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

UH Law 2026 Gala Raises Over $1 Million to Support Student Scholarships and Programs

May 08, 2026—The University of Houston Law Center raised more than $1.6 million for student scholarships, advocacy programs, faculty research, and other initiatives at its 49TH annual Law Gala and Auction in May.

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.