4. If I am not admitted, can I transfer to Texas after a year at another law school?

The Law School admits only a few transfer students each year. Transfer students must have been admissible to Texas as first-year students and have compiled outstanding records at the first law school attended.

5. What advantages does going to law school at Texas offer?

While the Law School does not attempt to "rank" itself, we do believe that Texas offers one of the top legal educations in America today. The Texas faculty is recognized nationwide for its scholarship and teaching ability, as evidenced by its contributions to legal periodicals and authorship of casebooks used in law schools around the nation. The law library, the fifth largest associated with a university in the nation, provides a 700,000 volume resource for students. The high quality and diversity of the student body assure a stimulating learning environment.

6. Does Texas offer joint degree programs?

The Law School offers a joint JD/MBA program with the Graduate School of Business and a joint JD/MPA with the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Additionally, with prior approval, students may receive law school credit for up to six hours of graduate work in other departments in The University.

7. Is law school at Texas "hard?"

Law study is challenging; particularly in the first year when the student must adapt to the study of legal materials and different approaches to problems. Still, law study at Texas offers an exciting challenge. Because the Law School carefully screens applicants, less than two percent of those admitted fail to receive their degrees.

8 Will I be able to get a job after law school?

Despite reports of a so-called “lawyer glut” and despite the role that class rank plays in the job prospects for law graduates. Texas graduates continue to fare well in the job market. Over 98% of our graduates are employed within one year after graduation. Over 92% of our students have obtained permanent job offers before graduation.

9. Will I be able to practice law in other states if I attend The University of Texas School of Law?

Although 15% of our students are nonresidents over the last few years about one-fourth of each graduating class has accepted employment outside the state of Texas. Many more students who have received such offers have chosen to stay in Texas. Each year some 238 employers from other states come to the Law School to recruit.

10. Does Texas specialize in any area of the law?

The Law School offers a broad range of course offerings in almost every recognized area of the law, without overemphasizing or de-emphasizing any of them.

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Austin, Texas 78705-3299

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