Academics
Exceptional Education
At South Texas College of Law Houston, students experience a dual academic focus: rigorous legal courses taught by excellent professors who want students to succeed and engaging opportunities to gain real-world lawyering skills valued by employers.
STCL Houston offers a rigorous program of legal education designed to teach its graduates the knowledge, skills, and professionalism needed for the practice of law and to prepare them for admission to law practice. This combination of legal knowledge and practice-ready skills gives graduates a distinct advantage. When STCL Houston students graduate and pass the bar, they enter the legal profession with confidence and competence.
When students graduate from STCL Houston, they are ready to practice law.
The robust, engaging experiential education at STCL Houston gives new graduates an advantage.
Students have the opportunity to:
- assist real clients with real problems through the 20-plus free legal clinics offered through the law school
- learn to craft an effective corporate contract
- gain experience through internships as associates
- lead project teams through campus organizations
- prepare for, compete in — and win — national competitions that mimic a jury trial, that replicate the appeals court process, and that challenge their mediation and legal brief writing skills
Law School News
The Benny Agosto, Jr. Diversity Center
The Agosto Center provides the STCL Houston community with an opportunity to engage in sustained dialogue and education to increase the depth of understanding about DEI in the legal profession. The Agosto Center provides a strategic vision, resources, programming, and training to promote a comprehensive appreciation of DEI and how it impacts the legal community.
Legal Research & Writing Program
To succeed in today’s rapidly changing legal environment, an attorney must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently to a wide variety of audiences. South Texas College of Law Houston’s Legal Research and Writing Program focuses on teaching students this highly valued skill set.
Advocacy Program
South Texas College of Law Houston is one of only three in the nation consistently ranked in the top 10 for trial advocacy by U.S. News & World Report. To date, the law school’s Advocacy Program has won more than 138 national advocacy championships. No other law school in the United States has won half as many.
