TBT: Law Center through the years
September 22, 2016
Since its opening in 1947, the UH Law Center has been a vital part of the fabric of the University.
Fun Fact: On Sept. 15, 1947, the University held its first law classes. These classes would evolve into the College of Law, The Bates College of Law and, eventually, the UH Law Center. Now a staple of the University’s image, the law school started out with one professor and constantly moving classes.

A.A. White, a Dallas attorney, became the first dean of the new law school. He once said he was first intrigued to start the law school because Houston was “the last major commercial and industrial center in the country that didn’t already have a substantial, established law school.” | The Houstonian, 1969.