The Law School maintains one of the richest academic programs of any law school in the country. Such a wide array of courses can not be matched at schools with smaller faculties or at schools with less intellectual and philosophical diversity. Additionally, students can take advantage of the diverse opportunities for study abroad through exchanges or internships.
Full-time law professors teach our first-year program, with few exceptions. Required first-year classes include Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Property, Contracts, Torts, Constitutional Law I, Legal Research and Writing, and an elective. The first-year class is divided into small sections, usually taught by a member of the regular faculty.
Second- and third-year students fill their schedule with electives and three required courses: Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law II, and a writing seminar. UT Law offers a large number of elective courses and seminars of varying class sizes, with some classes having as few as seven students. Award winning clinical programs in public interest, immigration, children's rights, mental health, criminal law, housing, and trial advocacy allow students to work on cases, with supervision, and to have some of the typically most rewarding experiences at Law School.
Students can also take advantage of the non-law faculty of UT-Austin, one of the nation's top 15 research universities. The UT-Austin faculty includes 2 Nobel Prize winners, and more than 30 Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
