It seeks to provide broad, but intensive, training in the legal profession. Students are exposed to a variety of perspectives on law and legal systems and are expected to develop familiarity with contemporary law and the legal skills necessary to function as competent, ethical professionals. The Law Center emphasizes neither a theoretical nor a practical view of law, but believes that both are integral to legal education. During the past decade, the Law Center has experienced dramatic qualitative and quantitative growth. The student body consists of more than 1,100 individuals drawn from all parts of the country in a highly competitive admission program.
Many law students have graduate degrees or professional recognition in other disciplines.
The student body's quality, professional achievement, geographic origin, and ethnic diversity represent strengths of the Law Center. These strengths result in placement of graduates in major law firms in Houston and throughout the country. Instruction is conducted primarily by approximately 50 full-time law faculty. Many are nationally recognized experts in fields such as health law, intellectual property law, international law, energy law, environmental law, commercial law, family law, constitutional law and tax law. The faculty is supported by a select group of adjunct professors from the Houston bar, one of the major legal communities in the country.