South Texas College of Law

South Texas College of Law – Houston, is a private American Bar Association-accredited law school and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Located in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States, it was founded in 1923—the oldest law school in Houston and the third-oldest in Texas.

South Texas College of Law Houston has a faculty of 59 full-time professors and 40 adjunct professors.

South Texas College of Law is also part of a consortium of four independent ABA- and AALS-accredited American law schools—California Western School of Law, New England School of Law, and William Mitchell College of Law. The Consortium for Innovative Legal Education combines resources designed to enhance and strengthen the educational mission of each school separately and all of them collectively.

This partnership provides access to educational programs on a national and international basis. Students at South Texas can study abroad in London, Ireland, Malta, the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Turkey, Chile, and Mexico.

According to South Texas' official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 61.2% of the class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation. South Texas' Law School Transparency under-employment score is 13.6%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.

The Texas First Court of Appeals and the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals were located in the 1307 San Jacinto Building on the campus of the South Texas College of Law; the first court occupied the 10th floor while the 14th court occupied the 11th floor. On September 3, 2011, the courts relocated to the 1911 Harris County courthouse.