The University of Texas School of Law
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| Parent school | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Established | 1883 |
| School type | Public |
| Endowment | $172.1 million (Law School) |
| Dean | Ward Farnsworth |
| Location |
Austin, TX, U.S. 30°17′19″N 97°43′51″W / 30.288666°N 97.730762°WCoordinates: 30°17′19″N 97°43′51″W / 30.288666°N 97.730762°W, |
| Enrollment | 1,031 |
| Faculty | 182 |
| USNWR ranking | 15 |
| Bar pass rate | 93.85% (Texas) |
| Website | law.utexas.edu |
The University of Texas School of Law (Texas Law) is an ABA-certified law school on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. The law school has been in operation since the founding of the university in 1883. Texas Law offers both Juris Doctor and Master of Laws degrees. It also offers dual degree programs with the JD, such as an MBA, MPA, and PhD. In 2017 the law school was ranked No. 14 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, and No. 12 by Above the Law Texas Law is consistently ranked among the top five public law schools in the United States. The school has also ranked No. 1 for the biggest return on investment among law schools in the United States. Every year, Texas Law places a large part of its class into the nation's largest law firms, where salaries start at over $180,000.
The school has 19,000 living alumni, over 4,000 of whom practice law outside of Texas. The law school has graduated the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark as well as a number of heads of state and corporate executives.
According to Texas Law's 2016 ABA-required disclosures, 80.66% of the Class of 2016 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
Texas Law is among the most selective law schools in the nation. For the class of 2018, 4,303 students applied and 21.9% were accepted with a class median LSAT score of 167. The median GPA for the admitted class is 3.73. The average age of admitted students is 24, and women make up 47% of the class. Texas Law admits students from 30 US states. Emphasizing its role as a public institution, Texas Law reserves 65% of the seats in each first-year class for Texas residents.
On the last day of Attorney General Greg Abbott’s tenure, his office released a year-long investigation into the improper use of unreported and unapproved ‘forgivable loans’ and other compensation to Texas Law faculty.
The University of Texas School of Law was founded in 1883. In 1914, the school created its first course on oil and gas law, and in 1941 a legal aid clinic was started.
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