Academics
The J.D. program is 90 semester hours. Entering classes are generally divided into three full-time day sessions of some 70 students each and one part-time evening section of some 55 students for first-year courses.
The Law Center includes six LL.M. programs:
- Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Law
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property & Information Law
- International Law
- Tax Law
- Foreign Scholars - comprehensive LL.M. Program for non-U.S. lawyers
The Law Center offers seven combined and concurrent degree programs in conjunction with other schools: the J.D./M.D. (with the Baylor College of Medicine), the J.D./M.B.A. (with the University of Houston's C. T. Bauer College of Business), the J.D./M.A. in History (with the University of Houston Department of History); the J.D./M.S.W. (with the University of Houston's Graduate School of Social Work); the J.D./M.P.H. (with the University of Texas School of Public Health); and the J.D./Ph.D. in Medical Humanities (with the University of Texas Medical Branch).
The Law Center has eight special programs and institutes:
- Blakeley Advocacy Institute
- Center for Children, Law & Policy
- Center for Consumer Law
- Criminal Justice Institute
- The Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Center
- Health Law & Policy Institute
- Institute for Higher Education Law & Governance
- Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law
The Law Center offers several law clinics for upper division students: The Civil Clinic, Civil Practice Clinic, Criminal Practice Clinic, Consumer Law Clinic, Domestic Violence Clinic, Immigration Clinic, Juvenile Defense Clinic, Mediation Clinic, and Transactional Clinic.
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