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RANKINGS EIGHT UH LAW CENTER SPECIALTY

PROGRAMS RANK IN TOP 50 IN THE NATION

BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

he excellence of several University of Houston Law Center Rankings included:
Tspecialty programs was recognized among the best in the country • No. 5 in Health Law
in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey released in March. • No. 8 in Intellectual Property
The law school’s Health Care Law was ranked fifth, Intellectual
Property eighth, No. 11 for the part-time program and No. 20 in • No. 11 Part-time Program
Environmental Law. • No. 20 Environmental Law
“I am delighted that the University of Houston Law Center has • No. 42 in Trial Advocacy
achieved eight specialty law programs ranked in the top 50 in the
recent U.S. News rankings, and four of those programs are in the • No. 43 in International Law
top 20,” said Dean Leonard M. Baynes. “This was part of the Law • No. 45 in Contracts/Commercial Law
Center’s strategic plan to increase the number of the Law Center’s
top specialty rankings. One of the key features about the Law Center • No. 46 in Legal Writing (A 55-point increase from 2020)
is that it has deep and excellent expertise in a wide variety of legal
specialties, which ultimately provides our students a diversity of legal The Law Center’s overall ranking was No. 60.
educational and job opportunities. There are not many other law In a statement by U.S. News, the rankings, “evaluate institutions on
schools who can highlight that they have eight unique legal specialties their successful placement of graduates, their faculty resources, the
that are ranked in U.S. News top 50. academic achievements of entering students, and opinions by law
“We are also highly ranked on other ranking organizations like the schools, lawyers and judges on overall program quality.”
top 30 Go-To Law Schools demonstrating that our students compete “The Law Center is an excellent law school with well-credentialed
at the highest levels and are employed at jobs at the largest 100 firms faculty, students with high median GPAs and LSATs scores, very talented
in the nation. Moreover, for the past six years in a row, the Law and hard-working staff, and outstanding alumni,” Baynes said. “Our goal
Center has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity remains steadfast which is get even better and be even more recognized
(HEED) Award and has been recognized for its diversity by Insight because rankings success is wonderful, but we all know that it doesn’t
into Diversity Magazine.” capture the full inherent excellence of the Law Center.” ^

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