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UNT DALLAS COLLEGE OF LAW

June 19, 2009, Governor Rick Perry signed SB 956 into law, establishing the first public law school in North Texas. In addition to authorization, the Legislature appropriated $5 million in start-up funding for the College of Law.

UNT System staff will now begin recruiting the Founding Dean, who will have the responsibility to develop the curriculum, hire faculty and staff, and establish the process for student recruitment and enrollment.  We will continue to update our website as decisions are made regarding the application process, course offerings, and financial aid.

We plan to begin taking applications in 2011 for classes which will begin in the Fall 2012 semester in the UNT System Building (UNTS) at 1901 Main Street in downtown Dallas, formerly known as the Universities Center at Dallas (UCD).  Courses will be offered at the UNTS Building while we undertake extensive renovations of the Old Municipal Building [Map].  We will continue to work with the City of Dallas on plans for renovations to this historic building, which will serve as the UNT Dallas College of Law’s permanent home.

When the UNT Dallas College of Law enrolls its first class in 2012, it will be the fruition of a goal that began as early as 1980—when UNT initiated its law library collection. UNT System will continue to work with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as we develop the first new public law school in more than 40 years.

To learn more about the proposed school - including facts and figures - see our online brochure. To receive new information on the law school as it's released, just fill out our form.

GET INVOLVED!

To find out about how you and/or your firm can support DFW's public UNT Dallas College of Law, contact:

Jay Patterson, Co-Chair of the Founders Board
UNT Dallas College of Law
9854 Estate Lane
Dallas, Texas 75238-1963
(214) 533-6433
(214) 343-8303 fax
jayjanp@earthlink.net

UNT DALLAS NOW AN INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY IN THE UNT SYSTEM

The University of North Texas Dallas Campus became a stand-alone institution — UNT Dallas — after Governor Rick Perry signed Senate Bill (SB) 629, which allows three university system centers in the state to expand into full-fledged universities. The bill also allows the schools to issue tuition revenue bonds (TRBs) to pay for new facilities.

Now the University of North Texas Dallas, the school accepted freshmen and sophomores August, 2010. The bill meant the release of $25 million in TRBs to fund the second building on the school’s 264-acre campus, now being built (see Flickr feed of building construction). [Map]

For more information, you can also download the UNT Dallas Master Plan, the UNT Dallas Academic Plan, and the Strategic Plan. To support our goals with a financial contribution click here.