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FEATURE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER

HOLDS PREVIEW OF NEW BUILDING

Bill Jackson ’92, UHLC Dean Leonard M. Baynes, UH President Renu Khator, State Senator John Whitmire, State Senator Royce West,
State Rep. Ana Hernandez and State Rep. Armando Walle get a look at the new John M. O’Quinn Law Building.

nvited guests were treated to a preliminary viewing of the of underrepresented Houston residents through its clinics, which
IUniversity of Houston Law Center’s new John M. O’Quinn Law provide free legal services to the community.
Building in November. During the event, attendees listened to “We’re going to have a world-class building that will be reflective of
remarks from UH President Renu Khator, Dean Leonard M. Baynes, the character and caliber of the Law Center,” he said.
government officials, and other prominent UHLC alumni who were
involved in the project. Baynes also thanked the John M. O’Quinn Foundation and their
Dean Baynes opened the preview, saying how the new building has trustees Rob Wilson and Mike Lowenberg for their partnership and
for allowing UHLC to recognize John by naming the building in
been a decades-long dream of alumni, faculty, staff and students, and his honor.
$93 million was raised for the project. In addition to continuing to
provide students with an excellent legal education and serving as a The John M. O’Quinn Law Building will be the newest law school
hub for innovative research and legal scholarship, the new building building in the state and one of the newest in the country. At
will enable UH Law Center to expand on its role to serves the needs approximately 180,000 square feet, it will feature amenities such

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