Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Yalda! Happy Bodhi (Rohatsu) Day! Happy Pancha Ganapati! Happy New Year! Happy Winter Solstice!

On behalf of the University of Houston Law Center, I wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season in whatever faith tradition you observe. As we approach the end of 2022, the Law Center has much positive momentum to reflect upon going into 2023.

First, the Law Center achieved its decades-long dream and moved its excellent educational opportunities into the ultramodern John M. O’Quinn Law Building in the fall semester. It is the newest law school building in the State of Texas and one of the four newest in the nation.

The new building is a five-story, 180,000-square-foot cantilevered structure housing leading legal faculty and producing future practice-ready advocates.

Second, the Law Center also marked its 75-year anniversary, commemorating the occasion with a celebratory social media campaign, and remembering the historic contributions of alumni, faculty members, students, and others.

Third, although the Law Center has undergone many changes in 75 years when it first opened in converted WWII military barracks, we remain steadfast to our mission of educating the next generation of talented lawyers, and our faculty are still excellent teachers and top notch legal scholars.

Fourth, our student body is much more diverse than 75 years ago. Teaching law has evolved from the purely Socratic method of teaching, and technological advancements have drastically altered the classrooms and day-to-day practice. But through this change, the Law Center remains steadfast in providing our students the very best legal education as during past eras.

Fifth, our students’ ambition and determination to achieve their dreams remain similar to the 28 individuals who made up our very first graduating class in 1950. In the next 75 years, I am confident that the Law Center is well-positioned to make a continued meaningful impact on the various communities it serves.

As we enter the season of giving, I encourage our alumni and friends to consider contributing to the Law Center’s scholarship initiatives. With the law school environment becoming more competitive and expensive, it is necessary that we have sufficient scholarship funds available to attract and retain the best and brightest students that match the Law Center’s high caliber. Click here to donate or learn more about scholarships at the Law Center.

I want to thank all of you for celebrating with us this special and successful year for the Law Center. I wish you a happy and healthy holiday season filled with cheer and surrounded by your loved ones.

Sincerely,

Leonard M. Baynes
Dean & Professor of Law
University of Houston Law Center

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