University of Texas School of Law

The University of Texas
School of Law
The University of Texas; School of Law
Parent school	University of Texas at Austin
Established	1883
School type	Public law school
Endowment	$215.5 million (2018)
Dean	Bobby Chesney
Location	Austin, Texas, United States; 30°17′19″N 97°43′51″W / 30.288666°N 97.730762°W
Enrollment	1,005 (2018)
Faculty	281 (2017–18)
USNWR ranking	16th (tied) (2024)
Bar pass rate	90.39%
Website	law.utexas.edu

The University of Texas School of Law (Texas Law) is the law school of the University of Texas at Austin, a public research university in Austin, Texas. According to Texas Law’s ABA disclosures, 87.20% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term bar passage required employment (i.e. as attorneys) nine months after graduation.^[7]

In 2017, the school had 19,000 living alumni.^[8] Amongst its deceased and living alumni are former U.S. Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Attorney General Tom C. Clark; former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker; former U.S. Secretary of Treasury Lloyd Bentsen; former White House Senior Advisor Paul Begala; former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Sam Rayburn; former litigator Sarah Weddington who represented Jane Roe in the landmark case Roe v Wade; and Wallace B. Jefferson, the first African American Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

^ "Financial Information". University of Texas Law School Foundation. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
^ Maxwell Locke & Ritter, LLC (January 14, 2019). 2018 Audited Financials by UT Law School Fdn. University of Texas Law School Foundation. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
^ "Dean and Leadership". Texas Law. University of Texas School of Law. Retrieved August 13, 2019 – via law.utexas.edu.
^ ^a ^b "ABA 509 2018". ABA Required Disclosures. ABA. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
^ "University of Texas–Austin". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ "Standard 509 Disclosure".
^ "Texas at Austin, University of Employment Summary 2022 Graduates". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
^ "History of the Law School". The University of Texas School of Law. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

[UTLSF-1] "Financial Information". University of Texas Law School Foundation. Retrieved August 13, 2019.

[2] Maxwell Locke & Ritter, LLC (January 14, 2019). 2018 Audited Financials by UT Law School Fdn. University of Texas Law School Foundation. Retrieved August 13, 2019.

[3] "Dean and Leadership". Texas Law. University of Texas School of Law. Retrieved August 13, 2019 – via law.utexas.edu.

[auto-4] "ABA 509 2018". ABA Required Disclosures. ABA. Retrieved August 13, 2019.

[5] "University of Texas–Austin". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

[6] "Standard 509 Disclosure".

[7] "Texas at Austin, University of Employment Summary 2022 Graduates". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved April 7, 2024.

[about-8] "History of the Law School". The University of Texas School of Law. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

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