Rankings[edit]
Historically, Texas Law has been ranked the top law school in the state and the 15th best school in the nation by the legal news website Above the Law.[16] The USNWR, the most widely used and influential ranking of American law schools, ranks Texas Law as tied for the 16th best law school in the nation.[16] Additionally, Above the Law, which uses an outcome-focused ranking system, ranked Texas the 12th best law school in the U.S. in 2019.[17] In 2020, USNWR also ranked Texas as the 15th best law school in the U.S. for a student's return on investment.[18] The website graduateprograms.com, in 2014, ranked Texas Law as the 3rd best law school for student social life.[19]
Students at the University of Texas School of Law publish thirteen law journals:[20]
Continuing Legal Education[edit]
The University of Texas School of Law Continuing Legal Education is one of the oldest and most distinguished providers of professional education in the country, offering over 50 advanced conferences annually that provide CLE and CPE credit to national legal and accounting professionals. Some of the School's signature programs include Stanley M. Johanson Estate Planning Workshop, Taxation Conference, Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Law, Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Immigration and Nationality Law and Page Keeton Civil Litigation, which have been offered continuously for over 35 years. Other highly regarded programs in the portfolio include Mergers and Acquisitions Institute, International Upstream Energy Transactions, Parker C. Fielder Oil and Gas Tax (presented with the IRS) and Patent Law Institutes presented in Austin and at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
U.S. Supreme Court clerkships[edit]
Since 2005, Texas has had four alumni serve as judicial clerks at the United States Supreme Court. This record gives Texas a ranking in the top 20 among all law schools for supplying such law clerks for the period 2005-2017. Texas has placed 35 clerks at the U.S. Supreme Court in its history, ranked 13th among law schools; this group includes Diane Wood (class of 1975) who clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun during the 1976 Term, and is now the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Employment[edit]
Texas has maintained strong employment outcomes for its graduates relative to other law schools.[30] According to UT official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 85.0% of the Class of 2018 had obtained full-time, long-term, J.D.-required employment (i.e. as attorneys) nine months after graduation.[31] 92.8% of the class obtained employment in careers that preferred or required a J.D.[31] UT's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 7.2%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2018 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[32]