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.
Dec. 23, 2025 – The University of Houston Law Center is celebrating a standout semester for its advocacy programs. The school’s moot court, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and mock trial teams brought home awards for written and oral advocacy, professionalism, and overall team performance.
DEC. 19, 2025— University of Houston Law Center Professor Tracy Hester, co-director of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (EENR) Center, has earned an honorable mention in the seventeenth edition of the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) for his recent article, “Spinning Off Carbon: Corporate Restructuring in a Climate Bankrupt World.” The recognition places Hester’s work among the year’s most impactful contributions to environmental and energy law scholarship.
Dec. 19, 2025 — International legal scholar Darya Shirokova, with expertise in energy law and arbitration, delivered a talk, titled “The Fiction of State Contract in Energy Industry” recently at the University of Houston Law Center. The seminar, hosted by the Global and Graduate Programs in collaboration with the International Law Students Alliance (ILSA), examined how international law balances power between governments and private companies in the global energy sector. .
December 13, 2025
Annual Holiday Coffee
February 10, 2026
2026 Dean’s Distinguished Black History Month Lecture
