| Thurgood Marshall School of Law | |
| Established | 1946 |
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| School type | Public |
| Dean | Dannye Holley |
| Location | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Enrollment | 600 |
| Faculty | |
| USNWR ranking | Tier 4 |
| Bar pass rate | 77.43% average over 5 years |
| Annual tuition | In-State: $10,578; Out-of-State: $14,318 |
| Website | www.tsulaw.edu |
The Thurgood Marshall School of Law is an ABA accredited law school in Houston, Texas, that awards J.D. (Doctor of Jurisprudence). It is part of Texas Southern University.
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Its history can be traced back to a 1946 lawsuit implicating protections for racial minorities under the U.S. Constitution, Sweatt v. Painter, brought by Heman M. Sweatt, and tried by Thurgood Marshall. The Texas Constitution mandated separate but equal facilities for whites and blacks. Mr. Sweatt was refused admission to the University of Texas School of Law because he was black. In order to pre-empt the possibility of Mr. Sweatt obtaining a successful court order , the legislature passed Texas State Senate Bill 140, which established a university to offer courses of higher learning in law, pharmacy, dentistry, journalism, education, arts and sciences, literature, medicine, and other professional courses. It opened in 1946 as the "Texas State University for Negroes," and later changed its name in Texas Southern University in 1951.
Thurgood Marshall School of Law has been consistently ranked number one in achieving diversification in its student body.[1]
The J.D. program consists of 90 semester hours.
Two joint degrees are offered in conjunction with other professional schools on campus:
Gender: 43% Male, 57% Female.
Age: average 26. 60% younger than 30. 32% over 30.
Race: 54% African-American, 7% Asian-American, 17% Caucasian, 21% Hispanic, 1% Foreign Nationals.
Average LSAT score: 147.
Average GPA: 3.00.
The overall bar passage rate for TMSL for the past five years is 77.43%.