University of Houston Law Center

The University of Houston Law Center provides excellence and opportunity to students of all backgrounds. Its location in Houston, the fourth largest, and most diverse, city in the U.S., gives students and graduates access to one of the world's largest legal markets. The city is also home to the world’s largest health care and medical complex and recognized as the energy capital of the world with multiple Fortune 500 companies headquartered here.

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The Law Center also had four specialty programs ranked No.1 in Texas:

Part-time Program
Health Care law
Intellectual Property
Legal Writing

U.S. News & World Report, 2026

TOP PROGRAMS

Blakely Advocacy Institute (moot court, mock trial, trial advocacy, and mediation)

Clinics

Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center

Health Law

Intellectual Property & Information Law

International Law

Legal Writing

Part-Time Evening Program

Tax Law

LATEST NEWS

Judge Michael Gomez, a 2000 alumnus of the University of Houston Law Center

UH Law Alumnus Judge Michael Gomez (J.D. ’00) Recognized for Excellence on the Bench with Prestigious Jurist Award from Texas Law Foundation

APR. 17, 2026—University of Houston Law Center alumnus and longstanding judge of the 129th District Court, Michael Gomez (J.D. '00), has been named the 2026 recipient of the Texas Bar Foundation’s Samuel Pessarra Outstanding Jurist Award.

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UH Law Alumni Offer Real World Perspective to Newly Admitted Students

APR. 17, 2026—The University of Houston Law Center recently hosted its second Spring Admitted Students Day, providing incoming law students with a candid look at law school life, academic rigor and the flexibility of UHLC programs.

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UH Symposium Explores Connecting Payment Reform to a Stronger Health Care Workforce

APR. 16, 2026 — As the health care system faces mounting pressure to improve outcomes, reduce costs, and better serve patients with complex needs, one challenge has come increasingly into focus: payment reform cannot succeed unless the health care workforce is prepared to support a different model of care.