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About the UH Law Center


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Office of the Dean
(713) 743-2100

Office of Student Services
(713) 743-2182

Office of Admissions
(713) 743-2280

Office of Career Development
(713) 743-2090

Dean and Professor of Law:
Leonard M. Baynes, B.S., New York University; M.B.A., J.D., Columbia University.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and HIPLA Professor of Law:
Greg R. Vetter, B.S.,Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla; M.S. in Computer Science, University of Missouri-Kansas City;
MBA, Rockhurst University; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law.

Associate Dean of Student Affairs:
Sondra R. Tennessee, B.A., Vanderbilt University; J.D., Washington University.

Assistant Dean of Communications and Marketing:
Carrie A. Criado, B.A., University of Texas-Austin; J.D., University of Houston.

About the Law Center

  • About the Law Center
  • Accreditation
The primary objective of the Law Center is to provide a context for excellence in legal education and research. It seeks to provide broad and intensive training in the legal profession. Students are exposed to a variety of perspectives on law and legal systems and are expected to develop familiarity with contemporary law and the legal skills necessary to function as competent, ethical professionals. The Law Center emphasizes neither a theoretical nor a practical view of law, believing that both are integral to legal education.

During the past decade, the Law Center has experienced dramatic qualitative and quantitative growth. The student body consists of more than 800 individuals drawn from all parts of the country in a highly competitive admission program. Many law students have graduate degrees or professional recognition in other disciplines. The student body’s quality, professional achievement, geographic origin, and experience represent strengths of the Law Center. These strengths result in placement of graduates in major law firms in Houston and throughout the country. Instruction is conducted primarily by approximately 72 full-time law faculty. Many are nationally recognized experts in fields such as health law, intellectual property and Information law, international law, energy law, environmental law, commercial law, family law, constitutional law, and tax law. The faculty is supported by a select group of adjunct professors from the Houston bar, one of the major legal communities in the country. This combined faculty offers a broad range of professional experience and expertise.

Accreditation

The Law Center operates with the approval of the American Bar Association and the Supreme Court of Texas, is a member of the Association of American Law Schools, and has a chapter of the Order of the Coif, the national legal scholastic honor society.