Thurgood Marshall School of Law
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| Parent school | Texas Southern University |
| Established | 1946 |
| School type | Public HBCU |
| Dean | Dannye Holley |
| Location | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Enrollment | 600 |
| Website | www |
The Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) is an ABA-accredited law school in Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas, that awards Juris Doctor and Master of Law degrees. It is part of Texas Southern University. Thurgood Marshall School of Law is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Association of American Law Schools.
Its history can be traced back to a 1946 lawsuit implicating protections for racial minorities under the U.S. Constitution, Sweatt v. Painter, brought by Heman M. Sweatt, and tried by Thurgood Marshall. The Texas Constitution mandated separate but equal facilities for whites and blacks. Mr. Sweatt was refused admission to the University of Texas School of Law because he was black. In order to pre-empt the possibility of Mr. Sweatt obtaining a successful court order, the legislature passed Texas State Senate Bill 140, which established a university to offer courses of higher learning in law, pharmacy, dentistry, journalism, education, arts and sciences, literature, medicine, and other professional courses. It opened in 1946 as the "Texas State University for Negroes," and later changed its name in Texas Southern University in 1951.
Thurgood Marshall School of Law has been consistently ranked among the best in the nation for achieving diversification in its student body. TMSL has produced over 1,000 Hispanic lawyers and is responsible for 17% of African-American lawyers nationwide. At least 40% of licensed Texas African-American lawyers are TMSL alumni.
On the February 2015 Texas Bar Exam, TMSL first time bar exam takers passage rate was 64% which exceeded the national average and nearby University of Houston Law Center rate.
As of fall 2016, TMSL offers a Master of Laws in Immigration and Naturalization Law. The program is the first Masters of Law program in the nation to focus on immigration law.
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