The Texas Tech University School of Law is an ABA-accredited law school located on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The school focuses on forming practical lawyers who are ready to practice law upon graduation. The student population is approximately 60.4% male and 39.6% female.
Bar exam performance
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In 2000, Texas Tech University School of Law had a 100% bar passage rate for first-time exam takers for the February 2000 Bar Examination. The school's bar passage rate for first-timers taking the July 2017 exam was 87.12%, placing Texas Tech School of Law in the top 3 law schools in Texas for 2017 bar passage rates.
Employment
According to Texas Tech's 2016 ABA-required disclosures, 85.79% of the Class of 2016 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment ten months after graduation.
Costs
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Texas Tech for the 2017-2018 academic year is $39,175 for Texas residents and $50,515 for non-resident students. The Law School Transparency estimated 100% debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $139,550 for Texas residents.
Notable people
Alumni
- Jeff Wentworth '71: Sitting member of the Texas State Senate for the 25th District. Previously, member of the Texas House of Representatives.
- Phil Johnson '75: Sitting member of the Texas Supreme Court and former chief justice of the 7th Court of Appeals.
- Robert Junell '76: Serves as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
- John Smithee '76: Member, Texas House of Representatives for District 86.
- Karen Tandy '77: first female head of the Drug Enforcement Administration
- Walter Huffman '77: Judge Advocate General for the United States Army from 1997 until 2001; dean for the law school 2002 until 2009, . Presently, Huff Professor of law at Texas Tech.
- Matthew D. Orwig '84: U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas and served until 2007.
- Mark Lanier '84: In 2008, Mark and his wife Becky financed a $6 million 34,000-square-foot (3,200Â m2) addition to the law school,
- Joseph Heflin '93: Served in the Texas House of Representatives for District 85 from 2007 to 2011.
- Andrew Murr Law school year missing: Former county attorney and county judge of Kimble County; member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 53, elected in 2015
- Dustin Burrows '04: member of the Texas House of Representatives from Lubbock District 83, elected 2014
Faculty
References
External links
- Official website
