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Why Houston Law
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
LATEST NEWS
University of Houston Law Center Leaps to No. 54 in U.S. News & World Report Rankings, Three Programs in Top 10
April 7, 2026 – The University of Houston Law Center climbed nine spots to No. 54 overall in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Law Schools rankings. T
UH Law Center Remembers Professor Richard Dole
April 2, 2025 – The University of Houston Law Center mourns the passing of Professor Richard F. Dole Jr., who died March 29, 2026, at the age of 89. He served as a UHLC faculty member for nearly five decades, from 1978 until his retirement in 2025.
UH Law Center Mourns Former UH Law Foundation President Susan Bickley (J.D. ’84)
April 6, 2026 - The University of Houston Law Center is deeply saddened at the passing of alumna Susan Bickley (J.D. ’84), co-chair of Blank Rome's Houston office, on March 30, 2026.
EVENTS
April 15, 2026
Justice Ruby Kless Sondock Jurist-in-Residence Lecture
April 23, 2026
Yale L. Rosenberg Memorial Lecture
May 2, 2026
49th Annual Law Gala & Auction
