law and Policy Institute’s Speaker Series.
April 8, 2025 - The University of Houston Law Center’s Part-Time and Health Law programs are among the top 10 in the country according to the 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings released today.
April 4, 2025 - The University of Houston Law Center was named a top 10 best budget school in the U.S. for an LL.M., and in the top 10 for energy law, global law and health/medical law LL.M. offerings by the LLM GUIDE for its Top 10 Lists by Specialty for 2025.
March 31, 2025 – Christopher Cabrera, a third-year student at the University of Houston Law Center, is making an impact and gaining awards with his insightful articles that explore the complex interplay between law, medicine and pharmaceutical advancements.
Oct. 24, 2024 – Professors from the University of Houston Law Center and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine participated in a panel discussion earlier this month to address the legal and medical landscape concerning women’s reproductive health since the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Sept. 26, 2024 - Dr. Cody Miller Pyke made history in 2023 as the first openly transgender and non-binary person to serve on the board of trustees for Harris Health.
Aug. 22, 2024 – The University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) received national recognition in three areas—Moot Court Leaders, Top School for Family Law, and Top School for Health Law—in the 2024-25 Back to School issue of preLaw magazine.
June 12, 2024 — The University of Houston’s Law Center and Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine recently partnered to host a seminar titled “Justice and Health for All: The Future of Affirmative Action in Legal and Medical Education.”
April 30, 2024 – University of Houston Law Center student Erin Kelly found a dream opportunity working as a Health Law Legislative Fellow for the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Passionate about improving food regulations in the country, Kelly had the opportunity to contribute to the revision of several food laws during her fellowship.
April 09, 2024 — University of Houston Law Center's intellectual property law, health care law, and part-time specialty programs rank in the Top 10 nationwide in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report of Best Law Schools.
April 03, 2024 — National leaders in healthcare, the legal profession and academia will delve into the aftermath and ramifications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in SFFA v. Harvard at an upcoming conference titled "Justice and Health for All: The Future of Affirmative Action in Legal and Medical Education" taking place on Friday, April 12, 2024.
Feb. 12, 2024 — For University of Houston Law Center graduate Jack Frazee (J.D. ’17) the journey to legal education was sparked by a unique blend of professional guidance and personal curiosity. Frazee, who is the Director of Government Affairs and General Counsel of the Texas Nurses Association, was influenced early in his career by the mentorship of a UHLC graduate.
Dec. 14, 2023 — Seth Chandler, constitutional law professor at the University of Houston Law Center, is available for expert commentary on the recent ruling by the Texas Supreme Court in Cox v. State of Texas, in which the court said a Texas woman did not qualify for a medical exception to the state’s abortion ban to terminate her pregnancy, as well as how the ruling could impact other state legislatures considering abortion bans in a post-Dobbs climate.
Nov. 15, 2023 — University of Houston Law Center alumnus Kayhan Parsi (J.D. ‘93), influenced by his parents' healthcare background, found health law and bioethics to be his forte while he attended UHLC.
Aug. 09, 2023 — The University of Houston Law Center’s student-run Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy is coming off a banner year of implementing new marketing, promotion and publication initiatives that exceeded expectations.
May 22, 2023 — Samuel Kuang, Lizzy Do, and Julia Tape, all 2Ls, Asian American, and first-generation law students at the University of Houston Law Center, share their unique academic paths to law school, the benefits of attending UH Law Center, goals as editors-in-chief, and advice to students.
