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Get the inside scoop on Texas Tech University School of Law admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
As with all law schools, grades and LSAT scores are paramount, particularly if you are hoping for a scholarship. However, the admissions committe...   READ MORE
Alumni
One of my best friends was dissatisfied with Texas Tech, transferred to another law school. He graduated from the new law school with honors. Two ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Texas Tech offers an early admissions process. I was notified in late January of my acceptance. The school requires a deposit to retain your sea...   READ MORE
Current Student
Tech Law's admissions have shot up to record levels each of the last three years despite admissions being down at other law schools this year. Ov...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Academics are rigorous at Texas Tech's law school. Expect to work hard, but also expect professors who will give you their all. I had only one p...   READ MORE
Alumni
First year of law school students are grouped into very large size classes mandatory curriculum in contracts, torts, const law, civil procedure. ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Texas Tech unlike many other law schools, has mandatory upper-level classes, these classes are traditional bar subjects: Business Entities (Associ...   READ MORE
Current Student
Tech is unique because it emphasizes teaching in the classroom and has an open door policy that allows you to get help from your professors outsid...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
There is a great internship program at Texas Tech. Among the possibilities for placement are several judges' chambers, the U.S. Attorney's office, an...   READ MORE
Alumni
The top 20 students out of a class of 200 usually get good federal or state clerkships, or good jobs with major law firss where they slave away like r...   READ MORE
Alumni
Texas Tech is one of the top ten law schools for hiring of corporate attorneys to the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Area. With the many Tech while con...   READ MORE
Current Student
98% of Tech Graduates are employed 6 months after graduation. You can only assume the other 2% are sick or don't want jobs. I've heard many attorney...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I can't imagine a better place to attend law school than Texas Tech as far as quality of life goes. Law school's pace is hectic. If you live in ...   READ MORE
Alumni
The law school physical plant gets passing marks but aging. (Built in 1972) Computer network is slow and needs to be upgraded. No dining facility....   READ MORE
Alumni
Texas Tech Law School is located in the Southwest Corner of the Great Plains. It is at a slightly higher elevation than much of Texas. Its clima...   READ MORE
Current Student
Lubbock is an isolated city of just over 200,000. It has a very low cost of living and it is very easy to find affordable housing. Crime is not ...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Social life at Tech Law is fabulous. In fact, my first year there, a class sold tee-shirts that said, "Tech Law: We don't just pass the Bar, we ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Most social life centers around Law Review and the Board of Barristers trial advocacy program, and the two law fraternities. Any drinking is in as...   READ MORE
Alumni
Texas Tech law students enjoy a rich social life through the many activities, clubs, facilites Texas Tech is one of the few univeristies that has...   READ MORE
Current Student
There are dozens of organizations at the law school and plenty of opportunities for a social life outside the law school. There is also an organi...   READ MORE

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