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About St. Mary’s Law
Our unique location in San Antonio, Texas, provides students with balmy weather, along with historic landmarks, world-class museums and extensive outdoor recreation opportunities.
We celebrate an annual Red Mass as the only Catholic law school in Texas. We welcome students of all faiths and uphold the Marianist tradition of hospitality, openness and the family spirit.
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Highlights
Law students worked more than 13,000 pro bono hours in the 2021-2022 academic year.
Tuition about $12,000 less than average for private law schools
St. Mary’s Law Advocacy Program Top 11 in nation, according to ABA
World-Class Faculty and Facilities
Named a Best Value Private Law School by The National Jurist, the School of Law is a a state-of-the-art practice facility for advocacy programs and visiting courts that occasionally hear oral arguments on campus.
The St. Mary’s Law faculty includes nationally known subject-area experts, scholars and practitioners, some of whom have served as Fulbright Scholars as well as former United States Supreme Court and White House Clerks and Fellows.
The Sarita Kenedy East Law Library is the largest legal information center in San Antonio and the surrounding area with staff knowledgeable in legal research.
Top-Notch Clinical Programs
The Center for Legal and Social Justice is home to multiple clinical programs that offer students hands-on legal experience representing San Antonio’s indigent and disadvantaged citizens.
The clinical programs are the Civil Justice Consumer Protection and Family Law Clinics, the Criminal Justice Clinic and the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic. Students are supervised by clinic faculty who are licensed attorneys to work with clients in need.
Top Advocacy Competitors
Year after year, St. Mary’s law students excel in regional and national moot court and mock trial competitions.
- 2021-2022 National Team Finalists:
- National Trial League 2022 – National Champion
- American Association of Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition 2022 – Regional Champion
- National Trial Competition (TYLA/ACTL) 2022 – Regional Finalist
- National Trial League 2021 – Finalist
- Syracuse National Trial Competition 2021 – Finalist
- Mack Kidd Administrative Law Moot Court Competition 2021 – State Champion
- National Sports Law Negotiation Competition 2021 – 1st Runner Up
- National FINRA Invitational 2021 – 2nd Negotiation, 5th Overall
The National Team Legacy of Champions:
Study Abroad
The School of Law is a member of the International Association of Law Schools and the International Academy of Comparative Law
(Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé).
The Institute on World Legal Programs in Innsbruck, Austria, offers world-renowned instructors, often including United States Supreme Court justices or prominent international jurists, during the intensive summer program.
Since 1986, students from more than 130 American law schools and several European and Asian law schools have participated in the Institute, whose courses are conducted in English. One of the longest continuously operated summer law study programs offered by any American law school, the Institute continues in its commitment to offer a First-Class International Law Education in a World-Class Location.
Distinctive Law Journals
The St. Mary’s Law Journal has achieved a high level of distinction over the past three decades. The student-led operation strives to publish articles of significant scholarly merit and practical use.
St. Mary’s Journal on Legal Malpractice and Ethics is the only law review on the topic in the nation.
The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice strives to give all minorities a voice through the publication of a legal journal on issues affecting minorities.
Heritage and Tradition
For 90 years, St. Mary’s has attracted brilliant scholars to teach students who grew to lead in their communities, the state and the nation. Established in 1927, the original School of Law was a part-time school that met at night in the courthouse.
Strong Alumni Network
More than 500 alumni have served in elected or judicial positions. Graduates of St. Mary’s University have become members of the United States Congress, governors and lieutenant governors nationwide, justices of the Texas Supreme Court and Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, state legislators, members of the federal judiciary and leaders of some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms.
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Law School Admissions
St. Mary’s University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, Texas 78228-8601
210-436-3523
Fax: 210-431-4202
lawadmissions@stmarytx.edu
To request information about a specific program, please view all law degree programs, select the program you’re interested in, and fill out a request form on that program’s page.