Thurgood Marshall School of Law






































Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Parent school Texas Southern University
Established 1946
School type
Public HBCU
Dean Gary L. Bledsoe (Interim Dean)
Location
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Enrollment 600

Bar pass rate		 64% (July 2017 first-time takers)
Website www.tsulaw.edu

The Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) is an ABA-accredited law school in Houston, Texas, that awards Juris Doctor and Master of Law degrees. It is part of Texas Southern University. Thurgood Marshall School of Law is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Association of American Law Schools. In October 2017, the ABA declared the school out of compliance with ABA standards and imposing remedial measures.[1]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Student Demographics and Bar Passage Rate


  • 3 TMSL Library


  • 4 TMSL Legal Clinics


  • 5 Publications


  • 6 Employment


  • 7 Costs


  • 8 Notable alumni


  • 9 Notable faculty


  • 10 References





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.[2] 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.


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.[3]



Student Demographics and Bar Passage Rate


Gender: 41% Male, 59% Female.


Race: 59% African-American, 3% Asian-American, 9% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Other


Average LSAT score: 143


Average GPA: 3.02


Of the 110 TMSL graduates taking the Texas Bar Exam for the first time in July 2017, 64% passed, vs. a statewide passage rate of 81%.[4]


All demographics and statistics are based on 2017 figures. [5]



TMSL Library


The TMSL Library housed within the law school building has over 350,000 volumes and volume equivalents.[6] In 2010, the National Jurist ranked the TMSL Library 31st out of 198 law libraries in the nation for resources, service, and space. TMSL also had the distinction of being the only Houston law school ranked, the only historically black law school ranked, and one of only two Texas law schools ranked.[7]



TMSL Legal Clinics



  • Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Justice, Inc.: An institute dedicated to identifying potential implementable solutions to legal and social issues disproportionately impacting minority communities

  • Center for Legal Pedagogy: It serves as a study and creation center of instructional design for legal education

  • Institute for International and Immigration Law: An institute dedicated to providing specialized academic and practical legal training for students planning a career in international or immigration law[8]



Publications



  • Thurgood Marshall Law Review - The law review was established in 1970 and is a legal research and writing forum for legal scholars and practitioners from around the world.

  • The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Gender, Race, and Justice Law Journal - A student-run organization whose primary purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship.



Employment


According to Thurgood Marshall's official 2016 ABA-required disclosures, 52% of the Class of 2016 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[9]



Costs


The total estimated cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Thurgood Marshall for the 2013-2014 academic year is $38,235.50 for residents and $43,185.50 for nonresidents.[10] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $150,715 for residents and $171,397 for nonresidents.[11]



Notable alumni


The Thurgood Marshall School of Law alumni network consists of thousands of lawyers. Some notable graduates include the following:




  • Colion Noir, Member of the National Rifle Association, lawyer and gun rights activist.


  • Kenneth M. Hoyt, Senior United States District Judge


  • Morris Overstreet, First African-American elected to statewide office in Texas


  • Stephanie Flowers, Attorney and member of the Arkansas State Senate and former state representative from Pine Bluff, Arkansas[12]


  • Belvin Perry (J.D., 1977), Chief judge in the Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit,[13] presiding judge for the high-profile Casey Anthony murder trial.


  • Craig Washington (J.D., 1969), Former U.S. Congressman, 18th District (Texas).[14]


  • Chokwe Antar Lumumba (J.D. 2008), Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, the largest city in the state


  • Brian C. Wimes, Federal judge[15]


  • Leslie D. King, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice


  • Senfronia Thompson, Member of the Texas House of Representatives


  • Roberto R. Alonzo (J.D., 1984), Member of the Texas House of Representatives


  • Al Green, (J.D., 1974), U.S. Representative for 9th Congressional District of Texas


  • Hank Johnson, (J.D. 1979), U.S. Representative for 4th Congressional District of Georgia


  • Harry E. Johnson, President and CEO of Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project Memorial Foundation


  • Sylvia Garcia, Member of the Texas Senate, 6th District (Houston) and (as of 2018) candidate for Texas Congressional District 29



Notable faculty



  • Paul Womack, Former, Criminal Law, retiring judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals[16]


References





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  2. ^ "About Texas Southern University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law". Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2012.


  3. ^ LLM, Immigration and Naturalization Law, TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law.


  4. ^ "2017 Texas Bar Examination Statistics".


  5. ^ "Texas Southern University - 2017 Standard 509 Information Report". Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2011.


  6. ^ "Alumni and FriendsThurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas". www.tsulaw.edu.


  7. ^ TSU’s Law Library One of the Best in the Nation, Press Release, April 14, 2010.


  8. ^ "Institute for International and Immigration Law at Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas". www.tsulaw.edu.


  9. ^ "Recent law grads doing better on getting lawyer jobs".


  10. ^ "Cost of Attendance".


  11. ^ "Thurgood Marshall's LST Profile".


  12. ^ "Stephanie Anne Flowers". intelius.com. Retrieved April 17, 2015.


  13. ^ "Chief Judge Belvin Perry, Jr". Ninth Judicial Circuit. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2011.


  14. ^ "Craig Washington". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 19 February 2013.


  15. ^ "Brian C. Wimes". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 19 February 2013.


  16. ^ "Judge Paul Womack". txcourts.gov. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.












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