The University of Texas School of Law

The women in law clinic sucks. When I met with the director (?) she kept asking me weird and potentially illegal questions in an interview — followed by «I’m not supposed to ask that… am I??». Well, if you are trained in the law, you would already know what is infact actually legal to ask somebody during a conversation. And the just talking to herself is creepy/​strange – like a mental case from an old horror movie. I am not sure why people fight to attend here. I was fighting to leave the building.

Those chicken tenders…

This is a review for the Law Library and not the school itself…
As an attorney, I do alot of research on my cases. Sometimes, Google is not enough (haha). In all seriousness, doing online research via Westlaw or Lexis Nexus can be difficult unless you know «key» terms. Sometimes, key terms are hit or miss.
For me, going to the Law Library is the best form of research. They have so many resources and law books that it is crazy that more people don’t take adavantage of it.
The cost for a library card is about $ 60 a year if you aren’t a student or if you haven’t had a City of Austin library card for the past 2 months. Anyhow you figure it, it is the best $ 60 you will ever spend if you work for a law office.
I didn’t go to law school here, but this library sure makes me wish I had.

I had to get my hands on a copy of book whose most recent edition was published in 1897. The library in the basement of the TX Supreme Court didn’t have it but their system said UT had an e-​copy that I would have to physically be at the law library to access. Long story short, the librarian that helped me went out of his way to help me gain access to it and print it out since I’m not a student there and logging in was a big hassle. He logged me in under his own personal account and I was in and out with my printed pages pretty fast. Thanks so much.

4.25 stars. The University of Texas School of Law is one of the preeminent law schools in the country, and I am very fortunate to have earned one of my degrees here. Yet, as much as I love the school, I cannot say that it is absolutely perfect. I think it is important to highlight all aspects of the experience.
First and foremost, it should be mentioned from the outset that this law school is going to be the best bargain for your money. I was an out-​of-​state student, and I guarantee you it was significantly cheaper than other schools ranked in the top 15. The quality of education is stellar (I have taken classes at other law schools ranked in the top 20, and I can assure you that while those instructors were very good, the UT instructors were better), and you will find that many of your professors have been prominently involved in the major legal battles of the past half-​century. The library, I believe, is the largest law library in the entire country, and the staff is professional and efficient. If you want to be in debt for the next three decades, by all means, go to Penn, Harvard, or Yale. If that isn’t how you plan on spending your money after graduation, I would suggest the University of Texas.
Next, the law school does an outstanding job building a creative and diverse group of students. I certainly took this for granted while I attended school, but I have re-​connected with many of my classmates, and I have almost always walked away thoroughly impressed not only by their exceptional minds, but also by their genuine care for the societal impacts of their craft. I do think most lawyers get a bad reputation from a few bad apples, but the law school here does an almost perfect job of sorting through all of them. Thus, if going to school with people you plan on knowing for the rest of your life is important to you, you should strongly consider UT.
The career services office could use some work. It was strongly tailored to the top ¹⁄₃ of our class, and I think that when you attend a top law school, it should not be a struggle to find a job post-​graduation. Do not believe the US News and World Report average lawyer earnings for UT or any other law school for that matter. They are a complete sham. My class probably made an average of 75K their first year out of law school; I think US News and World Report had our average salaries exceeding 125K.
Overall, I enjoyed my experience here. It allowed me to temporarily find comfort in the legal world (albeit in an almost now completely defunct practice area), and I was able to make lifelong connections that have influenced my career in a positive manner. For any student who is applying for law school because they want to leave an indelible mark on the legal profession, I would certainly suggest my alma mater as a proper choice for achieving their objectives.