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2025
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42nd
in Contracts/Commercial Law
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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
UH Law Alumnus Lance Lightfoot Shares Insights About In-House Legal Leadership and Healthcare Law
May 7, 2026 — University of Houston Law Center alumnus Lance Lightfoot (JD '99), general counsel of Gulf Coast Blood, recently spoke to students as part of UHLC's Business and Tax Law Corporate Leaders Lecture Series, sharing insights from his career in in-house legal leadership and healthcare law.
Texas Supreme Court Justice Rebeca A. Huddle to Serve as 2026 UH Law Commencement Speaker
May 7, 2026 — Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle of the Supreme Court of Texas will serve as the commencement speaker for the University of Houston Law Center’s graduation ceremony on May 16.
Wesleyan President Michael Roth Urges Universities to Protect Academic Freedom for Future of U.S. at UH Law’s 2026 Rosenberg Lecture
May 5, 2026 — Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth warned of the risks of what he calls “anticipatory obedience,” arguing that university leaders and faculty who remain silent to avoid potential funding losses or other penalties from the federal and state governments undermine academic freedom.
