Points of Pride
Value
Combining competitive tuition rates and affordable West Texas living, we are the #1 ranked “Best Value” Law School in Texas by the National Jurist. Graduates leave Texas Tech Law with the knowledge, experience, and qualifications necessary to compete for the most sought-after employment opportunities.
- Our legal writing specialty program is ranked #20 in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report, the highest of any Texas law school.
- More Texas Tech law graduates pass the bar within two years of graduation than any other public Texas law school. Our two-year bar pass rate of 94.4% exceeds the national pass rate of 88.7%, according to the American Bar Association. This places us 50th in the nation in “ultimate bar” passage.
- We are 21st in the nation in Dispute Resolution in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report.
- We are ranked 31st in the nation by law.com for 2018 Gold Standard Graduate Employment.
Advocacy
Texas Tech Law has extensive, nationally recognized negotiation, arbitration, client counseling, moot court, and mock trial programs. Our students put advocacy to practice in clinical, externship, and energy law programs.
- We are ranked 1st in the nation by the American Bar Association in its Competitions Championship Ranking.
- Our advocacy teams have won 45 national and international championships, 101 state and regional championships, and 72 individual Best Advocate and Best Brief awards.
- Our robust clinical program truly impacts the lives of others.
- Our Energy Law Program emphasizes practice and increasing students' awareness of, and exposure to, the oil-and-gas industry through a variety of experiences outside the traditional classroom.
Community
Created as a smaller law school by design, Texas Tech law students develop valuable personal relationships with faculty and staff.
“Texas Tech University School of Law is a very special place. We are a family here at Texas Tech Law, and we offer an outstanding and innovative legal education.
We always put our students first, and we focus on the real-world practical skills that every lawyer needs for a fantastic career in the profession. That has been the Texas Tech Law tradition since we first opened our doors in 1967, and we do it today better than ever.”
— Jack Wade Nowlin
Dean and W. Frank Newton
Professor of Law
- More than 30 community-oriented, student-driven organizations enrich the legal education and experience for everyone at Texas Tech Law and in the Lubbock community.
- Our students provided 19,742 total hours of pro bono and public service in 2018-2019.
School of Law
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Address
Texas Tech University School of Law, 3311 18th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79409-0004 -
Phone
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Email
law@ttu.edu