Austin, Texas
University of Texas School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1923
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 172
- Median GPA
- 3.89
- Resident tuition
- $38,236
- First-year class
- 373
- Bar-required jobs
- 95.8%
- First-time bar passage
- 96.4%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s part-time list.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Actual Innocence ClinicSchool page for Actual Innocence Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Capital Punishment ClinicSchool page for Capital Punishment Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Children’s Rights ClinicSchool page for Children’s Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Civil Rights ClinicSchool page for Civil Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Defense ClinicSchool page for Criminal Defense Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Disability Rights ClinicSchool page for Disability Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Domestic Violence ClinicSchool page for Domestic Violence Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Employment Rights ClinicSchool page for Employment Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Entrepreneurship and Community Development ClinicSchool page for Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Environmental ClinicSchool page for Environmental Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Housing ClinicSchool page for Housing Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Housing Policy ClinicSchool page for Housing Policy Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Immigration ClinicSchool page for Immigration Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Juvenile Justice ClinicSchool page for Juvenile Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Law and Religion ClinicSchool page for Law and Religion Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Supreme Court Litigation ClinicSchool page for Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Bech-Loughlin First Amendment CenterSchool page for Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center (opens in a new tab)
- Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and JusticeSchool page for Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (opens in a new tab)
- Budd Innocence CenterSchool page for Budd Innocence Center (opens in a new tab)
- Capital Punishment CenterSchool page for Capital Punishment Center (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Public Policy Dispute ResolutionSchool page for Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Women in LawSchool page for Center for Women in Law (opens in a new tab)
- David J. Beck Center for Legal Research, Writing and Appellate AdvocacySchool page for David J. Beck Center for Legal Research, Writing and Appellate Advocacy (opens in a new tab)
- Institute for Transnational LawSchool page for Institute for Transnational Law (opens in a new tab)
- Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy CenterSchool page for Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center (opens in a new tab)
- William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest LawSchool page for William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
Journals and law reviews (6)
- Texas Environmental Law JournalSchool page for Texas Environmental Law Journal (opens in a new tab)
- Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and PolicySchool page for Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy (opens in a new tab)
- Texas Intellectual Property Law JournalSchool page for Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal (opens in a new tab)
- Texas International Law JournalSchool page for Texas International Law Journal (opens in a new tab)
- Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy LawSchool page for Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law (opens in a new tab)
- Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil RightsSchool page for Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (opens in a new tab)
Moot court and trial advocacy programs (1)
- Trial Advocacy ProgramSchool page for Trial Advocacy Program (opens in a new tab)
Advanced law degrees
Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
273
Clinic positions available
356
321 filled
Field placements filled
81
Simulation course seats
1,202
Co-curricular offerings
0
Full-time faculty
99
289 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
