Thurgood Marshall School of Law explained

Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Established:1946
Head:Okezie Chukwumerije [1]
Country:U.S.
Students:554 [2]
Faculty:92 (40 full-time)[3]
Ranking:178-196th (2024)
Bar Pass Rate:62.83% (July 2023)[4]

The Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) is an ABA-accredited law school at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. It awards Juris Doctor and Master of Law degrees. Thurgood Marshall School of Law is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Association of American Law Schools.

History

The history of TMSL 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.[5] The Texas Constitution mandated separate but equal facilities for whites and blacks. Sweatt was refused admission to the University of Texas School of Law because he was black. In order to pre-empt the possibility of 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.

In 2016, TMSL began to offer a Master of Laws in Immigration and Naturalization Law. The program is the first Masters of Law program in the nation to focus on immigration law.[6]

In 2017, The American Bar Association (ABA) formally censured the school as "being out of compliance with its nondiscrimination standard as well as the standard that requires disclosure of information to the ABA. More specifically, an ABA site visit team found evidence of gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the law school" and was "required to establish a plan to eliminate gender discrimination and sex harassment." Months prior, the ABA had also "found Texas Southern (TMSL) out of compliance with the standards meant to ensure schools only admit students who appear capable of graduating and passing the bar."[7] In 2020, the ABA concluded TMSL is in compliance with all accreditation standards.[8]

For 2024, the law school is ranked No. 180-196, by U.S. News & World Report.[9]

Student demographics and bar passage rate

As of October, 2021, 50% of the student body was African-American, 5% Asian-American, 9% White, 30% Hispanic, and 6% Other.

Of the 1,745 students who applied to TMSL to start in fall 2021, 666 were accepted (for a 38% admission rate), and 11% of those offered admission enrolled. These enrolled students had an average LSAT score of 151, and an average college GPA of 3.10.[10]

For July 2023 first time takers, TMSL students had a bar examination passage rate of 62.83%.[4]

Employment

According to Thurgood Marshall's official 2022 ABA-required disclosures, 53% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[11]

Costs

The total estimated cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees) at Thurgood Marshall for the 2018-2019 academic year is $43,095 for residents and $50,318 for nonresidents.

TMSL Library

The TMSL Library housed within the law school building has over 350,000 volumes and volume equivalents.[12]

TMSL Legal Clinics

Publications

Notable alumni

Notable graduates of TSML include the following:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Texas Southern Law School Ousts Dean. June 21, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012123303/https://www.law.com/2022/06/21/texas-southern-law-school-ousts-dean/?slreturn=20220526130210. October 12, 2022. live.
  2. Web site: Standard 509 Disclosure .
  3. Web site: Standard 509 Disclosure .
  4. Web site: July 2023 Examination Statistics . October 13, 2023 . Texas Board of Law Examiners . PDF . August 21, 2024 .
  5. Web site: About Texas Southern University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law . September 26, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829052900/http://www.tsulaw.edu/about_tsulaw/index.html . August 29, 2012 .
  6. http://www.tsulaw.edu/FY16_LLM_Mission_Vision_Objectives(TMSL0516).pdf LLM, Immigration and Naturalization Law
  7. https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2020/02/06/admissions-scandal-at-texas-southern-law-school-leads-to-presidents-ouster/ "Admissions Scandal at Texas Southern Law School Leads to President's Ouster", by Karen Sloan, Texas Lawyer, Law.com, February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020
  8. Web site: Britto . Brittany . 2020-08-27 . TSU’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law now in compliance . 2023-05-15 . Houston Chronicle . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20230515215229/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/TSU-s-Thurgood-Marshall-School-of-Law-now-in-15520312.php . May 15, 2023 . live.
  9. Web site: Texas Southern University (Marshall) . 15 May 2023 . usnews.com . U.S. News & World Report L.P. . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918020532/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/texas-southern-university-03152 . September 18, 2018 . live.
  10. Web site: Standard 509 Disclosure . 2023-05-15 . abarequireddisclosures.org.
  11. Web site: ABA Standard 509 Disclosure Texas Southern . 2023-05-15 . abarequireddisclosures.org.
  12. Web site: Alumni and FriendsThurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas . www.tsulaw.edu.
  13. Web site: Institute for International and Immigration Law at Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas . www.tsulaw.edu.
  14. Web site: Stephanie Anne Flowers. intelius.com. April 17, 2015.
  15. Web site: Chief Judge Belvin Perry, Jr.. Ninth Judicial Circuit. July 4, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718140526/http://www.ninthcircuit.org/judges/chief_judge/. July 18, 2011.
  16. Web site: Craig Washington. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 19 February 2013.
  17. Web site: Brian C. Wimes. Federal Judicial Center. 19 February 2013.

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