Profile of the Law School

Lubbock

Lubbock is a major regional center for business and industry, located in the heart of the vast Southern Plains of West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Lubbock's location provides easy access to the Southwest, the Rocky Mountains, and the Great Plains region. The city is located 320 miles from Dallas-Ft. Worth, 400 miles from San Antonio, and 520 miles from Houston. Lubbock's climate is semiarid and mild. It is the medical center for the entire West Texas and Eastern New Mexico region. The population is nearly 200,000.

Resources

The smaller size of the law school provides an atmosphere of informality and accessibility with the 23:1 student-faculty ratio. The "open-door" policy allows students to visit with faculty as needed beyond classroom hours. In addition to classrooms and seminar rooms, the Law School building has an expansive law library, courtroom, computer laboratory, office of career services, lounge area, snack area, locker room, student organization offices, and faculty and administrative offices.

Students

In 1999, the entering class numbered 199 from an applicant pool of 1,092. The median LSAT score for the 1999 class was 155 (67.0 percent), and the median GPA was 3.37. Ethnically, 11 percent of the students are minorities: 7 percent Hispanic, 2 percent African American, 1 percent Asian-Pacific Islander, 1 percent Native American. The first year class consisted of 116 male and 83 female students.

Student Organizations
Asian-American Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
Board of Barristers
Christian Legal Society
Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
Environmental Law Society
Federalist Society
International Law Society
Judiciary Bench Book
Lambda Law Students
Law Review
Legal Computer Society
Legal Research Board
Mexican American Law Students Association
Minority Law Students Association
Student Academic Support Services
Texas Aggie Bar Association
Texas Tech Journal of Texas Administrative Law
Texas Tech Student Bar Association
Texas Tech University Law Partners
The Texas Bank Lawyer
Volunteer Law Students and Lawyers
Women in Law

Fraternities

Delta Theta Phi, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Delta Phi

Faculty

Texas Tech School of Law has a faculty of 26 full-time professors as well as adjunct professors with expertise in various areas of practice. There are 7 administrators and 28 supporting staff members (both administration and library). The student-faculty ratio is 23:1.

Tuition and Fees

Courses

Our curriculum is composed of courses designed to provide students with a strong foundation in law appropriate to practice in any jurisdiction. Students can choose elective courses that emphasize practice and procedure in the state of Texas.

Placement and the Texas Bar

In the fall of 1999, 57 legal employers came on campus. At graduation, 41 percent of the graduates had full-time job offers. Six months after graduation, 90 percent of the class of 1999 had accepted positions, with 98 percent of the graduates choosing to practice law in Texas. Private practice comprised 80 percent of the class; 9 percent of the class is employed by state or federal agencies; judicial clerks equal 9 percent; military, public interest, and corporate practice make up the other 2 percent.

Texas Tech historically ranks at or near the number one position in the Texas Bar Examination results. Texas Tech's pass rate on the July 1999 Texas Bar Exam was 92.1 percent and 100 percent for February 2000.

Library and Computer Facilities

The Texas Tech Law Library provides students wide-ranging access to legal information resources both printed and on-line. Texas Tech law students have access to computer equipment and facilities unparalleled in the nation. Study carrels are computer-based work stations where students perform computer-assisted legal research, word processing, and a number of other functions in an office-like setting. The superior computer resources complement the substantial collection of printed materials available.

Joint Degree Programs
J.D.­Master of Business Administration
J.D.­Master of Public Administration
J.D.­Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied
Economics
J.D.­Master of Science in Accounting (Taxation)
J.D.­Master of Science in Environmental Toxicology