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T he 2021 academic year has been very eventful! also were named a Diversity Champion, the only law

school in the nation to receive this designation.
First, we made substantial progress on the new
state-of-the-art John M. O’Quinn Law Building. It is
on time, under budget and will be open for fall classes Fifth, we co-convened the second Black Lawyers
in August. When it opens, it will be the newest law Matter Conference along with Southern Methodist
school building in the state of Texas and one of the University Dedman School of Law and the Law
newest in the nation. School Admissions Council, which drew nearly 2,000
online attendees.
There were some naysayers who didn’t believe that
we would ever raise the money to replace the old Law Sixth, as we returned to in-person classes and work,
Center building. But we did it! We raised a record $93 our faculty, students and staff continued to show
million. This achievement is a testament to our alumni their resilience as we learned to live with the global
philanthropy. Many thanks to past Law Foundation COVID pandemic.
President Bill Jackson and his leadership in these efforts.
This fundraising success demonstrates the confidence, Our rankings remain high with eight
trust and faith that our alumni donors have in the specialty programs in the U.S. News Top 50.
excellence of UH Law Center legal education. For 75
years, the Law Center faculty has positively impacted
the lives of law students by nurturing, cultivating and Seventh, we launched the Fuel the Future Initiative
molding them into outstanding lawyers. We continue to advance our mission with an ambitious plan
that tradition today. that empowers social equity and access to legal
education through philanthropic support of the
Second, the Law Center will have a new address to go Law Center’s greatest area of need – scholarships.
along with the modern new building. The permanent Please consider making a contribution to the Fuel
address of the John M. O’Quinn Law Building will be the Future campaign in any amount and for any
4170 Martin Luther King Boulevard.
focus. UH Law alumna Regina Rogers established
Third, the Law Center’s 2021 entering class had the a diversity scholarship in my name. I was so
highest entering credentials in the Law Center’s history overwhelmed that I matched her gift, now doubling
with a 3.64 median undergraduate GPA and a median the scholarship opportunities for our students.
LSAT of 161. It also was one of the most diverse, with a Fuel the Future is a most worthy cause which will
majority of women and almost 40% of the students from not only enable us to continue to attract the best
underrepresented backgrounds.
and brightest students, but the more scholarships
Our rankings remain high with eight specialty programs that we have, the more it will help us to move up in
in the U.S. News Top 50, and three in the top 10: the rankings.

• Intellectual Property #6 Lastly, this Annual Report for the 2021 fiscal year shows

• Health Law #7 where our funds come from and how they are spent.
• Part-time program #9 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Your continued
support of the Law Center means a great deal for
Fourth, Insight into Diversity Magazine recognized the the future success of the Law Center. Keep up the
Law Center with the Higher Education Excellence in great work!
Diversity Award for the seventh year in a row, and we

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