South Texas College of Law
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South Texas College of Law is a private American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Located in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States it was founded in 1923—the oldest law school in Houston and the third-oldest in Texas.12
Surrounded by hundreds of law offices and legal service providers in Downtown Houston, South Texas College of Law has a faculty of 59 full-time professors and 40 adjunct professors.
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[edit] Student programs
South Texas offers a "3 and 3" program with Texas A&M University. This program makes it possible to obtain a Bachelor's degree and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) in six years. South Texas College of Law is also part of a consortium of four independent ABA and AALS accredited American law schools—California Western School of Law, New England School of Law, and William Mitchell College of Law. The Consortium for Innovative Legal Education (CILE), combines resources designed to enhance and strengthen the educational mission of each school separately and all of them collectively. This partnership provides access to educational programs on a national and international basis. Students at South Texas can study abroad in London, Ireland, Malta, Prague, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Turkey and Mexico.
[edit] Rankings
In 2005, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Trial Advocacy Program at South Texas number one in the nation, and it consistently ranks among the top 10 every year.3 4 In 2006, South Texas won the Association of Trial Lawyers of America national mock trial competition, beating over 260 schools. In 2007, South Texas won the National White Collar Crime Invitational Mock Trial Competition hosted by Georgetown Law School.[1] In 2008, the South Texas trial advocacy program was ranked sixth by U.S. News. [2]
South Texas College of Law publishes several student-edited journals of legal scholarship, including Corporate Counsel Review, Currents: International Trade Law Journal, and South Texas Law Review.
For two years running [3] [4], the US News and World Report annual ranking of graduate education programs has placed the South Texas College of Law within the fourth tier of law schools.
[edit] Community resources
South Texas sponsors the "Direct Representation Clinics," which provide legal representation to low-income residents of Harris County, Texas in the areas of family law, probate, estate planning, and guardianship cases. South Texas is also the first Texas law school to provide $400 each month toward student-loan indebtedness for its alumni working for non-profit legal-aid organizations that provide services to the poor.
[edit] Notes
- Note 1: Source: Cambridge Study Abroad Program
- Note 2: Source: The Handbook of Texas Online
- Note 3: Source: South Texas College of Law, "News and Events"
- Note 4: Source: U.S. News and World Report: Americas Best Graduate Schools: Law Specialties: Trial Advocacy
[edit] References
- ^ Georgetown Law - White Collar Crime Mock Trial Competition
- ^ Trial Advocacy - Law - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report
- ^ http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/law/search/c_final_tier+4
- ^ http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/items/03149
[edit] External links
- South Texas College of Law
- A Chronological History of South Texas College of Law
- The Fred Parks Law Library
- Co-Curriculum
